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#003: Great White - Sam Trude (LA)

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We sat down with Sam Trude, one of the co-founders/owners of Great White in Venice Beach, CA. In our conversation, we chatted about:

  • (7:55) How Sam's love of travel shaped his opening of Great White
  • (18:10) How Sam used bootstrapping to open Great White - and why he preferred it that way 
  • (35:00) How to build a strong culture for patrons
  • (40:13) Having a logo that people get tattooed on themselves - and why Sam will give them free coffee for life
  • (47:35) Why food is as much theater as it is sustenance
  • (49:40) The best meal Sam has eaten in Los Angeles - Osteria Mozza
  • (50:06) Sam's favorite restaurants -  Hillstone and The Cheesecake Factory

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