New York City upstarts with Michael Dorf

Michael Dorf, City Winery, Non-Tech

I was excited to have today’s guest on because I remember being a kid in New York City and hearing about The Knitting Factory, a place where all the cool kids hung out.

Well, Michael Dorf is the founder of that company. I wash surprised to learn about his second business that is doing even better. We’ll talk about that in this interview.

Michael is also the founder of City Winery, New York’s first winery, restaurant, music venue and a private event space.

Michael Dorf

City Winery

Michael Dorf is the founder of City Winery, New York’s first winery, restaurant, music venue and a private event space.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. And truthfully, when I was told that I could have today’s guests on, I was excited because he is the creator of the Knitting Factory, which, as a guy growing up in New York City, I knew about the Knitting Factory. It was this big event space that the cool kids went when I was growing up, they went to on the weekends. It was a place that you talked about. It was a place that . . . Oh, it is. It’s still is a place that has great bands, great vibe, great reputation, and that’s why I wanted to have today’s guest on. I want to understand how Michael Dorf built this up.

And I kind of thought at the end of the interview, I’d asked him a little bit about this thing, City Winery. I thought, “All right, another guy who made it, who decided he’s going to get into wine, and...

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