What makes the best dining experience? For Natasha Zone, founder and CEO of onezone, it’s the combination of great food, great vibe and great service. And with onezone, she sets out to share the best places to eat, drink and stay in London and other cities around the world
The journey of a young female entrepreneur
This is the story of an inspiring journey for one female entrepreneur who saw an opportunity to be inclusive and offer concierge services on a broader scale and adapt it to the new generation’s expectations.
In this episode, we talk about 30 years old Natasha’s experi...
What makes the best dining experience? For Natasha Zone, founder and CEO of onezone, it’s the combination of great food, great vibe and great service. And with onezone, she sets out to share the best places to eat, drink and stay in London and other cities around the world
The journey of a young female entrepreneur
This is the story of an inspiring journey for one female entrepreneur who saw an opportunity to be inclusive and offer concierge services on a broader scale and adapt it to the new generation’s expectations.
In this episode, we talk about 30 years old Natasha’s experience in Conciergerie and how her vision started. Natasha worked for a private concierge high-growth tech start-up, organising the best restaurants, members clubs and travel for high net-worth individuals, with a decade of hospitality experience behind her.
Until one day, she decided to share her little black book of the best places to eat, drink and stay and bring a concierge service to a broader audience with an app that finds you a place to eat much quicker than a Google search.
Onezone’s rapid success
Onezone is a curated discovery platform for a conscious, younger audience looking for trust, convenience and diversity. The core pillars onezone was built on. It highlights female-founded businesses, sustainable businesses, black-owned businesses and community heroes because these topics are essential to the next generation and cannot be ignored.
We chat about Natasha’s vision for onezone and her year-long road map. And how she has managed to raise an incredible £1.3 million in seed funds thanks to her dedication and resilience.
In the first two years of its success, the app has been downloaded over 100,000 times and boasts 30,000 monthly users.
A team that’s essential to scale a business that promises a great experience
Restaurants curated on onezone are regularly reviewed by the onezone team of curators to ensure they uphold standards that guarantee the promised experience.
This brings us to the onezone team that Natasha has put together. She hired highly skilled people who fit into the onezone’s culture that promotes loyalty and honesty. The team believes in the project and wants to be part of its success.
The onezone.app truly is a feast for the eyes. Its editorial-type content showcases stunning photography and offers the user an experience that no other app does.
You can choose the area you want to dine in, the best place for different occasions, save your favourite places and book a table directly on the app. And the best thing about it is that you don’t have to scroll through hundreds of reviews and recommendations. Because users can trust onezone to have curated the best places for the best experience.
What it’s like to navigate a male-dominated business space as a female founder and CEO
We also talk about what it’s like for a female founder and CEO to navigate the business space, sitting in boardrooms surrounded by mostly male investors. Natasha explains the challenges of being a founder today, dealing with investors from older generations who don’t always get it—and trying to be the leader for that next generation who does get it.
There are significant changes to be made, but hopefully, “the next generation below us will have a better time because our generation is so aware”.
The Michelin guide of the next generation
So as founder & CEO Natasha Zone is revolutionising the hospitality space. Onezone might just be set to supersede the Michelin guide for the next generation.
Perks
In this episode, Natasha kindly offers our listeners a three months free premium membership. Simply email info@onezone.app with the subject Service Please podcast.
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