How did Big Dave's Cheesesteaks get started?
Answered independently in 2 episodes. Every line below is verbatim from the transcript, timestamped to the moment it was said.
What the archive says
01Derrick launched with Italian ice in 2014 and it failed because Atlanta customers didn't know what water ice was — he pivoted to cheesesteaks after his mother told him to put in a kitchen. source →
02Hire locally when you open in a community; Big Dave's Blue Apron program lets employees learn every station and graduate with a certificate and a career path. source →
03Outgrowing your space is a signal, not a problem — Big Dave's left a gas station doing 800–1,000 tickets on a three-foot grill and one broken fryer. source →
04Big Dave's runs a 'blue apron program' where employees who learn every station graduate with a certificate, giving them business insight and a career path. source →
What was actually said
We'll see how things are going. Where can everybody keep up with Big Dave's and Derek Hayes? Big Dave Cheesesteaks is my Instagram.