Pizza and 1.7 M Instagram Followers
From Marketing Over Coffee by john@themshow.com (John Wall and Christopher Penn)
March 13, 2026 · 36 min
About this episode
Frank Kabatas shares his journey of building a successful pizza business in New York City and leveraging Instagram for marketing.
In this Marketing Over Coffee: Frank Kabatas tells the story of New York City's East Village Pizza! Direct Link to File Coming to America and Discovering Pizza Learning English first, and then over to the West Side Doing time at Domino's Creating his own recipe 9:48 - 12:08 Use Framer to get websites up and running effortlessly and leave the design tool paywall behind. Ready to design, iterate, and publish all in one tool? Start creating for free at Framer.com/design, and use code MOC for a free month of Framer Pro Talking his brother into becoming an owner/operator 17:28 – 18:52 Fundera by NerdWallet – visit NerdWallet.com/MOC and fill out the no obligation form. You'll get VIP treatment and talk with a real person who knows all the ins and outs of small business lending. Don't risk your business on unreliable lenders. Go to NerdWallet.com/MOC to find the funding you deserve. Where did Cheesy Garlic Knots and Double Stacked Pizza come from? On Instagram... 1.7 million followers later The Walk in Cooler is the Brain of the Store Dubai on the horizon! Ask for more at Analytics for Marketers! Sign up for the text line: 1-617-812-5494 Join John , Chris and Katie on threads, or on…
People in this episode
Hosts: John Wall, Christopher Penn
Guest: Frank Kabatas
Topics covered
- Instagram marketing
- pizza business
- entrepreneurship
- small business funding
- recipe development
Keywords
- Instagram followers
- pizza
- business story
- entrepreneur
- small business lending
Sponsors
Framer, Fundera by NerdWallet
Mentioned in this episode
Places: New York City, East Village, West Side, Dubai
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