entrepreneurship
VICTORIA PAPPAS BLUDORN ’07
WELLS CHILDRESS ’09 Co-Founder, Mode Maison
Operations Manager, Bludorn Restaurant / Pappas Restaurants
wells@childress79.com
victoria@bludornrestaurant.com
BA, Psychology, Columbia University
BA, Business Marketing (Art History minor), University of Georgia
Prior Employer: Wells Fargo (Investment Banking Analyst)
Grand Diploma, Culinary Arts, French Culinary Institute “In the restaurant business, each day is different! During the day at Bludorn, cooks and servers are setting up for a successful evening. In the background, I’m working on upcoming events, having operations meetings, discussing PR strategy, rolling out new menu items, updating our benefits package, to name a few things going on behind the scenes. The thrilling part is dreaming up something fun and tasty and seeing it executed and enjoyed by guests.”
“My day-to-day consists of the following: business development – bringing in new clients/partnerships and research and development to keep a cutting-edge product offering; operations – bringing in high quality talent and making sure we run a lean and scalable organization; fundraising and investor relations – pitching investors, networking, and negotiating.”
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