Tender Greens

Tender Greens is a group of restaurants where super talented chefs get to run each kitchen like their own—and that’s why we call it a chef’s kitchen. It’s the kind of comfort food chefs love to cook for themselves and their families, for far less than you would expect.www.tendergreens.com

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Oct 3, 2026

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EP. 250: David Dressler - Tender Greens Co-Founder on Building a 1,200-Person Restaurant Brand

Oct 3 · 6 Mentions

David DresslerGUEST

11:39

We incorporated.

David DresslerGUEST

11:40

We called our company TYP Restaurant Group, and TYP stood for 10-year plan.

David DresslerGUEST

11:44

We had never had an intention of opening one restaurant.

David DresslerGUEST

11:49

Um, the safe combination upstairs in our little office was 10-3-30.

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David DresslerGUEST

19:21

And then also provide...

David DresslerGUEST

19:23

I, I, I learned this from one of my, my, uh, teachers that, uh, my job as a leader is to make it easy for my team to do great work.

David DresslerGUEST

19:32

You know, I, if, if I absorb that, then I'm gonna do whatever it, it takes, even if I'm not, as the, as the CEO, president, leader of a company, even if I'm not, um, in the day-to-day, I'm going to provide tools that allow for those in the day-to-day to do great work and make it easier for them.

David DresslerGUEST

19:53

I need to be a roadblock remover, and then my team needs to be accented towards roadblock removing at all times.