8 Food and Hospitality Founders Share Their Stories In StoriDot Mini-Podcasts
Food and Hospitality Founders Share Founder Stories
What happens when you ask successful company founders to tell their stories in under 5 minutes?
After a bit of reflection and some coaching, you get short audio stories that quickly deliver meaningful insights and compelling narratives.
We recently sat down with a group of entrepreneurs in the food and hospitality industry, as part of Northwood Retail’s Backstory Beginnings podcast series. Each of these experienced leaders founded or runs a restaurant, bar, or other eateries that have a distinctive vision and unique customer experience. Some of their food concepts have been successfully rolled out across the country, while others have become popular local gathering places.
We were amazed at the variety of origin stories we heard - from a path to sobriety, to a pivot from art school, and a new direction discovered in retirement. But, all of the stories shared one common feature - a personal connection to the food and a passion to create a community around that food.
You can listen to some of these inspirational founder stories about food, about growing a business and about life, from the Backstory Beginnings series, by clicking the links right here:
Ice Cream Shop Founder Story
Founder Jeni Britton Bauer shares the start of her ice cream shops, the intersection of art and entrepreneurship, consistency, and creating a Lord of the Rings fellowship:
Pizza Founder Story
CEO Joseph Ciolli talks about lessons learned while bringing NY-style pizza across the country and the importance of honesty, integrity, and community:
Wine Bar Founder Story
Founder Loren Beadle describes starting his wine bars in retirement after an IPO, his passion for collecting, and his transition from sporting goods stores to footwear and more:
Mexican-Colombian Restaurant Founder Story
Co-owner Carlos Rodriguez talks about his family-run, Mexican-Columbian restaurant, taking care of people, growing with the community, and creating opportunities:
French Bistro Founder Story
Scott Hudson speaks about his French, Low Country Bistro, the importance of camaraderie and community to make more than a career, and the need to be fluid like water:
Community Bar Founder Story
Founder Jason Carrier talks about opening his bar, creating a space to connect and let loose, showing everybody a great time, and serving the community:
Restaurant Group Founder Story
Founder Palmer Fortune speaks about the origin of his restaurant group, his inspiring path to sobriety, and his experience that people are what make a business:
More Founder Stories
And, if you enjoy these stories, you can listen to all of the founder stories in the Backstory Beginnings podcast series right here: Backstory Beginnings - A Northwood Retail Podcast
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