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Mike J & Matt C & Josh S

Host:

Josh Sharkey w/ Matt Conway and Mike Jacober

Guest:

hosts^

Recording Length:

60-90min

Recording Date / Time:

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Sun, Oct 5, 2025, 4:00 PM

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EST

Publish Date:

TBD

Recording Link (if remote)

You can join the recording session

HERE⁠

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Recording Checklist, Tips, and Info

For a successful remote recording follow the instructions

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Topics

We will let the conversation flow organically and make the most of the hour. Below are some topics we can likely discuss.

Topic / Question

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Being an ‘Expert’

The ‘dilution’ of the pursuit of expertise and how to bring that back

Is it just much easier to become an expert today and what does it mean as it relates to your craft

Open

Focus vs Breadth: Should you build one thing relentlessly—or many things intelligently?

Open

Random other topics

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Gen Z feels weird talking about drinking — and it's forcing bars to change

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The rise of the grandiose restaurants (eg Cote, Motherwolf, MFG, Mila, etc.) - is the massive topline the best way to build?

Mocktails? stay or go?

Hyper personalization of food

If you had to invest all available excess capital into one restaurant / restaurant group - what would it be

Open

Restaurants that only take walk-ins (no reservations)

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GLP 1 impact on dining

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Recording Checlist

Remote Interview

Before you start, here are some tips for a seamless recording experience with Riverside:

Use a computer with a Chrome browser that’s

up-to-date.⁠

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Check your internet stability. Ethernet cable connections are preferred over WiFi.

Use an external mic, if possible. Even the mic in your ear/headphones are better than nothing.

Use headphones/earphones to prevent echo and increase audio quality.

Close all other applications that don’t need to be open during the recording. This prevents CPU overload. Important: Please close all other programs that try to use your mic/camera.

Relax, have fun, be you. You’re awesome exactly the way you are, and you’re in this interview because we love the natural way you speak and operate

In Person Interview

Make sure to keep the microphone close; it’s an ‘eat the mic’ situation, if you’re too far away from the mic, the sound quality is impacted

Relax, have fun, be you. You’re awesome exactly the way you are, and you’re in this interview because we love the natural way you speak and operate

We typically need about 30min ahead of time to setup sound, lighting, and set prior to getting going

If we’re in your restaurant (which we love); we’ll try to be far enough away from the kitchen that the fridge compressors don’t add too much background noise, and in a perfect world, it’s great if you can turn them off for the hour, but we of course understand that can be a pain in the butt, so it’s absolutely not necessary if you can’t.

Prior Topics/Questions

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How social media has changed how diners interact with a restaurant/chef/bottle of wine

Open

Random other topics

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Gen Z feels weird talking about drinking — and it's forcing bars to change

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The rise of the grandiose restaurants (eg Cote, Motherwolf, MFG, Mila, etc.) - is the massive topline the best way to build?

Mocktails? stay or go?

Hyper personalization of food

If you had to invest all available excess capital into one restaurant / restaurant group - what would it be

Charleston Restaurant Hit List

3 wines everyone should buy for the holidays

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