The Santa Claus Business

On this special, two-part episode of the Colorado Springs Business Podcast, we welcome Santa Claus and Mark Barsocchini. Both Marcus & Andrew serve up questions regarding the history of Christmas along with how the tradition stays alive in today's ever-changing world. 0:00 Intro-hook 0:43 Intro segment 0:57 Beginning - How have thing been for Santa this time of the year? 2:00 How did Santa come to be? 6:23 Sponsor segment 8:20 Logistics for Santa 10:14 Most impactful moments for Santa 12:44 How does Mrs. Clause deal with Santa working? 16:12 How has Covid impacted Santa? 17:56 Does Santa do social media? 18:34 Does santa make any profit? 19:46 Santas plans in Colorado Springs 20:14 Santa interview wrap up 21:28 Transition to Mark 21:37 Mark interview beginning - How did he get into being one of Santa’s helpers 25:04 Santas in Colorado springs and a special moment 27:53 How does Mark market himself for Santa work? 32:27 Private gigs vs public pro/cons 37:41 How is the spirit of Christmas in today's times? 41:32 the Story of Norad 45:22 when to charge when not to charge, values and expectations 50:14 start up costs for becoming a Santa’s helper 55:14 Becoming santa 58:35 challenges of being Santa in todays age with trusting stranger 1:00:35 beginning outro 1:02:45 Where to find Mark 1:03:34 Final outro