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Summary: Pete is the founder of CheckFree, which started as an online bill payment company and grew into the largest online banking, payment processing, and business analytics company in the world before selling to Fiserv for $4.4 Billion in 2007. Pete started CheckFree from his grandmother’s basement in 1981, and CheckFree helped put Columbus on …

Summary: Born in Edinboro, Scotland, Stuart Hunter eventually found his way to Columbus, Ohio where he founded the company roll: Bicycle Company. Sparked from a poor experience trying to find a bike for himself, Stuart set out to develop a more user-centric bicycle-buying experience, built on the skills that he gained from years of consumer …

Summary: Alex Fischer is the President and CEO of the Columbus Partnership, a civic organization of Columbus, Ohio’s top business leaders formed in 2002 to improve the economic and cultural base of central Ohio. He has served on numerous for-profit boards, and is currently serving as Chairman for Nationwide Children’s Hospital amongst other board positions. …

Summary: Ryan Baker is the Principle and one of the founders at Upsourced Accounting, a virtual accounting firm that delivers full service bookkeeping and accounting packages designed to help small businesses grow. They leverage powerful cloud accounting tools (like Xero) to provide real time financial statements and advisory to business owners. In this episode, we …

Summary: Mark Henson is an entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience creating inspired, energized and unusually effective business retreat experiences. He is also the founder of sparkspace and the author of Ordinary Superpowers: Unleash the Full Potential of Your Most Natural Talents. Milemarkers: (00:00:00) Mark Henson, Founder of sparkspace (00:00:30) Like, subscribe, and share Conquering …

Summary: Bill has spoken at over 150 conferences from New York to California, and he’s been featured in over 100 media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, and NPR. He’s a serial entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and board member, who frankly, “doesn’t give a d**n about your chair”. Most recently, he became the President …

Summary: Philip Payne is the Principal & Founder at Apportis, a software company that delivers connected health and wellness information to patients and healthcare providers through it’s revolutionary push engine. Prior to starting Apportis, Philip spent time leading branches of several large companies such as MindLeaders (now Skillsoft), Barclays, and AutoSweet; additionally, he holds his …

Summary: Adam & Allie Lehman are husband and wife and the founders of The Wonder Jam, a Columbus based creative agency that’s very good at branding, has a passion for product and food photography, and focuses on building relationships with smaller to midsize businesses! In this episode, we cover their background, path to meeting each …

Summary: Scott Kingsbury and Matt Baxendell are sports fanatics and the founders of Minuteman Tickets. Minuteman Tickets is a ticket brokerage based in Columbus, Ohio and prides itself on great deals, great customer service and great tickets! Moreover, the company is dedicated to doing its part to clean up the ticketing industry & has built …

Summary: From Jersey to Ohio, from deciphering Taliban messages out of his dorm room in college to turning down an offer directly from Mark Zuckerberg, and from Nationwide to now founding his own company, Wiretap, Jeff Schumann is an interesting individual. Not to mention, he’s extremely intelligent and passionate about making a difference in the …