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Ralph Bower

Ralph Bower

Cinematographer

Nov 6, 2026

8:35
Is it the same concept?
8:37
It is.
8:38
So we were founded in 2011 by Jonathan Kaplan, who was a tech guy.
8:44
He invented the video flip phone, sold it to Cisco, and then he founded The Melt with his same group of investors that had invested in flip video.
8:55
And we were founded as a grilled cheese brand.
8:58
And then I came on board in 2016.
9:03
And so we had introduced burgers at the time.

6 MINS LATER

14:42
So how does that work, though? I mean, you can say that, but what do you do to empower the employees to know that they have the freedom to do what they need to do to do an I Love It Here experience?

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