
Guest
Derrick Hayes
Founder and CEO · Big Dave's Cheesesteaks
Derrick Hayes is the Philadelphia-born founder and CEO of Big Dave's Cheesesteaks, which he started in Atlanta in 2014 after promising his late father he would open a business. He now operates 12 locations, is franchising across the Southeast, and runs the Blue Apron program that trains and graduates young employees into restaurant careers.
2 episodes · Startups & Founding · Mindset, Grit & Failure · Retail & Physical Business
if you hustle with no knowledge, you just always going to hustle.
You're a hobby hustler. That's the new one. You're a hobby hustler.
I want to be respected in rooms that shock them when they hear this come out my mouth because they can't believe it.


