Kory Cutler walked into a family construction business with no experience and tripled it in three years. His strategy involved traveling crews, COVID cold calls, and one rule about AI.

Brian Shunia built Wing Snob from a single 880-square-foot location to 70+ franchises nationwide — powered by simplicity, culture, and obsessive operations discipline.

Elle Piper built the operational infrastructure behind 7 Leaves Cafe’s growth to 43 locations. Her story runs through a buffet brand that closed overnight and a son who taught her to lead differently.

John Ratliff of Align 5 shares how he got turnover to 18%, sold at 5x the industry multiple, and now helps entrepreneurs build businesses worth buying — and exit on their own terms.

David Homan lost his nonprofit’s endowment to Bernie Madoff at 26, rebuilt it by asking people what they needed, and created the world’s largest private connector network from what he learned.

Randy Long spent 40 years building the one thing no attorney or accountant could offer business owners: a macro view of everything happening around them at once. Now he helps them exit on their own terms.

Meridith Picarelli-Khattar never planned to run a private club. Twenty years later she leads one of the most prestigious in the Southeast — and her first year taught her that a bus with no passengers isn’t leadership.

John Tsiones of Cermak Fresh Market shares how he built a $100M Hispanic grocery program and drove double-digit growth by centralizing pricing across a 17-store regional chain.

Charlene Carter built a network of 3,800 hospitality consultants and wrote a blueprint for her own competitors. This is the story of the Velvet Standard and what it took to get there.