1106: Andy Hooper, CEO and Co-Founder of Hart House

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Andy Hooper is the CEO and Co-Founder of Hart House in Los Angeles. Hart House was co-founded by visionary and actor/comedian Kevin Hart with the purpose of delivering a better-for-you, quick-service, totally-vegan restaurant. Andy got his start in the industry at 15 washing dishes. He went to school for marine biology and decided to switch focus to business instead. After graduating, he worked for Burger King corporate starting in 2001. When he left, his title was Senior Director of HR at the BK HQ. He moved on to Cafe Rio in 2011 as their Chief People Officer and that brand scaled to 3x their restaurants while Andy was there. In 2018 he moved on to AND Pizza and in 2022 joined the Hart house founding team. There are currently 4 Hart House locations in LA.

Favorite success quote/mantra: "Set very specific targets, be intentional about what you do, measure it, and then look back and ask, 'did it work?'"

In this episode we will discuss:

Scaling
Scaling culture
Training
Labor/turnover
AND MORE!

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Instagram: @myharthouse
Website: https://www.myharthouse.com/

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