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Building Community Through Business: Taylor Evans’s Path to COSI Leadership and National Advocacy

Taylor Evans shares quitting his job when wife got pregnant, starting Rust Belt Recruiting, getting sober three months in, housing homeless families, and becoming COSI…

Hospitality

Raising $5 Million in 19 Days: Lloyd McBean’s Journey Acquiring Las Sendas Golf Club

Lloyd McBean shares transforming bankrupt Las Sendas Golf Club into top 10 Phoenix destination, raising $5M in 19 days, achieving America's only top 100 alfresco…

Restaurant

The Business of Merrymaking: Sara Connery on Leading Handcrafted Restaurants

Sara Connery shares journey from law school Food Network therapy to CEO of Handcrafted Restaurants—navigating compassionate divorce after husband came out, closing all Hawaii locations…

Hospitality

How Chef Karim Lakhani Survived Idi Amin Expulsion and Built Award-Winning Culinary Career

Karim Lakhani shares Ugandan refugee 1972 expulsion losing everything overnight, dishwasher age 13 mother surgery, Canadian apprenticeship two years Jean-Louis Paladin mentorship, pushed chef whites…

Hospitality

Abigail Flynn on Becoming GM at 24 and Proving Success Without College Through 22 Years at Family-Owned Olympia Hospitality

Abigail Flynn shares journey from housekeeper at 16 to GM at 24 to senior HR manager without finishing college—launching recovery-friendly workplace certification, helping employee reach…

Restaurant

Managing Memories, Not Menus: How Ryan Wilson Leads the Fourth Generation at Lawry’s

Ryan Wilson shares fourth generation CEO journey at Lawry's Restaurants—training in Michelin-starred Italian kitchens, living with grandparents four years, negotiating 17-year licensing battle with McCormick,…

Hospitality

How Janelle Cash Built 20-Year Client Relationships and Won Multi-Million Dollar Deals at Placemakr

Janelle Cash shares journey from Trinidad separation age 3-16 to actualizing 286% sales goal, surviving spindle cell sarcoma, turning lost million-dollar deal into custom pop-up…

Manufacturing

Building International Partnerships and Electric Innovations: Dr. Jay Luis Aguilar’s Chance Rides Story

Dr. Jay Luis Aguilar shares his journey from automotive engineer to Global VP at Chance Rides, navigating a Tokyo pricing crisis, launching 100% electric solar-powered…

Restaurant

How Bobby Stuckey Transformed a Learning Disability Into Hospitality Excellence at Frasca

Bobby Stuckey shares his journey from struggling bus person with dyslexia to three-time James Beard winner, building Frasca Hospitality Group and championing restaurants as employment…

HR

Why Great Government Is Possible: Teresa Roche’s Blueprint for Talent, Trust, and Transformation

Teresa Roche shares journey from accidentally joining HP 1981 to building 90% internal senior bench at Agilent, leading Fort Collins Malcolm Baldrige award-winning HR—navigating COVID…

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