In this special coaching-call episode, we deep dive into what has made Blackberry Farm a successful hospitality operation before getting into some Q&A where we discuss:

- Advice to independent developers

- Operating agreements w/ restaurants

- Scaling w/ investors vs. bootstrapping & a ton more!

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Topics:

(00:00:00) - Intro

(00:04:38) - Inspirations from Blackberry Farm & Blackberry Mountain

(00:21:14) - Advice to independent developers

(00:25:40) - Operating agreements with third-party restaurants

(00:35:27) - Purchasing an existing hotel vs. developing from the ground up

(00:44:12) - Pop-up hotel experiences

(00:48:03) - Scaling with investors vs. bootstrapping

(00:55:05) - The risk of betting on newer brands

(01:00:21) - Creating a case for a market where there’s little data available to pull