About Jonathan
Hi, I’m Jonathan.
I’ve had the privilege of working in the hospitality sector for many years, from outside catering companies in California creating inspiring events, from small exclusive gatherings to 10,000 capacity gigs, working with some of the world’s greatest venues and artists, to working at some of the most prestigious hotels in the world – The Savoy, Claridges, The Berkeley, The Connaught, and transforming hotels that were underperforming – from boutique hotels to the County Hall Marriott and Regents Park Marriott.
After leaving the corporate world, I went on to found a few ventures over the years.
The Entrepreneur Network was a group of passionate entrepreneurs at various stages in their business lives where I set up monthly and fortnightly networking events for 200-400+ guests, including conferences, and seminars all to offer a support network with advice from experts in their field.
Launch48 was a startup incubator where we brought groups of 200 people together to launch a business, in 48 hours.
Both of these saw huge successes, the last being acquired by Oxygen Accelerator.
Hi, I’m Jonathan.
I’ve had the privilege of working in the hospitality sector for many years, from outside catering companies in California creating inspiring events, from small exclusive gatherings to 10,000 capacity gigs, working with some of the world’s greatest venues and artists, to working at some of the most prestigious hotels in the world – The Savoy, Claridges, The Berkeley, The Connaught, and transforming hotels that were underperforming – from boutique hotels to the County Hall Marriott and Regents Park Marriott.
After leaving the corporate world, I went on to found a few ventures over the years.
The Entrepreneur Network was a group of passionate entrepreneurs at various stages in their business lives where I set up monthly and fortnightly networking events for 200-400+ guests, including conferences, and seminars all to offer a support network with advice from experts in their field.
Launch48 was a startup incubator where we brought groups of 200 people together to launch a business, in 48 hours.
Both of these saw huge successes, the last being acquired by Oxygen Accelerator.
The Travelator (remember Gladiators!?) at Rough Runner
Always being an avid fan of the outdoors and sports, and seeing the rise in obstacle course events, but bemused by the fact they were all doing the same thing, I then set up Rough Runner.
An obstacle course event but with a focus on appealing to the majority and not the elitists, whilst offering something that was a lot more fun and engaging to do, all based of our favourite TV game shows, such as Total Wipeout and Gladiators.
A usual attendance of 6,000-12,000 people at each event, with 6-8 events across the UK each year saw us build a great event series everyone loved, until Covid hit.
With Covid then in full swing, I set up Chiswick Festival in 2020 organising 21 events; all being Covid-secure in the peak of the pandemic. From Jazz and Opera to Comedy and Rock at Chiswick House & Gardens, accommodating over 5,000 locals across the 21 evenings.
Now, having attended a Ceilidh Dance in Scotland in August 2022, and loved it, and talking to Hounslow Council who also love the concept, we’re launching a monthly event series focused purely on having some fun!
I also run a website design agency, the Website Design Studio.