Advisor

Tom Szaky dropped out of Princeton to sell worm poop at Walmart. Twenty-five years later he runs TerraCycle across 20 countries and is building the reuse system that could eliminate the idea of waste.

Tony Cotrupe spent 35 years learning how buyers see businesses. Now he teaches owners how to think the same way — whether they’re planning to sell or not.

Ron Klabunde went from pastor to nonprofit founder to real estate lender after COVID erased 78% of his revenue. Now he teaches investors that the dream determines the deal.

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.

Kevin Harrison, 31-year Chick-fil-A franchisee turned executive coach, shares how he helps leaders grow capacity, reinvent themselves, and have life-changing influence through Uncommon Influence.

Josh Zolin of Windy City Equipment shares how sixteen years as a stuntman, a studio apartment breaking point, and his father's repair business became a three-time Inc. 5000 company.

Brandon McConnell went from his mother’s diner to Disney to Wisconsin’s oldest resort — and is now writing a Johns Hopkins-backed book on AI psychosis.

Brie Bolopue and Rochelle Lierz of Good Apple share how they built a fractional leadership firm for small business, why exit planning starts years early, and what the silver tsunami means for business owners today.

Dylan McDonnell of Foodini shares how celiac disease, a corporate law career, and California's SB68 converged into a company solving the restaurant industry's allergen data problem.

Lenny Grant shares how he built a thriving architecture firm from his family room, survived the 2008 financial crisis, merged with RRM Design Group, and built a culture where 85 to 90 percent of work comes from repeat clients.

Patrick Rogers of Elkridge Advisors shares how he built a unique M&A model — getting into deals at 5% down, doubling exit multiples, and creating 1,000 deca millionaires.

Chris Hubble of LuxMed Transition Strategies shares how two open-heart surgeries, a DSO failure, and years in healthcare M&A led him to build a sell-side brokerage for med spas.