Entrepreneurship Society for Professionals (ESP) « Advancing the Entrepreneurial Environment at Georgia Tech

James A. Tramonte Founder of Savida Sangria

Jul 5th

Wine, Innovation, and Cheese

June 10, 2010

James A. Tramonte Jr., a Georgia Tech alum, started his professional career in private Banking at JP Morgan. After leaving JP Morgan, he founded Excelsior Imports, which specializes in its primary product, a sugar cane based rum. In the summer of 2009, Mr. Tramonte introduced Savida Sangria, the first wine product from his company, Maven Brands.

Event attendees sampled great Sangria while also obtaining critical information concerning what it takes to operate a premier liquor company!

James Tramonte’s visit with the Entrepreneurship Society for Professionals allowed him to share his journey from private Banking to being a “Winetrepreneur”.

To try learn more about Savida, visit them on the web at http://www.savidasangria.com/.

: We start with the white Savida Sangria

: Savida Sangria

: Charles tries the white

: Cheese and Crackers

: Charles and James Prepare

: The Innovation

: MBA students sample the sangria

: MBA students sample the sangria

: MBA students sample the sangria

: MBA students sample the sangria

: James tells us about his story

Sid and Ann Mashburn

Mar 14th

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The first coffee and donuts meeting of the Entrepreneurs Society for Professionals (ESP), was a big success, with featured geusts, Sid and Ann Mashburn of Sid Mashburn Fashion. We’ll go over some of the highlights of today’s meeting.

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A Local Success Story

Sid Mashburn opened his store in August of 2006, and has already been highlighted in the Style section of the New York Times, and was also featured in GQ’s Top 10 fashion.

Starting in Atlanta

The Mashburns came to Atlanta after working in the New York and Chicago fashion scenes (Sid’s background includes namaes such as J-Crew, Tommy Hilfigger, and Land’s End). They chose Atlanta after a lot of searching and analyzing other markets. Atlanta offered growth potential, good property values, and a good business environment for starting an entrepreneurial venture.

Sid Mashburn Speaking at Georgia Tech

A Quick Start

After boot-strapping the company to get started, the Mashburn’s store became cash-flow positive in its second year, and they are planning opening a new store, targeted at women’s fashion later this year.