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Past Episodes

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 …

October 3, 2024
Urgency breeds action with Bill Daubmann, CEO of My Shower Door

This week, we speak with Bill Daubmann, CEO and founder of MY Shower Door. Bill founded Fort Myers-based MY Shower Door in 2003, and the company has since grown to …

September 26, 2024
How to constantly look to do better and be better at work with 3D Cloud CEO Beck Besecker

Beck is the co-founder of 3D Cloud, a virtual reality and augmented reality software firm that works with furniture retailers, kitchen cabinet manufacturers and others. He previously founded another tech …

September 19, 2024
Finding the opportunities in any situation with Manatee Community Foundation’s Veronica Thames

Veronica was named executive director of the Manatee Community Foundation in August 2023. Prior to that role she was a senior vice president and COO of the Gulf Coast Community …

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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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