Soho House Founder: How I Built The World’s Most Exclusive Club: Nick Jones
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
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🗓️ 25 July 2022
⏱️ 69 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I wasn't experienced enough. I was too young. You were just branded thick. |
| 0:04.0 | Nick Jones, the founder and CEO of Soho House. |
| 0:06.7 | With an empire of private clubs around the world. |
| 0:09.1 | It's the most see and be seen type of place. |
| 0:13.0 | Not everyone gets it. |
| 0:15.0 | Your upbringing is particularly compelling to me because you are somewhat counted out. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm hugely dyslex it. |
| 0:21.0 | People didn't understand that. |
| 0:22.0 | You were just branded thick. |
| 0:24.0 | There was not much choice for me. |
| 0:27.0 | You've created a business which brings a lot of people joy. |
| 0:29.0 | That first Soho House on Greek Street, why did it work? I wanted to prove that hospitality |
| 0:34.8 | could be done differently. I can't think of a time when I was thinking about |
| 0:38.5 | making an aspirational brand. I've always been obsessed about the member and that was always my number one thing |
| 0:45.1 | they've created that. If you don't make mistakes you're not pushing yourself |
| 0:51.0 | you're not taking yourself out of your comfort zone. |
| 0:53.6 | Maybe I was trying to prove to my family that I could do this and I think that's an |
| 0:58.4 | invaluable lesson. |
| 0:59.4 | At what point does that desire to prove something need to be contained because it might come at the |
| 1:05.2 | expense of like life balance? |
| 1:08.0 | A very good question and I think... |
| 1:13.0 | So without further ado... And I think think |
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