As a self-proclaimed “professional eater,” cookie and ice cream enthusiast, Gus Shamieh embodies CREAM’s motto of “Cookies Rule Everything Around Me.” Inspired by memories of his mother’s warm homemade chocolate chip cookies with ice cream, Gus Shamieh and his father founded CREAM in 2010 to share their fond experiences with others.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Gus’s Father
- Mark Cuban
When business started difficulties overcame:
“before Cream there was no real blueprint to how to open a custom gourmet ice cream Sandwich store. If you wanted to open a burger place you could go to five, six different burger places, get a general idea of how things work and kind of tweak on them and make them your own. But for us there was no blueprint, the blueprint was our kitchen. And as you know and as I’m sure your listeners can guess transferring that flow and those operations in our home kitchen don’t transfer over to a retail operation smoothly”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action Book by Simon SinekFavourite Quote:
“everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear”
Recommended Online Resources:
- LinkedIn is a business and employment-oriented service that operates via websites and mobile apps. Founded on December 28, 2002, and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking, including employers posting jobs and job seekers posting their CVs.
- LinkedIn Groups
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“if you are hesitant to jump into something make sure it’s something you are passionate about, because passion drives everything. If you are passionate about it then it can lead to success. It doesn’t have to be your idea, your business, your entrepreneurial spirit doesn’t have to be based in based on something to related, it doesn’t have to be the next space X of the next Tesla it can be something incredibly simple. And I encourage you to think simple because simple things often lead to greatest outcomes”…[Listen for More]
More About Gus Shamieh:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” Charles F. Kettering
Other Quotes From the Chat with Gus Shamieh:
- “every different step, every level requires adjusting and changing”
- “the first step is taking the first step”
- “a lot of people are hesitant to embark on their passion”
- “finds something that you are passionate about. It doesn’t have to be the next Facebook, doesn’t have to be the next Uber, it can be something as simple as an ice cream sandwich”
- “do anything that you want to as long as you are passionate about it. Because when you do something without passion you are bound for failure. But when you do something that you believe in, that you are passionate about and that you enjoy nothing can stop you from pushing forward”
- “the secret to success is knowing why you are doing what you are doing. The real reason why, not money, not power, not greed, but why do you want to do what you are doing. The question of why should drive every decision you make. And if you don’t have a good answer for why you probably shouldn’t do it. You can’t convince somebody why you are making this decision, of why you are leaning this way versus another way then you probably shouldn’t go for it”
- “what inspires you, what motivates you to do this”
- “the why, the answer has to really drive the overall goals of business and the overall goals of your person, and that to me is key”
- “if you are passionate about what you do there is no reason why you cannot overcome fear”
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