EHL Masterclass: "The Founder's Journey: From Ope…
Position
Other
Languages required
English
Venue type
Restaurant, Hotel, Event / happening, Bar, Café, Night club, Cocktail bar, Resort, Pub, Festival, Cruise ship, Brewery, Spa, Hostel, Distillery, Winery, Vineyard, Casino
Working hours
Variable
Contract type
Temporary
Most hospitality professionals spend their careers building expertise, reputation, and relationships inside organizations they didn't create. At some point, many start asking a question they don't often say out loud: what if I built something of my own?
Hosted by EHL Hospitality Business School, this free 1-hour Masterclass explores the personal and professional transition from working in hospitality to founding and owning your own venture. Not the polished version, the honest one.
Bernhard Bohnenberger (BB), former President of Six Senses and Co-Founder of Discover Collection, brings the founder's story. Dr. Masaki Mori, Associate Professor of Real Estate Finance at EHL, brings the analytical framework. Together, they explore what the transition really involves, before, during, and after the leap.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
✔️ How to know whether your idea is a business or a passion – What the difference is between something you'd love to run and something that stands up commercially and how a founder tests that before committing capital and reputation.
✔️ What you actually need to do practically before you go out on your own – The honest inventory: capital structure, network, timing, personal runway, and the family conversation you need to have.
✔️ The founder's own transition: identity, risk, loneliness – The internal shift that no org chart prepares you for: losing the institutional safety net, making decisions without a boss to escalate to, and how the transition changes the way you lead.
Hosted by EHL Hospitality Business School, this free 1-hour Masterclass explores the personal and professional transition from working in hospitality to founding and owning your own venture. Not the polished version, the honest one.
Bernhard Bohnenberger (BB), former President of Six Senses and Co-Founder of Discover Collection, brings the founder's story. Dr. Masaki Mori, Associate Professor of Real Estate Finance at EHL, brings the analytical framework. Together, they explore what the transition really involves, before, during, and after the leap.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
✔️ How to know whether your idea is a business or a passion – What the difference is between something you'd love to run and something that stands up commercially and how a founder tests that before committing capital and reputation.
✔️ What you actually need to do practically before you go out on your own – The honest inventory: capital structure, network, timing, personal runway, and the family conversation you need to have.
✔️ The founder's own transition: identity, risk, loneliness – The internal shift that no org chart prepares you for: losing the institutional safety net, making decisions without a boss to escalate to, and how the transition changes the way you lead.
