Okay, welcome along. Today, we are talking all things tech. In particular, we're talking about tech

tape, how you can get the very best out of your hospitality tech. My name is Liam Carolyn,

I'm the co-host of the Spotlight series on the Bruce Lee podcast. Today, we're going to be shining

the spotlight on our special guest who is an author and features in the book Direct Looprint.

He's going to be sharing solutions to a problem that you and I can all relate to,

which is finding the right tech within our hospitality business. So, I'm going to be introducing

to you, Mr. John Ann. He is the founder and CEO of tech tape. He's a rental, short-term rental

industry expert. He particularly focuses on optimizing and customizing the technology stack,

driving up your revenue and continually streamlining operations. I'm really excited to dive into

his experience. Not only that, he is a Harvard graduate expert consultant in environmental

sustainability industry. And of course, as I mentioned, he's an author in the book Direct Looprint.

So, I'm really, really excited. So, welcome along and thank you for joining us today, John.

Thank you, Liam. It's good to be on and I'm really excited to finally be on your show. So,

thanks for having me. Hey, we're excited to learn a lot more and I know people listening in

live may have seen you on sort of clubhouse or on some of the socials and panels and stuff

like that, which is cool. So, first of all, congratulations on being in the book. We will be

diving into that soon. But before we do, you've got to be awesome. Before we dive into that,

let's just take us back to how you got into hospitality and also where in the world

is your hospitality business and what does that look like?

Yeah. So, like most people in the industry, I stumble on to hospitality and triptom rentals.

So, my background is I'm an architect by training and after several early careers as an

architect and as a sustainability consultant, I worked to build a real estate development company

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