“Exceptionalism is Never Random!” Words of Wisdom With Nelson Braff of Hunt & Fish Club NYC

“I can’t point to a single book. However, I like to read biographies of exceptional people across the spectrum — everyone from Howard Schultz to Howard Stern; from Condoleezza Rice to Hillary Clinton; from Jimmy Connors to Tommy Lasorda. I find these types of people fascinating. Exceptionalism is never random!”

I had the pleasure to interview Nelson Braff, one of the founders of the Hunt & Fish Club in NYC. Other founders include restaurateur Eytan Sugarman, and hedge fund maven Anthony Scaramucci.

Can you share the funniest or most interesting story that happened to you since you started your company?

We opened Hunt & Fish Club on January 5, 2015. In the first couple of weeks, we had a steady clientele, thanks to some pre-opening publicity and a good amount of foot traffic. We weren’t exactly packed, but we were doing a fairly brisk business. Then, two to three weeks later, a guest with a huge social media following came in, ordered a seafood tower, snapped a photo and posted it on his social media feeds. Later that night, one of my…