Don't Try to Copy Someone Else's Success -- Carve Your Own Path The CEO and co-founder of the J. Fall Group talks about dealing with the perceptions of others and what he's learned from his experiences in the restaurant and hospitality business.

By David Meltzer

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Finding a way to turn your passion into income is something that many people strive for, and Jeremy Fall shares his insights from his years in hospitality. Fall's ability to bring together investors, locations and ideas has resulted in his J. Fall Group creating some of the most unique restaurants in Los Angeles and Chicago.

Fall's understanding of the need to build a restaurant's brand outside of its four walls has led to features on shows such as Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives and Going Off the Menu. His thoughts on monetization, branding and collaboration will help you to build a business that can scale as well as bring new opportunities.

David Meltzer

Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing, Speaker, Author and Business Coach

David Meltzer, co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and host of Entrepreneur's podcast, “The Playbook”, is a Top 100 Business Coach, global public speaker and three-time international best-selling author who has been honored by Variety as “Sports Humanitarian of the Year”.

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