Shake Shack: Danny Meyer

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

Business

4.8 • 31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Back in 2001, as part of an initiative to revitalize Madison Square Park, Danny Meyer set up a simple hot dog cart. At that time, he had been a leader in New York City's fine dining scene for years, and the hot dog cart was just a side project, something fun to do for the summer. But that one temporary hot dog cart led to Shake Shack, a fast casual restaurant chain known for its burgers, its namesake milkshakes, and its lines out the door. Today, Shake Shack is a publicly traded company with over 250 locations in 15 countries. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to how I built this early and ad-free on Amazon Music.
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0:09.0	New Year's is here, and with it brings the possibility of change.
0:13.0	As one behavioral scientist put it, first starts are really powerful.
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0:28.0	Hello, Danny.
0:30.0	Hi.
0:31.0	Hi, it's Guy here. How are you doing?
0:33.0	Oh, it's good to hear your voice.
0:35.0	You too.
0:36.0	I think my conversation with you is probably one of the last conversations I had.
0:40.0	Yeah.
0:41.0	Was that a Thursday or Wednesday?
0:44.0	It's a Thursday.
0:45.0	Well, that was the day.
0:46.0	That was the day we made our decision that night.
0:49.0	Where are you right now?
0:50.0	So I'm up in Northwestern Connecticut, where I've been since March the 13th.
0:55.0	Are you, have you been inside the whole time pretty much?
0:58.0	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:59.0	In fact, we have four kids, all of whom are somewhere between 20 and 26.
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