Media Business | Jessie Stipcak, How Media Deals w/ Entertainment, Sports Bars & Pickleball Trend

Originally Uploaded March 7th, reloaded April 18th For Media Business Episode 84: Tony Conley has a three-part conversation with Jessie Stipcak is the owner of Reno's North Sportsbar in DeWitt Township. She previously owned Reno's East (East Lansing) and Reno's West (Delta Township) and previously was the principal operator of Timber Ridge Golf Club with her husband Tom. Tell us about your high school & college background? What was your first job at Reno's East? Bartender, manager, general manager, what made you decide to buy Reno's East? You then bought Reno's West & Reno's North, Why? Throughout your bar & restaurant career, you've been big on entertainment. DJs, live musicians, Michigan State University coaches shows, why is that? You are incorporating pickleball into your business, why and give us the details? You mentioned how people are scheduling pickleball events instead of golf and other activities. What is the most important thing you've learned running a small business? When it comes to your business what do you know now that you wish you would have known when you first started your business? What advice would you give to someone who wants to start a small business? What can local, state and the federal government do to help you run and grow your business? » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Watch MBN’s YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/