Ep. 14: Weed Smoking College Dropout to Donut Shop Owner with Andrew Catrambone

<p>In today's episode we talk about:</p> <ul> <li><span class="JsGRdQ">Freshly baked bread… with a slab of butter… while really high… is the greatest thing ever - and essentially why Beacon Doughnuts exists.</span></li> <li><span class="JsGRdQ">How college is NOT the only option and path to success.</span> <span class="JsGRdQ">(We have a combined debt well over $100k and neither of us needed any of it to get to what we’re doing today.)</span></li> <li><span class="JsGRdQ">Why you shouldn’t go to culinary school for career reasons.</span></li> <li><span class="JsGRdQ">Why “don’t worry about it”</span> <span class="JsGRdQ">(a line fed to high school students and their parents thinking about taking out student loans)</span> <span class="JsGRdQ">should be considered a crime.</span></li> <li><span class="JsGRdQ">What it’s like learning on the job, in the real world, compared to what you learn in the classroom + learning the value of hard work through experience and having no other option.</span></li> <li><span class="JsGRdQ">Saying fuck the food industry! ...only to have me proposition him with starting a donut shop a year after leaving that world.</span></li> <li><span class="JsGRdQ">Scrapping together operation “Back Alley” donuts</span> <span class="JsGRdQ">(starting a biz from the ground up is wayyy less glamorous than it seems.)</span></li> <li><span class="JsGRdQ">The importance of not being afraid to figure things out and being resourceful when starting a business. Oh, and BE PATIENT - worthwhile shit takes time to come to fruition.</span></li> </ul> <p><span class="JsGRdQ">-</span></p> <p><span class="JsGRdQ">Guest info:</span></p> <p><span class="JsGRdQ">IG: @beacondoughnuts</span></p> <p><span class="JsGRdQ"><a href= "http://www.beacondoughnuts.com">www.beacondoughnuts.com</a></span></p> <p><span class="JsGRdQ">-</span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/whytheworldneedsyoucommunity/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Why the World Needs You Facebook group</span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.i