Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Eric, as you know, I grew up in suburban New Jersey and in suburban New Jersey, we ate a lot of Benihana growing up and I love the Americanized version of this deeply traditional Japanese meal. On Deciens’ Lean Operation. I think that in the world of sushi, there’s a role for Jiro, Nobu, and Benihana.

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And then from there, I was running a fitness company on the west coast by the name of 24 Hour Fitness, which was private equity backed and quite a bit of debt. I was the division president for the northeast division on 9/11, and all the stores in New York and New Jersey and, obviously, all the east coast stores for Circuit City were mine.

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And then a year out of school, I was getting married and actually in New Jersey, but my family was visiting me. They were coming from New Orleans, which is where I was born and raised. You’ve got to build equity value." But at the same time, if schools get closed or weird, you can lean much more heavily on them.

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