Seriously Dumb – We May Be Peaking

A good friend sent me a link to a session at All Things Digital. http://allthingsd.com/20110601/the-melt-demo-at-d9-grilled-cheese-what-if-there-were-an-app-for-that/?refcat=mobile

Jonathan Kaplan, creator of the popular (discontinued) Flip camera line, is building a secretive start-up called The Melt, which, near as we can tell, brings together smartphones, automation and comfort food. PLEASE, keep this a secret.

#1. Celebrity Chef’s won’t matter in this venture.

#2. Social media won’t help.

#3. If the world-class brains over there at Sequoia Capital think the restaurant industry is “narrow”, how narrow is a grill cheese sandwich?

#4. Really? Do I even need a #4?

I give both the investor and the inventor the Dumb-ass idea of the year award for 2011.

Cheers!

About Michael Atkinson

Cook, bartender, server, manager, owner, operator, COO, CFO, CEO, investment banker, entrepreneur, investor, speaker, writer, social media maven, founder and CEO of FohBoh and, passionate advocate for the Foodservice industry.
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