Dan Fleyshman

And he's asked about like, can I invest in this? Can I invest in that? And I've skirted around it without ever telling him my one rule.

And some of those companies have worked out great and he's joked about it, but he doesn't actually know why I don't do it.

And some of those companies have worked out great and he's joked about it, but he doesn't actually know why I don't do it.

And I just don't want to ever have that situation where he puts in 100K or 10 million or a million, whatever the number is, into a deal.

And I just don't want to ever have that situation where he puts in 100K or 10 million or a million, whatever the number is, into a deal.

And whether it works out or not, I don't want to have that interaction where many of my other friends, I do want that. Sure. I want that relationship, I want to help them make money, but him putting in a million and getting back three million changes nothing. And so there's not as much of incentive for me to help. He doesn't need to make money, he doesn't care about that.

And whether it works out or not, I don't want to have that interaction where many of my other friends, I do want that. Sure. I want that relationship, I want to help them make money, but him putting in a million and getting back three million changes nothing. And so there's not as much of incentive for me to help. He doesn't need to make money, he doesn't care about that.

I invite him to charity events.

I invite him to charity events.

I still fight to pay for the dinners before he can get to the bill, by the way. Right.

I still fight to pay for the dinners before he can get to the bill, by the way. Right.

His eyes are bugged out when there's no check coming in.

His eyes are bugged out when there's no check coming in.

So there's a couple of key restaurant nightclub groups that we know of, right? That the public knows about because there's front-facing figures. You have Jason Strauss on this side, Noah Teppenberg over here, Dave Gretman in Miami. There's certain main characters in the key cities, Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, et cetera.

So there's a couple of key restaurant nightclub groups that we know of, right? That the public knows about because there's front-facing figures. You have Jason Strauss on this side, Noah Teppenberg over here, Dave Gretman in Miami. There's certain main characters in the key cities, Miami, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, et cetera.

And there's smaller pockets where someone will start off, like Tosh would start off in Phoenix and then boom, now it's all over the country, right?

And there's smaller pockets where someone will start off, like Tosh would start off in Phoenix and then boom, now it's all over the country, right?

Boston, you have Randy Greenstein. There's certain main characters that run a city. They've got five to 20 venues and they are the man or the woman. And so how are some of these characters lasting for 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, 25 years, 30 years in a space where most restaurant nightclubs fade away after one or two years?

Boston, you have Randy Greenstein. There's certain main characters that run a city. They've got five to 20 venues and they are the man or the woman. And so how are some of these characters lasting for 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, 25 years, 30 years in a space where most restaurant nightclubs fade away after one or two years?

So you're saying like the guys that are the movers and shakers, like J-Rock, Mr. Miami Purple, or Exactly. They're out there, they're the driving force behind the Grutman Empire, right?