The Untold Story of The Mind Behind KAMS, Hubbard Inn, Red Lion, Joy District & Chicago's Top Venues

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0:00 - Introduction
1:12 - Childhood
6:03 - Adult Conversations
11:20 - Aaryaman's American College Experience
16:55 - Carmen’s First Impressions of UIUC.
20:50 - Carmen's First Business
28:41 - Carmen's Guide to Starting Successful Local Businesses
31:35 - How to Assemble a Team
37:56 - How to Discover Yourself in College?
43:29 - Ideas for Dates at UIUC
44:37 - Carmen's Regret: Not Studying Engineering
48:28 - The Business Carmen Would Start Today at UIUC
1:02:56 - How to Ask Someone Out
1:10:46 - Failure
1:15:23 - Listening
1:20:44 - Carmen's Playbook for Experience-Driven Businesses
1:29:18 - Building for Yourself or Others?
1:36:05 - Delegation
1:45:31 - Carmen's Advice for Juan David & Aaryaman
2:09:20 - Compete With Yourself, Not Your Peers
2:17:38 - Say Yes
2:21:21 - Carmen's Reflections on The UIUC Talkshow Experience
2:23:00 - Advice to young people
🚥 Overrated or Underrated Section 🚥
2:27:56 - ⚙ Restaurant Mechanical Systems (HVAC, equipment, etc)
2:29:43 - 🍕 Chicago Deep Dish Pizza
2:34:23 - 🍝 Eataly
2:41:32 - 🥚 Incubators & Accelerators
2:46:43 - 🍺 Bars: KAMS & Red Lion
2:53:00 - 🍟 The Founder Movie
2:56:46 - Closing Words