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Toast disrupted legacy POS systems costing $50,000 to $100,000 upfront
“Instead of spending, like for a restaurant like Finale, for them to go buy a legacy on-prem system, you know, you might spend 50 to a hundred K up front. And so our pitch was very little up front and sometimes nothing up front. Then we had a SAS fee.”
Aman Narang Jul 20, 2026 ▶ 30:28 Toast: Aman Narang. How a Long Wait for the Dinner Check Launched a $2 Billion Business.
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Partnering with Gordon Food Service enabled Toast's expansion beyond Boston
“And that was a really important partnership for us that helped us get outside of Boston. So we launched in, in, in, in Miami and Chicago, thanks to GFS and their support, and then went from there.”
Aman Narang Jul 20, 2026 ▶ 33:14 Toast: Aman Narang. How a Long Wait for the Dinner Check Launched a $2 Billion Business.
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Endeca founder Steve Papa invested $500,000 to seed Toast
“Steve Papa, who was the founder of Indeca, invested I think it was 500 K to get started.”
Aman Narang Jul 20, 2026 ▶ 24:24 Toast: Aman Narang. How a Long Wait for the Dinner Check Launched a $2 Billion Business.
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