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David, I'm going to share a story

because we love lessons and stories,

things that I've learned through the stage theory,

through my time working with Dave,

building my restaurant business into a media business. I just got back from Boston.

So I was in Boston because I am on the toast customer advisory board.

Toast is a primary technology partner of the restaurant. They are a publicly traded

company. They are in a hundred thousand restaurants across not only the

United States, but they also have international markets that they have opened up.

I have two shows with toast.

Restaurant influencers is sponsored by toast.

I also have another show called Family Style, which is on YouTube,

which is produced by Cali Barbecue Media hosted by myself, and I got to bring the stage theory. I got to bring my media team, my production team to Boston during these customer advisory board meetings.

I got to interview Kelly Esten,

who is the new chief marketing officer

for the show that we produce for them.

I got to do a behind the scenes tour of toast headquarters, six stories,

brand new office in the Seaport District of Boston. And one of the most incredible things for me is thinking about compounding interests.

We talk, you've taught me about Noah's Ark and that most people don't believe in two by two

by two by two and that's not anything biblical but that has everything to do with compounding interest.

And when I think about the conversations that I had at toast headquarters in 2024,

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