4.8 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2018
⏱️ 111 minutes
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What happens when health conscious guys with tech and investment banking backgrounds decide to come to together to form a business? Why a vegan fast food restaurant of course! Today we sit down with TK Pillan, an entrepreneur with a tech background who decided to fill a need by providing delicious, convenient, vegan dishes by opening Veggie Grill. Follow his journey from his dot com days to restauranteur and now as VC at Power Plant Ventures.
> Veggie Grill: https://www.veggiegrill.com/
> "Mad Cow" Video Spot: https://vimeo.com/32795478
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0:00.0 | I said I said, oh, there's no way it could give up meat. |
0:08.0 | Yeah, it's just like I just after a hard workout that chicken burrito with the sour cream and the cheese, that's my comfort. |
0:18.4 | So that was where I was coming from. |
0:20.7 | But when I made my own commitment based on the research to say, you know what, I'm just going to do it, right? |
0:27.0 | And within, for me, about three or four weeks into it, I really started craving different foods, right? |
0:34.8 | And I was feeling great and was performing so well, |
0:38.5 | and starting to see my abs. |
0:40.0 | And then I ended up going to see my doctor about three months later and my cholesterol had gone from over 200 to under 140. |
0:48.0 | And so it really, that was a big second light bulb. |
0:52.0 | It was just kind of like when I discovered the internet. |
0:55.0 | It was like, wow, this is a better way to eat. |
0:58.0 | And so I became a true believer in the benefits of plant-based eating. |
1:03.0 | Hello everyone in podcast world. |
1:08.0 | My name is Billy Yang and I am the host of the Billy Yang |
1:14.0 | podcast which is what you are listening to right now. |
1:17.4 | So if this is your first time listening, welcome to the show and if you're |
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1:25.0 | Before I contextualize who our guest is, I just wanted to take a quick second to acknowledge |
1:31.0 | you, the viewing audience for all the feedback and the views and the kind words |
1:36.6 | for the latest film that I released called The Why last Thursday on February 1st. It wasn't an easy story to tell and I prefaced it on Facebook and |
1:48.1 | Instagram that it may not be for everybody. I did it first and foremost with the with a general |
1:56.7 | audience in mind and this may be your family members this may be your |
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