Leslie Shen
Education is a core component of professional success. Dr. Leslie Shen knows the importance of honing your skills, regardless of your specialty. With an immense dedication to learning, he holds…
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.
Anthony Bronaugh
Mr. Bronaugh was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, and a proud graduate of the former John H. Patterson Co-Op High School. After graduating in 1992, Anthony attended the University…
Jaswant Tony
Jaswant S. Tony is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GoMeyra, an innovative cloud software company providing enterprise technological solutions for the healthcare industry. Its premiere product, GoMeyra LIMS…
William Clegg
Hailing from London in the United Kingdom, William Clegg is a well-respected mindfulness and wellness trainer and exercise scientist. When William was a child, he found that he had a…
Dawn Sykes
“To have compassion for others is one of my greatest gifts”. Dawn Sykes found this compassion more than twenty years ago when she volunteered at a local hospital in Brooklyn,…
Jeffrey Previte
Entrepreneur and executive Jeffrey Previte got an early start in business by creating Previte Landscaping and Irrigation in 1987, when he was still a teenager. Over the course of a…
Mike Rizkalla
Mike Rizkalla is an Award-Winning Creative Leader in the Technology / Robotics industry with experience in organizations ranging from startup to $75M global businesses, with proven performance managing revenue goals…
Brantley Dunaway
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Brantley Dunaway is an actor, director, and producer with over 25 years experience working in the music, film, and theatre industries. During his career as…
John Benevento
John Benevento is an avid commercial fisherman. A parking manager in NJ and NY for decades, he now wants to start a small charter boat company. John is blending his…
Kyle Bickhart
As Chief Operations Officer of The Ohio Society of CPAs (OSCPA), Kyle Bickhart, CPA, employs a leadership philosophy of a One Team approach to craft a strategic plan for the…
Ryan Fillmore
Ryan began his career at Janey Lou’s. He worked with the production and packaging team before he began managing all aspects of the business in 2010. In 2011 he helped…
Jennifer Burke
Hailing from Gulf Breeze, Florida, Dr. Burke grew up enjoying sports and outdoor activities, including club and varsity soccer and volleyball. She graduated from Pensacola High School with an International…