Leadership. Operations. Strategy. Performance.
The Bar Hacks book, Bar Hacks podcast, and Brand Gravity book are designed to help operators build stronger businesses through clearer thinking, better decisions, and intentional action.
Read the books. Listen to the podcast. Apply what works.
The Book
Better performance isn’t luck. It’s built intentionally.
Written by Doug Radkey, Bar Hacks is a practical guide for operators who want to build stronger businesses. Built from decades of industry experience, it explores the principles, systems, and operating disciplines that separate reactive businesses from resilient ones.
Hospitality businesses don’t become more stable, profitable, or scalable by accident. They become better through thousands of intentional decisions across leadership, operations, culture, and strategy.
The Podcast
Hosted by David Klemt, the Bar Hacks podcast features more than 150 conversations with operators, founders, educators, executives, and innovators from across the hospitality industry.
Each episode explores the trends, challenges, and operational realities shaping bars, restaurants, nightlife venues, and hospitality businesses—offering practical ideas operators can apply inside their own businesses.
For operators who want insight beyond the shift.
Brand Gravity
The strongest hospitality businesses are built through alignment.
Brand Gravity: An Operating System for Hospitality, written by David Klemt, introduces a hospitality operating system designed to help operators create attraction, retention, advocacy, and long-term institutional excellence. From leadership and culture to guest experience and strategic clarity, every decision either strengthens gravity or creates drift.
Growth without alignment is expensive.