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Jim Burba, President, and Bob Hayes, Vice President, are co-founders of Burba Hotel Network, which is the leading hotel investment conference company in the world and they join Enterprise Radio.
Listen to host Eric Dye & guests Jim Burba and Bob Hayes discuss the following:
- How and why did you start the Burba Hotel Network?
- Tell us briefly about your company and what do you do?
- What challenges have you faced as a business owner and how have you overcome them?
- What advise could you give for small business owners/entrepreneurs just starting out?
- What’s the magic formula for entrepreneurial success?
Duration: 14:29
Entrepreneur James E. (Jim) Burba was born in a small suburb (Carrollton) of the fairly typical auto industry city of Saginaw, Michigan. From his humble beginnings working on the auto assembly line in Saginaw to hotel HQ boardrooms and big stage ballrooms, Burba is now a world-renowned hospitality financial/investment expert. Not only is Burba a celebrated expert, his philanthropic efforts are one of the cornerstones of his company, Burba Hotel Network (BHN). Since 2000, BHN produced events have donated more than $12 million to charity and educational causes and this is just the beginning. In early 2012, Burba announced involvement with YCI (Youth Career Initiative), which helps train/educate young people – who have nearly no chance of breaking out of poverty – to have career opportunities and a future in the hospitality industry. With his partner, Bob Hayes, Jim has been profiled on Inc.com, in Successful Meetings magazine, Unite Business magazine, Orange County Business Journal, Orange County Register, Associated Press, and in a number of other publications. Bob and Jim have contributed their expertise in articles for Travel Weekly, Advocate.com, OutTraveler.com, and California Meetings and Events Magazine. Jim and Bob were recently listed as one of the “20 Power Couples You Should Know” by Out.com and are the co-producers of the film Space Station 76, which premiered in 2014 at the SXSW Film Festival.
Bob Hayes is the co-founder and vice president of Burba Hotel Network, producer of international conferences for the hotel investment industry. A political science graduate of California State University Fullerton, he is a past instructor for UCLA Extension in real estate investment, an award winning real estate sales professional, an entrepreneur, and an avid history buff. Bob is on the Board of Trustees for the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, California. With his partner, Jim Burba, Bob has been profiled on Inc.com, in Successful Meetings magazine, Unite Business magazine, Orange County Business Journal, Orange County Register, Associated Press, and in a number of other publications. Bob and Jim have contributed their expertise in articles for Travel Weekly, Advocate.com, OutTraveler.com, and California Meetings and Events Magazine. Jim and Bob were recently listed as one of the “20 Power Couples You Should Know” by Out.com and are the co-producers of the film Space Station 76, which premiered in 2014 at the SXSW Film Festival.
Website: www.burbahayes.com
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