Project Growth

Running a restaurant is not easy, but it's super rewarding. Rena Levine Levy, CEO of WindMill Restaurant, discusses the challenges of operating a restaurant in 2022 and how the WindMill is one of Bruce Springsteen's favorite late-night spot.

Andy Stern, part of the co-founding team at Rumble Boxing, shares his struggles making it in the fitness industry, his stint in professional wrestling, being transparent, and trends in the fitness industry.

@andrewgstern

www.rumbleboxinggym.com

Avante Price and Eli Taylor-Lemire, CEO and CTO of POSH, an online ticketing platform, plan to take companies like Eventbrite head on to disrupt the ticketing industry. At only 20-years old, Avante and Eli share their story of how they met at NYU, got started in the nightlife scene, how NFTs will be a crucial part of events, and much more.

Joe Spisak is the definition of an entrepreneur. Joe finds an opportunity and turns it into a business. He turned a college drinking game he played with friends into a real-life card game, pitched the game on Barstool's version of Shark Tank, expanded the card game to a family-friendly trivia game, created a fulfillment business, and now CMO at an eComm start-up.

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Operation Growth is now Project Growth!

The goal of Project Growth to appeal to anybody looking to grow. I want to encourage personal growth for young people like myself. Whether you’re looking to grow your business savviness, personal finance, relationships, physical or mental health, my goal is to encourage growth to live the better life we all deserve.

I don’t have the answers to these questions, so I have guests who excel in these particular areas of their lives and let them share their stories for us all to learn.

This rebrand represents this change to my mission.

Sharing my experience running the NYC Marathon and why signing up for a physical challenge will change your life

Tom Ottaiano, the CEO and Founder of Today's Business, joins Project Growth for his 2nd time to chat more about how covid has changed the way businesses market in D-to-C, sports, eComm, and the top trends Tom is keeping an eye out for.

Today's Business: https://tbsmo.com/

Joe De Sena, CEO and Founder of Spartan Race shares his story growing up in the organized crime capital of the world, scaling and selling his successful pool business, earning top dollar on Wall St., and leaving it all to follow his heart.

Instagram: @realjoedesena

www.spartan.com

Comedian Eric D'Alessandro has been putting out content consistently for over the past decade, which allowed his most recent video to pass 1M views and sell out comedy shows. 

Eric and I talk about his upbringing in Staten Island NY and how that influences his material, his journey into comedy which started from making videos online as a teen, and what goes into building a following on social media.

Eric's Instagram: instagram.com/ericdalessandro

Eric's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/EJD11190

How can young people prepare for real estate investments? Joseph 'The Realtor' Aziz is a real estate agent in North Jersey who's been in the game for over 5 years and has sold over $100M in homes. In this episode, Joseph shares his personal journey into real estate and how young people can prepare themselves for it.