NICK: So today we have a very exciting guest. Kyle York, co-founder, CEO and managing partner of York IE. York IE has the ambitious vision to reshape the way startups are built, scaled and monetized. Kyle, welcome to Growth Marketing Chat.
KYLE: Hey, thanks for having me, Nick.
NICK: Thank you for being on. So Kyle mexico whatsapp number maybe we can start the conversation by having you walk us through your entrepreneurial journey and kind of what led you to this point. What led you to start your company, York IE?
KYLE: Yeah, great. So not like many people, my journey starts at birth.You know, I was born into a multi-generational family business that my maternal grandfather started in 1946 with his Greek siblings-in-law, cousins. And it was a shoe manufacturing company here in Manchester, New Hampshire, actually in mill buildings, just like the one over my shoulder.
KYLE: And that business ran from 1946 to the 70s when they all became retirement age. It was also the same time when manufacturing of footwear went abroad. And so my father had married in to my mom. My dad, Don married Gail and he actually worked for the shoe company and he helped run their outlet store and did shoe sales. And he turned that into, for 45 years, a sporting goods retailer. So they did all like little league, pop Warner, college, uniforms, apparel. But even more so, like they were like the high end, you know, baseball, football, lacrosse, you know, equipment store. So I ended up born the middle child of five kids into this small business that, you know, was kind of multiple businesses at one. It was the sports retail store.
It was the team and leagues, B2B sales. They owned real estate. They also had a parking business because we were across from a big arena that was in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, where I was from. So I just grew up in that, right? So from the very earliest days of my life, I remember being at the store, you know, unpacking boxes, stacking shoes on shelves in the back, and then eventually working retail there. I screen-printed shirt and silk screened hats, did a lot of deliveries, ended up working in the parking lot.