Lay of The Land

Our conversation this week is with Jarred & Brandon Smith — co-founders of NOOMA.

The NOOMA journey began for Jarred & Brandon as hockey-playing brothers who couldn’t stand the sugar-packed, artificia…

Our conversation this week is with Todd Federman — managing director of North Coast Ventures.

North Coast includes six funds and has closed $65M+ of capital in 60 early-stage companies since 2007. Pri…

Our conversation this week is with Brett Lindsey — CEO of Everstream & Founder of Snip Internet here in Cleveland!

We cover the infrastructure of the internet, the future of telecom, and how he’s real…

Our conversation this week is with Gordon Daily!

Gordon is the founder & CEO of BoxCast which offers an end-to-end live streaming platform and is one of Cleveland’s fastest growing companies off the b…

Our conversation this week is with Laura Steinbrink!

Laura is the CEO and founder of Brilliency and managing partner at Emerald Built Environments where she's spent the last decade driving environment…

Our conversation this week is with Ryan Cleary — co-founder & COO of FloatMe — on how they’ve helped save their users over $30mm in fees and boost savings via alternatives to the $46 billion overdraf…

Our conversation this week is with Justin McLoughlin — founder & CEO of airCFO — on building a bootstrapped company, scaling a professional services organization, the future of work, the importance o…

Our conversation this week is with Marisa Sergi — founder & CEO of Red Brands & chief growth officer of L’uva Bella Winery — who is a third-generation wine maker and studied viticulture and enology —…

Our conversation this week is with Tom Lix — founder & CEO of Cleveland Whiskey — on pushing the boundaries of convention while building on tradition to artfully blend science with craft to create un…

Our conversation this week is with Mac Anderson — co-founder & CMO of Cleveland Kitchen (formerly Cleveland Kraut) — on creating world-class culinary fermented foods for all and how Cleveland Kitchen…

Lay of the Land’s nineteenth conversation is with Manoj Jhaveri — co-founder & CEO of Hyr Medical — on transforming the healthcare staffing industry by empowering clinicians to find the best freelanc…

Lay of the Land’s eighteenth conversation is with Cullen Naumoff — co-founder of Farm Fare, based in Cleveland, Ohio — on why local food is better food and how Farm Fare allows family farms to compet…

Lay of the Land’s seventeenth conversation is with Anthony Hughes — co-founder and CEO at Tech Elevator — on their recent acquisition to Stride, the future of education, unlocking people’s potential,…

Lay of the Land’s sixteenth conversation is with Brandon Bryant — co-founder and venture partner at Harlem Capital — on investing in companies started by people of color & women with the purpose of c…

Lay of the Land’s fifteenth conversation is with Justin Bibb, Mayor of Cleveland.

We cover a lot in this conversation — through a lens of technology, entrepreneurship, and equity, we explore Justin’s …

Our fourteenth conversation is with Matt Buder Shapiro — co-founder and chief marketing officer of MedPilot which was recently acquired by Vytalize Health in a big win for Cleveland startups!

Matt is …

Lay of the Land is about telling the stories of what people are building in Cleveland, and today we’re taking that literally! We’re talking about building buildings.

Our (lucky) thirteenth conversatio…

Our twelfth conversation is with Bob Sopko. 

Bob is the director of Case Western’s LaunchNet focused on helping students and alumni build startups and supporting their entrepreneurial efforts. Bob is …

Our eleventh conversation is with Nicole Paolozzi  — founder & CEO of OndeCare based here in Cleveland!

We cover the challenges of in-home healthcare for loved ones of all ages and needs — infant, chi…

Our tenth episode is a conversation with  Taher Hassonjee — director of business development at RVshare (based on Akron, Ohio)  — exploring the world of recreational vehicles and why RVshare has been…