What the audience will learn from the podcast:

--Scaling a discount retailer from 11 to 50 stores

--How BJ and his CEO split responsibilities in the C-Suite

--Import Tariffs and who is paying them so far

--How vendor relationships are key to profits

--how increases in the minimum wage have affected the business

--Where discount retailing and Danice Stores is headed

#businessgrowth #buisnessmanagement #manufacturing

From this podcast the audience will learn:

--Brandon's decision to make the leap from project manager in an unrelated business to CEO of SWF Industrial and how he managed the transition

--How he approached the CEO role from a position of being the least experienced person on the leadership team

--How he choose his management style using vulnerability and listening

--His biggest mistakes (and regrets) in his role as the CEO

--The state of the skilled manufacturing labor force in PA (it's getting better!) and how SWF Industrial attracts and retains workers

--State of the metal fabrication industry: labor, prices of steel, tariffs, manufacturing domesically in the US today,

--Brandon's Vision of the business in 3 Years regarding capacity constraints and ways around them.

#businessgrowth #buisnessmanagement #manufacturing

From this podcast the audience will learn:

--The role of the COO at Ray Stone Incorporated and how she and the founder divided the roles and responsibilities in the C Suite.

--What the Founder wanted from the COO Role.

--Candice's leadership style and how it was informed by her Industrial Organization PhD.

--How Candice leads her people.

--The state of the Real Estate market and the opportunities she sees in the three areas.

--Challenges of the Independent Living space

--What's the plan from here, Ray Stone's Vision 3 years out.

#realestate #operations #familybusiness

From this podcast the audience will learn:

--Why Ryan started Baird Augustine and the unfulfilled need he saw in the marketplace
--What makes Baird Augustine different and successful in the capital raising space.
--How he went from 0 to 100 employees in 2.5 years and the challenges that presented.
--How Ryan and his co-founder split their roles.
--How Ryan's role has evolved since the founding.
--The most important thing Baird Augustine looks for from a company they are trying to raise capital for.
--Baird Augustine's plan going forward.
--How to connect with Ryan and Baird Augustine

#entrepreneurship #newepisode #podcastshow #entrepreneur

What the audience will learn from the podcast:

--Jeremy's early successes, subsequent failures, and lessons learned the hard way
--Jeremy's comeback: from living in his car to Firefighter to starting Murphy Door with no money or credit score
--Murphy Door's brilliant customer financing strategy that provided the means to grow
--Why his customers trusted him with their money up front
--The hidden dangers of doing business with big box stores
--Why Murphy Door bucked the outsourcing trend, and how they benefitted
--The advantages of domestic sourcing and manufacturing in today's environment
--Jeremy's Vision of Murphy Door in the next 3-5 years
--The art of buying empty commercial buildings

#entrepreneurtips #entrepreneurship #business #podcast #podcastshow #newepisode

In this episode of On the Entrepreneur's Journey, Michael Kron shares his transition from a legal career to the world of real estate development. He discusses the growth of his multifamily business, his foray into commercial real estate, and the challenges of launching a private equity company. Michael emphasizes the importance of delegation and building a strong team to manage multiple ventures effectively. He also outlines his future goals for fundraising and expanding his business into new areas.

#entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #business #podcast #podcastshow #newepisode

This podcast is the story about how Matt Kassel and Edgewater Markets scaled from a start up in 2011 with 7-10 people to its current 149 people today in the ultracompetitive foreign exchange markets.

--Matt tells of why he decided to leave a big bank to join a Fintech startup.
--How Edgewater differentiated themselves in the market full of large competitors (major international banks) and how they turned many of them into clients.
--Matt discusses the recurring revenue stream that represents a huge part of their revenue and how that will lead to a higher valuation.
--Matt discusses the biggest scaling mistake the struggles with hiring --he either hired too fast and made mistakes or too slow and didn't keep up with the demand!
--The four pillars of Edgewater Market's success with clients in the Fx markets: Technology, Liquidity, Credit, Customer Service

#entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #business #podcast #podcastshow #newepisode

In this episode of the Entrepreneur's Journey, Peter Santry interviews Tom Casey, the Founder and CEO of Old Sod Travel.

From this podcast the audience will learn:
--The Transition from financial services to an entrepeneur in a torally different industry, travel
--How he selected the travel business and how his new business fit his lifestyle.
--What problem Tom was solving with the Old Sod offering.
--How Tom found his employees, or the types of employees attacted to his business.
--How what's important in your 50's and 60's is different from your earlier career.
--The entrepreneurial learning curve from a large company to a start up.
--How Old Sod weathered the pandemic when business went to zero.
--What mistakes Tom made in scaling (he didn't hire soon enough!)
--Tom's Vision of the business in 3 Years.

#entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #business #podcast #podcastshow #newepisode