In The Thick of It

In this episode of In the Thick of It, Scott speaks with Jeremy Potoka, founder of Presales Leader, a unique subscription service that provides pre-sales support to software companies. Jeremy shares his origin story, from growing up in a working-class family to starting his career as a Spanish teacher and making the jump to tech. After finding his niche in ERP software pre-sales, Jeremy saw an opp...

In this episode of In the Thick of It, Scott interviews Hector Perez, founder and CEO of Quantum FBI, an outsourced finance and accounting firm with offices in New York and Colombia. Hector shares his journey from working in his father's print shop at a young age, to a 15-year career at PwC, and eventually starting his own company. He discusses the inspiration behind launching Quantum FBI, the cha...

In this episode of In the Thick of It, Scott interviews Joe Higgins, a serial entrepreneur with experience launching and growing a number of different businesses over the years. Learn about Joe's upbringing spent on a farm in Wisconsin to the ventures he pursued as an adult, including a cell phone dealership, a haircut franchise, a trash collection company, real estate development, and now charter...

In this episode of In the Thick of It, Scott learns about what led Jennifer Devine to leave corporate life behind to start Devine Consulting, an outsourced accounting firm based in Houston. One of the unique things about Jennifer’s story is that she bought an existing book of business and grew it from a one-woman show to a 10-person company today.  She is transparent about the struggles and surpri...

In this episode, Scott interviews Mike DeRosa, founder of DeRosa Mangold Consulting, a value-added reseller of Sage Intacct based outside of Waco, Texas. Hear how he went from a small-town Texas native hauling hay as a teen to leading his own successful tech consulting firm. Mike shares wisdom from his varied career in public accounting, software sales, and over 20 years running his own business....

About this episode: In this episode of In the Thick of It, Robert Ritzenthaler shares his journey from young entrepreneur to president and CEO of REM Capital. He discusses the ups and downs of starting a hedge fund during the dot-com bubble and lessons learned from that experience. Robert also shares how he transitioned into real estate and his role as an asset manager, highlighting the importance...

About the episode: In this episode of In the Thick of It, Scott has a heartfelt conversation with Jennifer Salzman, founder and executive director of The Heights of Ellis County, a nonprofit providing critical services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. Jennifer shares the powerful story behind starting this organization in 2018 at the encouragement of her father, de...

About this episode: In this episode of In the Thick of It, host Scott Hollrah interviews Dr. John Morgan, founder and president of People Prosper International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching biblical economic empowerment and leadership around the world. After years in ministry, Dr. Morgan had an "Aha!" moment realizing biblical principles align with solving poverty. He founded his...

About this episode: In this episode of In the Thick of It, Scott sits down with his old friend Steve Durman, founder and creative director of Four Man Furnace. Steve shares his journey from growing up as an artistic kid in New Jersey to starting his career as an in-house designer for a casino marketing department and making his way to the big advertising agency Rap Collins Worldwide. Eventually, S...

About this episode: In this episode of In the Thick of It, Scott interviews Clayton Flurry, founder of Flurry’s Market + Provisions, a beloved local butcher shop and grocery store in Flower Mound, Texas. After spending nearly two decades in the oil and gas industry, Clayton decided in 2020 to leave his career and pursue his entrepreneurial passion. Despite having no prior experience running a reta...

About this episode: In this episode of In the Thick of It, Scott interviews his old college friend Erik Korem, founder and CEO of the health and fitness app AIM7. Erik has had an interesting career journey from college football player turned pioneer in sports science and wearables, eventually leading him to start his own company applying those learnings to consumer fitness.  Building a startup fro...

About this episode: On this episode of In the Thick of It, Scott interviews Ashish Patel, CEO and founder of Simpat Tech, a software development company. They discuss Ashish's background as an immigrant growing up in Maryland and how that shaped his entrepreneurial drive. Ashish talks about his career journey, including working for a large tech company and then a consulting firm before deciding to...

About this episode: On this episode of In the Thick of It, Scott interviews Justin Smith, founder and CEO of RedAway Medical Waste Solutions. Justin shares his journey from flipping houses in Kentucky to launching RedAway in 2013 to serve smaller medical waste customers with better care. Justin talks about navigating regulations, finding good partners, and scaling through subcontractors while main...

About this episode: Get ready to be inspired! Join us for a chat with Brian Terrell, the cool founder of BTerrell Group. We dive into his incredible journey from farm life in Texas to becoming a tech maverick in the accounting industry. During this episode, Brian and I explore the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, the risks he took, and the thrilling world of DOS-based accounting systems (remembe...

What's covered in this episode: In this episode, Scott interviews Chelsea Curtis, former LPGA developmental tour golfer turned founder of Seaport Consulting, a successful Salesforce consulting firm headquartered in Boston, MA. Chelsea shares her path to entrepreneurship, discussing the challenges and triumphs she encountered along the way. She highlights the importance of taking risks, building st...