August 2, 2025· 49 min

How to Make Money Selling Pizza in New York City

Alex Xenopolous

Orality

Model

50%

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(2,542 words)

M:28%

HostJoe Weisenthal(2,145 words)

M:27%

GuestAlex Xenopolous(2,091 words)

M:94%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic36%

literally, completely, very

Engagement93%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, so

Repetition100%

like (211x), know (197x), it's (105x)

Parallelism68%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So I, too, am going to eat thi..., But I swear we're not gonna be...

Sound Patterns100%

135 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases3%

you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging5%

may, probably, maybe

Passive Voice3%

been vexed, are limited, be addressed

Abstract Nouns12%

investment, recommendation, business

Subordination5%

though, because, since

Sentence Length26%

Avg: 11.6 words/sentence

Word Complexity46%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style7%

1105 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style83%

literally, completely, apply

Description

Everybody knows that New York City has a ton of pizzerias. And yet, new ones are opening up all the time. Why do we need more? And how is there still money to be made? On this episode, we speak with Alex Xenopolous, Evan Xenopolous, and James Shields, three restaurant entrepreneurs that recently opened up Xeno's Pizza, a shop close to the Bloomberg offices in Manhattan. We talked about everything from location scouting, to the cost of ingredients, to oven technology, the state of New York City, and how any given establishment differentiates their brand in the hopes of making money by selling what on the surface looks like an abundant, commoditized market. Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-01/5-top-new-york-city-restaurants-to-try-right-now-summer-2025 Only Bloomberg.com subscribers can get the Odd Lots newsletter in their inbox each week, plus unlimited access to the site and app. Subscribe at bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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