Our Guest for the October 13th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Megan Wilkes, Interior Designer & Entrepreneur, Emporium Pies & Internet Cafe 2

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Megan Wilkes, Interior Designer & Entrepreneur, Emporium Pies & Internet Cafe 2

Megan Wilkes is an Interior Designer and Entrepreneur. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design, an MBA in International Business, and her certification from the National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ), Megan spent her early 20’s in Texas and Oklahoma designing and constructing government and commercial projects. In 2011, she shifted her skill set to designing and opening hospitality focused businesses, the first of which was Emporium Pies in Oak Cliff.

Since opening Emporium Pies, Megan has consulted on other businesses such as Glass Optical and is in the process of opening a coffee shop called Internet Cafe 2 and has recently entered into purchasing and managing commercial real estate with her family.

Megan enjoys entrepreneurship and boasts a background of interior architecture, finance, and business acumen. She has an eye for design, strong negotiating skills for bidding and construction management, and experience with finance and company organization.

EmporiumPies.com

Bishop Arts District: 314 N. Bishop Ave.

Downtown McKinney: 107 S. Tennessee St.

Deep Ellum: 2708 Main St.

InternetCafe.website

1333 Plowman Ave.

MeganWilkes.com

Host, Steve A Klein, Megan Wilkes

Our Guest for the September 15th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show:

Ray Pekowski, Chairman & CEO, The Expo Group

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Ray Pekowski, Chairman & CEO, The Expo Group

Ray Pekowski is an entrepreneur and trade show industry leader with almost 40 years in positions related to trade shows and exhibits. He’s also started numerous companies over the last 30 years, from trade show companies to banks, and also owned several trade shows.

Since its inception 1991, The Expo Group has been recognized by the INC. 500 as the 28th fastest-growing company in the USA, was named a Texas Family Business of the Year by the Baylor business school and was named four times to the prestigious Dallas 100, awarded by the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship at the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business. The Expo Group earned the Irving Convention and Visitors’ Bureau Byron Nelson Award and was named a Dallas Business Journal Top-25 Family Owned Business.

TheExpoGroup.com

Phone: (972) 580-9000

“Lessons Of An Entrepreneur” by Ray Pekowski

ALL proceeds benefit Communities Foundation of Texas: CFTexas.org

Host, Steve A Klein, Ray Pekowski