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Florida Business News – Launch Potato

March 12, 2020 by luxadmin

Launch Potato – Florida Business News

Delray-based Launch Potato, a leading connector of advertisers and customers through digital brands and technologies, announced Rich Fatigate has been promoted from Senior Director, Sales to Vice President, Sales.

“We could not be more thrilled to have an incredible team that has flourished together as a unified company. As Launch Potato grows it is important to empower our staff to lead the direction of our future,” said Greg Van Horn, CEO of Launch Potato. “Rich has spearheaded our most expansive growth period since joining the team last June and I am confident he will push us to new boundaries in this new role.”

As Vice President, Fatigate will assist in executing the company’s overall vision and release of Launch Potato’s newest technology platform that focuses on helping clients meet their customer acquisition needs. He joined Launch Potato in June 2019 to build the company’s sales organization into a high-performing unit aligned under a single goal. This included leading and ensuring the client’s needs are met to the highest standard of excellence. He quickly showed his expertise in sales growth strategy and overall leadership.

About Launch Potato

As a technology-first publisher, we are a connector of advertisers to consumers. Launch Potato owns and operates a portfolio of, category-leading, direct-to-consumer brands that attract millions of users. The company was founded by four young and extremely ambitious entrepreneurs with a proven track record of building highly scalable, successful digital businesses from the ground up. While Launch Potato headquarters are in vibrant downtown Delray Beach, Florida, we have a unique international team across several countries. We have been a pioneering advocate of remote work, and our success comes from our diverse, energetic culture and high-performing, entrepreneurial team. We’re bootstrapped and have taken no external investment. Launch Potato believes in building teams who can solve complex problems using smart marketing, excellent engineering, data science, and fun! We’re always looking for like-minded teammates and partners.

SOURCES

https://launchpotato.com/

https://delraynewspaper.com/launch-potato-promotes-rich-fatigate-to-vice-president-sales-29758

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West Palm Beach Restaurateur Succeeds with Simple Concepts

March 1, 2020 by luxadmin

Simple Restaurant Concepts lead to Success for West Palm Beach Businessman

Todd Herbst, head of the company that owns Rocco’s Tacos and other concepts, says a tight labor market is his biggest challenge: “There’s a lot of restaurants out there, maybe too many, and we’re all competing for the same high-quality labor.”

Ask restaurateur Todd Herbst about the longevity of Rocco’s Tacos & Tequila Bar on Clematis Street, and he offers an explanation that makes it sound as if any competently managed eatery could thrive on West Palm Beach’s downtown strip.

“It’s tacos,” Herbst says. “It’s very simple. It’s very straightforward. Everybody loves tacos. There’s a big bar component. We’ve learned from experience that people like to drink, and they like to eat fresh food that’s moderately priced.”

Of course, many a restaurant has come and gone from Clematis Street since Rocco’s Tacos opened 12 years ago, so success requires something beyond fresh tacos and a wide selection of tequila. Herbst heads Big Time Restaurant Group, a company with a growing number of Rocco’s Tacos locations throughout Florida, and one in Brooklyn. Big Time Restaurant Group also operates City Cellar Wine Bar & Grille in West Palm Beach, City Oyster & Sushi Bar in Delray Beach and Grease in West Palm Beach. Meanwhile, Herbst is expanding two Italian concepts. Louie Bossi’s Ristorante Bar & Pizzeria has an eatery in Boca Raton, and Elisabetta’s is in Delray Beach and is coming to downtown West Palm Beach.

“Everything is made in house from scratch, no exceptions,” Herbst says.

Herbst co-owns the company with Bill Watson and Lisabet Summa.

Hometown: Originally, I’m from Greenlawn, New York. Now I live in Palm Beach.

First job: Pot washer at an Armenian restaurant in Greenlawn, New York. I realized how difficult the business was, but I also saw how rewarding it could be for the owners of the restaurant. Rewarding in the sense of pride you get in designing, building and operating something, and then watching it succeed. You see people come in and enjoy something you created.

Big break in the business: There have been many. I love the expression, “The harder you work, the luckier you get.” We opened John Bull English Pub in West Palm Beach in 1993, at a time when West Palm Beach was a small town. We’ve grown along with the city.

Biggest challenge: Labor. Finding qualified people. Every businessman you talk to will say the same thing. There’s a lot of restaurants out there, maybe too many, and we’re all competing for the same high-quality labor. You try to retain the staff by treating people as well as you can and by making their jobs as easy as you can.

Best business advice you’ve received: Treat people the way you want to be treated. That goes a long way. Behave as if that’s you on the other side of the equation — or your mother.

Best business book you’ve read: Outliers by Maclolm Gladwell. It just made a lot of sense to me as to why certain people achieve more than others. Sometimes it’s hard work, sometimes it’s luck, sometimes it’s a combination of both.

Biggest mistake you’ve made in business: Keeping a failing restaurant open longer than I should have. You’ve invested an enormous amount of money and time into something. It’s hard to just say goodbye to all that, even though you know you should. You’re hoping, just maybe, if we hold on for another a couple months, we’ll survive. That rarely happens.

Most important trait you look for when hiring: Enthusiasm. Everybody probably says it, but it’s true. You can’t teach somebody how to be enthusiastic. You can teach somebody how to be a waiter. You can tell when you talk to people — how they describe past jobs, their body language, the look in their eye.

What you see ahead for Palm Beach County: More of the same. It’s going gangbusters. Downtown West Palm Beach is doing great. The Ben [the hotel that opened in February] is already changing downtown. We’re going to open Elisabetta’s there. It’s going to be a 10,000-square-foot Italian restaurant and playground. We’ll have a bocce ball court.

SOURCES

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/20200310/restaurateur-succeeds-with-simple-concepts

https://www.roccostacos.com/

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DELRAY BEACH BUSINESS – Florida Luxury Offices

February 18, 2020 by luxadmin

Delray Beach Business News

Delray Beach has an active business climate, here are two announcements of interest to the business community.

Ambassador of the Year Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce

Jeff Dash, Vice Presdent of Marketing & Promotion for the Pineapple Grove Arts District (PGAD) and President of Dash Travel, was selected as Ambassador of the Year 2019 for the Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce.

“The Pineapple Grove Arts Distict wants to congratulate Jeff on this great honor,” said David Beale, attorney and President of the PGAD. “He has worked tirelessly to promote Delray as the place to come for work and play. His enthusiasm is infectious.”

Chamber Ambassadors are members who volunteer their time to provide a crucial link between the Chamber and its members. They ensure all members receive the maximum benefit from their membership. The mission of the Ambassadors is to represent the Chamber by exhibiting the highest degree of professionalism, knowledge and integrity to their members and the business community. Ambassadors serve as the greeting arm of the Chamber to promote new member participation and retention.

“I joined the Delray Chamber because it is an amazing organization whose main purpose is to support local businesses and bring out the best that Delray Beach has to offer,” Dash said. “There is a lot of enthusiasm and devotion in the local business community because of what the Chamber does.”

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New President of OZ Global Consultants

The newly named president of global consultants OZ Ric Cavieres said companies like Uber and Apple have conditioned consumers on what great service looks like. Now, it is his job to make sure clients that OZ is serving are offering those same expectations that customers are accustomed to.

OZ works with clients in the hospitality, health care and financial service industries. The company uses technology to create ways to make the end user of their clients have an enjoyable experience. The company is based in Fort Lauderdale and employs about 350 people in three locations, Florida, Argentina and Asia. It has been around since 1997 and recently went through a rebranding. A recent project included building a suite of apps for a major cruise company to enhance the vacationer’s experience. One function of the app streamlines the immigration process. Another allows a guest to order a drink from the pool deck on the app and a waiter knows exactly where to bring that drink when it’s ready. The app can unlock that guest’s cabin door and be used to turn on the television, open or close the curtains and adjust the thermostat. The app can be used to look up and book excursions once in port.

Overall, OZ is all about enhancing the customer’s experience through innovation. Cavieres joined the team just 15 months ago and has already been promoted to president. He started as EVP, Markets and Consulting. He came from Cognizant, a $16 billion global consulting and digital services company, where he was the Global Consulting and Digital Leader for Life Sciences. Previously, he was a Partner at the big 4 firms EY, PwC/IBM and Capgemini where he drove digital innovation, consulting and solutions. He helped the company rebrand and shift its focus. Now, he said, OZ is poised to grow 50 percent in the next year.

“We are delighted that Ric has stepped into the role of President,” said Amjad Shamim, CEO of OZ. “He has been instrumental in the rebrand of OZ, this past year, and is a proven leader in driving digital innovation and CX consulting services across industries. Since leading the shift in focus, Ric has grown our client base, developed new strategic partnerships and helped expand our leadership team.”

And Cavieres has his eye on the future. “It is really growing the company and doing impactful work,” he said. “We want to be on the edge of innovation and help our clients make an impact.”

About OZ
OZ is a leading global consulting company whose consulting services and solutions help make their clients leaders in CX. Using Design Thinking, Analytics and AI, IoT, Automation, Cloud and their Innovation Labs; OZ drives digital innovation across the travel and hospitality, health sciences, retail, high tech, and financial services industries. To learn more, visit FollowOZ.com.

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Rex Baron – VRex Lounge

January 17, 2020 by luxadmin

Rex Baron-VRex Virtual Realty Lounge

Looking to escape reality and spend time with the dinosaurs or pilot a plane? Head to Boca’s Boca’s Rex Baron restaurant and hi-tech VRex Lounge.

Located at Town Center Mall in the Nordstrom wing, the virtual reality lounge and post-apocalyptic dining experience are opened after some unanticipated delays.

The second outpost in the Rex Gryphon Restaurant Group concept opened to the public on Dec. 12 after a private VIP reception was held the night before.

The VIP party was attended by the Rex Gryphon Restaurant Group’s executive team and its newest member former NFL New York Giants running back and Dancing with the Stars winner Rashad Jennings.

The former football star, New York Times bestselling author and youth advocate is spending some his time developing and increasing awareness of the REX, Restaurant, Entertainment, Experience, Vigilante Post brand.

“Rashad was intrigued with the restaurant group’s positive message of rebuilding community as this is something he does each and every day through The Rashad Jennings Foundation,” shared hospitality industry veteran and lead developer of Rex Gryphon’s vigilante posts Michael Norris. ”We look forward to his valued contribution to Rex Gryphon where he will be focusing on both the brand’s healthy menu offerings and an increased alignment with charity causes.”

At the grand opening, Jennings told the Delray Newspaper that the chicken wings are the best he has ever tasted. He also shared that is gluten free and the menu items can accommodate many dietary restrictions.

Before food was served, guests were invited to experience flying a plane, driving a race car or painting like Picasso in the VRex Lounge. Exclusively outfitted by VRgineers based in Prague, the lounges will be the only public VR venues in the world offering XTAL, the world’s first VR headset with AutoEye and embedded

Leap Motion with 5k resolution.

From there, folks entered the dining room where “the art of food meets the art of survival.

“To disrupt and excel in an ever-evolving industry, we have created and mastered the REX at our posts by offering a high quality, healthy and delicious menu with a storied, rustic, new world cross-generational atmosphere that engages and stimulates,” Norris said. “We look forward to sharing the REX with greater South Florida, its residents and businesses, and visitors, as it is an easy drive from Miami to Stuart.”

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Return of the Dinner Club

January 4, 2020 by luxadmin

Craft Collective – A Return to the Dinner Club

The brains behind the award-winning Craft Food Tours and food and lifestyle blog, Take A Bite Out of Boca, both based in Delray Beach, have joined forces to bring South Florida locals the ultimate VIP dining experience.

Craft Collective — A South Florida Dinner Club is all about providing its members with access to private, chef-led events at the area’s top restaurants.

While many restaurants and chefs host various kinds of special dinner events, there is no exclusive membership-based club like this one, which launches this month on Jan. 9 at Oceans 234 in Deerfield Beach.

Craft Collective gives guest a way out of the “normal” South Florida dining scene, and into an interactive and unparalleled culinary experience.

Membership costs are $149 per person for the year, and provide exclusive access to two dinner events per month, which will be around $79 per person, inclusive of tax and tip. Club features include the following:

Craft Collective takes over top independent restaurants and turns them into stages upon which chefs perform in an intimate group setting for an audience of food lovers.

Chefs will craft experimental multi-course menus with cocktail, wine or beer pairings and come out of the kitchen throughout the event to introduce the dishes, share stories and answer questions from dinner guests.

Club members break bread around communal tables and evaluate each course on provided feedback cards, which is shared with the chefs, closing the collaborative circle.

In addition to the dinner events, members will enjoy access to a curated collective of exclusive perks from participating restaurants and foodie-focused brands.

Dinner events are extremely exclusive, private and only available to Craft Collective members, and will span top restaurants in Palm Beach County and North Broward.

Aside from the kick-off event at Oceans 234, additional confirmed restaurants at this time include The Rebel House, Cabana El Rey, Crazy Uncle Mike’s, The Wine Room Kitchen & Bar and Driftwood, with many more to come.

These events are geared toward adults 21+ and members must purchase tickets to dinners in advance. Depending on the size of the restaurant space, the maximum number of guests per dinner will vary. Members are allowed to bring one guest to each dinner for an additional, higher rate.

Craft Collective founders, Anthony Guzman, Matt Guidice and Shaina Wizov, are advocates for showcasing the food, history and culture that South Florida restaurants have to offer. They are excited to give restaurant chefs an opportunity to experiment with new recipes, share their passion for cooking, and connect with their guests in a meaningful way.

Memberships are available for purchase online at sofladinnerclub.com.

At our events, chefs get to test new recipes and come out of the kitchen to share stories & connect with diners in a meaningful way.

We host chef-led dining experiences at top independent eateries all over Palm Beach County and north Broward.
Members are able to bring guests to our events, however, only members are able to purchase tickets to events.
Your very own membership card that will grant you access to your perks at partner restaurants.
You will need to present your membership card as proof of membership upon arrival at the restaurant.
Members break bread around communal tables and evaluate each course on feedback cards.
This feedback is then shared with the chefs, closing the collaborative circle.

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