899: How To Turn Knowing What You’re Good at Into Success with Brian Goldberg Founder and Owner of Mr Bing – Beijing Street Foods

Inspired by his love for Chinese jianbing, Brian Goldberg first founded Mr Bing in 2015 as a pop-up in New York City. After gaining popularity and winning the 2016 Vendy Award for Rookie of the Year, Mr Bing has since expanded to three locations, with two more coming 2018.

Entrepreneurial Role Models:

• Ali Baba
• David Chang

When business started difficulties overcame:

“The time management part was difficult. Raising money to do it, I had some of my own money to do it but I also needed to raise money from some friends, learning how to structure a deal, venture capital basically or friends and family deal where you’re raising money for a small start-up. A lot of legal stuff to learn”…[Listen for More]

Favourite Books:

• Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time book by Howard Schultz
• Grinding It Out: The Making Of McDonald’s Mass Market book by Ray Kroc

Favourite Quote:

“Be yourself”

Recommended Online Resources:

• Entrepreneur Magazine – is the premier source for everything small business Get the latest small business information in the latest issue of Entrepreneur Magazine.
• Inc Magazine – Small Business Ideas and Resources for Entrepreneurs. Get advice, tools, and services that help your small business grow.
• The Wall Street Journal –  is a U.S. business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.

Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:

“Be awesome, be prepared. Work hard and be prepared to work really hard and have that passion and that energy and motivation. You also have to prepare, do your research, do your study, do your networking, and do your numbers”…[Listen for More]

More About Brian Goldberg:

Mr Bing

Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:

“Boxing distills and illuminates the essence of an athlete. There’s nowhere to hide. Boxers live and perform at the extremes. They provide us with answers about a given contest, but more important, they ask us fundamental questions about human narratives. What does this person really stand for? How far will he go to defend it?” Brin-Jonathan Butler

Other Quotes From the Chat with Brian Goldberg:

“Knowing what you’re not good at is a really key thing you can have other people help you out with the things that you’re not good at doing yourself”

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