Burgers, Timati, Kosenko and the future of the food industry. Yury Levitas, co-owner of Black Sta...
Yuri Levitas is a businessman, co-owner, and CEO of Black Star Foods. The restaurateur actively maintains a personal blog, sharing stories about his life and new projects. He is the founder of FREE COMPANY, a project actively involved in charity work.
In this episode, we discussed how to start a business with a celebrity. What's more important, product or marketing? How to launch new businesses one after another without getting bogged down in operational overhead? We also touched on the hyped topic of mentorship. We found out whether Yuri himself has mentors and what motivates him to continue opening new businesses.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
0:56 Sunny Moscow
1:44 Yuri Levitas on his surname and ancestors
7:03 What Yuri does/Mentoring
9:06 Restaurant business/Coffee mania
13:35 Black Star Burger/Tricks and concept
22:40 Product selection
25:58 Yuri's workshop and mentoring
29:34 The success of Black Star Burger & Timati
31:20 Celebrity as a guarantee of product success
34:22 How to collaborate with a celebrity
35:40 How to manage multiple projects
38:23 Partnership/Loss tolerance
40:16 What awaits the restaurant business in the near future
44:44 Mission in Business
49:58 Product & Sales
52:10 Problems in tools and thinking
53:10 Ikigai for an entrepreneur
55:03 Business on saving electricity
57:46 Communication style and skills
1:04:18 Working in Weekend
1:05:35 Age and Motivation
1:07:24 Energy and Failures
1:10:04 Goals/Driving Force
1:12:30 IPO/Hype Wave
1:15:21 Idols/Mentors
1:17:55 Media/Personal Brand
1:19:58 Contacts/Useful for Business
1:22:45 How to Stay on Top of Trends
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