Briana Gilmore
Briana Gilmore has served as the Head of Global Accessibility Policy at Uber in Washington, DC, since 2022. In this role she develops internal policy and operational goals, and aligns…
Interview
More conversations with founders. Different format, same honesty. These interviews dig into the messy middle of building something. The part between the big idea and the press coverage that most people skip over. Spoiler: that’s where all the interesting stuff happens.
The founders here share what actually fills their days. Not the Instagram version. The real one. With the early mornings, the difficult conversations, and the moments of genuine doubt that somehow coexist with genuine excitement. It’s a weird combination. Ask any founder.
What makes these conversations worth reading is the specificity. Not vague advice like “follow your passion” or “think outside the box.” Actual details. How they got their first customer. What they’d do differently. The habits that keep them from losing their minds.
Some of these founders run companies you’ve heard of. Most of them you haven’t. Yet. That’s kind of the point. The best insights often come from people who are still in the trenches, not the ones writing memoirs about trenches they left years ago. Browse through. Find someone in your space. Or don’t. Sometimes the best perspective comes from a completely different industry.
Darren Ewert Mike Dreher
Darren & Mike started from simple beginnings, but over the years and with the help of some amazing souls, this duo has started what many are calling a global movement….
Varandeep Singh Grewal
Vare Grewal built his career by looking beyond borders. He grew up in Vancouver, where he developed an early interest in economics and how money moves through the world. That…
Anthony Blumberg
Anthony Blumberg is a global investor and philanthropist whose career spans more than 35 years and crosses continents, industries, and generations. Based across London, New York, and Naples, Florida, Tony…
Lucas Birdsall
Lucas Birdsall is a Vancouver-based venture capitalist and business executive. He has a background in finance and operations management. He is known for his practical investment approach and for creating…
Caroline Brooker
Caroline Brooker-McGrath, Avante Language Services, Inc. CEO, founded the foreign-language services company in 1997. She is an English-Spanish interpreter and entrepreneur based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, possessing extensive experience as an…
Derek Fromson
Derek Fromson has an extensive background in journalism and communications, and leads Digital Dominoes Consulting in Washington, DC, as principal. The enterprise he founded in 2016 delivers client-driven content that…
Jon Pelcin
Monroe resident Jon Pelcin is a student studying towards an associate of arts (AA) in psychology at Rockland Community College. Since enrolling in 2023, he has achieved several milestones at…
The Light System
The Light System™ began long before it became a company. Its roots trace back to the early work of Robert J. Religa, who spent decades exploring how light, colour, and…
Andres Aiza
Andres Aiza grew up in Houston, a city known for its energy industry, rail yards, and vast warehouse corridors. From an early age, he saw how businesses moved goods and…
Josh Seidenfeld
Josh is a Partner and Chair of Northern California at DLA Piper, where he advises life sciences, healthcare, and technology companies across the full company life cycle, from formation through…
Natalie Shpiegel
Natalie Shpiegel has never stayed in one place for long. Born in Israel, she spent much of her childhood moving across the world because of her father’s work with Motorola….