Behind the Bar, Ahead of the Curve

Behind the Bar, Ahead of the Curve — Two bartenders walk into a startup and start reinventing how people learn, earn, and invest in themselves. Dakota and Vladimir are blending hospitality and machine learning to build tools that gamify skill-building, reward contribution, and turn human growth into real-world equity. A conversation about grit, AI, and the XP economy where people are the startups.