“10% idea, 90% sweat” - Gregor Gerlach, Seaside Hotel Collection, Vapiano

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This week with Gregor Gerlach, CEO of Seaside Hotel Collection (www.seaside-collection.com), co-founder & shareholder of Vapiano (www.vapiano.eu) Gregor Gerlach has an amazing track record: 20 years ago, he co-founded Vapiano, bought his co-founders out and led the company as CEO for several years. As a shareholder he experienced then the exciting days when Vapiano first went public and how his “baby” later went bankrupt. He is an integral part of the new shareholders, who bought Vapiano out of bankruptcy.

Gregor leads the family office Gerlach Wohnungsbau, runs the luxury hotel brand Seaside Hotels with hotels in Germany, Spain, and on the Maledives. In addition he started a gourmet burger joint called Burgerlich. His latest venture is Riverside Luxury Cruises, that operates cruise ships on the Danube river.

Tune in and listen to this fullblood entrepreneur who shares his knowledge and experience in leadership, decision taking and how to overcome big crisis in business life.

The main learnings from this conversation are:

• When you fall, you need to stand up again
• Failures can be chances
• Believe in what you’re doing and only do in what you believe
• The underlying trends are very important
• Verbalize your thoughts
• It’s good to start in a group, but later it’s better to have the majority stake

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© From Doubt to Drive Podcast, owned and operated by Aperitivo International B.V Recorded on April 5, 2024 via Zoom in Hamburg, Germany (Gregor Gerlach) – Bandarawella, Sri Lanka (Mario C. Bauer) – Amsterdam, Netherlands (Florian Schneider),