How getting turned away at NY clubs led to a brilliant software – with Joel Montaniel

Joel Montaniel, SevenRooms, B2B, SaaS (software as a service)

There is a pattern that often comes up in these interviews. And the pattern is finding a problem and then creating a solution by starting a business or product to address that the problem.

Well, today’s guest did that right off the bat. He had a problem himself. He was making good money and he wanted to go out and enjoy life after working insane hours.

He knew he was the type of person club owners would want inside their club but they had no way of knowing that.

So he created software that solved that problem.

Joel Montaniel is the cofounder of SevenRooms, a CRM driven reservation and seating management platform.

Joel Montaniel

SevenRooms

Joel Montaniel is the cofounder of SevenRooms, a CRM driven reservation and seating management platform.

Andrew: Hey, everyone. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy.com. It’s the place where I’ve done over a thousand interviews with proven entrepreneurs.

Today’s guest is a fan and a listener and somebody who’s noticed having listened to a lot of these interviews that there’s a pattern that keeps coming up in these interviews. The pattern is often finding a problem and then creating a solution, creating a business and a product that addresses the problem. Well, today’s guest did that right off the bat. He had a problem himself.

The guy was making good money. He wanted to go out and just enjoy life a little bit after working long, insane hours. He knew that he had enough money and was the kind of person that a club would want in, but the clubs didn’t know that. They couldn’t tell him apart from anyone else. They didn’t know this was a guy who could actually afford to drink here as opposed to a...

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