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Latino Founders Are Winning. We Need to Start Acting Like It.
How one of America’s fastest-growing economic forces still struggles with capital, cohesion, and the habit of backing its own.
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Different Menus, Same Meal
Good for Sysco. Bad for the industry. Sysco' Restaurant Depot deal isn’t just consolidation. It’s the quiet removal of the last workaround—and a step…
Apr 1
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The Business Plan Has a Branding Problem
In the startup world, the business plan has developed a reputation problem.
Mar 18
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Finance Is Different in a Startup
Finance Is Not the Cleanup Crew
Mar 9
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It’s Not Money Laundering. It’s the Tax Code at Work.
Why Miami’s most extravagant restaurant build-outs make sense once you think like a CFO.
Feb 4
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GLP-1s and the Business of Restraint
Ozempic and the like are making americans eat like europeans
Jan 28
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Today I turn 41.
What building something real costs — and why I’d still choose it
Jan 24
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Can AI Make Small Restaurants Dangerous Again?
How much more dangerous does a small, ruthless operator become once the software finally starts working for them, not just for their card processor?
Jan 8
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