Welcome to The McKinney Podcast, where we celebrate the people and happenings that make our city "Unique By Nature."

Our guest for this episode is Blake Sellers, Owner of Honest1 Auto Care McKinney.

The MCKPOD is presented by RiskWell and FredShots Photography and recorded at the RiskWell studio in McKinney. Your hosts are James Jenkins and Fred Mahusay.

Key Topics:

Growing up in rural Pennsylvania before moving to Connecticut as a teen

Studying industrial engineering and operations research at Cornell University

Starting Blake's career at Texas Instruments, then earning an MBA at UT Austin

Spending seventeen years at Touche Ross, later Deloitte, including a partnership

Living in Milan, Italy for two years on an expat assignment

Pursuing entrepreneurial ventures in renewable energy after leaving corporate life

Opening Honest1 Auto Care on Virginia Parkway in McKinney in 2018

Using a red, yellow, green system to prioritize vehicle maintenance

Comparing reliability and repair costs of European versus Japanese vehicles

Building trust and transparency as the core of Honest1's customer service

Resources Mentioned:

https://www.honest1.com/mckinney 

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