By day, I help run food & beverage at a waterfront Marriott — four restaurants and a busy banquet floor. The rest of the time, I make the things below. Along the way, my writing and content have picked up 75+ million views.
Everything I do lives on this page.
Hospitality Stories
Interviews with the people who actually run hospitality — chefs, general managers, banquet captains, immigrants who built careers one shift at a time. I ask how they got here and what it cost them. New profiles regularly.
ereader
A library of book recommendations from people worth listening to. I collect what founders, investors, and thinkers say to read, then organize it so you can find your next book in a minute.
“Think Like” — a book series
Short books on how remarkable people think. Not biography — the mental models, pulled from what they’ve actually said and done, so you can borrow how they decide. The first three are written and in editing: Think Like Elon Musk, Think Like Marcus Aurelius, and Think Like Charlie Munger.
Want to know when they’re out? Email me and I’ll tell you.
AI that does hotel work
I build AI systems that do real operational work — banquet event briefs, bar requisitions, staff scheduling, demand forecasts. Not demos: I run them every week inside a working hotel. If you operate a restaurant or hotel and want the grunt work off your managers’ plates, get in touch.
Tell me about your operation →
Now
Running a summer of banquets on the Halifax waterfront. Editing the first three Think Like books. Slowly turning my AI systems into a service other operators can use.
Say hi
Email me at shehraj@shehraj.com — I read everything. Or find me on LinkedIn. If you’re in Halifax, coffee beats email.