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Past Episodes

December 12, 2024
Mentoring young minds while growing your business with Golden Road Advisors principal Kevin Caldwell

A sixth-generation Floridian, Kevin founded Tampa-based Golden Road Advisors, a registered investment advisor firm, in 2021. Prior to Golden Road, Kevin was a financial advisor for wealth management companies in …

December 5, 2024
Guiding teams on a path to success with Education Foundation of Sarasota County CEO Jennifer Vigne

Jennifer has been at the helm of the foundation, which supports and enhances the Sarasota School District’s public education system, since 2015. Prior to joining the foundation Jennifer worked in …

November 28, 2024
Ace your career advancement with University Park Country Club’s John Fetsick

John is a Philly guy who has taken to loving his new adopted hometown in Manatee County. He worked in accounting and finance for the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team for …

November 21, 2024
Growing, then shrinking, then growing an IT firm w/ CRS Technology Consultants co-owner John Joyce

John started an IT consulting business (now managed service provider, MSP) while a junior at the University of Florida in 2007. He sold that company to CRS in 2015. The …

November 14, 2024
From farming to framing the Tampa Bay region’s economic future with Yvonne Fry

Yvonne is the founder and CEO of Workforce Development Partners, a nonprofit in the Tampa Bay region that connects high school students with trades and other companies. She’s also an …

November 7, 2024
The power of connections — and wearing a sharp tie with Shumaker Advisors CEO Ron Christaldi

Ron has been a prominent business and health care attorney in Tampa and Florida for more than two decades. He currently oversees Shumaker Advisors, a public policy firm that works …

October 31, 2024
The front lines of recruiting and retaining businesses with EDC of Sarasota County CEO Erin Silk

Erin Silk has been at the helm of the EDC since June 2023. She held other titles with the organization before that promotion, including COO and vice president of business …

October 24, 2024
From a shot at Hollywood glory to a career in medicine with Dr. Seth Forman

Seth is a dermatologist by trade but also has a variety of other pieces to his career: He founded a research practice, CenExcel, and also owns multiple commercial real estate …

October 17, 2024
Leading LegoLand Florida Resort through empathy, accountability, discipline with Franceen Gonzales

Franceen Gonzales has more than 35 years experience in the amusement park and leisure and entertainment industry. She was named president of Legoland Florida Resort in Polk County in June. …

October 10, 2024
The highs and lows of building a 50-year construction business with Josh and Alan Bomstein

This week we speak with Josh and Alan Bomstein. Alan Bomstein is the founder of Clearwater-based Creative Contractors, which he launched, a bit by accident, he says in 1974. His …

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Mark Gordon is the managing editor of the Business Observer. Mark has been a business journalist and editor for more than 20 years, and one of his passions is writing about leadership. That led to Mark to start writing a leadership column in 2021 in the Business Observer, called Leadership Matters. It also led to the creation of the From the Corner Office podcast in June 2023.

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Read Corley

Read attended elementary, middle and high school in Manatee County. After graduating from Florida State University and navigating the pandemic, Read joined up with his father to create the podcast I 501(c) You - The Podcast for Nonprofit Board Members. As the podcast has grown, Read has created a path producing podcasts for others, including the Business Observer.

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