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This week with Gregor Gerlach, CEO of Seaside Hotel Collection, co-founder & shareholder of Vapiano. Gregor has an amazing track record: 20 years ago, he co-founded Vapiano, bought his co-founders out and led the company as CEO for several years. As a shareholder he experienced then the exciting days when Vapiano first went public and how his “baby” later went bankrupt. He is an integral part of the new shareholders, who bought Vapiano out of bankruptcy.

This week, we feature Thom Elliot, Co-Founder of Pizza Pilgrims, which he started with his brother in 2012 following a pilgrimage to Italy. They have grown the business organically, with a lot of fun, and with massive respect for bringing Neapolitan pizza to London. What began as a street food movement has now expanded to 22 pizzerias across the UK, employing 480 people, generating 30 million in sales, and 1 million in profit.

This week with Stefan Tewes, Founder & CEO of Coffee Fellows, the largest coffee shop chain in Germany, with over 300 units. Coffee Fellows was founded in 1999 and currently generates 120 million Euros in system sales, with 10 million Euros in EBITDA. The company operates in 9 countries with over 150 franchise partners.

This week with Max Kochen, co-founder and CEO of beets&roots. Max talks about their journey and how he grew the company up to more than 15 locations, with a multichannel approach to B2B, delivery, travel hubs and retail.

This week with Robin Rowland, former CEO and Mr. “Yo! Sushi”, where he grew the brand to over 100 restaurants and to a 200 million valuation. Robin is an industry veteran and nowadays an operating partner at TriSpan.

This week with Mirco Wiegert, co-founder and CEO of fritz kola. Mirco founded the company with his friend Lorenz Hampel when they were students in Hamburg. Today, fritz kola is a well-known brand in many European countries, they employ 300 people, make a triple digit million number in sales and position themselves not only as beverage producer, but also use their market power to make strong statements against racism and right populism.

Mats talks with us about his 25 years of experience with McDonald's, Chipotle, PRET, Roti, and many more. He also shares his views on leadership, his investment philosophy, and why the WHY is more important than the WHO, and the WHO is more important than the WHAT.

This week with Haya Molcho, founder of NENI. Haya is a fantastic woman full of positive energy and love for food, people and the business she started 15 years ago. Today she leads the company NENI together with three of her four sons.

This week with Victor Lugger, co-founder of Big Mamma Group and Sunday App.

This week with Tobias Beck, Founder of Tobias Beck Academy, Bestselling Author, Top Speaker and Coach with 23 years of experience and over 400.000 participants.