The BORN Podcast
The BORN podcast is an inspiring exploration of the lives & stories behind successful business owners. We hope their stories inspire you to build an amazing life of significance for yourself.
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Scott Beaumont - Lilly Pulitzer
05/25/2023
Scott Beaumont - Lilly Pulitzer
What does it take to start a business? For many aspiring entrepreneurs, getting started is the hardest part. How do you go from nothing to a successful enterprise? At what point is it too late? In this episode, Scott Beaumont, who acquired and revitalized the Lilly Pulitzer brand in the early 90s, joins the podcast. Hear his wisdom about taking risks to start a new business, the importance of strategy, and how to scale a business.
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Jared Mizrahi - PCI Auction Group
04/27/2023
Jared Mizrahi - PCI Auction Group
What do you do when your business has achieved growth at breakneck speed, you’re overworked, and you feel like you’ve hit the ceiling? If you’re entrepreneur Jared Mizrahi, you embrace a framework for structured scaling. Mizrahi’s entrepreneurial career started at age 14 by selling golf balls he retrieved from golf courses. His parents helped him set up an eBay account, which took off from there. He started purchasing storage units, which led to restaurant auctions, which led to him becoming the owner of the East Coast territory of PCI Auctions. Now the owner of the entire company, PCI Auction Group, Mizrahi shares his insights about bumps in the road and how a structured system allowed him to safely and sustainably grow the business to $5 million in revenue yearly.
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Alex Bazdar - Classic Rock Fabrication
03/16/2023
Alex Bazdar - Classic Rock Fabrication
How do you succeed when the industry you’re in feels like a very small pie without enough slices to sustain all the businesses trying to get a piece? You set yourself apart from the crowd. Listen in to hear some wisdom from Alex Bazdar, CEO of Classic Rock Fabrication - a wholesaler of high-quality countertops. He talks about how the unique business model of Classic Rock and a smart go-to-market strategy has allowed them to grow more with each passing year.
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Dan Mowery - Mowery Entertainment
02/23/2023
Dan Mowery - Mowery Entertainment
For years, the entertainment industry has been largely brick-and-mortar, but today things are changing. Dan Mowery is one of the biggest innovators at the forefront of this shift. He’s the founder of Mowery Entertainment, and his goal is to connect the fragmented brick-and-mortar entertainment industry. Listen to an enlightening talk with Dan as he explains what his vast industry experience has taught him. He covers overcoming failures with the right mindset and building industry-disrupting businesses.
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Charles Mitchell - Commonwealth Foundation
01/19/2023
Charles Mitchell - Commonwealth Foundation
On the BORN podcast, we interview inspiring entrepreneurs who offer insights on starting and running lucrative companies. This week, we’re looking at the nonprofit side of entrepreneurship. We’re talking to Charles Mitchell, the CEO of the Commonwealth Foundation. This organization seeks to transform free-market ideas into actionable public policies to positively impact Pennsylvanians.
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Marc Kurowski - Historic King Mansion
01/05/2023
Marc Kurowski - Historic King Mansion
Welcome to the BORN podcast! BORN stands for Business Owner Resource Network. This podcast honors those who have built something. We take a peek under the hood of what it really takes to start, grow and run successful companies by interviewing business owners who’ve done it. We’ll hear stories of those who have taken risks, built something amazing and in the process have positively impacted the people and communities they serve. We hope this inspires you to build an amazing life of significance for yourself. Welcome to the first episode of the BORN Podcast: a series of interviews with local entrepreneurs that give valuable insights on what it takes to run a successful business. Our inaugural guest is a business owner from whom any aspiring entrepreneur can learn a lot. Marc Kurowski is the owner of Historic King Mansion in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Although he comes from an engineering background, a passion project spurred him to enter the world of entrepreneurship in the events industry. Listen in to learn how he executed the start of his small business.
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