Meet Our Experts

Travis Wolf

Dallas, TX

“Scaled a cafe brand from a handful of locations to 30 across four states, leading fundraising, strategy, and financial operations.”

Rich Zaro

New York, NY

“Built my foundation at a 100-year-old New York institution, launched a fast casual brand during a pandemic, and helped scale a franchise to 22 locations.”

Yuichi Iida

Brooklyn, NY

“I spent years immersed in music, culture, and food around the world. Warude is where it all landed.”

Megan Burton

Chicago, IL

“Built a brain health sparkling water brand from zero, and grew it from a campus store to Amazon nationwide.”

Stephan Kim

New York, NY

“I worked in finance during the week, and in the kitchen on the weekends. Then I co-founded Sopo, a Korean fast casual restaurant in NYC.”