# How I Built Resilience: Live with Kyle Connaughton and Daniel Humm

- Show: [How I Built This](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this)
- Published: 2020-05-28
- Length: 25m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-05-28-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-kyle-connaughton-and-daniel-humm

## Summary

Kyle Connaughton, owner of Single Thread Farms, and Daniel Humm, chef of Eleven Madison Park, discuss pivoting their Michelin-starred restaurants to community service during the pandemic. Connaughton explains how Single Thread Farms shifted to producing hundreds of donation meals daily and affordable takeout to support staff and local agricultural workers. Humm describes turning Eleven Madison Park into a commissary kitchen, partnering with Rethink Food to produce 5,000 meals a day for New York City frontliners and seniors. Both founders emphasize that this crisis redefined their business models, focusing on hospitality, community support, and ending hunger rather than just fine dining prestige.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-05-28-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-kyle-connaughton-and-daniel-humm#t=0) Introduction: Kyle Connaughton and Single Thread Farms
- [2:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-05-28-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-kyle-connaughton-and-daniel-humm#t=120) Single Thread's Pivot: Donation Meals and Takeout Strategy
- [5:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-05-28-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-kyle-connaughton-and-daniel-humm#t=336) Operational Challenges: Supply Chain and Affordability
- [8:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-05-28-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-kyle-connaughton-and-daniel-humm#t=531) Long-term Vision: Community Support and Environmental Awareness
- [11:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-05-28-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-kyle-connaughton-and-daniel-humm#t=661) Introduction: Daniel Humm and Eleven Madison Park
- [13:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-05-28-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-kyle-connaughton-and-daniel-humm#t=788) Eleven Madison Park's Emergency Kitchen and Staff Furloughs
- [17:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-05-28-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-kyle-connaughton-and-daniel-humm#t=1065) Scaling to 5,000 Meals: Partnership with Rethink Food
- [21:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/how-i-built-this/2020-05-28-how-i-built-resilience-live-with-kyle-connaughton-and-daniel-humm#t=1305) Redefining Success: The New 'Carrot' and Ending Hunger

## Topics

- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Marketing & brand](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/marketing-and-brand)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- Single Thread Farms (company)
- Eleven Madison Park (company)
- Sonoma Family Meal (other)
- Rethink Food (other)
- U.S. Bank (company)

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