Jacob Wright is a successful entrepreneur in many realms of the hospitality industry. A serial entrepreneur who started his first business at age 18, Wright has founded and led successful businesses in the action sports, website development, real estate development, restaurant and hotel industries. He is co-founder and president of Action Companies Group, which develops, manages and owns restaurant and hotel properties. From his base in Syracuse, N.Y., Wright leads a team of 200 associates who are now focused on building leadership in the limited-service hotel segment.
Basically, if you don't have the established network and the established wealth in the family, it's really getting out in the community, getting on boards of charities, getting on boards of the Chamber of Commerce, going to as many events as you can. It's not easy at first, especially if you are no...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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