Ep. 16: Noah Glass | Don't Try to Pretend Nothing is Changing

In this episode, we talk with NOAH GLASS, the software developer and visionary founder & CEO of Olo…the leading provider of digital ordering and delivery solutions for the restaurant industry.

THOUGHT #1

Predicting Rain Doesn’t Count; Building Arks Does - Warren Buffet

THOUGHT #2

To Achieve Great Things, Two Things Are Needed: a Plan and Not Quite Enough Time. – Leonard Bernstein

CONNECT:

Website: www.olo.com Email: [email protected]Twitter: @NHGlassLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahglass/

BRAND & RESOURCE MENTIONS:

Warren Buffet - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_BuffettLeonard Bernstein - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_BernsteinYale University - www.Yale.eduEtsy - www.etsy.comUncle Ben (Spider-Man) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_BenWall Street Journal - www.wsj.comGood Morning America - www.GoodMorningAmerica.comiTunes - https://www.apple.com/itunes/AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order – www.amazon.comExecution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done – www.amazon.comShutterfly – www.shutterfly.com Starbucks – www.starbucks.comStar Trek/Gene Roddenberry - www.StarTrek.comJim Trick – www.jimtrick.com Parkinson’s Law – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_lawEric Reis – www.theleanstartup.comMike Tyson – www.miketyson.comDispatch – www.dispatchmusic.comThe Terminator/SkyNet - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247Snake Anti-Venom - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AntivenomHard Rock International – www.HardRock.comRock ‘n Roll With It: Overcoming the Challenge of Change (Brant Menswar)– www.RocknRollWithIt.comCulture That Rocks: How to Revolutionize Your Company’s Culture (Jim Knight)– www.CultureThatRocks.comCannonball Kids’ cancer – www.CannonballKidscancer.orgKeppler Speakers - www.KepplerSpeakers.comCertified Rock Star - www.CertifiedRockStar.comThoughts That Rock – www.ThoughtsThatRock.comSpectacle Photography (Show/Website Photos) – www.spectaclephoto.comJeffrey Todd “JT” Keel (Show Music) - https://www.facebook.com/jtkeel

NOAH GLASS'S BIO:

Noah Glass is the Founder & CEO of Olo (www.olo.com), the leading provider of digital ordering and on-demand interfaces for the restaurant industry. Glass is an industry visionary whose mobile ordering work pre-dates the iPhone, beginning with text message ordering on feature phones in 2005. His work in the foodservice industry began nearly twenty years ago, serving as a cashier, server, bartender, and delivery driver.

His passion for entrepreneurship was ignited by his time in Johannesburg, South Africa with Endeavor, a non-profit promoting high-growth entrepreneurship in emerging markets around the globe. There, he opened the first affiliate Endeavor office in Africa by leading fundraising, building the Board, hiring the management team, and finding the inaugural class of Endeavor Entrepreneurs in South Africa. After returning to the states, he founded Olo and sits at the helm of the company as it leads the E-Commerce awakening in the restaurant industry, still in its early days. Today, over 50 million consumers use the Olo platform to Skip the Line® and have food delivered from restaurants they love. Olo’s clients include Applebee's, Baskin-Robbins, Chili’s, Chipotle, Denny’s, Five Guys Burgers & Fries, Jamba Juice, Noodles & Company, Shake Shack, sweetgreen, Red Robin, Wingstop, and more.

Noah’s accomplishments have been recognized by Businessweek and Business Insider, and thought leadership featured by “ABC World News,” Advertising Age, CNBC, CNN, Entrepreneur, “Good Morning America,” Inc., The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and more.