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Exciting news! 🤗 I’m feeling blessed to share: Owner raised $120M Series C and is now at a $1B valuation. Details here ⬇️

I started Owner at 17 years old, after dropping out of high school halfway through 10th grade. I didn’t think I’d be able to raise money as a high school dropout that knew nobody in tech.

The first version of Owner wasn’t built for venture capital. It was built for my mom. She’s a small business owner who needed a shot at success in the digital world. V1 of the product transformed her business.

Then, I saw that there are millions of other mom-and-pop business owners, much like her. A large number of them are in the restaurant business. All of them are being crushed by huge corporations that are using tech against them.

We’re using this cash to arm them to fight back.

❤️ Shoutout to the great team at Owner –
You deserve the credit for getting us here.

I thank God every morning that I get to build Owner with each of you. We wouldn’t be here without you. It is a highlight of my life to build with you.

🤗 And shoutout to the best cofounder and CTO I could ever ask for Dean Bloembergen. His work ethic and genius are as impressive as his character. I view partnering with Dean as one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

🙌 I’m proud of Owner today.

But I also feel scared that people will see our unicorn valuation and think “we’ve made it.”

So let me be brutally clear. We HAVE NOT made it.

And if we start to believe we have, we never will.

When investors value us at $1B, it’s because they see potential. Our investors see the POTENTIAL for us to build a company worth tens of billions.

We have to prove them right.

And we must also prove right the thousands of restaurant owners who’ve bet their futures on us.

✊ We’re still underdogs. We still have a long way to go.

We didn’t come this far just to come this far.

t’s time to move faster, build better, and fight harder.

Thousands of small business owners are counting on us!

▶️ If you want to keep learning about Owner, I recommend watching the video on this post.

Exciting news! 🤗 I’m feeling blessed to share: Owner raised $120M Series C and is now at a $1B valuation. Details here ⬇️

I started Owner at 17 years old, after dropping out of high school halfway through 10th grade. I didn’t think I’d be able to raise money as a high school dropout that knew nobody in tech.

The first version of Owner wasn’t built for venture capital. It was built for my mom. She’s a small business owner who needed a shot at success in the digital world. V1 of the product transformed her business.

Then, I saw that there are millions of other mom-and-pop business owners, much like her. A large number of them are in the restaurant business. All of them are being crushed by huge corporations that are using tech against them.

We’re using this cash to arm them to fight back.

❤️ Shoutout to the great team at Owner –
You deserve the credit for getting us here.

I thank God every morning that I get to build Owner with each of you. We wouldn’t be here without you. It is a highlight of my life to build with you.

🤗 And shoutout to the best cofounder and CTO I could ever ask for Dean Bloembergen. His work ethic and genius are as impressive as his character. I view partnering with Dean as one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

🙌 I’m proud of Owner today.

But I also feel scared that people will see our unicorn valuation and think “we’ve made it.”

So let me be brutally clear. We HAVE NOT made it.

And if we start to believe we have, we never will.

When investors value us at $1B, it’s because they see potential. Our investors see the POTENTIAL for us to build a company worth tens of billions.

We have to prove them right.

And we must also prove right the thousands of restaurant owners who’ve bet their futures on us.

✊ We’re still underdogs. We still have a long way to go.

We didn’t come this far just to come this far.

t’s time to move faster, build better, and fight harder.

Thousands of small business owners are counting on us!

▶️ If you want to keep learning about Owner, I recommend watching the video on this post.

Exciting news! 🤗 I’m feeling blessed to share: Owner raised $120M Series C and is now at a $1B valuation. Details here ⬇️

I started Owner at 17 years old, after dropping out of high school halfway through 10th grade. I didn’t think I’d be able to raise money as a high school dropout that knew nobody in tech.

The first version of Owner wasn’t built for venture capital. It was built for my mom. She’s a small business owner who needed a shot at success in the digital world. V1 of the product transformed her business.

Then, I saw that there are millions of other mom-and-pop business owners, much like her. A large number of them are in the restaurant business. All of them are being crushed by huge corporations that are using tech against them.

We’re using this cash to arm them to fight back.

❤️ Shoutout to the great team at Owner –
You deserve the credit for getting us here.

I thank God every morning that I get to build Owner with each of you. We wouldn’t be here without you. It is a highlight of my life to build with you.

🤗 And shoutout to the best cofounder and CTO I could ever ask for Dean Bloembergen. His work ethic and genius are as impressive as his character. I view partnering with Dean as one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

🙌 I’m proud of Owner today.

But I also feel scared that people will see our unicorn valuation and think “we’ve made it.”

So let me be brutally clear. We HAVE NOT made it.

And if we start to believe we have, we never will.

When investors value us at $1B, it’s because they see potential. Our investors see the POTENTIAL for us to build a company worth tens of billions.

We have to prove them right.

And we must also prove right the thousands of restaurant owners who’ve bet their futures on us.

✊ We’re still underdogs. We still have a long way to go.

We didn’t come this far just to come this far.

t’s time to move faster, build better, and fight harder.

Thousands of small business owners are counting on us!

▶️ If you want to keep learning about Owner, I recommend watching the video on this post.

Woke up this morning and saw that Forbes put @Owner on the Next Billion-Dollar Startups list.

It hit me hard. 🥹I teared up, because this was a dream come true.

I started Owner as a 17-year-old high school dropout. I didn’t know anyone in tech. But I watched the tech world closely. For 7 years, I’ve admired the companies on the Next Billion-Dollar Startups list.

During all of the brutally hard times when we’d almost run out of money, or things would be going horribly wrong… I’d see this list and think: “One day.”

That day has come.

But it’s not because of me.

It’s because of our amazing team. We’d be nothing without our 157 great people.

They deserve far more credit for where we are today. Owner has a really special team. I feel blessed to get to build with them every day.

This is an exciting recognition, but it changes nothing.

We’re staying hungry. We don’t take anything for granted. We work like the underdogs we are. We have to. Thousands of mom-and-pop business owners are counting on us.

If you’re passionate about helping mom-and-pop business owners survive and succeed, we’re hiring across 12 roles now. Check out our careers page.

Exciting news! 🎉 I’m feeling blessed to share @Owner raised $33,000,000! Details here ⬇️

The Wall Street Journal announced the news today.

We’re using the cash to help restaurant owners fight back. They need our help.

Because just 5 years ago, you’d succeed as a restaurant if you provided great food and great service. But that’s not enough anymore. The world has shifted online.

📲 Restaurants now need to provide great food, great service, AND a great online experience.

Failing online kills many restaurants — because success now depends on things like website conversion, SEO, reviews, and a great online ordering UX.

Huge corporations like Domino’s have dominated in this shift. 🏦 They can afford to spend billions of dollars to weaponize it as an unfair advantage.

How are mom-and-pops supposed to compete with that? 🧑‍🍳

They need a platform to level the playing field. That’s where Owner comes in.

You can think of @Owner as being like Shopify meets HubSpot, but for restaurant owners. They use our platform to do everything they need to succeed online. We are their website builder, CRM, marketing automation platform, and more in one.

When I started @Owner as a 17-year-old high school dropout, I never thought I’d be able to raise money. So, I am eternally grateful to our investors for believing in us at Owner. We take it seriously and are committed to operating with continued discipline and responsibility.

I need to shoutout the great team at Owner. You deserve the credit for getting us here.

I thank God every morning for the opportunity to get to build Owner with each of you. We have a really special team, and we’re just getting started. Excited to share what we build next!

➡️ If you want learn more about our business, we posted the investor memo on our site and posted a video with the details. Check it out!

Exciting news! 🎉 I’m feeling blessed to share @Owner raised $33,000,000! Details here ⬇️

The Wall Street Journal announced the news today.

We’re using the cash to help restaurant owners fight back. They need our help.

Because just 5 years ago, you’d succeed as a restaurant if you provided great food and great service. But that’s not enough anymore. The world has shifted online.

📲 Restaurants now need to provide great food, great service, AND a great online experience.

Failing online kills many restaurants — because success now depends on things like website conversion, SEO, reviews, and a great online ordering UX.

Huge corporations like Domino’s have dominated in this shift. 🏦 They can afford to spend billions of dollars to weaponize it as an unfair advantage.

How are mom-and-pops supposed to compete with that? 🧑‍🍳

They need a platform to level the playing field. That’s where Owner comes in.

You can think of @Owner as being like Shopify meets HubSpot, but for restaurant owners. They use our platform to do everything they need to succeed online. We are their website builder, CRM, marketing automation platform, and more in one.

When I started @Owner as a 17-year-old high school dropout, I never thought I’d be able to raise money. So, I am eternally grateful to our investors for believing in us at Owner. We take it seriously and are committed to operating with continued discipline and responsibility.

I need to shoutout the great team at Owner. You deserve the credit for getting us here.

I thank God every morning for the opportunity to get to build Owner with each of you. We have a really special team, and we’re just getting started. Excited to share what we build next!

➡️ If you want learn more about our business, we posted the investor memo on our site and posted a video with the details. Check it out!

@topperguild caught me wearing a button down, and we needed a pic to commemorate this moment

just went on Bloomberg News to discuss how restaurant owners are thinking about the financial crises, and what Owner.com is doing to help them.

interested in joining us to help restaurant owners fight back against huge corporations?

DM me or visit https://owner.com/careers/

Exciting news! Owner has raised our $15M Series A led by Altman Capital at a $150M valuation, joined by 17+ unicorn founders and operators.

Restaurant owners are being hurt by huge corporations like GrubHub.

We’re using this round to scale helping them fight back.

How?

It’s no secret that restaurant owners are being hurt by huge corporations like GrubHub. They take 30% fees in an industry where profit margins average 5% (!)

Worse, they steal all of the restaurant’s data — blocking their ability to communicate with their own customers.

That’s where Owner comes in.

Our platform powers websites, online ordering, marketing automation, recruiting, and more — all in one place. We help them own their business, relationships, and profits online.

Amazon : Shopify :: DoorDash : Owner

Shoutout to Jack Altman and Max Altman for leading the round and to new investors, including…

Parker Conrad (Rippling), Ryan Petersen (Flexport), Max Mullen (Instacart), and more!

Special thanks to our earliest supporters for investing more into Owner and being so helpful on the journey so far, including…

Redpoint, Alex Bard, Jason Lemkin, Cory Levy, Masha Bucher, John Andrew Entwistle, and Jason Lemkin

Also…

Shoutout to the best cofounder and CTO in the world @deanbloembergen . Every day, I feel blessed to be your partner in this.

And shoutout to the amazing team at Owner, who deserve all of the credit for working so hard to help restaurant owners survive these difficult times.

Interested in helping restaurant owners fight back?

We’re HIRING for ALL ROLES and offer top of market compensation, a world class team, and a product that changes people’s lives

Learn more at Owner.com/careers or email me at Adam@Owner.com for more details!

after our company almost died from COVID, i’m excited to announce that Owner.com came out on the other side a year later with 7 figures in revenue and $10,000,000+ in seed investment led by SaaStr Fund and Redpoint

we’re now called Owner.com because restaurant owners take great pride in finally being owners after over 80% worked their way up from being employees in others’ restaurants

but restaurant owners are struggling

corporations like GrubHub are taking their customer relationships and forcing them to pay 20% fees on every transaction in an industry where profit margins average 5%

to survive, restaurant owners need to fight back before it’s too late!

our mission?

to power the movement of restaurant owners taking back control of their businesses from technology corporations

by building resources to help them own their businesses, online

like online ordering, marketing automation, feedback, CRM, and more

a huge thanks to everyone who has contributed on our journey so far, especially to our brilliant cofounder Dean and to our awesome team

grateful to get to work with you every day!

when I dropped out of high school in 10th grade, I was scared about my future without traditional education but I promised myself that I would make this list someday. it has been one of my goals for 5 years now. the day has come and it is a dream come true to make the Forbes 30 Under 30 list this year. the lesson? have the courage to trust yourself on hard decisions, even when it seems crazy to the people around you

proud of my brother for being one of the fastest growing influencers in the world right now (building 10,000,000 followers on TikTok in 120 days). you’re an inspiration @topperguild and you deserve this. hard working and smart and consistent. so excited for you

proud of my brother for being one of the fastest growing influencers in the world right now (building 10,000,000 followers on TikTok in 120 days). you’re an inspiration @topperguild and you deserve this. hard working and smart and consistent. so excited for you

last day living in Los Angeles 🚀 tag anyone I should meet in Silicon Valley

proud of my brother for passing 1,000,000 followers and courageously pursuing his dream. Topper, you are so hard working and smart and great and you deserve this. excited to see you continue to succeed and grateful to have you in my life

proud of my brother for passing 1,000,000 followers and courageously pursuing his dream. Topper, you are so hard working and smart and great and you deserve this. excited to see you continue to succeed and grateful to have you in my life

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