{"id":196027,"date":"2026-04-13T21:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196027\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:53:09","slug":"mogul-details-challenges-of-expanding-business-to-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/196027\/","title":{"rendered":"Mogul details challenges of expanding business to NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hospitality mogul David Grutman has been credited with transforming the nightlife and hospitality scene on a global scale.<\/p>\n<p>The entrepreneur has built a portfolio of high-energy environments, including Miami\u2019s high-end Komodo restaurant and Papi Steak, a steakhouse in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Grutman is sharing how he transformed himself from a 21-year-old bartender into a hospitality mogul by adopting a relationship-first leadership model in his new book, \u201cTake It Personal: How to Succeed by Building Relationships and Playing the Long Game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grutman, the author and founder of Groot Hospitality, joined \u201cThe Rush Hour\u201d on Monday to talk about his new book and the difficulties of opening a New York City venture.<\/p>\n<p>Tap the video player above to watch the interview.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hospitality mogul David Grutman has been credited with transforming the nightlife and hospitality scene on a global scale.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3110,25,9,24,12,56,2370,63,65,64,3111,27,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-196027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-annika-pergament","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-ny1-interviews","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-nyc-headlines","17":"tag-nyc-news","18":"tag-the-rush-hour","19":"tag-top-stories","20":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}