What Nick Kokonas has said about Alinea (restaurant)
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 26, 2026
Nick Kokonas, American former options trader, co-founder of the restaurant Alinea and founder of the reservation software company Tock, has been quoted on Alinea (restaurant) 2 times in 1 episode of My First Million, most recently on October 26, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Kokonas argues that excellence comes from producing many mostly bad attempts, as with Grant Achatz testing many versions of a sauce.
“You have to know what great is. And knowing what great is, is making mostly shit 99% of the time”
My First Million: How to find your arbitrage (from the guy who’s done it 3x) ft. Nick Kokonas (Oct 26, 2026) · Listen from 54:04
Kokonas says Alinea Group investors received quarterly distributions from 2005 until he sold the group in 2023.
“Our investors got quarterly distributions from the time I started it in 2005 all the way to when I sold it in 2023”
My First Million: How to find your arbitrage (from the guy who’s done it 3x) ft. Nick Kokonas (Oct 26, 2026) · Listen from 1:29:34
Episodes
How to find your arbitrage (from the guy who’s done it 3x) ft. Nick KokonasMy First Million · Oct 26, 2026 · 2 h 7 min
Shaan Puri talks with Nick Kokonas about finding arbitrages across trading, the restaurant Alinea, Tock, Napa winemaking and an immersive magic venue.
Nick Kokonas on other topics
- Arbitrage · 3 quotes
- Strange House · 2 quotes
- Dynamic pricing · 2 quotes
- Napa Valley wine industry · 1 quote
- Mergers and acquisitions due diligence · 1 quote
- Flash Boys · 1 quote
- Restaurant industry economics · 1 quote
- Tock · 1 quote