They Put the Tech in Foodtech (Recruit Rockstars 457)
Few early-stage companies combine as many distinct components as Tovala. Based in Chicago, the company pairs a smart oven with a meal subscription service. It truly makes foolproof food. Weekly meals are delivered fresh to the your door. Scan the barcode & you’re done. Home-cooked meals that cook themselves. And clearly Tovala is onto something […]
5 Questions to Unleash Your Company’s Hidden Power (Recruit Rockstars 456)
Few things wag my tail like meeting with a CEO who puts talent at the top of their agenda. Here’s one. Matt Hulett is CEO of publicly-held PetMeds, America’s most trusted pet pharmacy with 11 million customers. Matt has driven more than $2 billion in value creation as a four-time public company CEO/President and a […]
2 to 80 employees in just 2 years (Recruit Rockstars 455)
In business, few missions are more vital than protecting & improving the health of Americans. Sadly, 89M of us are pre-diabetic. Dan Zavorotny & his team are out to change that. He’s Chief Operating Officer & Co Founder of NutriSense, the fast-scaling VC-backed company that helps people prevent diabetes & heart disease. NutriSense’s innovative model […]
How He Went from Startup ➡️ IPO ➡️ $4.5B Revenues (Recruit Rockstars 454)
So few entrepreneurs “go the distance” from startup to IPO. Most are “promoted to Chairman” at some point by their board of directors, because they fail to scale their personal skills as rapidly as their business. But I found one. Martin Babinec is Founder & Former CEO of TriNet, the legendary hypergrowth Professional Employer Organization […]
How Talent Experts Clean Up Talent Problems (Recruit Rockstars 453)
The bigger a company becomes, the bigger its organizational challenges become. Liz Steblay saw it over & over at the large companies she joined. Now, she’s Founder & President of ProKo Agency, the consulting matchmaker that connects Fortune 500 leaders with pre-vetted consultants who specialize in organizational effectiveness. ProKo represents high-calibre organizational health consultants, who […]
How he invented the ‘Functional Healthwear’ category (Recruit Rockstars 452)
Healthcare fashion used to be horrid. But Chat Razdan is rapidly changing that. He’s Founder & CEO of Care+Wear. Based in New York, they combine fashion & function to take people from home to hospital and everywhere in between. Their products include scrubs, port access shirts, post surgical bras & a ton more. The goal […]
He’s Behind the eCommerce Brands You Love (Recruit Rockstars 451)
Whew! I finally finished paying off all my Amazon holiday gifts. Guess I’m hooked on eCommerce. Turns out I’m not alone. And I have proof… I just interviewed Dusty Holcomb. He’s CEO of fast-growing Red Stag Fulfillment. Based in gorgeous Knoxville, Red Stag is the world-class order fulfillment company designed to unleash scalable growth for […]
Our Spiciest Episode Ever (Recruit Rockstars 450)
Sir Wellington? An amazing mustard, mushroom and shallot blend Smashing Salmon? The mystical miso, soy and Shiitake blend Vampire Killer? Garlic parmesan blend, of course. Yum. Chip Overstreet is CEO of Spiceology, the nation’s fastest growing direct-to-consumer and direct-to-chef provider of innovative spices. And apparently, investors are hungry for it. Spiceology has raised capital from […]
Compare Hiring Notes with a CEO (Recruit Rockstars 449)
Isaiah Bollinger is Co-Founder & CEO of Trellis, the fast-growing full service eCommerce digital agency. Based in Boston, Trellis creates eCommerce businesses on Magento, BigCommerce, and Shopify. And he’s onto something. Trellis recently was named to the Inc 5000 list, making it one of the nation’s fastest-growing companies. Isaiah invests the better part of his […]
How He Reached Near-Perfect Employee Retention (Recruit Rockstars 448)
How’d you like to build a company with a 90% offer acceptance rate? With near-perfect employee retention? And with 50% of employees comprised of under-represented minorities? Sean Byrnes has done it (and the company doesn’t interview candidates… at all) Based in San Francisco, he’s Founder & CEO of Outlier, the VC-funded business intelligence company. His […]
