How to Scale and Keep a Cool Vibe with Michael Dorf
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Michael is the founder of the Knitting Factory and City Winery, a 10-location music venue, urban winery and restaurant chain in North America. He is also one of NY's most influential concert promoters.
Top 3 Value Bombs:
1. Selecting a unique location is very important for your business.
2. Communicate how you want to operate your business and make sure everybody understands where you want to be.
3. Go outside your comfort zone and do what you believe in.
Visit his site and check out his new book Indulge Your Senses – Scaling Intimacy into a Digital World - Michael's Website
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Who's ready to rock today, Fire Nation? |
| 0:04.9 | J.L.D here with an audio masterclass on how to scale and keep a cool vibe. |
| 0:12.3 | And to drop these value bombs, I have brought Michael Dorf on the mic. |
| 0:16.4 | He's the founder of the knitting factory in city winery, a 10 location music venue urban |
| 0:22.6 | winery in restaurant chain in North America. |
| 0:25.8 | He's also one of New York City's most influential concert promoters. |
| 0:30.5 | And today, Fire Nation, we're going to be talking about growing a management team, how |
| 0:34.2 | not to become the McDonald's of clubs or the AEG. |
| 0:38.8 | And how big do you actually want to get? |
| 0:40.8 | We'll tackle that question. |
| 0:42.3 | And so much more when we get back from thinking our sponsors. |
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| 1:24.4 | Michael, say what's up to fire nation and share something interesting with about yourself |
| 1:31.0 | that most people don't know. |
| 1:34.0 | Well, I'm CEO of city winery. |
| 1:36.7 | I started a club in New York called the knitting factory with my bar mitzo savings had |
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