Guests

Neil Blumenthal co-founded Warby Parker in 2010 and is co-CEO. The eyewear company provides glasses to someone in need for every pair sold. Before Warby Parker, he worked at VisionSpring, a nonprofit serving the 1 billion people without glasses. He studied at The Wharton School.

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Tanner McCraney founded Cowboy Country Club to give golfers of every skill level a welcoming place to belong. The brand mixes golf with country lifestyle apparel, inspired by McCraney upbringing in Jackson. He built a fresh take on the traditional country club experience.

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Jean-Philippe Iberti co-founded La Colombe Coffee Roasters with Todd Carmichael in 1994. They met in Seattle in the mid-1980s and started roasting coffee in a third-floor walk-up on 21st and Spruce in Philadelphia. La Colombe helped define America's third wave of specialty coffee.

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Todd Carmichael co-founded La Colombe Coffee Roasters, a Philadelphia specialty coffee pioneer. He built the company with J.P. Iberti from a third-floor walk-up into a third-wave leader. Carmichael also hosts the Travel Channel's Dangerous Grounds and now leads Loftiwater.

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Jack Conte is a musician-turned-entrepreneur who co-founded Patreon in 2013. As CEO, he built a platform that helps creators earn sustainable income from their work. A Stanford-trained musician, he's also half of Pomplamoose and Scary Pockets, and he still makes music today.

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Melissa Spitz is a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of Adventures in Handwriting, where she helps children build confidence through handwriting. Based in New York, she previously founded OT With Me and brings her Columbia University training to her practice.

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Rowena Scherer is the Founder and CEO of eat2explore, an award-winning family cooking kit company that inspires cultural exploration through global cuisine. A chef, educator, and author, she created the kits to teach her children and families worldwide about world cultures and cooking skills.

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Zac Parsons co-founded Honey Moon Coffee Company in 2016 in Evansville, Indiana. What began as a single shop has expanded to four locations and a roasting operation. He also serves as CEO of Evansville Coffee Company and hosts the Conversations in the Middle podcast.

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Michael Dubin co-founded Dollar Shave Club and served as its CEO, the subscription grooming brand that disrupted razors with its viral 2011 launch video. With a decade in media and marketing, Dubin grew the company from a \,500 DIY video into a billion-dollar business.

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Avani Modi Sarkar co-founded Modi Toys in 2018, creating Hindu faith-based plush toys celebrating South Asian culture. After 15 years in corporate, she launched the company to increase diversity in play. A Rutgers Business School alumna, she's a Forbes Next 1000 honoree and Inc Female Founder 100.

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Randy Hetrick founded TRX Training in 2004 after a 14-year career as a Navy SEAL and earning his MBA from Stanford. He invented the TRX Suspension Trainer in 1997 while deployed overseas, turning a field problem into a global fitness brand.

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Shireen Qadri co-founded Moji Masala with her husband JD Walsh. Based in Philadelphia, the company makes pre-measured Indian spice blends from her mother's heirloom recipes, launched in 2019 to simplify authentic home cooking.

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