17 Apr From Fox TV Sales to the Diamond to Dallas: Stephen R. Orefice’s Unlikely Entrepreneurial Journey
Jeff Crilley sits down with Stephen R. Orefice, host of the Field of Dreams Business Podcast and general contractor at Huso Construction, for a wide-ranging conversation about sales grit, baseball coaching, and building a business from scratch in Dallas-Fort Worth. Stephen traces his career from landing an ad sales job at Fox Television in New York City right out of college through door-to-door sales at W.B. Mason, Verizon retail, and eventually into the construction world—where a Facebook message from a Christian family-owned window and door company changed his trajectory. After the pandemic, he packed his Dodge Challenger and two dogs and drove to Texas, where he merged with the Uso family's general contracting firm to form Huso Construction, now handling everything from residential remodels to heavy commercial projects out of Northlake. Stephen also shares fifteen years of youth baseball coaching experience, including a memorable AAU national championship win over the famous Toms River team, and explains how the catcher's mentality shaped his leadership style on and off the field. The episode closes with Stephen's candid reflections on hitting rock bottom twice, leaning on faith and family, and betting on himself for a third time.
Key Topics
- sales career from Fox Television to door-to-door
- Huso Construction's residential and commercial merger
- the Field of Dreams Business Podcast
- fifteen years of youth baseball coaching
- relocating to Dallas after the pandemic
- the rule of three and hitting rock bottom
- faith, family, and betting on yourself
Episode Timestamps
- 01:19 – Stephen's first job: ad sales at Fox Television in New York City
- 02:37 – Door-to-door sales at W.B. Mason and learning to sell out of a book
- 03:16 – "If you know sales, you never go hungry"
- 03:50 – A Facebook message that changed everything—the window and door company offer
- 04:52 – Huso Construction's merger and full DFW footprint
- 05:21 – The Orefice baseball family: dad in the Twins system, brother at Marist
- 06:43 – Beating the Toms River kids at AAU nationals
- 07:28 – Coaching philosophy: leading kids down the right path
- 09:18 – Launching the Field of Dreams Business Podcast and landing Tommy Mello
- 10:58 – Final words: grit, faith, and striking gold on the third try
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Episode Chapters
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 01:19 – Meet Stephen R. Orefice
- 01:45 – Early Career in Sales at Fox TV
- 02:50 – The Power of a Sales Background
- 03:42 – Breaking Into the Construction Industry
- 05:20 – A Family Legacy in Baseball
- 06:27 – Coaching and Mentoring Young Athletes
- 08:48 – Building a Unique Construction Company
- 09:28 – The Field of Dreams Business Podcast
- 11:13 – Words of Encouragement and Final Thoughts