Chuck Templeton is a former U.S. Army Ranger who co-founded OpenTable and built it into a multibillion-dollar company, giving him an unusually deep understanding of restaurant economics that he now applies when investing in food and agriculture companies at S2G Ventures. He's known for his obsessive focus on polishing the friction off the sale—simplifying contracts and processes so customers can practically sign while falling over—and for pushing founders to concentrate on a single scalable business model rather than diversifying too early. Chuck Templeton is a former U.S. Army Ranger who co-founded OpenTable and built it into a multibillion-dollar company, giving him an unusually deep understanding of restaurant economics that he now applies when investing in food and agriculture companies at S2G Ventures. He's known for his obsessive focus on polishing the friction off the sale—simplifying contracts and processes so customers can practically sign while falling over—and for pushing founders to concentrate on a single scalable business model rather than diversifying too early.