{"id":149540,"date":"2025-07-03T13:35:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T13:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/?post_type=podcasts&#038;p=149540"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:02:50","slug":"265-pizza-biz-talk-with-mike-bausch","status":"publish","type":"podcasts","link":"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/podcasts\/265-pizza-biz-talk-with-mike-bausch\/149540\/","title":{"rendered":"265. Pizza Biz Talk with Mike Bausch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Listen to Mike Bausch, Andolini&#8217;s Pizzeria in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on The Hot Slice Podcast with Pizza Today<\/h2>\n<p>This week, we catch up with the great Mike Bausch. He brings such knowledge, energy and leadership to the pizza community. Mike now has 12 restaurants in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area, including Andolini\u2019s Pizzeria and a newer fine dining spot, Prossimo Ristorante. He\u2019s an Oklahoma\u2019s Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year, No. 1 Amazon best-selling author, Tulsa\u2019s Restauranteur of the Year and a two-time Guinness World Record holder. You can find him each month in the pages of Pizza Today Magazine in his Column \u201cMike\u2019s Monthly Tip\u201d, where he shares advice and experiences with fellow pizzeria operators.<\/p>\n<p>In a time of uncertainty for many restaurants, Andolini\u2019s is having a banner year. We talk about why and how his restaurants are finding success.<\/p>\n<p>Mike always shares candidly his failures and successes to help other restaurant owners. We talk about what restaurants are currently up against.<\/p>\n<p>If you need a business pep talk, this is the episode for you. Mike drops a lot of wisdom in a short podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Andolini\u2019s Pizzeria at <a href=\"https:\/\/andopizza.com\/\">https:\/\/andopizza.com\/<\/a> and follow Mike Bausch on Instagram at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mikeybausch\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mikeybausch\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out his latest <a href=\"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/topics\/operations\/mikes-monthly-tip-weather-the-storm-build-the-bond\/\">Mike\u2019s Monthly Tip \u201cWeather the Storm, Build the Bond\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>Thank you to our sponsors<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lgc-column lgc-grid-parent lgc-grid-30 lgc-tablet-grid-50 lgc-mobile-grid-100 lgc-equal-heights lgc-first\">\n<div class=\"inside-grid-column\"><a href=\"http:\/\/performancefoodservice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"[&quot;563b839d161d7292b01e2bd6&quot;],563b839d161d7292b01e2bd6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ls-is-cached lazyloaded aligncenter wp-image-60089\" src=\"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ROMA_Performance-Foodservice.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ROMA_Performance-Foodservice.jpg 400w, https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ROMA_Performance-Foodservice-300x40.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Performance Foodservice logo\" width=\"272\" height=\"36\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ROMA_Performance-Foodservice.jpg 400w, https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ROMA_Performance-Foodservice-300x40.jpg 300w\" data-src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ROMA_Performance-Foodservice.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"lgc-column lgc-grid-parent lgc-grid-30 lgc-tablet-grid-50 lgc-mobile-grid-100 lgc-equal-heights lgc-first\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lloydpans.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"563b839d161d7292b01e2bd6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-148652 ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LloydPanspodcastlogo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pizzatoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LloydPanspodcastlogo.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":149541,"template":"","categories":[3276],"podcast_categories":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-149540","podcasts","type-podcasts","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>265. 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