The Tartare Project

Tony Fragogiannis is the founder of Brooklyn Hot Dog Company.  Tony was born and raised in New York and after graduating from St. John's University decided to move down to Atlanta and go into the hospitality business with his brother.  After being in the restaurant/nightclub business for 9 years, it was time to come back to New York.

Not satisfied with the current selection and varieties of hot dogs in this local markets Tony wanted to change that.  In the summer of 2012 The Brooklyn Hot Dog Company was born, an all natural hot dog company focusing on clean recipes and quality ingredients.

Yes, we recorded in the hot dog home base so, yes, you do hear some refrigeration throughout the episode. It's very authentic.

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Ashli is the Founder + CEO of Sunday Forever a 3 ½  year old lifestyle brand based out of NYC. Ashli describes Sunday Forever as your one-stop good vibe shop, offering a curated selection of “Nice Things" from kimono style robes to candles, sage and lighter sets, crystals and handmade protective red string bracelets. The brand has been featured in Forbes, Domino ,Beauty Independent, Allure and more. Prior to starting the company Ashli worked for a major fashion and beauty retailer for over a decade. She lives in NYC with her husband and three dogs. When she’s not running her magical company she’s cooking, flower arranging, gardening or watching something wonderfully awful on Bravo. To learn more about Sunday Forever and Ashli you can follow the brand’s journey on instagram and their website

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Monfefo first began in Justine's kitchen in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York in 2013. She went from selling the first batch to her local deli to being sold across the northeast, Texas and California today.

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Paul is passionate about building a business around people—and after falling in love with coffee at a convention in D.C., he never looked back. As an avid yogi, husband, and father, Paul brings an unparalleled passion and care to Birch. You can find him roasting small batches at our LIC roast house on Wednesdays and Fridays.

What started as a mere desire to have a comfortable place to go and converse with friends and strangers has turned into something more than Jeremy could have imagined. His love for being of service has truly enabled him to help bring Birch Coffee to a higher level. He has a keen eye for what customers want and how to get it for them which is why the company is as known for its elevated service. Jeremy not only oversees the brand’s expansion, he designs the layout for every new store, is responsible for creating brand partnerships and collaborations all the while overseeing the company’s extensive training and onboarding methodology.

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Alexandra Friedman is the co-founder of LOLA, the first lifelong brand for your body. LOLA aims to address women’s reproductive health with a commitment to product transparency and a community built on candid dialogue about all of the things we don’t openly talk about. Before founding LOLA with her co-founder Jordana, Alex led analytics at Flurry Analytics (acquired by Yahoo in August 2014) and was a consultant at Boston Consulting Group in New York. She has an MBA from Wharton Business School and received her undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College. Over the years, she has been actively involved in the Young Women’s Leadership Network, an education non-profit.

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Since its inception in 2009, Stang has been the architect of The Infatuation’s editorial voice, creative vision, and marketing strategy. Today his role still encompasses all of those things, but also includes pushing the company forward into new arenas, including the creation and launch of Text Rex, EEEEEATSCON, The Infatuation’s food festival, and the company’s recent acquisition of Zagat. He was nominated for a James Beard Award in 2015 for Underfinger, a review of a restaurant that doesn’t exist, and he still writes from time to time about real restaurants. Prior to taking on The Infatuation full time, Stang was the VP of Marketing at Atlantic Records, working closely with many of the label’s biggest acts including Coldplay, Bruno Mars, Skrillex, Gnarls Barkley, and Panic! At The Disco.

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In his current role, Andrew leads the company's sales and partnerships team, using his skill set as a former music business publicist to build deep, meaningful relationships with like-minded brands such as American Express, Nike, Lyft, Anheuser-Busch, BMW, Coca-Cola, Diageo, Microsoft, Postmates, Mars and more. Under Andrew’s leadership, the company has developed a unique approach for brands to connect with community through food and culture. Whether it’s through relatable content across multiple platforms or live experiences around the world, brand partners of The Infatuation have seen tremendous success with the company’s growing audience of more than 5 million+ monthly users.

Prior to going full time Infatuation in 2014, Steinthal was a Vice President of PR at Warner Bros. Records

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Andrés Modak is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Snowe, a direct-to-consumer brand building the home brand for the next generation. Snowe creates essentials for your entire home that are irresistible as humanly possible, including bedding, bath linens, & tabletop essentials and more..Since launching 4 years ago, Snowe has amassed a cult following for their award-winning products and singular brand and been heavily lauded by The New York Times, GQ, Vogue and others.

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Emily Abbate is a freelance fitness writer and editor living in New York City. When she's not tapping words to laptop, the certified trainer, run coach, and seven-time marathoner is working on her podcast Hurdle, which talks to everyone from entrepreneurs to top CEOs and athletes about how they got through tough times—hurdles of sorts—by leaning into wellness.

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Turned off by the yoga scene in NYC, Sarah created the yoga experience she was seeking out: a no mirrors, candlelit, heated vinyasa flow set to a hip-hop playlist. She held her first pop-up class in Brooklyn in 2013 and has been opening studios across the US ever since. With 10 studios opened to date across New York & LA (and even more on deck in the coming months), Sarah has developed Y7 into a lifestyle brand that touches multiple facets of culture through fun collaborations (like Nike, Childish Gambino & Nice Paper)

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Michael Mignano is the co-founder of Anchor, the company democratizing audio by enabling anyone to easily create, distribute, and monetize a podcast. Through Michael's leadership, Anchor has grown to power more than 40 percent of all new podcasts on the market and was acquired by Spotify in 2019 — enabling podcasters of all experience levels and walks of life to have their voices heard. Michael's work has always focused on empowering creators across a variety of mediums. Prior to founding Anchor, Michael led Product for Aviary, growing the photo editing platform's audience to over 100M creators before being acquired by Adobe in 2014. He previously led Digital Product Development for Atlantic Records.

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