We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Kelsey & Tony Tenamore. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Kelsey & Tony below.
Kelsey & Tony, appreciate you joining us today. How did you come up with the idea for your business?
‘Everlasting Events’ was modeled, molded, and forged by the uniquely specific skills and experiences, of two individuals, who would eventually be married, Kelsey & Tony Tenamore. Fate had them meet while working in the service industry together at a bar/restaurant back in 2012. Their careers diverged as Kelsey moved onto corporate event planning at a large medical company, while Tony stayed on the bartending grind to learn the ins and outs of building a small business, in preparation of his own goals and future successes. While still working at the bar/restaurant, regular customers would ask Tony to bartend at different parties, weddings and so on. After working some small events, it was evident there was a need in the market, that his skills could expertly fill. Shortly after the idea for a business sprung, it became evident that another set of skills was needed. A skill set of someone educated, and experienced in the “Business to Business” world and communication, but most importantly, a womanly minded touch, making things proper, pretty and perfect. It took a few years for them to stir and mix the correct amounts of ingredients in their “small business cocktail”, but thanks to their past, they develeped everything needed to put together the most detailed, elevated, and beautifully crafted events.
Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers?
Everlasting Events is a business that proudly offers elevated products and services for any wedding, party, or event. Specializing in professional bar services, we focus on the needs of our clients, to bring them exactly what they are looking for, often creating custom signature cocktails to match the “vibe” of an event. Everlasting Events also makes its own custom equipment such as, our retro horse trailer converted to “The Travelin’ Tavern” and several other mobile bar setups which can be assembled on site to bring the party anywhere. Beer tap walls, champagne walls, backdrops, custom signage, popcorn and cotton candy machines, and much much more. We take pride in creating some of the coolest events guests have seen, but even more so, we love it when our clients tell us how much they loved having us at their big day.
What do you think helped you build your reputation within your market?
Our reputation has mostly been built from “word of mouth”. Not only from past customers, clients and guests, but by other vendors within our industry. Meeting new venue owners, photographers, florists, and caterers is one of our favorite parts about what we do, and working alongside other fantastic people has helped us grow substantially in our market, while showing credibility in our craft. We go above and beyond with all of our clients and treat everyone in the industry with the same amount of respect that we want to be treated with as we know that good relationships and connections go a long way in business.
Are there any books, videos, essays or other resources that have significantly impacted your management and entrepreneurial thinking and philosophy?
As a big fan of knowledge and learning, there are many things that have helped us grow as a business and as decent human beings. Too many to list in fact, but there is one person, above all, that taught us so much in business, entrepreneurial thinking, marketing, and so much more. We have followed Gary Vaynerchuck aka GaryVee for several years now, and his “lessons” speak to each of us daily, and more importantly, give us the courage to do what we want to do, the way we want to do it, without worrying about “how others do it” or “how its supposed to be done”. While creating our business, we specifically tried NOT to look at how others were doing it, which in the end, helped us produce a one of a kind product or service, that we knew would be the best.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.everlastingeventservices.com
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/everlastingeventservices
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/everlastingeventservices
- Other: links.co/everlastingevents
Image Credits
Tags Photography and Darian Reilly Photography