Tato Corcoran

Tato Corcoran, owner of Brandt Molded Marble and entrepreneur who bought a small sink maker, shares her growth journey. She discusses scaling revenue, retooling the factory, and hiring strategies. She also talks about leadership lessons from an unlikely mentor, Profit First accounting, and balancing business ownership with real estate goals.

Tato Corcoran, an entrepreneur and owner of Brandt Molded Marble, shares her journey from tech to manufacturing. She discusses her bold strategy of using direct mail to find business deals and her initial struggles with a 'glorified job' that masked true operational costs. Tato reveals how she tackled labor shortages by hiring immigrant workers through Facebook groups and learning Spanish to bridge communication gaps. She also shares her success in raising prices by 40% without losing customers and ultimately doubling revenues.

Tato Corcoran's journey from tech to buying a manufacturing business, struggles with hiring unskilled labor, raising prices by 40%, importance of good growth, doubling revenue, using direct mail to connect with sellers, learning Spanish to communicate with employees