Yanover Blanco

  Hola Xiomara, You are going to be here at any moment!   Your mother and I are extremely excited and delirious with anticipation.  Our first born.  We have done everything we can to prepare for your arrival.  Your mother Julia has been amazing! She has been doing all of the research about how to make sure you are in perfect health.  She’s eaten right, taken all of the vitamins, worked out religiously (when she was able haha).  We want you to have an amazing start.  Life is short and we want to set you up to have the best shot at having a fulfilling one.  I have done as much as any man can do and that is to support your mother in the process.  I have done my very best to be a good partner to her.  You are loved!  You are wanted!  I hope you remember to appreciate how lucky you are. I want you to have every opportunity to be happy and live a fulfilling life. I will work hard for you to have everything you need and also to m...

My interview at VoyageATL   http://voyageatl.com/interview/inspiring-conversations-yanover-blanco-yanover-painting-remodeling/ Today we’d like to introduce you to Yanover Blanco. Hi Yanover, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today? I grew up in Georgia. I went to College at Kennesaw State University where I earned my Bachelor’s in Business Administration and graduated with Honors. During my time at KSU I worked as a Salesperson/Estimator for a local construction company. After I graduated I founded Fillo Painting with a partner. After building that company to one of the top companies in the state I decided to sell my shares and start Yanover Painting and Remodeling. I hope to take everything that I have learned in my professional career and build this company up to a leader in our industry and I am excited for what the future has in store! Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the bigg...

  Why did I leave the company that I spent 10 years building? The short answer is that I was forced out.  I started the Fillo Painting with my father.  We never made up a contract, we didn't have an operating agreement. It was informal because I trusted that my father would respect his word.  He, like many other people, is honest in that they believe that they are honest.  When they do something that goes against that belief they rationalize that for some reason or excuse "technically" they are still being honest.  My father did this by promising me ownership but later rationalizing that he had meant as an inheritance.  I had understood a 50/50 partnership, why else would I take part in it?  . We continued in business for 10 years.  Every bit of that time I was working hard to build the company up and at every turn he was either hanging back refusing to participate in planning, even when I would repeatedly invite him to strategize with me, or...

  The island of the dolls The creepiest place on earth according to some people I had a chance to visit the island of the dolls, I was there for the Day of The Dead celebrations in mexico in 2019… Now this visit wasn’t planned, we ran into this place completely by chance. The place that we wanted to visit was a place called xochimilco… For you to understand what xochimilco is like I’d have to give you a little history.  The city of mexico used to be the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. This was a city built on a lake..there is a whole legend behind why the city was built on a lake.  When the spanish came, most of you know the story, they conquered the city, took it over. Drained the lake.  But there is still remnants of the lake and the last few canals that the aztecs used to take to the center of the city are in xochimilco.  We went there looking for a boat… it's kind of shady, there are people trying to get you to sign up with them and they are pushy… We felt a ...