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John Neman

4 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 26, 2022 by John Neman · across every show →

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Jan 26, 2022 positive
Insight
Jonathan Neman: Corporate social impact initiatives must also generate profit
“And I tell my team all the time, these things go hand in hand. Don't tell me, like, we're going to do things that are great, but they're not going to make money. You have to be able to mirror the two, this Capitalism with the social good, and I think people ge…”
John Neman Jan 26, 2022 ▶ 27:03 20VC: Sweetgreen Founder Jonathan Neman on Leadership Lessons from Managing Through COVID, The Importance of Failing Fast and Iterating & How the Best Leaders Bring Together Brand, Capital Allocation and Strategy
Jan 26, 2022
Disclosure
Sweetgreen co-founders paid early staff using credit cards to survive
“A couple of our early winners, we almost did not make it. You know, we were pulling lines of credit, paying staff on our credit card, really doing anything we could do to save and stay alive.”
John Neman Jan 26, 2022 ▶ 9:20 20VC: Sweetgreen Founder Jonathan Neman on Leadership Lessons from Managing Through COVID, The Importance of Failing Fast and Iterating & How the Best Leaders Bring Together Brand, Capital Allocation and Strategy
Jan 26, 2022 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Sweetgreen Has Scaled to Over $300 Million in Revenue
“Alongside his co-founders, John has scaled Sweetgreen from one small restaurant to one of the US's leading food brands with over Three hundred million dollars in revenue.”
Harry Stebbings Jan 26, 2022 ▶ 0:18 20VC: Sweetgreen Founder Jonathan Neman on Leadership Lessons from Managing Through COVID, The Importance of Failing Fast and Iterating & How the Best Leaders Bring Together Brand, Capital Allocation and Strategy
Jan 26, 2022
Disclosure
Sweetgreen lost its entire executive team shortly after Neman became CEO
“Imagine I become CEO four years ago. Within three months, the whole executive team is gone. We're sitting there almost running out of cash and trying to pivot the company and wondering, like, are we suited to do this?”
John Neman Jan 26, 2022 ▶ 10:09 20VC: Sweetgreen Founder Jonathan Neman on Leadership Lessons from Managing Through COVID, The Importance of Failing Fast and Iterating & How the Best Leaders Bring Together Brand, Capital Allocation and Strategy
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