Jack Crivici-Kramer
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And with this money, they're upping their ambitions.
They're not just going to be the on-the-go tiny coffee shop optimized for takeout anymore.
No.
Blank Street is adding mega cafes three times the size to take on Starbucks' third place.
You're going to see them.
Basically, Blank Street is manspreading across Manhattan.
Yeah.
Literally.
But besties, Blank Street is more than a matcha business with a side hustle and espresso beans.
The co-founders, Issam and Vinay, are venture capitalists.
Two immigrants who studied business at New York University right here in the city.
And they ended up optimizing the three most key elements of the coffee industry.
A strategy Jack and I call...
Goldilocksing.
First, they optimized the price.
Goldilocks.
Right in between the price of Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts.
Yeah, Jack, you jumped in T-boy style.
You went this morning, right?
Well, it was funny.