{"id":1014,"date":"2025-04-25T11:34:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/foundation\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2025-04-25T11:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:34:41","slug":"amanda-grollnek-founded-crave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/foundation\/2025\/04\/25\/amanda-grollnek-founded-crave\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Grollnek: Finding Success Outside of your Comfort Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A small spark of inspiration and a leap of faith ignited a s<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">even-year career in founding, owning, and operating<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/craveicecreamsocial.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CRAVE Ice Cream Social<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/amanda-grollnek-0a324514\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amanda Grollnek<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> graduated from Ball State University with a degree in fine arts and a concentration in graphic design. She&#8217;s part of a family of &#8220;Cardinal<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s&#8221; and knew she would get her education at Ball State University because her sister attended prior to her. She took trumpet lessons on campus while in high school, and her daughter also graduated from the nursing school and is now taking graduate classes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #ba0c2f\">\u201cI felt like it was ki<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #ba0c2f\">nd of a natural school to go to,\u201d Amanda said. \u201cBall State re<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #ba0c2f\">ally forced me to be more creative than I knew I was\u2026I just honestly can not say enough great things about Ball State and the education they provide.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Upon graduation from Ball State University, Amanda\u2019s portfolio helped her gain experience through internships and jobs.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amanda worked as a communication specialist and graphic designer for Saint John\u2019s Health System for nine years before starting her 10 and a half year career with Firestone. She spent five years as a graphic designer for Firestone Industrial Products, then expanded to Firestone Building Products, where she worked as a strategic brand manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amanda was faced with a choice after Firestone made an executive decision to move to Nashville, TN. She decided to stay in Indiana and leave the company she loved behind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #ba0c2f\">\u201cTo really take a leap and leave all of that was really scary for me,\u201d Amanda said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although that door closed for Amanda, it presented the opportunity to open another one. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One evening, Amanda went out to dinner with her family before seeking out a sweet treat for dessert. A simple thought, \u201cWouldn\u2019t it be nice if there was an ice cream place close by?\u201d became the start of a new adventure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although Amanda is naturally comfortable with a set plan for her life, her husband, Scott, encourages a different agenda &#8212; he has an extensive entrepreneurial portfolio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1023 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/04\/24084436\/Crave-Ice-Cream-Truck-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/04\/24084436\/Crave-Ice-Cream-Truck-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/04\/24084436\/Crave-Ice-Cream-Truck-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/04\/24084436\/Crave-Ice-Cream-Truck-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2025\/04\/24084436\/Crave-Ice-Cream-Truck.jpg 1167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On a whim, Scott and Amanda spoke with the landlord of a building up for lease at the Geist Marina (close to where they had dinner the night before). Although that space was set up for offices, the landlord directed them to another suite that would soon be available that was \u201cperfect\u201d for their vision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amanda started studying the world of ice cream and owning her own business \u2014 two things she did not go to Ball State University to study. She put in the hard work and it all paid off: from working open to close at the shop as well as managing an ice cream truck for events and catering.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #ba0c2f\">\u201cIt was a super busy and challenging time. It was rewarding to know that you could build something like that from nothing. It was successful,\u201d Amanda said. \u201cI never had a dream of opening an ice cream shop. It was just completely out of left field, but it was great.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #ba0c2f\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amanda was self employed as the owner and manager of CRAVE Ice Cream Social for almost seven years starting in July 2016. In April 2023, Amanda sold her business to pursue a new passion: real estate.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She and her husband bought a house in Pendleton last year and flipped it. Another small spark of inspiration and she \u201ccaught the bug.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In December 2023 she was recognized as self-employed with Carpenter Realtors as a Real Estate Broker. She secured her real estate license and is once again pursuing something a little out of her comfort zone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through all of Amanda\u2019s experiences, she has taken important life lessons with her: communication is key and learn how to control your reactions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;color: #ba0c2f\">\u201cCommunication is so important. Whether that&#8217;s communicating to your boss, communicating to the public, or communicating to people that work for you. It is just so important,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen things come across your desk, whatever that may be, and it makes you upset, you have to take a breath and really think how you should respond instead of just reacting to your feelings\u2026Sometimes when you can step back for a minute you realize what you thought was a big deal, may not be.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Outside of Amanda\u2019s professional career she has sparked new interest in hobbies. She has always loved music as a band member in high school, but has found enjoyment in trying new things. She is teaching herself how to play the violin and guitar while still playing the piano.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With family scattered all over she has traveled a lot, especially to San Diego, but she hopes to explore Africa within the next few years. As the weather starts to feel more like summer, Amanda finds herself outside making her yard look nice with flowers and gardens, going for bicycle rides, playing pickleball, and finding new hiking trails to explore.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amanda says, \u201cshe caught the bug,\u201d but she really caught a glimpse at the thrill and adrenaline of stepping outside of her comfort zone and fell in love with it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small spark of inspiration and a leap of faith ignited a seven-year career in founding, owning, and operating CRAVE Ice Cream Social.\u00a0 Amanda Grollnek graduated from Ball State University with a degree in fine arts and a concentration in graphic design. 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