Isaac French crafts micro-resorts & boutique hotels. He designed, built, and sold the massively popular Live Oak Lake in Waco, Texas for $1M per key. He also founded Experiential Hospitality, an exclusive course and community for the next generation of hospitality trailblazers.
On this episode, Jake and Isaac discuss:
- Building and Selling Live Oak Lake
- What's next for Isaac
- Naivety as an advantage
Links:
Isaac on X
Experiential Hospitality
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Topics:
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:02:19) - The Nook
(00:10:21) - Landscape hotels
(00:14:47) - Getting into the hospitality business
(00:21:44) - Building Live Oak Lake
(00:44:57) - The numbers behind Live Oak Lake
(01:04:02) - Selling Live Oak Lake
(01:11:56) - What’s next?
(01:26:12) - Naivety as an advantage
(01:30:50) - What is your favorite hotel?