ideaHUb Innovators Podcast
The ideaHUb Innovators Podcast showcases the stories of thriving minority-owned businesses across Long Island, New York, providing a platform for entrepreneurs to share their journeys, challenges, and successes. Through in-depth conversations, each episode explores the unique experiences of business owners navigating growth, innovation, and scalability from a diverse perspective.
Powered by Hofstra University—Long Island’s largest private university—this podcast fosters meaningful discussions that inspire, educate, and empower the next generation of entrepreneurs.
ideaHUb Innovators Podcast
ideaHUb Innovators Podcast | Sean Phillips, Genesis Signs & Graphics
In this episode, we're joined by Sean Phillips—a seasoned Sales and Marketing executive who made the leap from corporate America to entrepreneurship.
After decades with top brands like Coca-Cola, MTV, and NBCUniversal, Sean founded Genesis Signs & Graphics, a full-service, minority-owned commercial sign company based in Farmingdale, NY. He brings creativity, strategy, and community impact to everything he does.
🎧 Tune in for a story of reinvention, legacy, and entrepreneurial vision.
About Sean
Sean Phillips has been a creative Sales and Marketing executive for over 30 years, having worked for many Fortune 500 companies, including Kodak, Coca-Cola, MTV, BET, Turner Broadcasting, and NBCUniversal. Wanting to control his own destiny, Sean left corporate America in 2016 to begin his entrepreneurial career. In 2017, Genesis Signs & Graphics was born, and as Owner & CEO, Sean is responsible for sales development and client relationships for the business. Genesis Signs & Graphics is a full-service, minority-owned commercial sign company in Farmingdale, NY, producing a complete range of sign solutions for a wide variety of client types and industries.
When he’s not out growing the sign business, Sean can be found behind a set of turntables, DJing an event, or making music mixes at home. A proud graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, Sean has also been an active member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., whose purpose is to make a social and economic impact in the community. And if there’s any time leftover, you might catch Sean on the golf course practicing for retirement.
A native of Westbury, Sean currently lives in Freeport with his wife and business partner, Sharen, and their two sons, Miles and Justin, who are both in college.
