REB 009: The Wine Business with Matt Cimino
Matt Cimino is the founder of Great Shoals Winery, located in Mount Vernon, Maryland. He also operates a tasting room at Heyser Farms in Silver Spring, Maryland. Great Shoals has been around for...
View ArticleREB 010: Naomi Reis – Piece O’ Cake
Naomi Reis is the proprietor of Piece O’ Cake bakery in Frederick, Maryland. Piece O’ Cake started with catering at weddings and opened a retail location in August 2014. They specialize in gluten...
View ArticleREB 011: Easy Caring with Cristina Twigg
Cristina Twigg is the founder of the babysitting agency Easy Care Sitters. She started the company in Brooklyn, New York in 2000 and now runs the business from Boulder, Colorado. Easy Care contracts a...
View ArticleREB 012: Johann Moonesinghe and Equity Eats
Johann Moonesinghe is the CEO of EquityEats, a crowdfunding platform for restaurants. Johann and his partners opened EquityEats in 2014. They currently have four investments on the site and will be...
View ArticleREB 013: Bare Bites with Allison Levitt
Allison Levitt is the founder of Bare Bites, a pet product company out of Frederick, Maryland. Bare Bites produces all natural treats for dogs, cats, and horses. Allison previously owned a retail pet...
View ArticleREB 014: Showtime with Paul Vivari
Paul Vivari is the owner and proprietor of Showtime, a dive bar located in Washington, DC. Paul was our first client for Merchant ATM Solutions. Paul bartended, worked as a door man at bars, and DJed...
View ArticleREB 015: Ben and Brandon
Ben Piper is the editor and technical side of the Real Everyday Business blog and podcast. Ben and Brandon are also business partners in the ATM and merchant services industries. This episode is a...
View ArticleREB 016: Considerations When Purchasing an Existing Business
Following the trend of atypical episodes this episode is not an interview, but a discussion on purchasing businesses. We (Brandon and Ben) have been working on some small business acquisitions of our...
View ArticleREB 017: Chocolate Making and Food Incubators with Adam Kavalier
Adam Kavalier is a chocolate maker (not to be confused with a chocolatier) and the owner of DC-based Undone Chocolate. Undone is located and operates out of DC food incubator Union Kitchen, which...
View ArticleREB 018: Discussing the Differences Between Public Investing and Private...
We just closed on a couple businesses and previously discussed considerations for purchasing a business (in episode 16). In this episode we discuss some of the differences between investing in...
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