Isaac French crafts microresorts & 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 / isaacfrench_
Experiential Hospitality https://www.experientialhospitality.com/
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Topics:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:46 The Nook
00:09:52 Landscape hotels
00:14:17 Getting into the hospitality business
00:21:21 Building Live Oak Lake
00:47:19 The numbers behind Live Oak Lake
01:04:02 Selling Live Oak Lake
01:11:59 What’s next?
01:26:22 Naivety as an advantage
01:30:58 What is your favorite hotel?