What Danny Meyer has said about Shake Shack
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 27, 2026
Danny Meyer, American restaurateur, founder of Union Square Hospitality Group and Shake Shack, has been quoted on Shake Shack once in 1 episode of The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk, most recently on September 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Meyer recounts that the hot dog cart made $7,500 in its third year after pledging profits to the Madison Square Park Conservancy, prompting the permanent kiosk.
“Wouldn't you know, in year three, just by saying that, we made $7,500. And that's when I got the idea, let's turn this hot dog cart into a permanent kiosk”
The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk: 708: Danny Meyer - How You Make People Feel: The Founder of Shake Shack & Union Square Hospitality Group on Culture as Soil, the 49/51 Hiring Formula, and Leading With Generosity (Sep 27, 2026) · Listen from 45:49
Episodes
708: Danny Meyer - How You Make People Feel: The Founder of Shake Shack & Union Square Hospitality Group on Culture as Soil, the 49/51 Hiring Formula, and Leading With GenerosityThe Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk · Sep 27, 2026 · 54 min
Ryan Hawk interviews restaurateur Danny Meyer about enlightened hospitality, scaling culture, the 49/51 hiring formula, and how a hot dog cart became Shake Shack.
Danny Meyer on other topics
- Enlightened hospitality · 3 quotes
- Hiring and hospitality quotient · 3 quotes
- Organizational culture · 3 quotes
- Madison Square Park · 1 quote
- COVID-19 pandemic response · 1 quote
- Sales skills · 1 quote
- Entrepreneurship · 1 quote