Show Notes
Discover entrepreneurship, innovation, business growth, scaling, and intellectual property strategies from successful founders and industry leaders. Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of the Passage to Profit Show interview Jeff Perera from Jeff’s Bagel Run.
When Jeff Perera lost his job at 42, he never imagined it would lead to one of America's fastest-growing bagel brands. What began as a promise to learn how to make authentic New York-style bagels for his wife evolved into Jeff's Bagel Run, a rapidly expanding franchise with dozens of locations across the country. In this inspiring episode, Jeff shares how he taught himself to bake through YouTube, leveraged social media storytelling, built a loyal community during the pandemic, and transformed a homemade hobby into a thriving national business. Learn powerful lessons about resilience, authenticity, customer experience, franchising, and creating a brand people can't stop talking about. Read more at: https://jeffsbagelrun.com/
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