From Backyard Water Parks To Unishippers Franchise Owner, It’s All In A Day’s Work For Kevin Biagi

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Although Kevin Biagi purchased his first Unishippers franchise in 2002, he’s always been an entrepreneur at heart. As a child growing up in Huntington Beach, California, if Kevin wasn’t out surfing, chances are he was coming up with ways to make money.

“I always wanted to be an entrepreneur,” Kevin recalls. “I can remember at age 5 holding garage sales and selling things I wasn’t supposed to.” (He still feels a small tinge of remorse for selling his brother’s skateboard.) And if the customers didn’t come to Kevin, he went to the customers. “If I had to, I’d pull a wagon full of merchandise and go door to door,” says Kevin.

But young Kevin didn’t stop there — he also delved into the recreation business. He built a crude water park and charged neighborhood kids admission to slip and slide or sit in his family’s Jacuzzi. He converted his home’s garage into a skating rink and allowed the same children to roller skate for a small price. “My partners and I kept the same customer base,” says Kevin.

“As soon as they became bored with our product, we’d change it up. They always came back.”

Kevin took a break from his business ventures to attend college at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego where he majored in industrial psychology with a business minor. “I wanted to learn how psychology affects business,” Kevin relates. “I found the coursework very helpful with the human element of running a business.” Read more.

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