{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"#106 Co-founder & CEO Sweetgreen, Jonathan Neman: The Restaurant Company of the Future","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/612324da\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4005,"description":"Guest: Jonathan Neman, CEO of Sweetgreen\r\nIn 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)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jCea5f44KBONhOsyLyht9nXUrj2YBNfA6fc-kgyfWTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzk3NzAvMTY2Nzg2/MjQyOC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}