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The Fork in the Road

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The Fork in the Road with Perry S. Kaufman is a show for successful founders who face many decisions and questions about pushing the business forward and how their role may need to change. Each episode focuses on moments where owners face real choices about growth, control, risk, their legacy and the life they want to live. Perry brings more than 40 years of experience guiding founder led companies through growth, complexity, risk and transition. He began his career as a CPA, then became a founder himself. Today he leads PSK Consulting, and has advised hundreds of private companies across a va...

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Patrick Murphy, CEO of Maket: How AI Is Changing Home Design Forever 11.06.2026 43:06

What happens when AI collides with one of the world’s oldest industries? In this episode of The Fork in the Road, Perry S. Kaufman sits down with Patrick Murphy, Co-Founder and CEO of Maket, an AI-powered platform transforming how homes are designed. Maket allows homeowners and builders to instantly generate and customize residential floorplans, giving everyday people access to tools that once bel...

From Failed Startup to $200M Company | Tejas Manohar 14.04.2026 49:04

What happens when your startup fails overnight? In this episode of The Fork in the Road with Perry S. Kaufman, Tejas Manohar shares how his first company collapsed during COVID… and how that failure led to building a company that has raised over $200 million. Tejas walks through his full founder journey, from teaching himself to code as a teenager to landing a job in Silicon Valley at 16, to build...

Serving Up a Startup: How Volleybird Turned Pickleball Frustration into a Scalable Sports Brand 07.04.2026 36:08

On the premiere episode of Fork in the Road with Perry S. Kaufman, Perry sits down with Cassandra Toroian and Tracy Thomas, co-founders of VolleyBird, to explore how they built two businesses at the intersection of sports and entrepreneurship. What started as frustration over a 70-page pickleball rulebook evolved into a sports rules app powered by proprietary AI. At the same time, they launched a...