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While memberships were restaurant-specific, $FLY would be a “pan-industry loyalty currency.” Every time you check in at Gertie, for example, you might receive 1,000 $FLY or 5,000 $FLY. Restaurants might incentivize certain behaviors – checking in at times that are typically slow – with greater $FLY rewards. So each time you check in at a specific... See more
Packy McCormick • Blackbird

I just sat down with a Houston-area Crumbl franchisee to learn the juice you can't find online. He owns several stores.
What an insane biz:
- Busy stores can do $20k+ per DAY in sales, whereas a slow store is closer to $1k/day. All are closed on Sunday.
- Hourly... See more
Exciting news! Owner has raised our $33m Series B.
The round was led by Redpoint and Jack Altman.
Restaurant owners are being crushed online by huge corporations.
We’re using this cash to help them fight... See more
Adam Guildx.comWhile $FLY is meant to maintain a stable value or a set exchange rate, usage of $FLY earns both diners and restaurants ownership in the network, via Blackbird’s second token: $F2 . The more $FLY you hold and spend (as a diner) or hold and receive (as a restaurant), the more ownership you earn.
Packy McCormick • Blackbird

My 7 part plan to make Resy into a great American company
Like most venture capitalists, I’m not qualified to do anything but my current job. That is, except for one thing; I would absolutely kill it as the CEO of Resy.
Your move, @AmericanExpress.
highlights from Danny Meyer’s autobiography via David Senra:
1. I had an uncontainable drive to win.
2. The inception of Shake Shack actually began with a humble hot dog cart. Small as the project was, I took this cart quite seriously. I was asking myself, "Who ever wrote that rule that you can't push the envelopes of excellence and hospitality for
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In 1994, Greg Flynn graduated from Stanford Business School.
He didn't start a world famous company, become a VC, or go into tech - instead he bought 8 Applebee's.
Today, he's the largest franchise owner in the WORLD.
Here's how a Stanford grad became the king of... See more

The Raising Canes founder is my new favorite billionaire:
- Owns a 66 million year old triceratops skull
- Owns 90% of Canes, worth $7.2B
- Named the biz after his dog
- Worked at an oil refinery - total... See more
