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Past Episodes

August 1, 2024
Fine dining and fine-tuning your career with Grace Restaurant owner Jason Lutzk

Jason Lutzk is chef and owner of Grace Restaurant in Pass-a-Grille Beach. He’s professionally trained in classical French, Modern American, Mediterranean, South American and Italian cuisine and pastries. A Tampa …

July 25, 2024
Five decades of learning: The legendary real estate career of William Raveis

William Raveis founded his eponymous real estate brokerage 50 years ago, in an office above a grocery store in his hometown of Fairfield, Connecticut. The company has since become a …

July 18, 2024
Performing well under pressure with Perform[cb] CEO, Erin Cigich

Erin Cigich has been with Sarasota-based web marketing firm Perform[cb] for 17 years. She has led the firm, now with 140 employees, through two different private equity investments and has …

July 11, 2024
Beating back anxiety and depression with real estate executive Michael Davis

Michael Davis helped build TerraCap Management into one of the largest commercial real estate fund management companies in Southwest Florida, where he sourced, evaluated and acquired more than $1.3 billion …

July 4, 2024
Becoming a 2-time US Olympian and entrepreneur with Donald Suxho

This week, we speak with Donald Suxho, co-founder of Global Sports Institute in Venice, a youth sports training facility with volleyball and pickleball courts. Prior to GSI, Donald was a …

June 27, 2024
The merging of restaurants and technology with Chon Nguyen

This week, we speak with Chon Nguyen, partner with The Proper House, a multi-unit Tampa Bay area hospitality company with brands that include the Rooster & the Till, Gallito Taqueria …

June 20, 2024
Major lessons in leadership with minor league baseball managing partner John Martin

This week, we speak with managing partner of the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels, John Martin. John’s humble beginnings started on a farm in Illinois. He grew up in a town …

June 13, 2024
The beauty — and struggles — of being your own boss with Coyote Ugly franchise owner Joanna Olsen

This week, we speak with Owner of Coyote Ugly Saloon, Joanna Olsen. Joanna fell in love with Coyote Ugly one night as a patron when she was 24 years old. …

June 6, 2024
Behind the scenes of a 40-year career in jewelry design with Mark Loren

This week, we speak with Mark Loren, founder of Mark Loren Designs. Mark is a goldsmith, silversmith, and platinumsmith who started his gallery in Fort Myers almost 40 years ago.Together, …

May 30, 2024
Saving lives one text at a time with Cope Notes Founder Johnny Crowder

Johnny Crowder likes to say that, in short, he’s a suicide/abuse survivor, TEDx speaker, Billboard-charting heavy metal musician and a Certified Recovery Peer Specialist. He’s also the founder of Cope …

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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 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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