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title: "Crain's Los Angeles: Kallpod CEO Gabriel Weisz Reflects Back on the Founding Days"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/640447c8-7051-403d-9da7-91de43f0b936
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/crains-los-angeles-kallpod-ceo-gabriel-weisz-reflects-back-on-the-founding-days-2706076
category: "Suppliers"
industry: "Franchise Industry"
segment: "Suppliers"
topics: ["Technology","People"]
published: 2018-03-29T19:14:03.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:02:19.163Z
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# Crain's Los Angeles: Kallpod CEO Gabriel Weisz Reflects Back on the Founding Days

**TL;DR:** Kallpod CEO Gabriel Weisz reflects on the founding days of his company, a custom communication system for restaurants. Weisz learned that his career path didn't have to be linear after 10 years in the corporate world.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-03-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/crains-los-angeles-kallpod-ceo-gabriel-weisz-reflects-back-on-the-founding-days-2706076).*

## Story

Gabriel Weisz, CEO of Kallpod , a custom communication system that allows guests to communicate with their server at the push of a button, reflected back on what he learned while founding the restaurant technology concept.

"In school, you get very used to this pattern of studying, taking your exams, getting graded, moving onto your next year and so on," said Weisz to Crain's Los Angeles. "When you leave school, you think your career will follow a very similar, linear path. At least, I thought so."

After 10 years in the corporate world, Weisz learned that this was not the only route he was able to take. He decided to go into business for himself, founding Kallpod .

"Most universities don't do a great job equipping people for the real world, so you leave with this idea about how things should go," said Weisz. "Being in charge of your own destiny and building something yourself is so rewarding. I could never see myself working for anyone else."

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- restaurant technology (topic)
- career path (topic)
- founder story (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/crains-los-angeles-kallpod-ceo-gabriel-weisz-reflects-back-on-the-founding-days-2706076). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/640447c8-7051-403d-9da7-91de43f0b936).