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Sep 2024
1h 7m

Erin Wade: The Mac and Cheese Empire

Shane Parrish
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When Princeton-educated attorney Erin Wade left law to open a restaurant, she didn't just create award-winning comfort food—she engineered a revolutionary workplace culture. This conversation reveals how she transformed an Oakland mac and cheese restaurant into a laboratory for modern management principles. Wade shares her groundbreaking 'color code of cond ... Show More
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