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Danny Meyer opened Union Square Cafe in 1985. Since then, his Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) has expanded to nearly 20 restaurants, encompassing Michelin-starred fine dining at The Modern to casual barbecue at Blue Smoke. The USHG empire also spawned Shake Shack, now publicly traded with a market cap of almost two billion dollars and more than 200 locations. In his business memoir Setting the Table, Meyer attributes his outsized success to an uncompromising focus on employees that leads to differentiated service. If Danny Meyer’s employee-first approach is so effective, why haven’t we seen more restaurant groups adopting it faster? Or even more service-first approaches? This is an important question to ask, because it’s the question we keep asking ourselves in tech too. Why do some companies seem to run better than others, and why can’t others replicate them as well? Why do companies do well in their industries whether Fortnite in gaming, or Airtable, Figma, and Notion in produc

Kevin Uncategorized February 22, 2019 August 9, 2025 Why Shake Shack and Super Duper have great Service. And what that means for tech. Danny Meyer opened Union Square Cafe in 1985. Since then, his Union Square Hospitality Group ( USHG ) has expanded to nearly 20 restaurants, encompassing Michelin-starred fine dining at The Modern to casual barbecue at Blue Smoke . The USHG empire also spawned Shake Shack , now publicly traded with a market cap of almost two billion dollars and more than 200 locations. In his business memoir Setting the Table , Meyer attributes his outsized success to an uncomp

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