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The Next Big Idea · 2026-10-29 · 75 min · 12,541 words

Danny Meyer on "What Could Possibly Go Right"

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I'm Rufus Griskom, and this is the next big idea. Today, Danny Meyer on The Power of Asking. What could possibly go right? Danny Meyer may be the most influential restaurateur in the world.

He opened Union Square Cafe at twenty-seven, followed it with Gramercy Tavern, 11 Madison Park. The modern. And then almost by accident he turned a hot dog cart in Madison Square Park. into Shake Shack. A global brand

With more than seven hundred and thirty locations around the world. But if you ask Danny what business he's in. Food isn't the answer. You think you're coming in. To our restaurants to eat, and you are.

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