Life Lessons From An Appalachian Entrepreneur With Dave Yeany

The Entrepreneurial Mindset Project · Feb 9, 2023 · 1h 27m

Today I’m speaking with Dave Yeany, the founder of Yeany’s Maple, a small but thriving maple syrup business located in Marienville, PA.

This is really an amazing underdog story that you won’t want to miss.

I met Dave a few months back when giving a talk in Marienville, which is a small town of approximately 3,500 people located smack dab in the poorest county in Pennsylvania. Little did I know there was an unlikely entrepreneur in our midst.

As a high school dropout, he spent the bulk of his career as a custodian at the local high school. Yet he was always looking for ways to make extra money…