Today on the Stride 2 Freedom podcast, we chatted with Avital Ungar, the clever CEO of Avital Tours, a restaurant tour company operating in San Francisco, Los Angeles in New York. When COVID hit the US back in March, Avital wrote an article on Medium that was quickly picked up by the New York Times, sharing how she reinvented her company in 5 days flats, quickly pivoting and adapting to the new normal. Today, Avital Tours now offers virtual culinary and mixology events to companies and groups around the United States. Pretty amazing, right?
I wanted to bring Avital onto the show to share her story because it’s incredibly inspiring, plus she’s bringing major value to business owners in helping them build and manage their organizational culture in a remote workforce environment. A San Francisco based company, many of Avital Tour’s clients were looking for in-person experiences when entertaining their sales teams. After a little bit of trial and error, they came up with virtual mixology experiences that quickly became their most popular service offering for teams now working from home. A virtual happy hour at the end of the workday with coworkers sound like a treat, doesn’t it?
Avital’s mission is to deepen human connection through storytelling and food; and when many are limiting face-to-face interactions, this kind of connection is more important than ever. Whether it’s connecting sales teams with clients, helping your team build relationships with one another, or getting entrepreneurs together to network in an intimate, digital setting, ensuring that human connection is still occurring within our businesses is essential to its vitality and the wellbeing of those working with us. Enjoy this inspiring story of surviving and thriving in the midst of 2020 unpredictability!
In this Freedom Speaker Series episode with Avital Ungar, you will learn:
- The importance of human connection for the people in your business
- Why company culture and staying true to your core values is essential to survive and thrive as a business
- How being courageous with intention can lead to a breakthrough
- Why now is the perfect time to embrace experimentation instead of waiting
We are fortunate to have Avital available to spend time with us on this edition of Stride 2 Freedom. If there is a speaker you’d like us to interview, let us know. Stay well. Stay safe. Stay healthy.
Show Notes and Links From Episode:
Avital Ungar LinkedIn
Avital Tours
Assured Partners
Medium: How I Reinvented our Company in 5 Days
Episode Transcript:
Podcast Transcript: Avital Ungar Reinventing Your Business with Avital Tours
