1 hr 6 min
#106 Co-founder & CEO Sweetgreen, Jonathan Neman: The Restaurant Company of the Future Grit
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- Careers
Guest: Jonathan Neman, CEO of Sweetgreen
In this episode, we cover: Where the name Sweetgreen came from (05:42); Online ordering and the “second line” (08:34); Jonathan’s family and post-COVID attitudes about work (11:30); Returning to the office (17:20); Jonathan’s brief detour to Bain & Company, and the difference between entrepreneurs and consultants (20:58); The unusual way Sweetgreen raised its first several rounds, and scaling sustainably (27:00); Turning crisis into opportunity, and the Sweetlife Festival (33:10); Winning your category vs. becoming a lifestyle brand (37:40); Why Sweetgreen calls the general managers of its stores “head coaches,” and gives them equity (44:20); The health journeys of Sweetgreen’s staff, and the importance of the fundamentals (47:24); Shifting Sweetgreen’s strategic focus to build the restaurant company of the future (53:09); COVID-19 and “getting your ass kicked” (55:05); Letting go as a founder (59:51)
Guest: Jonathan Neman, CEO of Sweetgreen
In this episode, we cover: Where the name Sweetgreen came from (05:42); Online ordering and the “second line” (08:34); Jonathan’s family and post-COVID attitudes about work (11:30); Returning to the office (17:20); Jonathan’s brief detour to Bain & Company, and the difference between entrepreneurs and consultants (20:58); The unusual way Sweetgreen raised its first several rounds, and scaling sustainably (27:00); Turning crisis into opportunity, and the Sweetlife Festival (33:10); Winning your category vs. becoming a lifestyle brand (37:40); Why Sweetgreen calls the general managers of its stores “head coaches,” and gives them equity (44:20); The health journeys of Sweetgreen’s staff, and the importance of the fundamentals (47:24); Shifting Sweetgreen’s strategic focus to build the restaurant company of the future (53:09); COVID-19 and “getting your ass kicked” (55:05); Letting go as a founder (59:51)
1 hr 6 min