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ETHAN KURZWEIL

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My dad thinks about the Singularity. I think about restaurant point-of-sale systems. Both are trying to improve the human condition.

humorsmbInterview, 2021

The best opportunities in venture capital are in industries that VCs consider boring. Boring is where the money is.

contrarianinvestingConference talk, 2020

Toast proved that restaurants — the most analog industry in America — were ready for a complete digital transformation.

digital-transformationrestaurantsBessemer blog, 2021

Small businesses are 99% of American companies. Serving them at scale is one of the biggest opportunities in tech.

opportunityscaleBessemer report, 2022

Yelp showed that local information — restaurant reviews, business hours — was a product people would organize their lives around.

consumerlocalInterview, 2018