Choppin’ It Up by Bloomberg Intelligence
Feb 17, 2026 · 44 min · 19 segments
All-in-one software solutions didn’t work before and aren’t going to work this time, Juan George, co-founder of 858 Partners, tells Bloomberg Intelligence. In this episode of the Choppin’ It Up…
Michael HalenHostReally appreciate you having me back on here to defend the throne, you know? It's something that ever since you told me that, Noah and Matt don't believe me, but it's earned me a little bit of bragging rights in the Olo alumni chat.
So seriously, you know, those two guys, though, they're on the Mount Rushmore of restaurant tech for me.
So when we had Noah back on the second time, his first archive, his first appearance, like, got hit big time in the archive, and that moved all the way up to number three.
All your predictions were on point, particularly about some of the difficulties you saw coming for the restaurant tech industry and your call for all of that M&A activity that we've seen by the large public players, man.
So excited to talk about this, I guess, two years to the day or so since we last talked.
All right, for the listeners that might have missed our first interview, they're going to have to go back and listen to that one in the archives, expand your lead a little bit.
Really appreciate you having me back on here to defend the throne, you know? It's something that ever since you told me that, Noah and Matt don't believe me, but it's earned me a little bit of bragging rights in the Olo alumni chat.
So seriously, you know, those two guys, though, they're on the Mount Rushmore of restaurant tech for me.
So when we had Noah back on the second time, his first archive, his first appearance, like, got hit big time in the archive, and that moved all the way up to number three.
All your predictions were on point, particularly about some of the difficulties you saw coming for the restaurant tech industry and your call for all of that M&A activity that we've seen by the large public players, man.
So excited to talk about this, I guess, two years to the day or so since we last talked.
All right, for the listeners that might have missed our first interview, they're going to have to go back and listen to that one in the archives, expand your lead a little bit.
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