Lay of The Land

Lay of the Land's conversation today is with Sherrill Paul Witt — founder of Lolly The Trolley.

A beloved icon since 1985, Lolly the Trolley is itself a moving local gem, covering 3.1 million miles du…

Our conversation today is with Dallas Hogensen.

Dallas is the CEO of Felux — making steel sexy since 2019 — which was established by a team of steel and technology experts to create the world’s larges…

Our conversation today is with Shawn Rech, a Cleveland-native and Emmy Award-winning producer and director who's created over 200 episodes of television programs that are currently licensed around th…

Our conversation today is with Graham Veysey and Fisk Biggar — founders of Graham+Fisk’s Wine-In-A-Can.

Headquartered in the 1854 brick firehouse in Cleveland’s Hingetown enclave, their wine in a can …

Our conversation today is with Tom Tyrrell, Founder and Chairman of Great Lakes Biomimicry, an entrepreneurial 501(c)(3) organization (recently having merged with the Ohio Aerospace Institute) with a…

Our conversation today is with Baiju Shah, who is the president and CEO of Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP).

GCP is the region’s leading economic development organization with over 12,000 members —…

Our conversation today is with David Sylvan, president of UH Ventures — the innovation and commercialization division of University Hospitals — a Cleveland-based health system with two dozen hospital…

Our conversation today is with Dr. Colleen M. Lorber — Founder & CEO of Wraparound Experts.

Colleen Lorber has her Ph.D. in School Psychology and founded Wraparound Experts from over 15 years in the f…

Our conversation today is with David Davis II — Founder & CEO of FBA Flip.

David is a native Clevelander where he currently resides. After high school, David directly immersed himself into the tech-st…

Our conversation today is with William J. Littlefield II — President and CTO of Wizest!

At Wizest, Billy is on a mission to build a next-generation investment trading platform that democratizes access…

Our conversation today is with Dr. Chelsea Monty-Bromer — founder & CEO of RooSense // SweatID.

Chelsea founded SweatID back in December 2017 in order to make personalized health sensors available for…

Our conversation today is with Mark D’Agostino — founder and president of ConnectedHR.

Under his leadership, ConnectedHR has become one of the fastest-growing Human Resources consulting companies in N…

Our conversation today is with Chris Wentz, Founder & CEO of Everykey. 

Chris has long been interested in entrepreneurship having founded an advertising network in middle school that grew into one of …

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Our conversation today is with Dennis Althar, founder of Althar Audio. 

Dennis has an incredible story — from mastering electronics at a very young to joining the United States Air F…

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Our conversation today is with Dennis Althar, founder of Althar Audio. 

Dennis has an incredible story — from mastering electronics at a very young to joining the United State…

Our conversation today is with John Wetzel, Alex Hilleary, and Brooks Sime — Co-Founders of Gather (acquired by ChartHop in March, 2022) — on building a company oriented around a future of work that …

Our conversation today is with Camille Heard — CEO & Co-Founder of FELOH — on building a beauty tech startup celebrating diversity in beauty through community and inclusion, the startup journey, buil…

Our conversation today is with Patrick M. Howard and Ben Kanelos, of RustBit Studio and creators of the Grip of Madness!

Patrick is the CEO and a game developer of RustBit Studio — He is an entreprene…

Our conversation today is with Eugene Malinskiy — Co-Founder and CEO of Lazurite.

Lazurite got its start back in 2015 and to date, Eugene has led Lazurite through three rounds of funding raising more …

Our conversation today is with Ray Leach and Hardik Desai to discuss JumpStart and its role here in the Cleveland startup ecosystem. Ray is the founding CEO of Jumpstart and has been with the organiz…