Toast: Aman Narang. How a Long Wait for the Dinner Check Launched a $2 Billion Business.
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- Published
- July 20, 2026
- Duration
- 51:02
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- Last updated
- Jul 21, 2026
Discusses After waiting too long to pay his restaurant bill, Aman Narang thought there had to be a better way.…
Summary
After waiting too long to pay his restaurant bill, Aman Narang thought there had to be a better way. His first idea—a mobile payment app—flopped.But that failure revealed a much bigger opportunity.Restaurants were struggling with outdated software that many owners hated. Payment systems were expensive, unreliable, and trapped on servers hidden in back off…
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After waiting too long to pay his restaurant bill, Aman Narang thought there had to be a better way. His first idea—a mobile payment app—flopped.But that failure revealed a much bigger opportunity.Restaurants were struggling with outdated software that many owners hated. Payment systems were expensive, unreliable, and trapped on servers hidden in back offices. Replacing them cost time and money.But that’s exactly what Aman and his co-founders set out to do: create an entirely new POS system for