Day 14

I just wrapped up Day 14, and took a few minutes to gather my thoughts at the local library.


Before that, I met with Sefa of KebabTime. Sefa is the principal owner of the business. I had KebabTime scheduled for a 3pm visit today after my stop-by last Friday. Abraham, one of the partners I spoke to on my first visit, recommended I try back today. 
 
When  I stopped by today, I met Sueda, a young female assistant and Javuz, an elderly man, who worked there as well. After asking to speak to the owner, Sueda was kind enough to place a call to the owner, and made him know I was there to see him. Sefa assured her he will be there in 15 minutes. That is fine with me, I thought, since I will be visiting other shops with the next few minutes, and can then return. I did.


On my return, I met Sefa waiting for me. He kindly offered me a seat, and heard me out. I told him of my conversation with Abraham last Friday, and the purpose of my project and how it could help me, my listeners, and his business.


We talked over a suitable time and settled on Thursday morning, at 10am. Thursday morning is fine with me since I will have to meet Mr. Kambiz Mokthari of Pars Deli at 3pm in the afternoon. If the interview with Sefa goes through, that will leave me enough time to talk to other owners before stopping at Pars. Also, Sefa offered me a glass of tea, which I downed before leaving.


While there we talked about soccer a bit, after I had mentioned my love for the game, and being a player myself. Sefa himself has played in the past, and is a fan of Fenerbahce, a top professional soccer team in Turkey, where he originates. This led to talk of Fenerbahce's rival soccer teams, Galatasaray and Besiktas, all of whom are based in the Turkish capital of Istanbul.


But on the vision of KebabTime as a business, Sefa and his team of owners would like to build it into a nationwide franchise in the coming years. On that, I suggested the importance of making that vision clear to their clients and potential clients. 

Our conversation again left the business realm, as we talked about the different kinds of Kebab, Shish and Donut, and others. A nice meeting it was, all in all.

But having write-ups to pen for the project and other shops to visit, I took his email to email him the details of the interview session and his phone number to call ahead to confirm, thanked him, and went on to the two doctor's office's in that shopping area.

First, I talked to Trish and Rachel at Aspire Dental, a doctor's office for Dr. Brandon Hall. This project could be useful to them, too, Doctor's offices, I thought---they could use the exposure. They suggested I email him, and gave me his business card, after hearing me out. The same happened at Structural Health, after talking to Cherie, Dr. Emily Doubt's assistant.


Afterwards, I made another stop at Synergy Fitness, and the lady I spoke to pointed me to their website to pick up the owners contact information, and email him. 

Well, a short day it was today, but the project kept moving, and that's always good. Earlier in the day, I took a good chunk of time following up with emails and making calls in the morning to set up interview sessions. But all in all, a good day. Thank God.

On to Day 15.