Andrew Dana is the Founder and Co-Owner of two award-winning restaurants Timber Pizza Co. and Call Your Mother with locations in Washington, DC and Maryland! He grew up in the same neighborhood as me in DC, we're just two kids from Mt. Pleasant that went to the same middle school Alice Deal. Did not know it but lived only a several blocks away from each other. Recently President Biden made his first DC restaurant visit as President and went to their Call Your Mother Deli location in Georgetown. It does not matter where you start, it matters where you're going and Andrew is a prime example of that! After earning his undergraduate degree he sold windows door to door, went to business school afterwards and did not feel fulfilled in his corporate job that he eventually left to open a mobile pizza food truck! Now, years later with several locations and more in the pipeline and over 150 team members he takes us behind the scenes of how it is growing his restaurant empire! He chats about several pivotal moments in his business, one of them being named Bon Appétit Top 50 New Restaurants in the Country - sales basically went up over 40% overnight! Andrew talks about the importance of just showing up no matter what and to put in the time and hard work, and how you need to have attention to detail on everything! He shares how they treat their team and the benefits they give them, it is more like a family! He mentions how we need to keep things as simple as possible and remove the grey area, and focus on growth!

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