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Hosted by Dana Mauriello · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 33 episodes
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Have you ever looked at a business and thought, "Wow, I cannot believe that is a thing!"? We’re not here to talk about big tech or main street businesses… we’re here to celebrate all of cool, unique, and unusual businesses in between. Get ready to meet water park owners, plant sitters, magicians, and go kart mechanics. We’ll talk to these founders about how they came up with their wild idea, why they decided to launch their business, what success means to them and why they love their work. Hosted by Dana Mauriello a serial entrepreneur and professor of entrepreneurship at NYU.
Dana Mauriello hosts THIS is a Thing, a business show with 33 episodes published.
Kevin Prince spent 15 years building marketing and social strategy at places like NBC, CBS, Gawker Media, and Netflix, always chasing the feeling of building something new. Then a headline-grabbing project for the 2023 G
Will Petz discovered silent discos on a cruise ship with his parents — dancing to music DJs play directly into your headphones — and thought it was the stupid until he tried it and realized it was amazing. At the time, W
Ken Decker set out to make monster masks and movie props — and ended up also building hyperrealistic silicone human heart models used to train medical professionals. In this episode, he talks about how he found his way o
Loren Ostrow spent over two decades thinking about building senior housing for the LGBTQ community before he ever broke ground. In this episode, he tells the story of Living Out — one of the first senior living communiti
Dave Campbell spent years scribbling game ideas on index cards during long drives as a traveling salesman before Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza became an international hit, selling over 12 million copies. In this episode, Da
Tara Chapman spent a decade at the CIA working on issues surrounding Afghanistan and Pakistan — then quit to become a beekeeper in Austin, Texas. In this episode, she talks about the Groupon beekeeping class that changed
Raj Shingadia always wanted to be a lawyer — until a professor convinced him the reality of a law career was nothing like he imagined. With no backup plan, he started taking steps. He tried commercial real estate. He wen
Marc Evan is the co-founder of Maniac Pumpkin Carvers, a New York-based studio that has elevated pumpkin carving into a legitimate fine art — with work displayed at MoMA, the Whitney, and Yankee Stadium, and clients incl
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THIS is a Thing is hosted by Dana Mauriello. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 33 episodes.
THIS is a Thing has published 33 episodes.
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