Sean Cangelosi

Doug Gunther
Lei Lani Michel
English 1001-109
16 October 2007

Sean Cangelosi is a business man who owns three smoothie kings in the Baton Rouge community. Running three stores is time consuming for Sean. Sean did not have enough time to do our interview in person, so instead we were able to accomplish it through email. The first question that I asked during our online interview was where he attended college. Sean attended Louisiana Tech. When asked why he attended there he replied “I was given a football scholarship there. It was close and the football opportunity was good.” At Louisiana Tech Sean majored in CIS (computer Information Systems). By the time Sean left Louisiana Tech he attained a MBA (Masters in Business Administration).
Sean Cangelosi opened his first smoothie king in Ruston Louisiana in 2002. When asked why he chose to open a smoothie king in Ruston his response was, “I thought Ruston needed one.” He said he was able to open this store through a SBA loan. Sean chose to run a smoothie king because he wanted to run his own business.
The first smoothie king Sean opened in Baton Rouge is the one located near the LSU campus on Highland road. Since that store has been open it has been getting business from surrounding college students.
Sean decided to expand his business when he opened another smoothie king during the summer of 2006. Sean turned an old run-down mechanic shop into a smoothie king. I have the privilege of working at this smoothie king located at the corner of Government Street and South Foster. I was amazed how that store used to be a mechanic shop. Customers still come in jokingly asking if they can get an oil change while they sip on their smoothie.
Shortly after that smoothie king opened Sean began to expand his business again, by placing a smoothie king in the LSU Recreational Center. Sean believes that the Recreational Center was a perfect place for a smoothie king. Sean said that “LSU wanted me in there, and I wanted to be in there”, so he capitalized on the opportunity at hand.
When asked which of the three stores gets better business his response was “They all do at different times during the day.” Sean stated that the Government store is busier in the morning, Highland has its rush during lunch time, and the rec center is busiest during the day, however overall Highland is the busier store. When asked who is his best employ is he did not respond. I believe he did not respond because it’s a known fact that I am the best employ he has.
Sean was asked if he plans on opening up any other smoothie kings in the near future and he was not to sure. He wants to see how things go with the smoothie kings he has now and then decide later on.