Stuart Miller

And then I was looking, so he's an Enneagram 6, which my wife is, and is the loyal skeptic or the, if you were to have a headline, it would be, winter is coming. So there's this underlying fear to it, but there's an excellence. The fear coexists with this excellence and judgment. And then our general manager I'd known for a while, she grew up in the business.

And then I was looking, so he's an Enneagram 6, which my wife is, and is the loyal skeptic or the, if you were to have a headline, it would be, winter is coming. So there's this underlying fear to it, but there's an excellence. The fear coexists with this excellence and judgment. And then our general manager I'd known for a while, she grew up in the business.

Her parents ran a restaurant in Santa Barbara. Her name is Jane, and she's an Enneagram 8. And I have a working theory that eights and sixes do really well together. The eights provide stability, the sixes are loyal, but also skeptical in a great way and alive in their decision-making. So I ended up thinking, like I introduced the two of them, sometime Joel did not want to be the general manager.

Her parents ran a restaurant in Santa Barbara. Her name is Jane, and she's an Enneagram 8. And I have a working theory that eights and sixes do really well together. The eights provide stability, the sixes are loyal, but also skeptical in a great way and alive in their decision-making. So I ended up thinking, like I introduced the two of them, sometime Joel did not want to be the general manager.

He knew in his old restaurant, at one point he'd had to act as general manager and he hated it. It's a little bit like if you had a failure, It's actually better sometimes because somebody prices themselves correctly. He prices the value of the general manager, in my view, correctly. Oh, interesting.

He knew in his old restaurant, at one point he'd had to act as general manager and he hated it. It's a little bit like if you had a failure, It's actually better sometimes because somebody prices themselves correctly. He prices the value of the general manager, in my view, correctly. Oh, interesting.

And values it. And I feel like there's a good chance it'll be a very long-term thing for that reason. And so I guess the other element... in Santa Barbara is the housing is so expensive. And so a couple of years ago, when I started this project, I knew that the toughest thing, if I was going to recruit somebody from outside of Santa Barbara, was going to be the housing.

And values it. And I feel like there's a good chance it'll be a very long-term thing for that reason. And so I guess the other element... in Santa Barbara is the housing is so expensive. And so a couple of years ago, when I started this project, I knew that the toughest thing, if I was going to recruit somebody from outside of Santa Barbara, was going to be the housing.

And the biggest carrot I could provide somebody would be a great housing setup. And I also wanted the feel of the restaurant to be of somebody of that neighborhood, not somebody who's commuting an hour in, but to serve somebody else, but somebody who's grounded in that community. So I had bought what at the time was the cheapest house in Montecito and redid it.

And the biggest carrot I could provide somebody would be a great housing setup. And I also wanted the feel of the restaurant to be of somebody of that neighborhood, not somebody who's commuting an hour in, but to serve somebody else, but somebody who's grounded in that community. So I had bought what at the time was the cheapest house in Montecito and redid it.

It's right near a great public school and it's a three-minute walk to the restaurant. And so I was able to get him. The reason I'm so lucky here and the reason I know why it's a good setup for him, he's going to live in this house, his kid's going to go to the school, he's going to walk to the restaurant. And so all those elements came together. And then the final one was

It's right near a great public school and it's a three-minute walk to the restaurant. And so I was able to get him. The reason I'm so lucky here and the reason I know why it's a good setup for him, he's going to live in this house, his kid's going to go to the school, he's going to walk to the restaurant. And so all those elements came together. And then the final one was

I was kind of debating whether to have a ton of investors in it and pass the hat to the community or just kind of keep it simple and either just fund it myself. And I ended up finding a friend who's a partner at Sequoia, Brian Schreier, who he and his wife have a real interest in hospitality and have done other projects kind of like this.

I was kind of debating whether to have a ton of investors in it and pass the hat to the community or just kind of keep it simple and either just fund it myself. And I ended up finding a friend who's a partner at Sequoia, Brian Schreier, who he and his wife have a real interest in hospitality and have done other projects kind of like this.

And they met Joel, met Jane, were extremely excited about it.

And they met Joel, met Jane, were extremely excited about it.

Six.

Six.

You're right. It is that it's a casting exercise. It's so compact. This year we had 32 speakers. There was 32 choices that I did together with Paulino Lopez and a number of other friends on the host committee. And then one of the East Rock team, Brian Waterhouse, did Next Wave, which is how I started with Sewn 10 years ago.

You're right. It is that it's a casting exercise. It's so compact. This year we had 32 speakers. There was 32 choices that I did together with Paulino Lopez and a number of other friends on the host committee. And then one of the East Rock team, Brian Waterhouse, did Next Wave, which is how I started with Sewn 10 years ago.