Conquering Columbus Podcast

Urban Meyer is a retired college football coach, with over 18 years of experience as a head coach of NCAA Division 1 teams. As a coach, Urban led three of his teams to national titles. He was the head coach at The Ohio State University from 2011-2019, leading the Buckeyes to six major bowl appearances …

Emre is the Founder and CEO of DAtAnchor, a data security startup that helps companies keep their secure data safe, even when sharing it with team members and other remote teams. Emre is a professor at the Ohio State University and earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.

Dan Sorenson is the CEO and Founder of Flywheel Advertising, a customer acquisition consulting firm that helps businesses accelerate their sales cycle and push more leads through the funnel by optimizing channels like paid search, paid social, website development and data analytics. Before founding Flywheel, Dan worked in customer acquisition for Manta and as a …

Jason Block is the CEO of Brewdog USA as of January 2020. Before Brewdog, Jason was the President at Homage, but he left that role in 2018. Between that role and taking over at Brewdog, Jason co-founded Innerspace, a coworking space aimed at health professionals.

Dr. Tsipursky is a consultant, speaker, coach, trainer, and author whose mission is to protect business leaders from dangerous cognitive biases and help them make better, data-driven decisions. Using his over 20 years of experience, Gleb has written 2 books, with his most recent book becoming a best-seller, Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering …

Alex Gertsburg is the CEO of Gertsburg Law Firm and Founder of CoverMySix. A serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, Alex has been involved in dozens of projects throughout his career, and even hosts his own podcast, “Best.Podcast.Ever”. He’s also a veteran of the Army Reserve, having been called to serve in Iraq.

Greg Oden is a former professional basketball player, as well as a former Ohio State basketball player, having helped lead the Buckeyes to a Big Ten title and a runner up finish at the NCAA tournament in 2007. He was later drafted, as the number one pick, by the Portland Trailblazers and played 6 seasons …

Jeff is the Co-Founder and President of Clarus R+D, a technology-driven solution for claiming research and development tax credits, helping innovative companies get money back into their business so that they can continue to innovate and grow. Prior to Clarus, Jeff served in a variety of leadership roles at several companies, and he is also …

Adiya is the Founder and President of Yubi Beauty. Before founding Yubi, Adiya was the Director of International Counsel for Wendy’s. As a mother of two, she was leading a busy life and found she never had time for beauty, which is why she created Yubi – centered around a 9-in-1 beauty brush which slides …

Bob Lester is the Founder of PaveBid, as well as President and CEO of Dura-Seal. Dura-Seal is a high-quality commercial and industrial sealcoating, asphalt, and concrete services company based here in Columbus. Founded in 2007, Dura-Seal continues to grow and evolve today to bring their clients innovative solutions to their unique problems.

Rick Ricart is the President of ​Ricart Automotive Group in Columbus, Ohio. Ricart Ford was founded in July 1953 by his grandfather, Paul Ricart Sr. It was his grandfather’s philosophy that to lead, you must first work alongside the employees. Rick started out as a lot attendant, and by 2005 had worked in eight different …

Tony Guilfoy is the Founder and Head Distiller at Noble Cut Distillery, located in Gahanna. He founded Noble Cut with the help of his great-great-grandmother, Seraphina, whose limoncello recipe became a center-piece for the brand. They also distill several types of whiskey here locally.

Kelly Gratz is the President and CEO of g2o, formerly ICC. Kelly has led the charge to shape g2o as they have rebranded from ICC and explored new territory as a company in order to bring their customers more value in the ever-changing world of digital design and experience.

Lisa Arledge Powell is the President and Co-Founder of MediaSource, an award-winning creative agency that specializes in content-focused public relations, content marketing and national media exposure for major brands. As an industry leader, MediaSource was named the Best HealthCare PR/Marketing Agency by Ragan Communications for four consecutive years. They work with the nation’s top hospitals …

Jess Hellmich is the CMO and Paul Sherry is the COO of Dueling Axes, an axe throwing lounge here in Columbus that is helping to shape the fast-growing industry; both here and with their new location in Las Vegas, opening in 2020.

Imran Nuri is the Founder and CEO of The 52 Million Project. Imran is also currently a student at The Ohio State University, and he was the President for BuckeyeThon from March 2019 – March 2019, which raised over $1.7 million dollars for Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The mission of The 52 Million Project is to …

Perry Maughmer is a Chair for Vistage here in Central Ohio. Vistage is an invite-only peer group for CEO’s and Business leaders, which provides a space for people who run their businesses to discuss challenges with their peers. Before Vistage, Perry served in a variety of leadership roles for companies like Alliance Data, Idegy, and …

Summary: Casey McCarty is the CEO of the Idea Foundry. Before taking over as CEO a year and a half ago, Casey had served as the COO for 7 years. The Idea Foundry is a community of makers, designed to inspire creativity and help their members bring out new ideas and unleash their passion to …

Summary: Alex Bandar founded the Columbus Idea Foundry, a community of makers, designed to inspire creativity and help their members bring out new ideas and unleash their passion to make things; from learning to weld, make video games, launch a startup, or even just take a class or two, you can do it all at …

Summary: John Young is the CFO for BOLD PENGUIN, an insurance focused startup. Prior to BOLD PENGUIN, John garnered extensive experience as the CFO for several other technology startups such as Nikola Labs, SestraSystems, Micropact, RedCloud Security, and more. He’s also an alumni of The Ohio State University! Milestones: (00:00:00) Opening remarks (00:00:42) Small Biz …