Mini Business at Scale – Interview with Erik and Mat

business, ecommerce, novelty, product, product launch, scale, side hustle

About Mini Materials: Mini Materials specializes in miniature cinder blocks and pallets. Our goal is to bring the love of building into the comfort and convenience of your own home. You can build for fun or use our blocks to generate your next big idea! Our miniature cement blocks are…

Crafting an Innovative Landscape – Interview with Bruce Wang

entrepreneur, innovation, product creation, product launch

About:   BRUCE WANG has grown his enterprise MICROJIG (https://www.microjig.com/) with a team of mad-scientist inventors, design-driven perfectionists, and hyperscale leaders into a recognizable brand in the tool industry. With over 600,000 units sold worldwide, MICROJIG purveys innovative safety tools for craftsman using power woodworking machinery and has answered the…

Bringing Big Flavor – Interview with Barbara Lezcano

female entrepreneur, product creation, product launch, retail

Adopted at birth by Cuban immigrants, Barbara was raised in Miami and studied Music Theater at New World School of the Arts. She earned a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Economics from FSU. After almost 2 decades in finance, she moved to Orlando and yearned for more creativity. Barbara…

Changing the Game – Interview with Jason and Matthew from RIP-IT

Blackstone LaunchPad, customer service, entrepreneur, product launch, research, Softball, Softball Tech, Sports Tech, ucf

RIP-IT’s story: When Lauren Polstein was a young girl playing softball for her team in Miami, a low pitch popped off the top of the bat and hit her in the nose. She was bruised, but okay and ready to jump back into warm-ups. However, given her injury, she was…