Opening a celebrity hotel in NYC on 9-10-2001
I remember living in New York city and my friend Henry said, “Let’s go check out this cool hotel.” It was the kind of place where you would find celebrities. I remember seeing Steven Spielberg, just sitting there with some friends.
Well, it ended up being to one of the hotels founded by today’s guest.
To be honest with you, I don’t care that much about Steven Spielberg. I’m an entrepreneur person, so I’m excited to find out how today’s guest built that hotel and the company behind it. Especially considering the timing of his first major launch. We’ll find out about that in this interview.
Today, Jason Pomeranc is the founder of Sixty Hotels, which offers luxury hotels in New York City and Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
Jason Pomeranc is the founder of Sixty Hotels, which offers luxury hotels in New York City and Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
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. I cannot believe that I’ve got today’s guest on. I remember living in New York city and my friend Henry said, let’s go to this place. And Henry always knew the places to go and.
It ended up being to one of the hotels founded by today’s guest. Jason Pomerantz. he is the founder of Thompson hotels. He’s now running a new set of hotels called 60 hotels. But the cool thing about it was, you know, they always say you see celebrities in New York city. I’m not a celebrity person, so maybe I don’t notice, but yeah, there were celebrities there.
I remember seeing Steven Spielberg, just sitting there with some friends. Is that like crazy memory of me Jason? Or is that. That’s the type of the type of person who had their right.
Jason: For sure. I think...
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