Welcome to the Bostics, starring Lauren Bostic and Michael Bostick.

Together, they are the Bostics.

Hello everybody.

Welcome back to another episode of the Bostics.

Today we have our friend David Grutman.

David is a visionary entrepreneur, hospitality titan, and founder of Groot Hospitality.

I'm sure many of you have been to some of his

places in Miami or Vegas, places like Live Nightclub, Poppy Steak, Gecko, and more. But his influence extends

far beyond the Miami and Vegas nightlife scene. He's also one of the most well-connected people in the

world with relationships that span industries. He's a serial investor and entrepreneur and a great

father and husband. Most recently,

he's just written his first book called Take It Personal, which we talk about in this episode,

and where he shares all the things that he's learned along the way from turning resilience

into long-term success, relationship building, the importance of a grounding partnership,

and how to find success in any venture. This book is not just for the nightlife entrepreneur or the restaurateur like we discovered in this episode. It's really for anyone trying to build anything. I think this is one of the most personal conversations David's had on a show like this. And with that, he shared a lot of insights that I don't think he's shared in other places. We had a great time with him, as always. With that, our friend, David Gretman. What's the first epiphany that gets you into the hospitality industry? Do you remember something even before you got in that you were like, damn, I really did like hospitality always? So I always thought bartenders were probably the cool, it was probably the coolest job ever. And when I started bartending, I was like, this is very cool. cool then I would watch the managers on the floor leading the, like, pacing the whole experience for people. And that's when I was like, I need to be a leader. I don't want to just be a bartender. What are you like as a bartender? Like, let's talk about. I mean, I was, I was in my 20s. Lord, I was very good looking. let's start there, right? But I was, and I was throwing, I thought I was cocktail from Tom Cruise.

And are you like on stage, Mr. Performer? By the way, great, great. By the way, Tom Cruise is the greatest of all time. Same birthday. Funny you say that. I had this debate with our... Michael, go like this. Did you see Tom? Did you see Tom? Yeah, I can see one. But he doesn't get... I think that, like, you know a lot of big names, a lot of big people. I think, like, that's the white whale. Like, you don't really see that guy popping in your places too often. I saw him one time at a friend's 50th birthday, and he was doing splits on the dance floor.

This is like, this is a great story, actually.

This is, this is like maybe a year ago.

It was Victoria Beckham's 50th birthday and he's about to leave.

Bit of a name dropment.

Yeah, let's cut that out.

Let's start over.

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