Mar 12, 2022Pop-Up Food: The Newest Trend In 2022Pop-up Food: It’s fun and spontaneous. It’s so new that Google has not yet picked up on it. If you google “Pop-up Food” you actually won’t find much. Google connects you to articles about Pop-up Restaurants, which is not the same. Pop-up Food is a quick emergence of a culinary…Popups4 min readPopups4 min read
Mar 3, 2022How To Get Paid For Online Class (Without a Website)Jaz, Gabriela, and Tiphanie are all busy with daytime jobs and activities. All three of them found a way to get virtual classes going in just a few minutes by using Zoom and posting dance fitness classes on Festi; a place for pop-up workouts. There are 3 areas you need…Fitness3 min readFitness3 min read
Feb 17, 20226 Promotional Tactics for Chefs and Restaurants on Festi You Wish You Knew Earlier#1 Popup Dinners! We’ve heard of pop-up restaurants but what are pop-up dinners? As the name implies these are dinners that “pop up” serendipitously. Chef Leonard Holton (aka MrFineWine), executive chef of Magnolia on King in Old Town Alexandria, and celebrity Chef Roberto Donna popularized “pop-up dinners” during the pandemic. …Chefs5 min readChefs5 min read
Feb 8, 20223 Steps To Start Your Online Fitness ClassIt’s Sunday night, almost 9pm and I get a message that Tiphanie just posted a workout the next morning at 7am. It costs $5 bucks to join her on Zoom. …Fitness4 min readFitness4 min read
Jan 28, 2022Where the Gig Economy, Passion Economy, and Creator Economy is going in 2022It seems like every few years a new “economy” emerges around the idea of making extra money when you want. The term “gig economy” was coined by the former New Yorker editor Tina Brown in 2009 describing side hustles, or work with no fixed contracts. Mastercard expects that the global…Gig Economy3 min readGig Economy3 min read
May 3, 2021How Festi Defines The Passion EconomyHow Festi Defines The Passion Economy “The Passion Economy And The Future Of Work” is the title of the article by Li Jin, the founder of Atelier Ventures, published on “a16Z” (Andreessen Horowitz), which captivated the trend of e-commerce expanding to services and activities. …Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Nov 13, 2020Food Delivery App vs. Food Discovery AppWe’ve all heard of a food delivery app such as Uber Eats, Door Dash, and Grubhub. They were super convenient during Covid19 and now we are seeing food pickup apps and food discovery apps. Let’s start by taking a look at the pros and cons of food delivery apps. The…Food3 min readFood3 min read
Nov 11, 2020What’s New For Restaurants In 2021For restauranteurs and chefs, if you get creative, some of the strongest companies come out stronger after brutal times. Looking back… what have we learned in 2020. Contactless ordering, payment, online menus, and delivery options all help restaurants survive. Some changes worked out better than others. UberEats, Grubhub, and DoorDash…Restaurant Business4 min readRestaurant Business4 min read
Nov 6, 2020How To Support Restaurants By Cutting Delivery FeesMake a Difference with Festi: Support the Food Industry by Cutting out Third-Party Ordering Fees If Uber Eats, Grubhub, or Doordash is your go-to online ordering platforms, you’re paying more than you should. And you may not be helping restaurants. As the holidays approach and colder weather minimize outdoor seating…Restaurant4 min readRestaurant4 min read
Sep 17, 2020Private Social Media? We’re Trying.“Private social media” is a bit of an oxymoron. Media is intended to be shared and it is hard to be private if you want to be social about sharing. The Social Dilemma is the docudrama about how “not private” the big tech companies are. They integrate personal data with…The Social Dilemma2 min readThe Social Dilemma2 min read
