Our guest Massimo Pirrone, gained a large following on Instagram @pirronemassimo to the tune of 137,000 followers as of this podcast. His custom made menswear shop in Antwerp, Belgium prides itself on handmade Italian workmanship from his lab in Puglia, Italy. 
Everyday he drinks his "risretto" short shot espresso in front of his shop on his Instagram reels and gives a daily lesson of positivity. 
In this the first episode of season two of "Its All Been Done Before", learn how Massimo has cultivated a clientele in Belgium for his handmade Italian clothing. How did he find himself in Antwerp and not Italy? Explore his new lab in Puglia as he expands his business with more tailors that are becoming more difficult to find and most importantly learn about the best Italian mills for fabrics and the differences between fabrics for different seasons. We also discuss the age old question: Single Breasted or Double Breasted? What do you prefer?

Your host Philip Pravda of SuitCafe creates a handmade clothing collection. Mr. Pravda has been in business in New York for over 35 years. His family started in the menswear business in 1908 selling second hand men's clothing. He can be found on social media @suitcafe on all platforms especially YouTube & Instagram. His new collection includes handmade shoes and sneakers from Spain that are completely customizable online. Silk neckwear, pocket squares and crocodile belts. All at suitcafe.com.

Fabio Attanasio joins us from his home in the city of Milan, Italy.  Born in Naples and educated as an attorney, Fabio was drawn to follow his passion in the men's custom tailoring business. Having been fascinated with custom tailor shops over the years he built an international blog searching out tailoring houses around Europe: Italy, Spain England and France. His blog became so popular that tailors and international luxury brands began to seek him out to write about their products. 
His journey has taken him around the planet and he has just published his first book, "Scent Of Tailoring Vol. 1".  Learn how he started knocking on doors and how he stayed the course in creating his multiple collections of shoes, eyewear and a cashmere knit brand all with the creativity, quality and workmanship Italian artisans are known for. 

Your host Philip Pravda of SuitCafe creates a handmade clothing collection. Mr. Pravda has been in business in New York for over 35 years. His family started in the menswear business in 1908 selling second hand men's clothing. He can be found on social media @suitcafe on all platforms especially YouTube & Instagram. His new collection includes handmade shoes and sneakers from Spain that are completely customizable online. Silk neckwear, pocket squares and crocodile belts. All at suitcafe.com.

Wayne Schneider hustles. I know him from his large Instagram account with over 110,000 followers. His content is what is intriguing. Wayne is a car guy. That means at any time a Lambo Urus, or Ferrari can show up on his account. Not to mention about 10 Aston Martins he sold to some of his followers. Cars however is only one of his passions. Wayne and his brand "PCNY" has used his love of cars to feed ten's of thousands of homeless and hungry in the streets of New York City with his weekly "PCNY In The Streets" gourmet food buffet outside Madison Square Garden. Rain, shine, hot or cold Wayne is there with exotic cars and tons of real hot food created by his friends at some of the top restaurants in the city. All free for those in need. His turkey drive on Thanksgiving Day helps more than 25,000 families and his book bag drive gets over 1000 kids needed school supplies.
In our real time discussion, while Wayne was at work in his Yonkers body shop, we discussed how this journey began and how it went from trying to build a business for himself and his brother into having that business and giving back to the community where he lives and beyond. 
If you hear a few brief interruptions, remember, Wayne was at work and the customer always comes first. 

Your host Philip Pravda of SuitCafe creates a handmade clothing collection. Mr. Pravda has been in business in New York for over 35 years. His family started in the menswear business in 1908 selling second hand men's clothing. He can be found on social media @suitcafe on all platforms especially YouTube & Instagram. His new collection includes handmade shoes and sneakers from Spain that are completely customizable online. Silk neckwear, pocket squares and crocodile belts. All at suitcafe.com.

In Episode 4 of "Its All Been Done Before" we meet Charlie Marcelin of CRM Jewelers run a family business. With his father Carlos, the founder, Charlie works daily along with other relatives in their boutique in Miami Florida. They specialize in the  ultra luxury high end watch and jewelry market. Their main brands are Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe and Richard Mille. 

After working together for about 7 years in their current location, the business has been expanding quickly due to their social media exposure. The You Tube channel has almost 400,000 subscribers and they also have a growing presence on Instagram. This has allowed customers to find them from the world over and make their luxury watch purchases. 

Listen to how Charlie has learned the business from his father.  How the current watch market is exploding with new clients and high prices. How Charlie and his Dad work together to give top customer service to all that walk into their store or through the thousands of texts and messages they receive from fans of the channel. Most importantly is their work ethic and how the family always comes first. Of course living in Miami there is always time for fun and that shows through on their weekly You Tube uploads. 

Watch this episode on YouTube @suitcafe channel. https://youtu.be/fSQbncHakmc

Your host Philip Pravda of SuitCafe creates a handmade clothing collection. Mr. Pravda has been in business in New York for over 35 years. His family started in the menswear business in 1908 selling second hand men's clothing. He can be found on social media @suitcafe on all platforms especially YouTube & Instagram. His new collection includes handmade shoes and sneakers from Spain that are completely customizable online. Silk neckwear, pocket squares and crocodile belts. All at suitcafe.com.

In episode 3 we speak with Boot Ferguson, owner and founder of BA Ferguson Guitars in Texas. Boot became enamored with fixing used guitars. That's certainly been done before. How was he going to make his passion into a business? Why not create custom guitars. Well, that's also being done. So how did Boot find a way to create custom electric and acoustic guitars on his terms? Listen to find out how this budding entrepreneur of 15 years plus, designs, and builds each guitar by hand with an amazing quality of (click play).  An American dream story. 

This episode on  You Tube: https://youtu.be/hx4vJJFmBek
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Your host Philip Pravda of SuitCafe creates a handmade clothing collection. Mr. Pravda has been in business in New York for over 35 years. His family started in the menswear business in 1908 selling second hand men's clothing. He can be found on social media @suitcafe on all platforms especially YouTube & Instagram. His new collection includes handmade shoes and sneakers from Spain that are completely customizable online. Silk neckwear, pocket squares and crocodile belts. All at suitcafe.com.

My guest on the podcast is David Jagudaev DMD. A successful dentist and surgeon with an expertise in dental implants in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is part of a family business that has had its ups and downs. Family dynamics come into play. Learn how Dr, Jagudaev was able to analyze his business, reach out for help and convince his old school, business minded father to pull the family dental clinic up to new heights. In the process, David saw an opportunity to learn more about the business side than he ever did and takes this new knowledge to the community he so loves, dentistry.

Your host Philip Pravda of SuitCafe creates a handmade clothing collection. Mr. Pravda has been in business in New York for over 35 years. His family started in the menswear business in 1908 selling second hand men's clothing. He can be found on social media @suitcafe on all platforms especially YouTube & Instagram. His new collection includes handmade shoes and sneakers from Spain that are completely customizable online. Silk neckwear, pocket squares and crocodile belts. All at suitcafe.com.

What does it mean that it's all been done before? Episode 1
 
Philip Pravda, founder and CEO of suitcafe.com having been in the retail clothing business in New York City for over 30 years changed course and went online in 2014. After having multiple luxury menswear shops on Madison and Fifth Avenue in New York City he dropped them all and brought his business to the internet. Was it a good move? How is this different than what his father, grandfather and great grandfather did generations before him in the clothing business? How has the business changed? Philip Pravda's first episode of his podcast "It's All Been Done Before" is actually him being interviewed  only weeks ago on a local business radio show. Get to know who Philip is and what he has accomplished or not accomplished in his business career. 

How many people think that their idea cannot move forward because it's already been done? Well, that may be so, but you could always find a route to do it differently or do it better in some way. As Philip says in this interview, he is in the same business as his ancestors, but he is doing it his way. 

Now that you have had a chance to get to know Phil, future episodes will be interviews and discussions with many of his friends, colleagues and customers from all walks of life and with different experiences in their work and family life. Learn how many of them got started and what changed and why. How they saw an opportunity or lost an opportunity for thinking it had already been done before. What gave them the spark to do it differently to overcome that feeling the task is too big. You may just see how you can create something and do it better or differently than what has already been done.

Reach out: Phil Pravda's social media:
Insta: @suitcafe
YouTube: @suitcafe
Facebook: @suitcafecom
Twitter: @philippravda @suit_cafe

Your host Philip Pravda of SuitCafe creates a handmade clothing collection. Mr. Pravda has been in business in New York for over 35 years. His family started in the menswear business in 1908 selling second hand men's clothing. He can be found on social media @suitcafe on all platforms especially YouTube & Instagram. His new collection includes handmade shoes and sneakers from Spain that are completely customizable online. Silk neckwear, pocket squares and crocodile belts. All at suitcafe.com.