The First Customer

Dave started his business early and learned a ton of lessons along the way. 

From his first customer to his current portfolio of happy clients, Dave always listened to his employees and clients to bui…

Starting out in South Street in Philadelphia, April Burks based her life around volunteer work and building communities and events. She quickly found her path to creating successful businesses and gi…

A slip and fall down the stairs woke Sean up to chase his dream of creating his own AI-powered planner app, Heydai. 

Heydai learns patterns about your time and the things you need done to recommend a …

A standup comedian and standup guy.

Steve started his journey in Jersey before setting out west and making a name for himself in comedy.

Founder and host of "The Coop Tank" and about a million other th…

Shawn Richard's awesome company hails from equally awesome Eagle Mountain,  Utah.

His previous life in operations and business development helped kick off his journey into consulting and owning his ow…

From custom made lacrosse sticks to upending one of the biggest industries in the world -- Carl is not your average sauceman.

Carl's a tall, big-energy-but-down-to-earth founder with all the ingredien…

DOCTOR Miles Aron is an extremely cool guy. He's worked at ESPN, NASA, Stanford Linear Accelerator where he worked on Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiments, and the founder of multiple exciting st…

If you live in or near Philadelphia you'll eventually be asked "Do you know Mike Bertoni?" 

A sales-machine-turned-business-owner, Mike is never short of energy or great advice. He's built an incredib…

If you want to be inspired by simple goals that turn into big things, look no further than Bob Cooper. 

Bob has a knack for feeling the undercurrent of technology and marketing before they break the s…

A true gem born and raised in Central New Jersey, Jessica Corrado is professional passion personified. 

Dedicating a large portion of her career to marketing and Life Sciences, Jessica set out on her …

Boring. Low-Energy. Lazy. Unmotivated. 

You won't find a more polar opposite person to that description than Evan Yudell, CEO of Sales Made Simple. 

He's a smart, driven, passionate leader who saw his …

Motivated, adventurous, and inspired. Never short on energy, excitement, or alliteration (sorry Chels). Chelsea Craig, CEO of Rhino Reviews, took a personal experience and turned it into a thriving b…

From Chicago to Colorado -- Brandon Frisch always took the path less travelled by. He started a tech company as a non-tech guy. He built a powerhouse in the software development space through unconve…

Half man, half machine. Alex is a charming, smart guy who knows how to run a business. He also knows how to program. And surf. He also goes to Italy but just for the food and coffee. Alex takes us on…

It's rare you actually get to meet someone like Alex. He's the type of guy you see on stage somewhere, talking big things and doing even bigger ones. Like a handsome Tony Robbins. I've learned more a…

Everybody knows Chris. You'll be hard-pressed to meet anyone who hasn't heard of the great Chris Cera, especially in Philly tech. Kind, intelligent, driven, and charming are some of the ways people d…

If you've ever wondered how to start a company and sell it twice, you're in luck. Justin "The Ghost" Klemm turned a side-hobby into a company that he sold, worked for, bought back, then sold again. T…

Painfully handsome and unmistakably motivated are two ways to describe Russ Macumber, the man from down under. This week we talk to Russ about his winding and less-than-orthodox path to becoming the …

If getting hacked by a Euro-crime gang when trying to buy his first car on Ebay before starting a crime-fighting career sounds like a superhero origin story -- it's because it is one. Tyler is an abs…