Ep. 711 Alexi Cashen | Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People
Episode 711 Steve Raye interviews Alexi Curly Cashen in this episode of Get US Market Ready With Italian Wine People on the Italian Wine Podcast.\nAbout today\u2019s guest:\nAlexi Curlee Cashen is kindly referred to as the \u2018Chief Executive Optimist\u2019 \u2013spreading the gospel of empathetic customer service, sales panache and meticulous operations. She scours ideas and drives solutions, strategy and above all else \u2013 positivity!\nCelebrating 19 years of experience in the food and wine industry, Alexi\u2019s career is marked by a wealth of roles in hospitality, retail, wholesale and supplier positions. Starting out in the restaurant industry in her home state of Colorado, Alexi moved to New York City to season her career with positions at Craft Restaurant, Morrell & Company, Oriel Wines & Polaner Selections. Competitive and quick to see people and scenarios through different lenses, Alexi makes sales and marketing her expressed talent.\nAlexi\u2019s logistics prowess came with co-founding Elenteny Imports with colleague and friend, Tim Elenteny. Their goal is to provide logistics solutions, guaranteeing all of the details between initial order and final sale. Their services connect the dots between compliance complexities and distribution strategy allowing their clients sales to grow. Building a logistics business required an expressed understanding of \u2018how it works.\u2019 Eyes wide open, Alexi took on the operations and started building a team that continues to grow in New York, Colorado & California. Alexi has a keen eye for fundamentally analyzing new and growing businesses in the wine industry. She quickly boils down best practices and guides her teams and customers through the myriad of details that make up the US alcohol three-tier distribution system. Alexi thrives on B2B technologies that improve operations and information.\nA spirited Westerner and now ex-New Yorker, Alexi and her family live in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she eats lots of oysters on the beach with Champagne!\nYou can find out more about Alexi Cashen and Elenteny through social media:\nWebsite: elentenyimports.com/\nFacebook: @teimports\nInstagram: @elentenyimports\nLinkedin:\xa0www.linkedin.com/company/t-elenteny-imports\nMore about the host Steve Raye:\nSteve Raye of Bevology Inc originally joined our weekly lineup with narrations from his book \u201cHow to get US Market Ready\u201d - but everyone just loved him so much, we brought him back with this series of interviews that informs and inspires! Each week he speaks to industry professionals; guests who have gained valuable experience in the Italian wine sector and have insightful tips and stories that can help anyone who wants to learn about getting US Market Ready!\nFor more information on the host Steve Raye you can check out his website, Bevology Inc. here:\xa0www.bevologyinc.com/\nLet's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:\nInstagram @italianwinepodcast\nFacebook @ItalianWinePodcast\nTwitter @itawinepodast\nTiktok @MammaJumboShrimp\nLinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast\nIf you feel like helping us, donate here\xa0www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/\nWe also want to give a shout out to our sponsor Ferrowine. The largest alcoholic beverage shop in Italy since 1920! They have generously provided us with our brand new Italian Wine Podcast T-shirts, and we love them! Check out Ferrowine\u2019s site, they have great wines, food pairings and so much more!\nwww.ferrowine.it/\nUntil next time, Cin Cin!