• Interland Design: Jake Cervilla

  • Jul 29 2022
  • Length: 32 mins
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Interland Design: Jake Cervilla

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  • Jake Cervilla wanted to be a business owner since age 12. Now he is owner and CEO of Interland Design. In this episode, Jake remembers the business owners he looked up to throughout his career before making an acquisition only months before the COVID lockdown. Reflecting on entrepreneurial dreams, he says that being a business owner is harder than he expected, but that he wouldn't have it any other way.

    Chapters

    00:01:48 Early beginnings on the water

    00:05:48 Teenage side jobs & mulch

    00:07:03 University of Virginia

    00:08:40 Financial advisory (a.k.a. sales) & consulting

    00:13:28 Tepper MBA & entrepreneurial alternatives

    00:17:18 Blacktail Capital

    00:19:06 Interland Design & COVID

    00:23:03 A new leader

    00:25:12 Why house painting?

    00:26:13 Reflections & words of wisdom

    Some advice from Jake:

    "Get those mentors... My two professors and a couple of my friends have been that kind of sounding board, safe group to talk to, because they've been there, they understand it, and like you said, the CEO section can be very, very lonely."

    Resources:

    interlanddesign.com

    blacktailcapital.com

    tepper.cmu.edu
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