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Meb Faber

Matt Hunckler

Rob Walling

Bernie Moreno

John Fein

Chris Bergman

Amy Nelson

Kevin Tien

Patrick McKenna

Peter Livingston

Alex Rubalcava

Elias Torres

Scott Dorsey

Josh Dorkin

Karla Gallardo

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Interview begins: 07:12Insight begins: 57:53Debrief begins: 1:05:28Johann Moonesinghe is the co-founder and CEO of inKind. inKind has invented a new form of finance where they purchase a bulk amount of food and beverage credit up-front from a restaurant, and then sell it to guests over time. They purchase large dollar amounts of credit in the restaurants (average $100,000) for a discount and then sell the credit to consumers as large gift cards (average $750) with a bonus. inKind was founded in 2016 and based in Austin, Texas.Learn more about inKind: https://www.inkind.com///Kevin Tien is the Executive Chef at Himitsu in Washington, D.C., and Hot Lola’s in Arlington, VA. He was nominated as a Rising Star Chef of the Year by the James Beard Foundation, and has now used InKind to open two restaurants. Learn more about Himitsu: https://www.himitsudc.com/Learn more about Hot Lola's: https://hotlolaschicken.com/// This episode is sponsored by Taft, Stettinius &amp; Hollister, a full-service law firm known for assisting entrepreneurs across the Heartland.Learn more about or get in touch with Taft: https://www.taftlaw.com/ Follow upside on Twitter: https://twitter.com/upsidefm

Interview begins: 07:12 Insight begins: 57:53 Debrief begins: 1:05:28Johann Moonesinghe is the co-founder and CEO of inKind. inKind has invented a new form of finance where they purchase a bulk amount of food and beverage credit up-front from a restaurant, and then sell it to guests over time. They purchase large dollar amounts of credit in the restaurants (average $100,000) for a discount and then sell the credit to consumers as large gift cards (average $750) with a bonus. inKind was founded in 2016 and based in Austin, Texas.Learn more about inKind: <a href="https://www.inkind.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.inkind.com/</a>//Kevin Tien is the Executive Chef at Himitsu in Washington, D.C., and Hot Lola’s in Arlington, VA.  He was nominated as a Rising Star Chef of the Year by the James Beard Foundation, and has now used InKind to open two restaurants. Learn more about Himitsu: <a href="https://www.himitsudc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.himitsudc.com/</a> Learn more about Hot Lola's: <a href="https://hotlolaschicken.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://hotlolaschicken.com/</a>// This episode is sponsored by Taft, Stettinius &amp; Hollister, a full-service law firm known for assisting entrepreneurs across the Heartland.Learn more about or get in touch with Taft: <a href="https://www.taftlaw.com/%20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.taftlaw.com/ </a> Follow upside on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/upsidefm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/upsidefm</a>

UP043: inKind // redesigning restaurant financing with House Accounts (feat. Kevin Tien of Himitsu and Hot Lola's)