Born To Build with Sarafina Mancuso

Ryan Schumack never set out to become a business owner. He just wanted to make great coffee, create beautiful spaces, and be a good neighbor. In Episode 4 of Born To Build, Sarafina Mancuso sits down with Ryan Schumack, co-owner of Sweetbee Café, to explore what happens when passion becomes a profession. Together, they discuss building a business from the ground up, balancing creativity with opera...

For more than 35 years, Wally Feresten has helped guide live television through thousands of sketches, hosts, musical performances, and moments that audiences never realize depend on the cue cards in his hands. As the longtime cue card supervisor for Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Seth Meyers, Wally has spent decades operating in one of the highest-pressure creative environments imaginabl...

Duncan Smith built more than a following. He built a career around seeing potential where other people see waste. Known online as Trash Boy, Duncan has built an audience by transforming discarded furniture, forgotten objects, and New York City street finds into pieces with a second life. With a background in art, filmmaking, and production, his work goes far beyond upcycling. Through a combination...

Shermin Lakha built more than a law firm. She built visibility around a traditionally transactional industry and turned relationships into the foundation of a multi-dimensional business ecosystem. In Episode 1 of Born to Build, Sarafina Mancuso sits down with the founder of LVLUP Legal to discuss building a modern legal brand through social media, creating visibility in a traditionally buttoned-up...

Born to Build is a podcast exploring how founders, operators, and creatives think, decide, and build. Through candid conversations, the show goes beyond surface-level success stories to unpack intuition, discernment, risk, ambition, and the realities of creating something meaningful in real time. Hosted by Sarafina Mancuso, each episode offers an honest look at the people behind the brands, busine...