Integrating two passions - Pizza and the Big Green Egg!

Guest: Cortlandt Minnich

Show title:   Integrating two passions - Pizza and the Big Green Egg!

Cortlandt Minnich is the Inventor of the Pizza-Porta. He is a Businessman, Entrepreneur, Inventor and Product Marketer.  Cortlandt and his wife Nancy travel around cooking pizzas in a kamado grill like the Big Green Egg or the Kamado Joe using his patented invention The Pizza-Porta.  Pizza is like it's own food group. Pizza brings people together.  Cortlandt found a way to make pizza more interesting, tastier, and literally the center of the party. Cortlandt shares his story and how he integrated two passions –pizza and the big green egg. 

The Pizza-Porta -  www.pizza-porta.com

People are as passionate about pizza as they are about the Big Green Egg (fans are called Egg Heads).  Cortlandt travels around to Big Green Egg events cooking pizzas in his patented Pizza-Porta.  He states "the test of a passion product is - is there someone with a tattoos of the brand on their body. The Big Green Egg is the Harley Davidson of cooking."

Highlights and organizations & resources mentioned:

• A graduate of Emory (undergrad) and Georgia Tech (grad)
• Cortlandt consults on Lean Startup and Design Thinking
• Cortlandt talks about his love for tinkering and how that ultimately led to his invention the Pizza-Porta.
• Cortlandt discusses people's love for pizza and the massive Big Green Egg following
• Cortlandt shares high level the patent process and how the ATDC helped guide him.
• The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) is a startup incubator at Georgia Tech that helps technology entrepreneurs in Georgia launch and build successful companies. Headquartered in Atlanta’s Technology Square, ATDC serves as the hub for technology entrepreneurship in Georgia.
• Wassi's Meat Market in Melbourne, FL - hosts an Egg festival 

https://www.wassismeatmarket.com/big-green-egg

• Big Green Egg Festival - "It's like a rock concert for backyard cooking"
• Neapolitan Pizza Association - sets the standards for pizza
• Scott's pizza tour in New York City -  https://www.scottspizzatours.com/. Cortlandt raved about Scott and said he learned so much from Scott and his pizza tour.
• Operation BBQ Relief - www.operationbbqrelief.com - Operation BBQ Relief was founded in May 2011 in response to a need for relief efforts in tornado-stricken Joplin, Missouri, a community of about 50,000 residents. Operation BBQ Relief continues to respond to natural disasters and other situations to help feed displaced residents and emergency personnel.

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