#1 Brick and Mortar Entrepreneur Podcast
Opening Soon Podcast
Opening Soon is the podcast where we go behind the scenes with founders of brick-and-mortar businesses - from pilates studios to coffee shops, boutiques, medspas, and more. Hosted by Alan Li, co-founder of FotoLab Studio and Signs and Mirrors.
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Recent Episodes
Nov. 19, 2025
How Brittney Wysong Built a Kids’ Art Studio While Working Full-Time
Brittney Wysong is the founder of Artsy Studio, a 1,700-square-foot process-based art studio for kids in Trussville, Alabama. Before opening the studio, Brittney spent a decade in healthcare marketing and graphic design, bala...
Nov. 12, 2025
$2,500/Month Rent & 300 Sq Ft: How Sam Saverance Built NYC’s First Sloppy Joe Diner
Sam Saverance is the co-founder of Bunna Cafe in Bushwick and the creator of Farley’s Sloppy Joes in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Before opening restaurants, Sam worked as a freelance designer , spent time in finance , and began hosti...
Oct. 29, 2025
How Benjamin Berg Built Houston’s $17M Steakhouse and a 14-Restaurant Empire
Benjamin Berg is the founder and CEO of Berg Hospitality Group , the team behind B&B Butchers and more than a dozen restaurant concepts across Texas. Ben started out as a bellman at the Lake Placid Lodge , worked his way thro...
Oct. 22, 2025
From Restaurants to Retail: Arnold Byun’s Journey Building MAUM Markets
Arnold Byun is the co-founder of Maum Market and Store. After nearly a decade managing some of New York’s most acclaimed restaurants including Eleven Madison Park, Bouley, and Atomix, he found himself jobless during the pande...
Oct. 15, 2025
From Cart to Canal Street: Selling $5K of Coffee a Day at Blue Dove with Amadeo Falce
Amadeo Falce is the founder of Blue Dove Coffee , a viral coffee brand that started as a cart in Union Square and has since expanded to a brick-and-mortar café on Canal Street. A former Army paramedic turned entrepreneur, Ama...
Oct. 8, 2025
Reinventing Dentistry: Wally’s $249/Year Membership Model with CEO Tyler Burnett
Tyler Burnett never planned to reinvent dentistry. But after a 2017 visit where a dentist told him he needed eight fillings on the spot , he walked out skeptical and down a path that would lead to founding Wally , a membershi...