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Toast: Aman Narang. How a Long Wait for the Dinner Check Launched a $2 Billion Business.
How I Built This with Guy Raz · Jul 13, 2026 · 55 min
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 Restaurants were struggling with outdated software that many owners hated.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…