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01 Mar 2017


Starting Lineup: No Reservations

There’s something new on the menu at these food-focused alumni startups.
Re: Susan Kim (MBA 2003); Matthew Salzberg (MBA 2010); Michael Tisch (MBA 2014); Amuleek Bijral (MBA 2006); Tarun Khanna (Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor)

Topics: Business Ventures-Business StartupsFood and Beverage-GeneralTechnology-Online Technology
01 Mar 2017


Starting Lineup: No Reservations

There’s something new on the menu at these food-focused alumni startups.
Re: Susan Kim (MBA 2003); Matthew Salzberg (MBA 2010); Michael Tisch (MBA 2014); Amuleek Bijral (MBA 2006); Tarun Khanna (Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor)

Topics: Business Ventures-Business StartupsFood and Beverage-GeneralTechnology-Online Technology
01 Mar 2017

Starting Lineup: No Reservations

There’s something new on the menu at these food-focused alumni startups.
Re: Susan Kim (MBA 2003); Matthew Salzberg (MBA 2010); Michael Tisch (MBA 2014); Amuleek Bijral (MBA 2006); Tarun Khanna (Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor)
Topics: Business Ventures-Business StartupsFood and Beverage-GeneralTechnology-Online Technology
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Illustrations by Drue Wagner

 
The Company The Founder The Pitch       The News
EatWith CEO Susan Kim (MBA 2003)
Founded 2012		 This online marketplace allows cooks to sell seats at their dinner tables. TripAdvisor is the latest investor in this social-dining service, which operates in more than 200 cities around the world.
Blue Apron Cofounder and CEO Matt Salzberg (MBA 2010)
Founded 2012		 This meal-kit company delivers all the ingredients you need to make a home-cooked dinner. Reports say that the company is on track to surpass $1 billion in revenue in 2017, in a sector that generated an estimated $1.5 billion in sales last year. There are also rumors of an IPO.
Chorus Hospitality Founder and CEO Michael Tisch (MBA 2014)
Founded 2015		 “A service-focused management partner,” Chorus Hospitality invests in and creates culinary concepts. Brooklyn’s beloved independent pizzeria and tiki bar, Roberta’s, is Chorus’s most-talked-about new investment.
Chai Point Cofounder and CEO Amuleek Singh Bijral (MBA 2006) and advisor, HBS professor Tarun Khanna
Founded 2010		 An upscale tea chain with more than 100 stores—with 60 more planned—throughout India. Chai Point has introduced an Internet of Things–enabled tea-dispensing machine for offices.
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