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Hospitality

Ashley Chapman on Pink-Barbie Hard-Hat Construction Marketing and Tax-Exempt Booking Strategies

Ashley Chapman shares selling first car age five pigtails Crest Cadillac Nashville father greatest salesman, divorce stay-at-home single mom charity volunteer hospitality bug bite, overcoming…

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The Two-Year Assignment That Became a 19-Year Mission: John Hoey and The Y in Central Maryland

John Hoey shares how he tripled revenue at The Y in Central Maryland, rebranded the YMCA, survived COVID bankruptcy fears, and received an $18M MacKenzie…

Finance and Tax

Larissa Akrawi on Member-Owned Group Captives and Betting on Yourself

Larissa Akrawi shares journey from inner-city Chicago survival to running $430M workers comp captive—paying junior college on credit card, overcoming self-doubt "kid from Chicago no…

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How Rick Smilow Acquired Cooking School With a Cold Call and Grew The Institute of Culinary Education to a National Institution

Rick Smilow shares Northwestern Kellogg MBA margarine tastings, failed cat snack startup competing Ralston Purina, 1995 cold call acquiring Peter Kump's Cooking School knowing nothing…

Healthcare

Sean Cumiskey: From Global Hedge Funds to Saving Lives Through Biotech

Sean Cumiskey shares leaving Farallon partnership for family when wife had breast cancer, taking a year off, growing Yihang from $350M to $3.5B, and finding…

Hospitality

Melissa Granizo Turns the Softest HR Conversations Into the Most Effective Ones

Melissa Granizo shares how losing her father to alcoholism shaped her wellness mission, why her bubbly personality became her HR superpower, and how she builds…

Hospitality

From $500 and a Firing to Running the World’s Top Butler School, with Steven Ferry

Steven Ferry shares how he modernized the butler profession, built the Ivy League of butler education, and why teaching hotel staff to respond to anger…

Hospitality

Dr. Sandra Lee on Being Downsized, Networking Like Crazy, and “Be Brilliant Be Brief” Lesson

Dr. Sandra Lee shares Army basic training perseverance running three miles before breakfast, stepping down general manager to server caring for sick parents, being downsized…

Finance and Tax

Matt Remuzzi’s CapForge Journey: From Dot-Com Crash Layoff to 90-Person Accounting Firm

Matt Remuzzi shares journey from 2000 dot-com layoff to 90-person CapForge firm—surviving ransomware attack discovering unknown backup, selling 36 businesses never buying one, and building…

Hospitality

Senior Care Is a Hospitality Job. Scott Nield Proved It Adds 7 Years to Your Life.

Scott Nield shares his journey from elite country clubs to revolutionizing senior living at Montereau, where residents live 7 years longer through hospitality-focused care and…

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