Tayyab Rizvi Built a Marketplace to Give Restaurant Managers Their American Dream
Tayyab Rizvi, founder of ScaleMates, shares how leaving Google and YouTube led him to build a marketplace matching franchise owners with invested operating partners.
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Tayyab Rizvi, founder of ScaleMates, shares how leaving Google and YouTube led him to build a marketplace matching franchise owners with invested operating partners.
Dave Parker, founder of Trajectory, shares lessons from five startups, two shutdowns, a bankruptcy, and cancer, and how he now helps founders prepare to exit their companies well.
Connie Russell has led Samoset Resort for 27 years through renovations, a pandemic, and the hardest month of his career. This is what it looks like to build a legacy in one place.
Allie Goodrich, Director of Leadership Development at Benny's Car Wash, shares how she built a career pathing system rivaling major hospitality brands, while privately navigating her father's stroke.
Brittany Park started as a barista at Brittain Resorts at 19 and never left. Thirteen years later she leads HR across 30 resorts and is one of the most knowledgeable H-2B advocates in the Southeast.
John Demling, GM of the historic Brown Hotel, shares his path from teenage dishwasher to leading a 100-year-old Louisville landmark, including a nine-day job loss that reshaped his career.