Julia Collins

Let me try to hedge this bet a little bit.

And off I went and he said, you know, if you can get yourself to Stanford, I'll help you.

And so I got myself to Stanford.

You know, I was very much achievement oriented and I was sort of like putting my passion to the side because I thought that I had to have a certain level of prowess and prestige in order to earn the right to do the thing that I really loved.

Did you know early on that it was food?

Always, always, always, always, always.

If I had two nickels to rub together when I was living four to an apartment in New York City, I was getting a reservation at the top restaurant.

It was a passion for you.

It was a passion, like an all-consuming passion.

It was all I did with my free time.

It was all I talked about.

And that's maybe another clue to entrepreneurs is like that wacky, crazy thing, that zany thing that you're obsessed with, that's probably what you're meant to be doing.

and not what is the textbook thing to do.

Danny Meyer is like the Emma Greed of food.

He is like the one to watch.

You know, he's like the Michael Jordan of the restaurant industry.

Can't miss.

Golden ticket man.

Golden ticket man, Midas touch guy.

I made a list of everyone in the world who I want to work for in the industry.