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Eugene Varricchio and the business of being believed
From the retail shop floor to Franki’s video recommendations, Eugene Varricchio has kept asking how customers decide whom to trust. Now back in Australia as CEO of Brands & Marks, he is bringing that question home.
The Infatuation made dinner plans. Chase bought in.
Two music executives turned their restaurant opinions into a business built on trust, festivals and a very useful question: where should we eat? Now JPMorgan Chase owns the answer.
Hannah Kelly Is Turning the Reservation Into a Relationship
At Resy, Hannah Kelly is making a case that the smallest rectangle on your phone can lead to something much larger: discovery, loyalty, and a table people remember.
The Restaurant App That Pays You to Eat - and Charges Only When the Table Fills
Restaurants cannot save tonight's empty table for tomorrow. Seated built a marketplace around that perishable inventory - then survived the shutdown that made every table empty at once.
Franki
Franki is a Los Angeles-based mobile app that reimagines the restaurant review as short-form video. Often described as a 'TikTok for restaurant reviews,' it lets diners discover local spots through authentic video recommendations from vetted local creators, then earns them cash back when they eat and drink at participating venues. Creators earn for posting, consumers earn for going out, and restaurants get measurable, conversion-focused advertising - a three-sided platform aimed at the multibillion-dollar experience economy.