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Fortune
Mohaimina Haque

I'm the CEO of the 1980s most viral restaurant, Tony Roma's. We're still thriving but viral brands keep turning into pumpkins

haque (Credit: courtesy of Tony Roma's)

Last month, another restaurant concept vanished from my Instagram feed. Six months earlier, they had celebrity investors, 50,000 followers, and lines out the door. Today? Shuttered.

This is becoming a familiar pattern. Brands explode onto social media with fairy-tale success. Then the clock strikes midnight, and they are gone.

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