Services Episodes

Dec. 15, 2022

#98: Kris Snyder (Ninety.io, Impact Architects, & Vox Mobile)

Kris Snyder — founder of Vox Mobile and Impact Architects & Head of Finance and Partnerships at Ninety.io — on working with entrepreneurial leaders to create impact and pursue a world where small and medium organizations and their employees can become more humane, productive and resilient in order …

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Oct. 20, 2022

#91: Heather Lenz (Sangfroid Strategy)

Heather Lenz — Founder & CEO of Sangfroid Strategy — on her entrepreneurial journey, how data is currently used in the nonprofit sector, and where societally we have a massive opportunity right now to leverage advances in technology — automation, data science, open source software systems, and more…

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Aug. 4, 2022

#80: Dr. Colleen M. Lorber (Wraparound Experts)

Dr. Colleen M. Lorber — Founder & CEO of Wraparound Experts — on the current state of our society’s mental health and the work to be done to address it concentrating on our basic human needs which include not only our physical/biological needs but also our feelings of safety/security, love and belo…

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June 16, 2022

#76: Mark D’Agostino (ConnectedHR)

Mark D’Agostino — founder and president of ConnectedHR — on the changing macro-dynamics of employment, how the nature of work is changing, the business of fractional Human Resources, and the journey Mark has been on building ConnectedHR!

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March 31, 2022

#67: David Kennedy (Binary Defense and TrustedSec)

Dave Kennedy — Founder of Binary Defense and TrustedSec — on his journey to becoming a cybersecurity authority, building two of the leading companies in the industry, hacking and social engineering, and how he's making the world a more secure place.

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March 24, 2022

#66: Tony Pietrocola (AgileBlue)

Tony Pietrocola — Co-Founder & President of AgileBlue — on serial entrepreneurship, technology waves, and cybersecurity.

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March 17, 2022

#65: John Nottingham (Nottingham Spirk)

John Nottingham — Co-Founder & Co-President of Nottingham Spirk — on building the longest-standing design collaborative in the world (celebrating its 50th anniversary & based here in Cleveland), the creative process, vertical innovation, and creating some of the most ubiquitous global products!

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March 10, 2022

#64: Rick Simmons (the telos institute)

Rick Simmons — Co-Founder & CEO of the telos institute — on leadership, personal betterment, liminal spaces, embracing disruption, ultramarathons, and building a leading organizational performance & consulting firm that offers expertise and guidance to leaders around the world.

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Feb. 10, 2022

#60: Cal Al-Dhubaib (Pandata)

Cal Al-Dhubaib — Founder & CEO of Pandata - on the design and development of human-centered, trusted AI solutions that drive business transformation.

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Feb. 3, 2022

#59: Daniel Brown (Rust Belt Riders & Tilth Soil)

Daniel Brown — Co-Founder of Rust Belt Riders and Tilth Soil — on providing people with a clean, timely, and community benefiting alternative to landfills for their food waste — namely, composting!

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Dec. 9, 2021

#52: Mike Belsito (Product Collective)

Mike Belsito — Co-Founder of Product Collective (based here in Cleveland) — on bootstrapping his organization back in 2015 which now boasts a thriving community of over 30,000+ product management professionals and building two of the top rated product management conferences in the world (INDUSTRY: …

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Oct. 14, 2021

#45: India Johnson (UAVistas)

India Johnson — Founder of UAVistas — on the future of drones and their implications for business and society.

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Sept. 30, 2021

#43: James Barnes Jr. (Immaculate Cleaning)

James Barnes Jr. — Founder & President of Immaculate Cleaning — on building Northeast Ohio’s fastest growing janitorial services company.

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July 8, 2021

#31: Terence McCarron (OpinionRoute)

Terence McCarron — CEO & Founder of OpinionRoute — on growing his bootstrapped market research and sample firm to 8 figures in revenue, industry dynamics, company culture, and doing it all here in Cleveland!

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May 27, 2021

#25: Laura Steinbrink (Brilliency & Emerald Built Environments)

Laura Steinbrink — founder & CEO of Brilliency and managing partner at Emerald Built Environments — on driving environmental change, sustainability initiatives, and bridging the gap between utilities and consumers by giving people access to their own

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May 13, 2021

#23: Justin McLoughlin (airCFO)

Justin McLoughlin — founder & CEO of airCFO — on building a bootstrapped company, scaling a professional services organization, the future of work, the importance of taking care of your employees, and finance!

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April 1, 2021

#17: Anthony Hughes (Tech Elevator)

Anthony Hughes — co-founder and CEO at Tech Elevator — on their recent acquisition to Stride, the future of education, unlocking people’s potential, and software development.

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Jan. 7, 2021

#5: Mansfield Frazier (Chateau Hough & Neighborhood Solutions)

A conversation about growing grapes and selling wine in Midtown Cleveland, triple-bottom-line businesses, conscious capitalism, institutionalized racism, combating recidivism, and lots more with Mansfield Frazier, founder of Chateau Hough - the country’s first inner-city vineyard located in the his…

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