Guests

Robert Wolkoff is the founder and owner of Sunny Bowls, a Chicago-based fast-casual soup concept focused on dairy-free, gluten-free, and vegan bowls.

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Rick Steves is an American travel writer, author, and public television host known for his European travel guidebooks and PBS series.

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Ami is a How I Built This Advice Line caller. She owns an Ontario-based electrical contracting company (Blay Electric) and appeared on the August 2024 Advice Line episode with Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company to ask about finding product-market fit.

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Jim Koch is the co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company, which produces Samuel Adams beer. Widely considered a founding father of the American craft brewing movement, Koch holds Harvard degrees and previously served as CEO before returning to the role in 2024.

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Kim Jones is the founder and CEO of Tropical Vibes, a Ponte Vedra Beach-based lifestyle brand focused on tropical-inspired apparel and rum. She brings more than twenty years of branding and sales experience to the company, which she co-founded with her husband Brett.

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Lance Kesner is the co-founder of Millie's Sipping Broth, a Bellevue, Washington-based CPG brand that created the first soup-broth tea bag. A former tech executive, Kesner pivoted after a layoff and built the company into a multi-million-dollar brand stocked at major retailers.

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Josh Hochschuler is the founder of Talenti Gelato, the best-selling gelato brand in America. A Boston University alumnus, he turned his love of Argentinian gelato into a business that was acquired by Unilever in 2014.

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Chef and co-owner of Transparent Hospitality, the group behind Perenn Bakery, Claio Rotisserie, and Perenn Grocery.

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Founder of Props Luggage, a carry-on suitcase brand with a patented built-in leg system that transforms into a luggage rack or desk.

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Founder of FlipMitts, a 3-in-1 convertible glove brand for runners and outdoor athletes. Built through direct-to-consumer channels including Amazon and QVC.

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Dylan Field is the co-founder and CEO of Figma, the collaborative design platform that changed how teams build software. He founded Figma in 2012 after winning a Thiel Fellowship and launched the browser-based tool in 2016. Under his leadership, Figma reached a $20 billion valuation and went public in 2025.

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Evan Wallace is the co-founder and former CTO of Figma, the collaborative design platform. He studied computer science at Brown University, where he met Dylan Field and built the rendering engine and multiplayer collaboration service that became Figma's foundation. Wallace left Figma in 2021 to pursue open-source projects.

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