“5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became the COO of etc.venues,” With Nick Hoare

Make time to reflect — have two ‘to-do’ lists: a ‘macro’ and a ‘micro’ and spend significantly more time on the macro list. That is what will ultimately make the difference. I often feel as though I have achieved more when the micro to-do list is being whittled down. However, if the micro list (which is often short term) gets in the way of the macro list (which takes longer and requires more thought), it will slow down your ability to make a difference.

Today I had the pleasure of interviewing Nick Hoare, COO of etc. venues. Nick has known etc.venues for over 15 years in a number of guises; in fact his first-ever day of work was at an etc.venues in London, whilst working for Accenture. In 2007 he joined the etc.venues Board, representing Dunedin (Private Equity backers of the first MBO), before joining the etc.venues’ Management Team in June 2018 as Chief Operating Officer. This coincided with etc.venues’ partnership with Gencom and Benchmark, and the company’s expansion into the US with the…