The Entrepreneur's Story

Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson is the founder and CEO of Bright Line Eating.  She has her Ph. D from the Univesity of Rochester in Brain and Congnitive Sciences.  She has a rather amazing Entrepreneur's journey, conquering additions, learning from her experiences, and not sharing what she learned with the world.  Dennis and Susan sat down earlier this year to share her story, but the right time to publ...

Jim Estell is the CEO and owner of Danby Appliances. Danby sells about 2,000,000 appliances per year - mostly fridges, freezers, wine coolers but also window and portable air conditioners, dehumidifiers, as well as microwaves, stoves, dishwashers, laundry etc.  They have found a niche market competing in the small applicance space.  Jim is a successful two time entrepreneur who provides some great...

On today's podcast, Dennis talked with fellow YPO Member as well as the Founder and CEO of Casted, Lindsey Tjepkema.  Casted is the only podcast platform that shows you which companies are consuming your brand's content and enables your team to publish and promote perfectly polished podcasts faster to reach your target with less effort, which as a podcaster is very valuable information.  You can l...

Dennis sat down with Brian Szady the Founder and CEO of ThreatMinder, the premier AI platform for understanding business risk.  ThreatMinder has simplify Risk. by providing digital data sources with powerful customizable risk attributes, the ThreatMinder Fusion Network creates a simple decisioning process that saves money, time and efficiency for financial institutions, marketplaces, and manufactu...

Dennis sat down with Brian Adams of Excelsior Capital to talk about his entrepreneur's journey and in doing so Brian created a small clinic on networking and capital raising.  If you're going to raise capital in the next year, you want to listen to this podcast! You can learn more about Brian and Excelsior at https://www.excelsiorgp.com/ If you're looking to raise capital for your fund, SPV, or co...

Dennis sat down with Taso Arima the Founder and CEO of IperionX (NASDAQ: IPX) to talk about his Entrepreneur's journey from From Greece to Western Australia to the United States.  His company is developing ground-breaking titanium processing technologies that are facilitating the global transition towards a closed-loop, low-to-zero carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive green economy. L...

Dennis sat down with Miriam Meima from Evolution.  Miriam has brought her eduction in psychology to her passion for coaching helping organizations and leaders to define big-picture goals and design an actionable strategic plan that will lead to dream-come-true results. Learn more about Miriam and Evolution at: https://evolution.team/ Learn more about Trellis at:   www.trellisplatform.com  

Dennis sat down with Raj Gandhi and Sahil Sachdev the co-founders of Dollar Bull. DollarBull empowers investors based in India to invest in U.S stocks and ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds). Through their app and web-based platform, they offer easy, secure and seamless access to Global Investing. Dollarbull also offers real time market research, enabling investors and financial advisors to make well inf...

Dennis Crowley sat down with Dermot O'Shea the co-founder and CEO of Taoglas.  Taoglas is a leading enabler of digital transformation using IoT.  They talked about the growth of Taoglas from its initial idea as a distributor for antenna manufactures to today where they are designing and building antennas for many IoT devices today.   Learn more about Dermot and Taoglas at https://www.taoglas.com I...

Dennis Crowley sat down with Lara Morgan. In 1991, at the age of 23, she started her first business, Pacific Direct Ltd, which manufactured and sold brand licensed toiletries and amenities to the hotel industry. Seventeen years later, she sold the company.  Today she is an investor and entrpreneur working with 7 different and growning companies. You can learn more about Lara at www.laramorgan.co.u...

Dennis Crowley sat down with Kurt Wilkin the CEO of HireBetter.  HireBetter is a national recruiting firm working directly with leaders of high-growth companies to build game-changing teams.  Kurt is also the author of the Amazon 5 star rated book Who's Your Mike, A No-BS Guide to the People You'll Meet on Your Entrepreneurial Journey. You can learn more about HireBetter at: https://hirebetter.com...

Dennis Crowley sat down with Geoffrey Fadoul the founder and Co-Founder & CEO of Daily Food, Ltd, the innovative state of the art industrial bakery aiming to become a leader in the Food on the Go and Snack Industry in West Africa. His entrepreneurship attitude boosts my capital investments in Africa, technology and consulting start-ups as well as in companies in financial and commercial distress,...

Dennis Crowley sat down with Patrick Cooney, the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Mark Two Ventures as well as the Co-Founder & President of Simpio.  Patrick has strong background in building and scaling technology companies.  He created Mark Two Ventures to help the fund and support entrepreneurs in the deep south. You can learn more about Patrick at https://www.mk2v.com . If you're raising capit...

Dennis Crowley sat down with Daniel Marcos. Daniel is the co-founder and CEO of Growth Institute, a CEO coach for over two decades, and a keynote speaker on scaling businesses. He is a member of YPO and EO, serves as the Ambassador of Singularity University in Austin, and the CEO of ExO Education in partnership with Salim Ismail. Learn more about Daniel and the Growth Institute at https://www.grow...

Dennis Crowley from the Trellis Platform sat down with Kristen Craft, Director Startup Bank at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) . Based in Boston, Kristen works with New England–based startups, advising them on their banking needs, aiding them in fostering community and helping them grow and succeed. As a seasoned marketer, team builder and operator, Kristen particularly enjoys supporting founders as the...

Dennis Crowley from the Trellis Platform sat down with Pamela Wirth the founder and CEO of Hello Health to talk about her journey building a company around a solution she created to help her son. In her quest to help her son, Pamela ran the gamut of modern medicine. She learned that one of the keys to his recovery was repairing his gut and finding ways to prop up Ryan's immune system, to keep it s...

Dennis Crowley sat down with Russ Rosenzweig to talk about his experience founding, selling, and buying back the Round Table Group. Russ Rosenzweig is an executive, entrepreneur, author and speaker. He is best known for being one of the pioneering architects of the "expert witness search/referral" industry 25 years ago and is the co-founder and CEO of Round Table Group, the world's first and large...

Dennis Crowley sat down with Richart Ruddie to talk about his experiences as a serial entrpreneur. Richart is the owner of multiple businesses that are based off of online marketing, SEO, or reputation management. He is  featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, and many more.  Learn more about Richart at https://brandefenders.com .   An remember, if you're raising a fund or...

Dennis Crowley sat down with Marko Kovacevic to talk about his experiences as an entrepreneur. Marko is an accomplished Senior Executive and Board Member with demonstrated success across the international relations, outsourcing, and technology industries. Leveraging extensive experience in change management and growth strategies for organizations, he is a valuable partner for growing and transform...

Dennis Crowley spoke with Blake Thompson the founder of  Blake Investment Partners. Blake  currently oversees BIP's investment strategy and management, and serves as the chairman of its Investment Committee. As the founder, Thompson was an original architect of the firm's investment thesis and philosophy and has helped guide the application of those principles to an ever-changing, growing and dyna...

Dennis Crowley of the Trellis Platform sat down with Dinesh Dhamija who shared his entrepreneur's journey. Dinesh was the founder and CEO of ebookers.com, one of Europe's most successful internet travel companies and a pioneer in the dot com boom.  But the story doesn't the early days of the internet, rather it started with him and his wife selling travel tickets from an 80 sq ft kiosk, in Earls C...

Dennis Crowley, the President of Trellis, sat down with Lisa Sutton Song to share her entrepreneurship story. Lisa is a successful entrepreneur, real estate investor, and former Miss Nevada. Lisa started her business career working in a top Las Vegas law firm, specializing in business litigation. Her entrepreneurial spirit led her on to create companies of her own.  ​

Dennis sat down with Daniel Koffler the President of New Frontiers (www.nfil.net), an executive functioning coaching organization. NF provides academic, social, transitional and career supports to clients with a range of abilities and interests, allowing them to maximize their potential and become the most successful, independent, self-advocating members of society they can be. 

Dennis Crowley, the President of Trellis Software, sat down with Matt Clyne the CEO of PayTech Trust to talk about his Entrepreneur's journey, his experience in staring four companies in the payment processing industry and his thoughts on leadership.

Dennis Crowley of Trellis sat down with Jeremy Todd the CEO of Popeye Energy to talk about the growing company and how Popeye Energy is bringing a healthy solution to the energy drink market.