Amped up: PowerChord delivers hit after hit for clients

With its unique origin story and approach to e-commerce, the St. Pete tech company strikes a chord with multi-location brands and franchises. Can it manage rapid growth while maintaining its culture?

Mark Wemple. Lanny Tucker is the CEO of PowerChord, a rapidly growing St. Petersburg-based tech company.
Mark Wemple. Lanny Tucker is the CEO of PowerChord, a rapidly growing St. Petersburg-based tech company.
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PowerChord Inc., a St. Petersburg digital marketing company, comes by its cool name honestly. Prior to having a go at entrepreneurship in 2001, founder Pat Schunk played guitar for classic rock icon Stevie Nicks and wrote music for Seven Witches, a New Jersey heavy metal band. He also contributed to the soundtrack of the 1991 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie.

 

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