Resy

7 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 2, 2021 by Gary Vaynerchuk · said 29 times in 2 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Everything said about Resy, oldest first

Aug 2, 2021
Disclosure
Vaynerchuk: Resy Was Incubated and Funded Through Vayner/RSE
“We did through the fund that I started, VaynerRSC, and so we incubated Resi in that fund at some level.”
Gary Vaynerchuk Aug 2, 2021 ▶ 51:03 Serial Entrepreneur: Gary Vaynerchuk
Jan 20, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Leventhal: Resy was not profitable when acquired by American Express
“We were in sight of it when we sold it to Amex. We were not profitable.”
Ben Leventhal Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 47:35 Resy and Eater: Ben Leventhal
Jan 20, 2025 negative
Opinion
Leventhal: Metering restaurant software fees based on booking volume is insane
“The idea that more successful restaurants pay more is insane. You pay us a flat fee. Use the software as much as you want it.”
Ben Leventhal Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 43:08 Resy and Eater: Ben Leventhal
Jan 20, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Leventhal: Resy initially took a 20% cut on paid table reservations
“My recollection is that we took 20% as a vig, and the restaurant kept the rest.”
Ben Leventhal Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 31:14 Resy and Eater: Ben Leventhal
Jan 20, 2025
Assertion Supported
Leventhal: Pre-Resy reservation software lacked centralized multi-unit guest databases
“Before Resi came along, every individual restaurant unit had its own customer database. It was essentially a customer database on a local server, and from the start, we said, you're, you know, if you have four restaurants, it's all one database.”
Ben Leventhal Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 46:42 Resy and Eater: Ben Leventhal
Jan 20, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Leventhal: Resy cut fees to zero during COVID, setting industry precedent
“We did two things, and we did them very fast, and then the industry followed. One is, we cut fees to zero. We thought it was really important, symbolically, to say, we are not in a position to be collecting money from restaurants right now, and a lot of the in…”
Ben Leventhal Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 48:37 Resy and Eater: Ben Leventhal
Jan 20, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Leventhal: Airbnb agreed to both invest in Resy and partner commercially
“At some point in that conversation, we said, you know, we'd like this to be both an investment and a commercial partnership, and they agreed.”
Ben Leventhal Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 45:28 Resy and Eater: Ben Leventhal
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