What needs to be in place day 1 to be a sustainable and profitable in business? This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Bay McLaughlin, Co-Owner of First Landing Seafood Company to discuss how, with his two brothers Bruce & Craig, they are cultivating an oyster to meet global exacting standards here on the Lynnhaven for the very first time and how the 757 can be known for founding profitable and scalable green/blue businesses.
Tim Ryan is the Executive Director of StartWheel, an organization dedicated to connecting entrepreneurs with resources in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Learn more at: https://www.startwheel.org
Zack Miller is a serial entrepreneur and recent author of his new book Anomaly, a guide on how to differentiate yourself and your business from the crowd.
Learn more at: https://www.zackmillersays.com
Enjoy the show? Watch the Fervent Four Show LIVE every Thursday at 11AM.
Live: https://www.startwheel.org/live/
Watch past episodes: https://www.startwheel.org/fervent-four-show/
Listen to past episodes: https://fathom.fm/podcast/fervent-four
Show notes:
(0:00) Introducing Bay McLaughlin
(04:53) Starting a company from roots + Barriers to Entry
(11:44) Bay’s background
(19:00) New Tech in Oyster Industry + America’s First Oyster
(30:17) Launching + Scaling
(40:21) How to help the industry + Environmental Effect
(51:12) Learning the Industry
(58:32) Conclusion
Bay McLaughlin & First Landing Seafood Company
Bay McLaughlin, founded First Landing Seafood Company with his two brothers Bruce & Craig in 2021. The roots of the oyster operations began in 2004 as the Lynnhaven Oyster Company. First Landing Seafood Company is a family / veteran owned and operated, locally run, sustainable aquaculture company. They believe that the Lynnhaven Oyster is the key to restoring the Lynnhaven estuary and improving water quality in the lower Chesapeake Bay.
“We’re a small, family, veteran-owned business that has been working on the Lynnhaven River for nearly 20 years. Our family moved to Virginia Beach and onto the amazing waterways of the Lynnhaven in the 1960s and have enjoyed bringing up multiple generations of environmentally-minded children. It just so happens that our love of seafood, specifically oysters, also helps to protect and preserve the Lynnhaven and all of its human and animal citizens. We recently rebooted our family’s oyster business as the First Landing Seafood Company and are ushering in a new era of America’s First Oyster™, the Lynnhaven Fancies™”.
Learn More: First Landing Seafood Company
The Fervent Four Show:
Did you know that only 4% of businesses hit $1M in revenue? Tim Ryan and Zack Miller are the creators of The Fervent Four Show, designed to help you get there. Check them out Live every Thursday at 11 AM.
Social Media:
Bay McLaughlin
Instagram: @FirstLandingSeafood (https://www.instagram.com/FirstLandingSeafood)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Firstlandingseafood
Tim Ryan
Twitter (personal): @ryantnt (https://twitter.com/ryantnt)
Twitter: @StartWheel (https://twitter.com/StartWheel)
LinkedIn (personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryantnt/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startwheel-org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StartWheel
Zack Miller
https://www.zackmillersays.com
Twitter: @zackmillersays (https://twitter.com/zackmillersays)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zackmillersays
Thanks to our Sponsors:
The Hampton Roads Small Business Development Center – http://www.hrsbdc.org/en/
StartWheel – https://www.startwheel.org
