Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast

During my time here at the Operto office, I was able to sit down with Steve Davis (more than once and with other Operto team members) to talk about the difference between scaling successfully and failing at scale #scalefail and let's just say this was one of my favorite talks as we're all packing up to head to Orlando for VRMA tomorrow.If you have 30 minutes to dive in and hear how much depth we can cover in a short period of time, I highly encourage you to do so and let me know what you think!This episode is brought to you by our sponsors at: Minut – Minut has more than just security features! They monitor noise, movement, and occupancy all within one device and all Slick Talk listeners get 2 months FREE when they sign up with this link! Vintory - Scaling your property management company? Vintory is giving Slick Talk listeners a free digital copy of their book "From 0 to 500 Properties In 5 Years" and a $50 Amazon Gift Card for those who sign-up to do a demo! Safely.com – The best STR insurance that covers guests, owners, and managers! Making Safely a no brainer! Hostfully – Use code SLICKTALK for 3 months free of their digital guidebook or $100 off their property management platform! ——–Thank you for tuning into our podcast! Slick Talk is a Hospitality.FM production and you can find more of our shows at Hospitality.FM or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts!Listen to more episodes on our website and take a look at our amazing podcast and network sponsors that make this all possible!You can also listen to our Monday morning podcast, Good Morning Hospitality, where we dive into the industry as a whole in a more casual setting!If you ever want to contact us for guest suggestions or anything else related to the podcast, please fill out our contact form and we will be in touch!Last but not least, we love to connect on LinkedIn! Let’s connect there so you can see the daily content we post beyond the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this weeks episode of Slick Talk, I was able to really dive into the life of Alex Alioto who went from New York actor to STR Tech Co-Founder. His journey is pretty incredible and from his perspective, we're just getting started in this industry we all know and love. Connect with Alex & Whimstay:https://www.whimstay.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-alioto-819a9445/https://www.facebook.com/aliotoalexander/This episode is brought to you by our sponsors at: Minut – Minut has more than just security features! They monitor noise, movement, and occupancy all within one device and all Slick Talk listeners get 2 months FREE when they sign up with this link! Vintory - Scaling your property management company? Vintory is giving Slick Talk listeners a free digital copy of their book "From 0 to 500 Properties In 5 Years" and a $50 Amazon Gift Card for those who sign-up to do a demo! Safely.com – The best STR insurance that covers guests, owners, and managers! Making Safely a no brainer! Hostfully – Use code SLICKTALK for 3 months free of their digital guidebook or $100 off their property management platform! ——–Thank you for tuning into our podcast! Slick Talk is a Hospitality.FM production and you can find more of our shows at Hospitality.FM or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts!Listen to more episodes on our website and take a look at our amazing podcast and network sponsors that make this all possible!You can also listen to our Monday morning podcast, Good Morning Hospitality, where we dive into the industry as a whole in a more casual setting!If you ever want to contact us for guest suggestions or anything else related to the podcast, please fill out our contact form and we will be in touch!Last but not least, we love to connect on LinkedIn! Let’s connect there so you can see the daily content we post beyond the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello Slick Talkers! We wanted to make sure this episode got it's spotlight on Good Morning Hospitality and so after about a month of letting it do it's thing, we wanted to now let you hear this one for yourselves as my co-hosts on GMH were thrilled to have had Sam Shank, Co-Founder and CEO of HotelTonight, on the show. In this episode Sam shared what it was like to build the platform in 10 weeks, how he looked at making the tough decisions as an entrepreneur, and how HotelTonight was eventually acquired by Airbnb and being one of their more successful acquisitions!This episode is brought to you by our sponsors at: Minut – Minut has more than just security features! They monitor noise, movement, and occupancy all within one device and all Slick Talk listeners get 2 months FREE when they sign up with this link! Vintory - Scaling your property management company? Vintory is giving Slick Talk listeners a free digital copy of their book "From 0 to 500 Properties In 5 Years" and a $50 Amazon Gift Card for those who sign-up to do a demo! Safely.com – The best STR insurance that covers guests, owners, and managers! Making Safely a no brainer! Hostfully – Use code SLICKTALK for 3 months free of their digital guidebook or $100 off their property management platform! ——–Thank you for tuning into our podcast! Slick Talk is a Hospitality.FM production and you can find more of our shows at Hospitality.FM or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts!Listen to more episodes on our website and take a look at our amazing podcast and network sponsors that make this all possible!You can also listen to our Monday morning podcast, Good Morning Hospitality, where we dive into the industry as a whole in a more casual setting!If you ever want to contact us for guest suggestions or anything else related to the podcast, please fill out our contact form and we will be in touch!Last but not least, we love to connect on LinkedIn! Let’s connect there so you can see the daily content we post beyond the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jon is the CEO of Topkey, the financial operating system for hospitality management companies. They're a Y Combinator Winter 2021 company. They've raised a $5.2M seed round led by Felicis Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Y Combinator. There are several other great investors participated in that round, including Assurant Ventures, Derive Ventures, and yours truly, Wil Slickers. In this episode, Jon & Wil talk through what it's like to build a startup within our industry especially as Jon came from Starwood Hotels and even HotelTonight (Acquired by Airbnb) to now as he builds his own company, Topkey.Connect with Jon:Company Websitehttp://www.topkey.ioJon:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathansukhia/Topkey:https://www.linkedin.com/company/topkeyIf you reach out to Jon or anyone at Topkey and mention this podcast (Slick Talk) you can get 3 months free of the their platform!This episode is brought to you by our sponsors at: Minut – Minut has more than just security features! They monitor noise, movement, and occupancy all within one device and all Slick Talk listeners get 2 months FREE when they sign up with this link! Vintory - Scaling your property management company? Vintory is giving Slick Talk listeners a free digital copy of their book "From 0 to 500 Properties In 5 Years" and a $50 Amazon Gift Card for those who sign-up to do a demo! Safely.com – The best STR insurance that covers guests, owners, and managers! Making Safely a no brainer! Hostfully – Use code SLICKTALK for 3 months free of their digital guidebook or $100 off their property management platform! ——–Thank you for tuning into our podcast! Slick Talk is a Hospitality.FM production and you can find more of our shows at Hospitality.FM or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts!Listen to more episodes on our website and take a look at our amazing podcast and network sponsors that make this all possible!You can also listen to our Monday morning podcast, Good Morning Hospitality, where we dive into the industry as a whole in a more casual setting!If you ever want to contact us for guest suggestions or anything else related to the podcast, please fill out our contact form and we will be in touch!Last but not least, we love to connect on LinkedIn! Let’s connect there so you can see the daily content we post beyond the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Niko Karstikko joins us on the podcast to share the story & meaning of Bob W. and how their approach & ethos is all about autonomous hospitality as a tech and hospitality brand within European markets.This episode is brought to you by our sponsors at: Minut – Minut has more than just security features! They monitor noise, movement, and occupancy all within one device and all Slick Talk listeners get 2 months FREE when they sign up with this link! Vintory - Scaling your property management company? Vintory is giving Slick Talk listeners a free digital copy of their book "From 0 to 500 Properties In 5 Years" and a $50 Amazon Gift Card for those who sign-up to do a demo! Safely.com – The best STR insurance that covers guests, owners, and managers! Making Safely a no brainer! Hostfully – Use code SLICKTALK for 3 months free of their digital guidebook or $100 off their property management platform! ——–Thank you for tuning into our podcast! Slick Talk is a Hospitality.FM production and you can find more of our shows at Hospitality.FM or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts!Listen to more episodes on our website and take a look at our amazing podcast and network sponsors that make this all possible!You can also listen to our Monday morning podcast, Good Morning Hospitality, where we dive into the industry as a whole in a more casual setting!If you ever want to contact us for guest suggestions or anything else related to the podcast, please fill out our contact form and we will be in touch!Last but not least, we love to connect on LinkedIn! Let’s connect there so you can see the daily content we post beyond the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brooke Pfautz, CEO & Co-Founder of Vintory, has been a guest on the show more times than most but with good reason. The guy is a gem of knowledge and on this episode, he joins us to share some of the top secrets of our industry from the top vacation rental experts in his new book, Vacation Rental Secrets.Listen to Brookes' recent episode from earlier last year in 2022 - Listen hereThis episode is brought to you by our sponsors at: Minut – Minut has more than just security features! They monitor noise, movement, and occupancy all within one device and all Slick Talk listeners get 2 months FREE when they sign up with this link! Vintory - Scaling your property management company? Vintory is giving Slick Talk listeners a free digital copy of their book "From 0 to 500 Properties In 5 Years" and a $50 Amazon Gift Card for those who sign-up to do a demo! Safely.com – The best STR insurance that covers guests, owners, and managers! Making Safely a no brainer! Hostfully – Use code SLICKTALK for 3 months free of their digital guidebook or $100 off their property management platform! ——–Thank you for tuning into our podcast! Slick Talk is a Hospitality.FM production and you can find more of our shows at Hospitality.FM or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts!Listen to more episodes on our website and take a look at our amazing podcast and network sponsors that make this all possible!You can also listen to our Monday morning podcast, Good Morning Hospitality, where we dive into the industry as a whole in a more casual setting!If you ever want to contact us for guest suggestions or anything else related to the podcast, please fill out our contact form and we will be in touch!Last but not least, we love to connect on LinkedIn! Let’s connect there so you can see the daily content we post beyond the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lauren Madewell, a personality and human being you can't ignore for all the right reasons. She is what I would consider to be the perfect balance of serious and funny but most importantly, she's just 100% authentically herself. In this episode, we discussed a wide range of topics from her personal story and how she got exposed to hospitality and short-term rentals with more topics like how the conference scene in our industry needs to change and how the amplification of industry voices and expertise is making a new wave of industry leaders. Connect with Lauren & her team with this link - you don't want to miss out on this content!This episode is brought to you by our sponsors at: Minut – Minut has more than just security features! They monitor noise, movement, and occupancy all within one device and all Slick Talk listeners get 2 months FREE when they sign up with this link! Vintory - Scaling your property management company? Vintory is giving Slick Talk listeners a free digital copy of their book "From 0 to 500 Properties In 5 Years" and a $50 Amazon Gift Card for those who sign-up to do a demo! Safely.com – The best STR insurance that covers guests, owners, and managers! Making Safely a no brainer! Hostfully – Use code SLICKTALK for 3 months free of their digital guidebook or $100 off their property management platform! ——–Thank you for tuning into our podcast! Slick Talk is a Hospitality.FM production and you can find more of our shows at Hospitality.FM or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts!Listen to more episodes on our website and take a look at our amazing podcast and network sponsors that make this all possible!You can also listen to our Monday morning podcast, Good Morning Hospitality, where we dive into the industry as a whole in a more casual setting!If you ever want to contact us for guest suggestions or anything else related to the podcast, please fill out our contact form and we will be in touch!Last but not least, we love to connect on LinkedIn! Let’s connect there so you can see the daily content we post beyond the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin did what any corporate lawyer would do after getting their career started... he quit!Now, Kevin has the amazing Shorehouse Hotel and has gone through an inspiring journey as a independent hotelier & hospitality entrepreneur. Kevin and I met during the clubhouse days and unpack his journey in this episode so that you con find some inspiration in his story. This episode is brought to you by our sponsors at: Minut – Minut has more than just security features! They monitor noise, movement, and occupancy all within one device and all Slick Talk listeners get 2 months FREE when they sign up with this link! Vintory - Scaling your property management company? Vintory is giving Slick Talk listeners a free digital copy of their book "From 0 to 500 Properties In 5 Years" and a $50 Amazon Gift Card for those who sign-up to do a demo! Safely.com – The best STR insurance that covers guests, owners, and managers! Making Safely a no brainer! Hostfully – Use code SLICKTALK for 3 months free of their digital guidebook or $100 off their property management platform! ——–Thank you for tuning into our podcast! Slick Talk is a Hospitality.FM production and you can find more of our shows at Hospitality.FM or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts!Listen to more episodes on our website and take a look at our amazing podcast and network sponsors that make this all possible!You can also listen to our Monday morning podcast, Good Morning Hospitality, where we dive into the industry as a whole in a more casual setting!If you ever want to contact us for guest suggestions or anything else related to the podcast, please fill out our contact form and we will be in touch!Last but not least, we love to connect on LinkedIn! Let’s connect there so you can see the daily content we post beyond the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You have so many podcasts and episodes to choose from every week and so we want to make it easy for you to enjoy Slick Talk: The Hospitality Podcast.In our Monthly Slick Talk Highlight Episodes, you will hear my producer, Kelsey Tran, and myself share our favorite moments from the months weekly episodes and hear those moments all in this one episode. If you enjoy what you hear, let us know and we will continue to do these episodes! You can contact Kelsey at kelsey@hospitality.fm - plus, if you really like a specific clip, you will be able to go back and listen to the episode in it's entirety, just take a look at the show notes.Slick Talk Episodes Mentioned in This Episode: Jason Reese - Linked Here Jesse Vasquez - Linked Here Travers Xanthos - Linked Here Dale Smith - Linked Here ——–Thank you for tuning into our podcast! Slick Talk is a Hospitality.FM production and you can find more of our shows at Hospitality.FM or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts!Listen to more episodes on our website and take a look at our amazing podcast and network sponsors that make this all possible!You can also listen to our Monday morning podcast, Good Morning Hospitality, where we dive into the industry as a whole in a more casual setting!If you ever want to contact us for guest suggestions or anything else related to the podcast, please fill out our contact form and we will be in touch!Last but not least, we love to connect on LinkedIn! Let’s connect there so you can see the daily content we post beyond the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Avery Carl. A name I think we're all familiar with as she's made a name for herself in the industry and is one of the top brokers for short-term rental deals. She was also someone I listened to in my early podcast days and so this episode was a lot of fun for me. Tune in to hear how she has set up her life and business to be as productive as possible while never missing a soccer game and more!This episode is brought to you by our sponsors at: Minut – Minut has more than just security features! They monitor noise, movement, and occupancy all within one device and all Slick Talk listeners get 2 months FREE when they sign up with this link! Vintory - Scaling your property management company? Vintory is giving Slick Talk listeners a free digital copy of their book "From 0 to 500 Properties In 5 Years" and a $50 Amazon Gift Card for those who sign-up to do a demo! Safely.com – The best STR insurance that covers guests, owners, and managers! Making Safely a no brainer! Hostfully – Use code SLICKTALK for 3 months free of their digital guidebook or $100 off their property management platform! ——–Thank you for tuning into our podcast! Slick Talk is a Hospitality.FM production and you can find more of our shows at Hospitality.FM or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts!Listen to more episodes on our website and take a look at our amazing podcast and network sponsors that make this all possible!You can also listen to our Monday morning podcast, Good Morning Hospitality, where we dive into the industry as a whole in a more casual setting!If you ever want to contact us for guest suggestions or anything else related to the podcast, please fill out our contact form and we will be in touch!Last but not least, we love to connect on LinkedIn! Let’s connect there so you can see the daily content we post beyond the podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices