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John Eckbert

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2022-08-11

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2022-08-11

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1. “And doctors and kind of the relationship that can develop in terms of health and bringing your health to your doctor and getting advice. It was changing in America dramatically. And so he said, you know, don't do medical. I'm not encouraging you to do medicine. So I knew I had to kind of find a different role in life. And I read Ann Rand in high school and not suggesting that she's gotten everything right. But one interesting thing that she did propose was that there could be something noble in business. Being a successful entrepreneur could be a noble thing. So the kind of orientation from my family was make sure that you do something important in your life. And that meant...”

   2022-08-11 · The Diary of a CEO · Building A Business Empire WITHOUT ANY Marketing: Five Guys CEO: John Eckbert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

2. “Well, first I grew up in a very countercultural isolationist family. So we didn't watch TV. We didn't celebrate birthdays or holidays. And I kind of got up at 5 a.m. to practice violin for an hour before school and had music lessons after school every day. And so it was very different. And I think I grew up feeling different with this kind of longing to have a sense of belonging. And that was always something that I was looking for in my professional life, I think, as well. I would have been a fourth generation doctor if I had gone into medicine. And my father told me that the profession was changing and it wasn't so much about patients and”

   2022-08-11 · The Diary of a CEO · Building A Business Empire WITHOUT ANY Marketing: Five Guys CEO: John Eckbert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

3. “So I had two young children. The fact is that there were moments where they woke up and needed both their parents, and I wasn't there. Hurt the people you care about. In ways that you don't intend, in ways that you don't understand.”

   2022-08-11 · The Diary of a CEO · Building A Business Empire WITHOUT ANY Marketing: Five Guys CEO: John Eckbert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

4. “Covent Garden is the very first five guys outside of the US. We knew that we weren't going to be advertising. We're entirely relying on someone tasting a great burger and frying them and telling their neighbors or their friends. It has to be, that's fucking fantastic.”

   2022-08-11 · The Diary of a CEO · Building A Business Empire WITHOUT ANY Marketing: Five Guys CEO: John Eckbert · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT