21st Century Entrepreneurship

David Deane-Spread is a former military and law-enforcement leader who built a decades-long career helping organizations turn cultural dysfunction into alignment, resilience, and performance. We spoke about how he...

Jake Stahl is a psychology-trained communication strategist, NLP master practitioner, and global trainer who has coached over 10,000 people across six countries—and we spoke about how people actually make decisions. His...

Peter Maher is the U.S. expansion lead for Ovanti—recently rebranded as Flote—and we spoke about why he left a stable, well-paid role in fintech leadership to build an alternative to what he calls a “very, very broken”...

Jeff Abraham is an entrepreneur who retired after selling a semiconductor engineering company, and we spoke about how he later built a sexual wellness brand by using medical credibility instead of hype. He explained...

AJ Cassata is an entrepreneur who has spent more than a decade building companies using one core mechanism—outbound lead generation. We spoke about why so many founders struggle with lead flow and how, as he says...

Paul Cecil is the VP of Strategy at realpha and we spoke about how a young founder-minded strategist thinks through scale, pressure, and the role of AI in real business results. He began as a pre-med student, switched...

Bogdan Micov is a former CEO who led 700 people in Dubai before a stroke at 32 forced him to confront what he calls “how stress affects us” and how much of his success was built on pressure rather than wellbeing. We...

Srikar Yeruva is an engineer-turned-serial entrepreneur, and we spoke about why he believes healthcare transformation starts with respecting the problem—not throwing technology at it. After years building technical...

Melissa Faith Hart is a public-safety innovator with 20 years of experience, and we spoke about how personal survival, technology, and community systems shaped her mission. She began her career at Xerox helping police...

Brandon Williams is a lawyer, entrepreneur, and business executive with over twenty years of experience bridging law, business, and entertainment across the globe. We spoke about how he turned persistence and practical...

Adam Cerra is a high-ticket sales expert who has closed more than $30 million in offers for coaches, consultants, and entrepreneurs. We spoke about how he teaches people to “sell without selling” — a process he calls...

Dwan Bent-Twyford is one of America’s most recognized real estate investors and educators, known for turning a $75 setback into a multimillion-dollar career. We spoke about how losing her home and car as a single mother...

John Frost is the Vice President of Enrollment Management and Marketing at Doane University with nearly 20 years in higher education across community colleges and private and public universities. We spoke about what it...

Patrick Wood is a 30-year entrepreneur in finance and capital markets across Canada and the U.S., now leading an early-stage public company redefining how digital asset treasuries hedge risk. We spoke about what it...

Gail Kasper is an author, professional speaker, and performance coach who has spent over 15 years training entrepreneurs and executives—from solo founders to leaders in multi-billion-dollar companies—on leadership...

Christopher Hossfeld is a 27-year U.S. Army veteran and leadership educator who translates battlefield decision-making into modern business strategy. We spoke about how lessons from military history can sharpen leaders’...

Michael Jacobson is the CEO who transformed a struggling flower shop into a thriving, multi-location enterprise generating over $9 million in revenue. We spoke about how he acquired a near-bankrupt business and rebuilt...

Iñigo Rivero is the co-founder of House of Marketers and a former early TikTok Europe team member who helped transform the app from a lip-syncing platform into a global content powerhouse. We spoke about how he built a...

Brennan Haelig is a digital marketer turned agency owner, and we spoke about going from sleeping in a 10×10 studio to leading a multi–seven-figure team of 18. “Back in 2018, I was homeless, sleeping in my recording...

Kyle Whitehill is a former Vodafone executive who spent three decades inside global giants like L’Oréal, Diageo, and PepsiCo before asking himself, “Am I not entrepreneurial?” Seven years ago, he found out—leaving the...

Alex Mehr is a scientist-turned-entrepreneur who built and sold companies generating over a billion dollars in revenue. We spoke about how the speed and accessibility of AI have fundamentally changed what it means to be...

Zylo Marshall is a disability advocate and former real estate professional who built a life beyond government support. We spoke about how people with disabilities can pursue commission-based careers—like real estate or...

Mark Lee Fox is a former Space Shuttle chief engineer who spent over 16 years at NASA before an unexpected event set him on a new trajectory. “My dog couldn’t come up the stairs one day,” he recalls, describing the...

Maria Gallucci is a top 1% realtor in Colorado and the author of Raised in Silence, a book inspired by her life as a child of deaf parents. We spoke about how growing up in both the hearing and deaf worlds taught her...

Stewart Heath is a certified public accountant with 40 years in business, and we spoke about the lessons he learned from building—and losing—a multimillion-dollar real estate portfolio. He explained how chasing...