229: Food Business with DeAndre Wilson
The How of Business - How to start, run, grow and exit a small business.
Henry Lopez, Levante Business Group
4.7 • 522 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2019
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Launching a catering business with DeAndre Wilson. DeAndre is a young entrepreneur and the co-founder of Turn Table - a catering business serving the Evansville, Indiana area. DeAndre and his partner Chef Jeff started developing their business while they were both in college. He shares the need to be emotionally prepared for the challenges of entrepreneurship, and the value of a solid business plan.
Henry Lopez is the host of this episode of The How of Business show – dedicated to helping you start, run and grow your small business. (TheHowOfBusiness.com)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the How of Business with Henry Lopez and David Begin, the podcast that helps you start, run, and grow your small business. And now here are your hosts. |
| 0:15.3 | Welcome to this episode of The How What Business. This is Henry Lopez. And my guest today is DeAndre Wilson. DeAndre, welcome to the show. |
| 0:22.5 | Thank you for having me. Appreciate it. I'm excited to have him. And this episode, we're going to chat with |
| 0:27.5 | DeAndre about his entrepreneurial journey and about how he started with his business partner, |
| 0:33.2 | a catering business called Turntable. So that's the topic of this episode. |
| 0:37.8 | Before we get started though, I'd like to say thanks to Bradley. |
| 0:41.3 | Bradley is one of our longtime listeners. |
| 0:44.0 | Bradley, thanks for being a listener of the How of Business. |
| 0:47.1 | If you want to receive more information about the Howa Business, including links to |
| 0:50.7 | the show notes page for this episode, you can simply text the word to biz, |
| 0:55.5 | B-I-Z, to 3196. That's B-E-Tex to B-1-996. So, D'A-N-N-N-6. So D'A-Wilson is a young entrepreneur, |
| 1:08.2 | and he's the co-founder of a catering business called Turntable. |
| 1:12.0 | As a college student, DeAndre, along with his business partner, Chef Jeff, that's a tricky |
| 1:17.7 | one to say. They began conceptualizing and charting a roadmap for an innovative catering |
| 1:26.4 | model and a dynamic brand. And John D'Andre will share |
| 1:29.4 | with us what he means by that. The turntable brand is regionally recognized. He's in the Evansville |
| 1:35.3 | Indiana area. They're regionally recognized for mixing, remixing rather, and remastering recipes to |
| 1:42.1 | create visually enticing cuisine with distinctive flavor. |
| 1:46.4 | DeAndre strives to be a change agent by developing more inclusive and accessible channels |
| 1:52.1 | for entrepreneurs to get the necessary resources, the mentoring, and the support for long-term |
| 1:58.9 | success in his region. He earned a degree in hospitality |
| 2:03.3 | administration, and he participates in formal programs and courses in business development |
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