Nick Kokonas on Resurrecting Restaurants, Skin in the Game, and Investing | Brought to you by <a href="https://www.shipstation.com/" target="_blank">ShipStation</a> and <a href="http://helixsleep.com/tim" target="_blank">Helix Sleep</a>. More on both below."It remains to be seen, of course, whether or not this works. But what I didn't want to do was wait to see what happened." —&nbsp;Nick KokonasNick Kokonas (IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nkokonas/" target="_blank">@nkokonas</a>, TW: <a href="https://twitter.com/nickkokonas" target="_blank">@NickKokonas</a>) is the co-owner and co-founder of <a href="https://www.thealineagroup.com/" target="_blank">The Alinea Group</a> of restaurants, which includes Alinea, Next, The Aviary, Roister, St. Clair Supper Club, and The Aviary NYC.<a href="https://www.alinearestaurant.com/" target="_blank">Alinea</a> has been named the Best Restaurant in America and Best Restaurant in The World by organizations and lists as diverse as The James Beard Foundation, World's 50 Best, TripAdvisor, Yelp, Gourmet Magazine, and Elite Traveler. His restaurants have won nearly every accolade afforded to them.Nick has been a subversive entrepreneur and angel investor since 1996. 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#429: Nick Kokonas on Resurrecting Restaurants, Skin in the Game, and Investing

Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig