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LinkedIn profile page for Zachary Goldstein, listing San Francisco, California, United States, 9K followers and 500+ connections, with Stanford University Graduate School of Business and French under Languages. The articles include The Four Horsemen of the Restaurant Apocalypse? (Sep 12, 2019), Our “New Normal” — The Future of Work @ Thanx After COVID-19 (Sep 8, 2020) and a Jan 21, 2022 piece on a 2022 restaurant "power list". Activity items are posts shared by Zachary Goldstein, one naming Aaron Newton as Chief Data Officer.

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Zachary Goldstein

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Articles by Zachary

- Applauding a 2022 restaurant "power list" that better reflects the diversity which makes this industry special Jan 21, 2022 Applauding a 2022 restaurant "power list" that better reflects the diversity which makes this industry special Congrats to all the 2022 Nation's Restaurant News Power List winners. When I was selected to the 2020 NRN Power List, I… 86 9 Comments
- Our “New Normal” — The Future of Work @ Thanx After COVID-19 Sep 8, 2020 Our “New Normal” — The Future of Work @ Thanx After COVID-19 What follows is a letter sent to our team last week about how we're adapting our work culture in a post-COVID world… 90 17 Comments
- The Four Horsemen of the Restaurant Apocalypse? Sep 12, 2019 The Four Horsemen of the Restaurant Apocalypse? Excerpts from “The Four Horsemen of the Restaurant Apocalypse", my in-depth study of how restaurants — facing a major… 97 14 Comments
- Thanx to the Future: How Big Data and Customer Loyalty Can Save Offline Retail Dec 9, 2016 Thanx to the Future: How Big Data and Customer Loyalty Can Save Offline Retail Nearly 300,000 employees at General Electric could tell you the company’s single largest customer (hint: it represents… 53 5 Comments
- How to Lose a Loyal Customer in 10 Days: when f*%king over a single loyalist costs nearly $100K in future customer lifetime value Mar 16, 2016 How to Lose a Loyal Customer in 10 Days: when f*%king over a single loyalist costs nearly $100K in future customer lifetime value This is the story of how Starwood — my hotel group of choice for the last decade — lost me as a loyal customer. What… 48 7 Comments
- Why your loyalty program is failing… but can still be fixed Feb 23, 2016 Why your loyalty program is failing… but can still be fixed Building customer loyalty is — and has to be — the primary focus for every business. Loyal customers spend more per… 19 1 Comment

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- Our Chief Data Officer Aaron Newton is at the forefront of restaurant industry AI. He came to me with a passion project 6 months back — "I think I… Our Chief Data Officer Aaron Newton is at the forefront of restaurant industry AI. He came to me with a passion project 6 months back — "I think I… Shared by Zachary Goldstein
- Ya heard the phrase 10x engineer? Especially impressive when it's your CTO. It's agents instead of typing these days but some things never change… Ya heard the phrase 10x engineer? Especially impressive when it's your CTO. It's agents instead of typing these days but some things never change… Shared by Zachary Goldstein

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