Turning A Family Business Into Airport Culinary Success | Iva Chen

Iva Chen is the CEO of IOC Design & Consulting. She is also the Chief Development Officer of Lady Luck Gourmet, which owns and operates Go Bistro and Mama Go's Filipino Cuisine (formerly Goldilocks Filipino Cuisine) in the San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Her team also opened the first independently owned Panda Express in SFO. As a mother of two children, an Army ROTC bootcamp grad, ex-Deloitte CPA, and triathlete, Iva has a unique perspective on discipline, creativity, and balancing business and life. Listen in! Timestamps: 01:08 Meet Iva 03:43 Family Business 09:22 Experiential Marketing 11:23 Panda Express at SFO 20:18 Integrity in Business 23:03 Financial Experience in Entrepreneurship 28:48 Navigating Airport Business Complexities 30:50 Expanding 31:22 Introducing Filipino Cuisine to Airports 35:40 Balancing Family and Business 37:10 Health and Fitness 41:40 Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs 44:50 Looking Forward 46:39 Joining EO Links: Iva's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivachen/ Iva's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrs.ivachen IOC Design & Consulting: https://iocdesignconsulting.com/ Mama Go's: https://mamagos.com/