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    Entrepreneurship - Hospitality - Ideas - Vibe Coding

    The Insight No PMS SaaS Has: Cleaners Don’t Use Apps

    August 6, 2026

    In the last article, I wrote about why I stopped shopping for a PMS and started building my own. The short version: every platform I tried was built by people who’ve never actually run a property. Vendor coordination is where that gap shows up the clearest, so it’s the first place I built for. If you run vacation rentals, mid-term rentals, or furnished housing, you already know: managing the cleaner calendar is one of the hardest parts of the job. I have my horror stories. The next guest is standing at the door, and the room inside is a mess…

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    I Tried Many PMS on the Market. Here’s Why I Built My Own Instead.

    July 23, 2026

    Somewhere along the way, streamlining COZi’s operations became one of my favorite parts of running it. Finding every friction point an operator hits — a cleaner who no-shows, a guest who checks in early, a payment that doesn’t reconcile — and quietly building a backup or a remedy for each one, until the whole thing runs without needing to lean on me constantly. That’s a genuinely satisfying kind of problem-solving, and I’m not going to pretend otherwise. But there’s a number every operator eventually hits where “I’ll just keep improving my own system” stops being the obvious answer, and “maybe…

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  • Entrepreneurship - Hospitality - Ideas

    Be the Boss Who Still Shows Up at 3AM

    April 23, 2025

    It was 3AM in December when my phone rang. A smoke alarm had gone off in one of my units. No smoke, no fire—but the guests were scared. Outside, Boston was buried in snow. Still, I threw on a jacket and went. Not to silence an alarm. To show up. To reassure. To calm an scared customer. To show that we are on top of everything. And also—to make sure everything really was okay. Because when you’re the one running the business, you’re not just calming guests. You’re also protecting the thing you’ve built. Sometimes, it’s about empathy.Sometimes, it’s about…

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  • Hospitality - Venture Building

    Obsess Over Feedback, Not Stars

    April 12, 2025

    Let’s get one thing straight: customer service matters. Always has, always will. I’m not here to argue with that. For years, businesses have been told to delight the customer. “Go the extra mile!”“Make them 110% satisfied!”“If they’re not happy, try again until they are.” And honestly? That’s solid advice. If you mess up, fix it. If you can do better, do better. That’s just good business. But here’s where it gets tricky. You can do everything right—reply to every message in five minutes, upgrade the room, throw in a free snack basket—and still get a 4-star review.Why? Because for some…

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Recent Posts

  • The Insight No PMS SaaS Has: Cleaners Don’t Use Apps
  • I Tried Many PMS on the Market. Here’s Why I Built My Own Instead.
  • Early Startup Sales Mistakes I Had to Learn the Hard Way
  • Before You Quit Your Corporate Job: The Myths No One Talks About When Becoming an Entrepreneur
  • Quiet Lessons From the Early Days: Three Patterns I Keep Seeing
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