TJ Cox, co-owner and managing partner of Corto Lima restaurant, joins host Keith Hanenian for episode 11 to discuss his path to entrepreneurship in the hospitality industry. A career restaurant and beverage professional, TJ went on to become a Certified Sommelier after opening his first restaurant in 2018. Further, he embraced the opportunity to develop independent restaurant concepts as a consultant and will be opening another cocktail bar and restaurant in November 2024 in Lexington, K...
Dr. Shaker Hamadiya, MD, founder of Miami Wellness & Aesthetics Center, joins host Keith Hanenian for episode 10 to discuss his journey to becoming an entrepreneur, beginning with his early experiences moving from Canada to Syria as a child. Today, Dr. Hamadiya owns a bustling aesthetic practice in downtown Miami and reflects on his education and upbringing to shape the vision for his practice and day to day life. Shaker and Keith talk about time management specific to a work-li...
Best-selling author Jim Keyes joins host Keith Hanenian for episode 9 to discuss his career and how he differentiated himself from the pack to propel his success as an international business and social change agent. Together they discuss Jim's experiences in leadership roles as the former CEO of 7-Eleven and Blockbuster and navigating fear to reach goals in different environments. With a current focus on his book, Education is Freedom, Jim shares his guidance on the "what," "why," and "how" o...
Kristen Hanenian, owner/founder of Elite Medical Aesthetics, joins her husband Keith for episode 8 to discuss peptides and functional medicine as the provider of a boutique medical spa in Tampa. Working with patients, Kristen intensively works with patients regardless of where they are on their health journey. As an entrepreneur, she continues to evolve her practice to meet her patients' needs while keeping up with best practices in aesthetic medicine.Kristen reflects on her passion arou...
Investor and entrepreneur Brian McNally, CRCR joins host Keith Hanenian for episode 7 to discuss his life and career from east Philadelphia to south Florida. With a healthcare staffing background as an employee and later becoming an investor, Brian shares how he was able to cultivate staff, grow companies and eventually sell them. Brian's commitment to reinvestment and personnel is reflected in the stories he still shares today about success stories. As a former collegiate lacrosse playe...
Jim Lavalle, Founder of Metabolic Code, joins host Keith Hanenian for episode 6 to discuss his career as a clinical pharmacist and how his career as a pharmacist at Kroger to creating the Lavalle Medical Institute and later becoming an educator and author.Jim reflects on his family's medical history of diabetes and the dramatic impact it had on his career choice. Jim's days of bodybuilding and pharmacy school crossed over, fueling his aspirations to do more than just deliver medications...
Dr. Chelsea Trioano, Owner of Trioano Facial Plastics in West Palm Beach, Florida, joins host Keith Hanenian for episode 5 to discuss her path to becoming one of the only female, facial plastic surgeons in her practice's region. Through sacrifice and dedication, Chelsea shares the challenges she overcame during training and entering the field of plastic surgery. With big practice aspirations, Dr. Trioano spent time most of her free time preparing to be an entrepreneur by researchin...
David Tornek, CEO of Meat Market Restaurants, joins host Keith Hanenian for episode 4 to discuss his rise to entrepreneurship in hospitality from public accounting.David built his career on personal motivation, strong self-awareness and a perspective on managing one's ego. Today, he recognizes his achievements were built on a formula that personally worked for him, resulting in a scalable business model.In 2000, David took a strong turn into the hospitality industry in Miami and still works w...
Lori Robertson, "the Injection Expert," joins host Keith Hanenian to discuss her journey to entrepreneurship after a 25+ year carer in mountain rescue, ICU and family practice. Today, Lori owns and operates Skin Perfect Medical Spa in Brea, California and is also a co-owner of the Aesthetic Immersion training program. Lori works as a clinical educator, international speaker and aesthetic specialist, recognizing that her intuition guides her approach to medicine. Lori shares the pivotal m...
Dr. Amir Ahmadian, Co-Owner and Neurosurgeon at the NeuSpine Institute in Florida, joins host Keith Hanenian for episode 2 to discuss his ascend to becoming a co-owner of a multi-location neurosurgery practice as a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon who specializes in complex minimally invasive spine surgery.Dr. Amir shares his experiences from the first time he joined a neurosurgery procedure in college to now employing 78 employees, five surgeons and two doctors. Risk mitigation and a dri...
Kicking off Season 2, Tom Kazbour, COO of Hungry Howie's of Florida, joins host Keith Hanenian to dive into how he got into the pizza business. Today, Tom, known as "the Pizza Man," owns and operates 63 Hungry Howie's but oversees nearly 300 franchises across Florida.Keith and Tom discuss how he got into the industry at 15 years old, the impact his father's support and other relationships have had on his career and his path to becoming a successful franchisor and entrepreneur.Tom cites servic...
Husband and wife duo, Kristen & Keith Hanenian share a short BONUS episode focused on Medical Aesthetics Consulting just ahead of the Season 2 launch. Together, they discuss how they set up Kristen's practice for success and navigated each of their strengths for collaboration. Kristen's experience with quality medical guidelines, new aesthetic products and extensive training has been matched by Keith's legal expertise and professional business acumen align with best practices, profitabili...
Host Keith Hanenian sits down with international entrepreneur Elliot Wise on a trip to the United Kingdom for the Season 1 Season Finale (Episode 11) of the Pro 2 Pro Podcast. Elliot is the CEO of Limitless University, a serial, international entrepreneur and Keith's inspiration in creating the Pro 2 Pro Podcast. Together, they discuss Elliot's upbringing as a "parent pleaser" influencing his entrepreneurial spirit and the mindful commitment to helping people in as many ways as possible....
Host Keith Hanenian is joined by Board Certified Dr. Joseph Brown for Episode 10 of the Pro 2 Pro podcast. Dr. Brown is a top doc at SyngeryMD, a Tampa Aesthetic & Plastic Surgery practice serving the greater Tampa area. Joe and Keith discuss how he landed in the field of plastic surgery and a family story that impacted his career trajectory. Dr. Brown also shares how his prioritizing his family created a strong support system during his healthcare education and early days of practice. To...
Host Keith Hanenian is joined by Paul Connell for Episode 9 of the Pro 2 Pro podcast. Mr. Connell is the owner of the Eco Electrical Services based in New York City. Paul and Keith discuss the impact Paul's family mentality had on his work ethic and drive along with the needs of his young family after coming to the states as a twenty-something. Paul shares the peaks and valleys of self doubt and his first job as a secretary to now owning and operating Eco Electrical Services. Together, Keith ...
Host Keith Hanenian invites young and upcoming entrepreneur Cameron Thomas to join him for Episode 8 of the Pro 2 Pro podcast. Thomas is a filmmaker and creative director who founded his company, Kanvis Media, in 2018 after several years working in different media settings. In this episode, Keith and Cameron discuss how he got into the media business and personal investment along with opportunities to grow his craft behind a camera. Cameron reflects on overcoming fears, experience...
Host Keith Hanenian returns to his conversation with Joe Barry for Episode 7 of the Pro 2 Pro podcast. Mr. Barry is the General Counsel at Merz Aesthetics. In part two of this recording, Keith and Joe focus on entrepreneurial advancement and how that creates opportunity for all. Across the aesthetics industry, they both recognize collaboration as a key across all levels of a large organization and its customers.
Host Keith Hanenian is joined by Lamar Dula for Episode 5 of the Pro 2 Pro podcast. Mr. Dula is the owner of the San Francisco Upholstery Group based in Tampa but serving Florida, Georgia and Las Vegas. Lamar and Keith discuss the power of learning from failures as a young person and taking big leaps when pivotal opportunities present. Through dedication, his grind and hard work, Lamar rose from being recruited to work for his company to now running it.
Host Keith Hanenian sits down with Lee Mezrah for Episode 5 of the Pro 2 Pro podcast. Mr. Mezrah is the president and managing partner of Mezrah Financial, a financial services consulting firm specializing in wealth accumulation, planning strategies investment management and more. As a family business, Lee joined his father at the 50+ year old Tampa-based firm and continues to build a reputation of success and strong relationships, serving a nationwide client base. He and Keith discuss meetin...
Host Keith Hanenian is joined by David Kahn for Episode 4 of the Pro 2 Pro podcast. Mr. Kahn is the president and custom clothier of Bespoke & Co, a custom tailor clothing company in Tampa. He and Keith discuss the power that dressing confidently and comfortably can have across their lives along with how they choose to support local businesses that create mutual benefit.