Bishop Raymond Chappetto
Bishop Raymond Chappetto is a resident at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn’s St. Luke Church in Whitestone, New York. His duties as Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus involve assisting various parishes…
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.
Jeff Balette
A Garland, Texas, executive with extensive financial management experience, Jeff Balette has served as the president of Trillium Construction Company since 2008. Focused on diverse aspects of capital projects, he…
Shao Hong
Shao Hong is a longstanding member of the Sydney business community and most recently served as Assurance Partner and Head of China Assurance Practice at PwC Australia. With more than…
Dan Dehrkoop
Dan Dehrkoop is a strategic operations and manufacturing leader with extensive experience in production management, engineering, and global innovation. In the course of his career, Dan Dehrkoop has held various…
Cornelius Albert
Based in Los Angeles, California, Cornelius Albert graduated from Norcross University with an associate of arts degree in paralegal studies. Cornelius Albert also studied at the University of California in…
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…
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…