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Telling the stories of entrepreneurship and builders in Cleveland and throughout Northeast Ohio. Every Thursday, Jeffrey Stern helps map the Cleveland/NEO business ecosystem by talking to founders, investors, and community builders to learn what makes Cleveland/NEO special.

#148: Patrick Ghilani (MRI Software)

51 mins; January 04, 2024

#147: Erin Singh (Options Naturopathic)

68 hours 6 mins; December 21, 2023

#146: Megan Mayhugh (People Architects)

72 hours 53 mins; December 14, 2023

#145: Brian Krusz (Sgt. Clean Car Wash)

52 mins; December 07, 2023

#144: T.J. Gliha (Journey Wealth)

72 hours 22 mins; November 30, 2023

[REWIND] #21: Tom Lix (Cleveland Whiskey)

51 mins; November 23, 2023

#143: Todd Goldstein (Whoa Dough)

59 mins; November 16, 2023

#142: Gerald Hetrick Part II (Docket (formerly Bezlio) & EOS)

52 mins; November 09, 2023

[Bonus] Jack Greco (ACV Auctions) — building a multi-billion-dollar company in Buffalo, NY

70 hours 57 mins; November 02, 2023

#140: Tracy Strobel (Cuyahoga County Public Library)

51 mins; October 26, 2023

#139: Ethan Karp (MAGNET)

63 hours 27 mins; October 19, 2023

#138: Mike Maczuzak (SmartShape Design + Walking Across the U.S. & World)

62 hours 13 mins; October 12, 2023

#137: Adam Rakestraw (MediView)

61 hours 35 mins; October 05, 2023

#136: Michael Sirpilla (Society Brands)

56 mins; September 28, 2023

#135: Umberto P. Fedeli (The Fedeli Group)

70 hours 55 mins; September 21, 2023

#134: Andrew Wolfe (Bloomfilter)

69 hours 46 mins; September 14, 2023

#133: Mike Schroeder (Roundstone Insurance)

63 hours 35 mins; September 07, 2023

#132: David Levine (Wireless Environment & My Home Park)

79 hours 6 mins; August 31, 2023

#131: Stewart Kohl (The Riverside Company)

61 hours 51 mins; August 24, 2023

#130: Bill Manby (Interstate Fusion Ventures)

56 mins; August 17, 2023

#129: John McKenna (PeachTree VA)

46 mins; August 10, 2023

#128: Mitch Kroll (Findaway — Acquired by Spotify)

75 hours 29 mins; August 03, 2023

#127: Michael Crawford (Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company | NASDAQ: HOFV)

64 hours 0 mins; July 27, 2023

#126: Michael Goldberg (Case Western Reserve University & CWRU Alumni Venture Fund)

50 mins; July 20, 2023

#125: Angie Dianetti (Radcom)

47 mins; July 13, 2023

#124: Andrew Spott (HR Signal & VividFront)

63 hours 23 mins; July 06, 2023

[GREATEST HITS] #23: Justin McLoughlin (airCFO)

48 mins; June 29, 2023

#123: Tory & Michael Waxman (Sundays)

60 hours 17 mins; June 22, 2023

#122: Dom Raban (Xploro)

47 mins; June 15, 2023

#121: Michael Bruckman (Haima Therapeutics)

58 mins; June 08, 2023

#120: Brendan Anderson & Donnie Bedney (ScaleCo)

67 hours 7 mins; June 01, 2023

#119: Tanya Budler (Rise Together)

62 hours 2 mins; May 25, 2023

[GREATEST HITS] #30: Lindsay Watson PT, MPT (Augment Therapy)

51 mins; May 18, 2023

#118: Dr. Onas Bolton (Octet Scientific)

74 hours 20 mins; May 11, 2023

#117: Anees Pretorius & Cono Onorato (Bean)

67 hours 56 mins; May 04, 2023

#116: Julia Solooki & Lior Shafir (Smart Soda)

48 mins; April 27, 2023

#115: Adrian Bota (ORIGIN Milk)

57 mins; April 20, 2023

#114: Ed Largent (Westfield)

47 mins; April 13, 2023

#113: Bill Wichert & Matt Crowley (TonDone)

61 hours 52 mins; April 06, 2023

#112: Daniel Isenberg & Dan Hampu (Burton D. Morgan Foundation & Scalerator NEO)

63 hours 45 mins; March 30, 2023

#111: Brian Folmer (FirstLook VC)

55 mins; March 23, 2023

#110: Afif Ghannoum (BIOHM Health)

49 mins; March 16, 2023

#109: Adam Fleischer (The Wine Spot & Entrepreneur's Organization Cleveland)

50 mins; March 09, 2023

#108: Michael Murphy (Cleveland Soccer Group)

57 mins; March 02, 2023

#107: Aleksandra Brankov & Cole Worley (Cafilia)

62 hours 39 mins; February 23, 2023

#106: Jeremy Umansky (Larder)

74 hours 44 mins; February 16, 2023

#105: Artur Grabowski (Extendify)

64 hours 38 mins; February 09, 2023

#104: Chuck, Jeff, and Jamey Snider (Snider Recreation)

45 mins; February 02, 2023

#103: Dr. Elad Granot (John Carroll University, Boler College of Business)

58 mins; January 26, 2023

#102: Jan Jensen (Trailhead Biosystems)

59 mins; January 19, 2023

#101: Aaron George (SupplyNow)

49 mins; January 12, 2023

#100: Jeffrey Stern's Reflections on 100 Episodes — Entrepreneurial Motivations, Where Ideas Come From, and The Importance of Culture

33 mins; January 05, 2023

#99: Steve Santamaria (Folio Photonics)

62 hours 58 mins; December 22, 2022

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

65 hours 42 mins; December 15, 2022

#97: Raji Sankar (Choolaah // Wholesome International)

47 mins; December 08, 2022

#96: Lukas Minkov & Logan Schouman (afters.io // IDRA)

52 mins; December 01, 2022

#95: Ed Weinfurtner (Great Day Improvements & Blue Olive Partners)

39 mins; November 17, 2022

#94: Chef Douglas Katz (Amba, Chimi, Zhug)

70 hours 26 mins; November 10, 2022

#93: Michael Kubinski (Cleveland Clothing Company)

32 mins; November 03, 2022

#92: Leopoldo Peña (Presta)

76 hours 2 mins; October 27, 2022

#91: Heather Lenz (Sangfroid Strategy)

59 mins; October 20, 2022

#90: Pat Conway & Mark King (Great Lakes Brewing Company)

55 mins; October 13, 2022

#89: Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland)

52 mins; October 06, 2022

#88: Anne Skoch (Anne Cate)

49 mins; September 29, 2022

#87: Sherrill Paul Witt (Lolly The Trolley)

61 hours 37 mins; September 22, 2022

#86: Dallas Hogensen (Felux)

63 hours 15 mins; September 15, 2022

#85: Shawn Rech (Transition Studios, AGTV & TruBlu)

40 mins; September 08, 2022

#84: Graham Veysey & Fisk Biggar (Graham+Fisk’s Wine-In-A-Can \\ Firehouse Can Co.)

51 mins; September 01, 2022

#83: Tom Tyrrell (Great Lakes Biomimicry)

77 hours 33 mins; August 25, 2022

#82: Baiju Shah (Greater Cleveland Partnership)

43 mins; August 18, 2022

#81: David Sylvan (UH Ventures)

52 mins; August 11, 2022

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

48 mins; August 04, 2022

#79: David Davis II (FBA Flip)

52 mins; July 28, 2022

#78: William Littlefield II (Wizest)

71 hours 31 mins; July 21, 2022

#77: Dr. Chelsea Monty-Bromer (RooSense // SweatID)

41 mins; July 14, 2022

#76: Mark D’Agostino (ConnectedHR)

46 mins; June 16, 2022

#75: Chris Wentz (Everykey)

52 mins; June 09, 2022

#74b: Dennis Althar (Althar Audio) (Full/Long Edit)

84 hours 10 mins; June 02, 2022

#74: Dennis Althar (Althar Audio) (Compressed/Short Edit)

53 mins; May 26, 2022

#73: John Wetzel, Alex Hilleary, Brooks Sime (Gather — Acquired by ChartHop)

66 hours 11 mins; May 19, 2022

#72: Camille Heard (FELOH)

47 mins; May 12, 2022

#71: Patrick M. Howard and Ben Kanelos (RustBit Studios)

49 mins; May 05, 2022

#70: Eugene Malinskiy (Lazurite)

57 mins; April 28, 2022

#69: Ray Leach and Hardik Desai (JumpStart)

64 hours 30 mins; April 21, 2022

#68: Nolan Gallagher (Gravitas Ventures)

54 mins; April 14, 2022

#67: David Kennedy (Binary Defense and TrustedSec)

52 mins; March 31, 2022

#66: Tony Pietrocola (AgileBlue)

52 mins; March 24, 2022

#65: John Nottingham (Nottingham Spirk)

52 mins; March 17, 2022

#64: Rick Simmons (the telos institute)

54 mins; March 10, 2022

#63: Drew Kraemer (Code3)

58 mins; March 03, 2022

#62: Jamie Van Doren (NeverEnding)

56 mins; February 24, 2022

#61: Ryan Lambacher (Graffle)

49 mins; February 17, 2022

#60: Cal Al-Dhubaib (Pandata)

50 mins; February 10, 2022

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

55 mins; February 03, 2022

#58: Ryan Young (Fello)

59 mins; January 27, 2022

#57: Jack Grover (Grove Bags)

42 mins; January 20, 2022

#56: Dr. Daniel German (orthobrain)

58 mins; January 13, 2022

#55: Jane Alexander (Cleveland Museum of Art)

54 mins; January 06, 2022

#54: Eric Diamond (Central Kitchen)

49 mins; December 23, 2021

#53: David Boone Jr. (BlendED)

52 mins; December 16, 2021

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