Episode 446: John McCormick of Pancoast Pizza - Walnut Creek, CA. From Wall Street to Tech Avenue to Pizza [RE]Startup. Transformative Leadership. BE the COMMUNITY's HUB. Fellowship Thrives in Growth.

Welcome to another episode of the JUSTIN AND THE [FOOD] ENTREPRENEURS Show. In this episode, we'll be diving into the fascinating journey of John McCormick, owner of Pancoast Pizza in Walnut Creek, California. Transitioning from a career in financial services and tech sales at companies like Salesforce, John found his true calling as a local entrepreneur in the food industry. Discover how John's background and skills in sales, marketing, and building startups equipped him to transform Pancoast Pizza into a thriving community hub. We'll explore his commitment to community engagement, smart business strategies, and how he's adapted the business to changing consumer habits, focusing on delivery and takeout. This episode highlights the power of community connections, transformative leadership, and the art of growing a successful local business. Tune in to hear about John's personal and professional transformation, and gather insights from his unique entrepreneurial perspective.   IG: @pancoast_pizza Address: www.pancoastpizza.com  Location: 1516 S Main St, Walnut Creek, California.   Entrepreneur interested in being on the show: https://calendly.com/justin-bizzarro/podcast   Hosted By: Justin Ryan Bizzarro (IG: @justinbizzarro)   Who is Justin Ryan Bizzarro? – Justin Bizzarro is a serial food, restaurant, technology, media and marketing entrepreneur, who helped build a 24-year-old group of food and restaurant related businesses, he created with his father and business partners out of his family’s basement, in 1998. He is a highly desired business management, personal and athlete growth, free market, food diversity, and entrepreneurial leadership speaker. Justin’s expertise are in human growth, motivation, leadership and management development, health foods and beverages, global lean manufacturing facilities, vertically integrating businesses, food marketing and advertising, supply chain creation and management, direct to consumer fulfillment, transportation and distribution, personal brand building, restaurant development and construction, and entrepreneur acceleration. Justin received his BA in International Business and Management from Dickinson College, in 2002, and his MBA from University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, in 2014. He is currently pursuing his Master of Divinity in Leadership from Denver Seminary. His leadership and entrepreneur podcasts have positively impacted millions of people across the globe.   Our Elite Food, Farming, Hospitality, Nutrition, and Beverage Entrepreneurs Community: www.gorillabrave.love  Fellowship and Food: GorillaBrave Events & Summits Facebook Group: GorillaBrave Troop Group On Instagram: GorillaBrave on Instagram The Apparel Store: GorillaBrave Drips     Free Podcast.  No Advertisements.  The stories of Food, Beverage, Farming, Hospitality, and Nutrition Entrepreneurs and how their failures led to the successes in their lives and in their business.  What does the future have in store for the food, beverage, and nutrition entrepreneur?   JUSTIN AND THE [FOOD] ENTREPRENEURS Email: [email protected] Instagram: @justinandthefoodentrepreneurs ( #foodentrepreneurs )