The Strong New York Podcast

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What It Really Takes to Build a Successful Business with Olivia Ormos

What It Really Takes to Build a Successful Business with Olivia Ormos16 sept51 min

Olivia Ormos is the founder of Mavn and co-founder of Model Volleyball, an event that has become a staple of Miami culture.

After years of producing events and managing influencer campaigns manually, Olivia decided to build the technology she couldn’t find anywhere else. Despite having no previous experience in tech, she bootstrapped Mavn, proved the concept and raised $1.5 million to continue scaling the company.

In this episode, Kenny and Olivia discuss:

- How Model Volleyball became so successful

- The story of paying Travis Scott $15,000 in cash to perform on the beach

- Why friends and family may not understand the sacrifices required to succeed

- What every successful founder is ACTUALLY doing

Chapters:

00:00 Meet Olivia Ormos

01:00 Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?

02:42 Building Model Volleyball

05:18 How Model Volleyball Makes Money