Guests

Ryan Burkhardt is the co-founder and co-owner of Kong Screen Printing, an Austin-based custom apparel company he started with Bruce Braden in 2011. With an MFA in fine arts, he built the business around a concierge-level customer service model serving brands like Coca-Cola and Topo Chico.

Breezy Griffith is the founder and CEO of SkinnyDipped, a snack company she launched in 2016 with her mother Val after a friend's cancer diagnosis. The Seattle-based brand reinvents classic treats with better-for-you ingredients, starting with their signature chocolate-covered almonds.

Stacy Madison is the founder of Stacy's Pita Chips, a snack brand known for its baked pita chips. She started the company in 1996 with her then-husband Mark Andrus, turning extra pita bread into a grocery staple.

Miguel McKelvey is the co-founder and former Chief Culture Officer of WeWork, the global coworking and real estate technology company. A architect by training, he helped shape WeWork's unique community-driven approach to workspace design.

Mark Cuban founded Broadcast.com in 1995, pioneering online audio and video streaming. The company grew rapidly and was sold to Yahoo! for .7 billion in 1999. Cuban's journey from bartender to billionaire entrepreneur became an internet-era success story.

Kenneth Cole is founder, chairman and creative director of Kenneth Cole Productions, the 40-year brand he launched in 1983. A recent guest on the How I Built This podcast, he appointed Jed Berger as CEO and president to shift the brand to a marketing-led storytelling model, with Emily Cole as...

Adreana Alvarez is the founder and CEO of Love Her Shop, a Sacramento-based activewear brand built around leggings and women's apparel.

Jake DeLeon is the founder and CEO of Fila Manila, a company crafting award-winning Filipino-inspired sauces and spreads. A former Starbucks executive, he launched the brand in 2020 and later secured a Shark Tank investment.

Bobby Trussell is the founder of Tempur-Pedic, the mattress company he launched in 1992 after a career shift from horse racing. A native of Milwaukee, he discovered memory foam on a trip to Sweden and built Tempur-Pedic into a global brand.

Alexa Hirschfeld is the co-founder and president of Paperless Post, a digital invitation and stationery platform she launched with her brother James in 2009. Based in New York, she leads the company's mission to make event planning beautiful and accessible, with over 650 million invitations sent.

Robert Joseph Scaringe is an American engineer and founder of Rivian, the electric vehicle manufacturer. Born in Florida, he earned his PhD from MIT before launching Rivian in 2009. Rivian went public in 2021 and became a major force in the EV market with the R1T pickup and R1S SUV.

Jim Kersley is the founder of Lemur Strap, a Colorado company that makes a patented quick-release camera strap for photographers. He launched the product on Kickstarter in 2024 and now sells directly to consumers and through B&H Photo.