HeyJaredWNY Entrepreneur
If you love Western NY AND Entrepreneurship; this is the podcast for you. David Schaub interviews the top entrepreneurs in WNY about business. If you’re anything like me you want to learn from the top people in the industry.
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He Took the Risk Most Engineers Won't - Brian Balthasar | Balthasar Industries (opens the original)
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Getting laid off is usually seen as the end of a chapter. For Brian Balthasar, it became the beginning of everything. After losing two corporate engineering jobs, Brian made the decision that changed the course of his career. Instead of looking for another employer, he took a risk, bought CNC machines, started a manufacturing company from scratch, and never looked back. This conversation isn't just for engineers or manufacturers. It's for anyone trying to build a business, make difficult decisio
He Built Over 100 Manufactured Home Communities - Jeff Cook | Cook Properties (opens the original)
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Most people think manufactured home communities are a niche corner of real estate. Jeff Cook built one of the largest portfolios in New York State by thinking differently. In this episode, Jeff shares how he went from buying a single manufactured home community to owning and operating more than 100 communities across New York. But this conversation isn't just about real estate. It's about leadership, relationships, communication, and building a business that can grow without depending on you eve
He Bet His Retirement on an Idea - Tom Akers | Junk Free Skin (opens the original)
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Most people would never do it. Tom Akers took his retirement savings and bet it on an idea that had never been done before. No roadmap. No guarantees. And no experience running a manufacturing company. In this episode with Tom Akers, founder of Junk Free Skin, we talk about building a company from scratch, creating products no one had made before, and the persistence required to keep moving when everyone else would have quit. This conversation is about much more than soap. It is about entreprene
From Swinging a Hammer to CEO - Patrick Hayter | Hayter Construction (opens the original)
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When Patrick Hayter started his construction company, he was swinging the hammer himself. Doing the work. Running estimates. Managing projects. Handling sales. Everything. But eventually he realized something every growing business owner learns: You cannot scale if you are doing everything yourself. In this episode with Patrick Hayter, owner of Hayter Construction, we talk about what it takes to go from working in your business to actually leading it. This conversation is packed with lessons on
Most Business Owners Get SEO Wrong - Mariah Magazine | SEO Consultant (opens the original)
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Most business owners think they have an SEO problem. Many actually have a visibility problem. Or a messaging problem. Or they are simply focusing on the wrong things. In this episode with Mariah Magazine, award winning SEO consultant, educator, and creator, we talk about the biggest SEO myths business owners believe and how customers are actually finding businesses online today. This was not a technical conversation. It was a practical discussion about how business owners can stop guessing and s
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