Opening Soon
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, each episode explores how real entrepreneurs found ...
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Aug. 27, 2025
Better than Crumbl? THIN COOKIES - Selling 4,000 per day with Yoseph Raja
In this episode, Alan talks with Yoseph Raja, co-founder of Thin Cookies , a fast-growing cookie brand with locations in Long Island and Manhattan’s West Village. Trained as a pharmacist, Yoseph never expected to be in the fo...
Aug. 20, 2025
Building Glo Up Salon: From basement startup to $70k months - Nicole Farsalas
In this episode of Opening Soon , Alan sits down with Nicole , the founder of Glo Up , a thriving beauty brand and spray tan studio based in Chicago. Nicole shares her journey from working in hospitality and nightclubs to dis...
Aug. 13, 2025
Building Miami’s First Hand Roll Bar with Edouard Benitah of Pari Pari
In this episode, Alan talks with Edouard Benitah , co-founder of Pari Pari , a hand roll bar in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. Originally from Paris, Edouard came to the U.S. in 2015, working his way up through the restaurant ...
Aug. 6, 2025
Raising $6M to Build 5,000 Suburban Coworking Spaces — Enclave’s Robert Kellman
What if you could launch a profitable coworking space for $65,000, with no staff, and scale that model to thousands of locations? That’s exactly what Robert Kellman is doing with Enclave, a suburban coworking company he found...
July 30, 2025
Pilates Studio Owner at 23 Years Old - Sheridan St. Claire
Before Sheridan St. Claire opened her boutique Pilates studio in St. George, Utah, she was a former gymnast with two bad shoulders, a sore back, and no clear path forward. That changed when she discovered Pilates—not as a wor...
July 16, 2025
From SaaS to Salons: How Jordan Feise Built Two of a Kind Brows
Jordan Feise spent over a decade working in B2B SaaS marketing at companies like Gong and early-stage startups. But after years of struggling to find consistent, high-quality brow care, she saw an opportunity to build somethi...