What Fuels You

Jessica is the CEO and Founder of LegUp, a venture-backed Seattle-based organization that connects families to available childcare, and helps small business childcare providers grow. Prior to LegUp, Jessica spent over 10 years in operations, HR, and consulting at various companies, including Common Engine and The Riveter. She also serves as an advisor at Ethel’s Club, the first social club a...

Rachel Marshall is the Co-founder and owner of Rachel’s Ginger Beer. After a five-year post-collegiate stint living in the Bavarian Alps, Rachel returned home to Seattle and couldn’t find the kind of ginger beer she’d fallen in love with abroad—bold, acidic, fresh, and not overly sweet. So she got to work perfecting her recipe to share with others. In 2011 Rachel and her pa...

Bob Bagga is an entrepreneur, financial technology innovator and barter exchange pioneer based in the Seattle area. He is the co-founder, CEO and president of BizX, a network of businesses that trade with each other without spending any cash. Founded after the 9/11 attacks, BizX helps businesses connect and forge new, and potentially long-lasting relationships where they can support one another &n...

Nick Hughes is the CEO of Founders Live and a successful American entrepreneur with business achievements in social media, digital payments, and e-commerce. He excels at interpersonal leadership, communication, business and product development. In addition to creating the global startup marketplace Founders Live, Nick stays busy as an advisor to numerous startups and occasionally takes positions i...

Dave Parker is a 5 time founder and has been a part of 11 transactions, as a founder, operator, board member, and advisor. Dave is the managing partner of DKParker where he helps founders scale their companies for growth and exit. His 20+ year career has highlighted his ability to innovate new ideas and scale products and companies in the US and Internationally. Dave recently published Trajectory:...

Scott Svenson is the CEO and Co-Founder of MOD Pizza, a fast-casual restaurant chain that offers artisan-style pizzas and salads, with nearly 500 locations across America. At its heart, MOD is a platform for doing good, and is rooted in the idea that if they take care of their employees, they’ll take care of the customers, and the business will take care of itself. Prior to founding MOD, Sco...

Rob Eleveld is the CEO of Ekata Inc., where he leads the charge in Ekata’s continued growth and global expansion. He previously was the CEO of Whitepages, Inc. and has served as the CEO of other Seattle tech firms, including Optify and Vykor. He started his business career in enterprise software sales at Onyx Software Corp. and has grown from there. Rob is a proud veteran as an officer in th...

Maria Colacurcio is CEO of Syndio, an analytics platform that ensures workplace fairness in every stage of employment and aims to eliminate pay disparity. She is responsible for the company’s vision, strategy, building talent within the organization, and developing organizational excellence to deliver the highest levels of business value to its customers. Most importantly, she is passionate...

Kurt Beecher Dammeier is a fourth generation Puget Sound native entrepreneur, leader on the Seattle food scene, and the CEO and Founder of Sugar Mountain. Through his company, Sugar Mountain, Kurt is the owner and chef of a number of creative food brands and restaurants, from the award-winning Beecher’s Handmade Cheese to The Butcher’s Table, a swanky steakhouse that features Mishima R...

Nishant Singh is the CEO and Founder of Peach. He started the company in 2014 with a focus that daily lunch should be amazing for working professionals. Today, Peach is operational in the entire United States and deliver thousands of lunchboxes from local restaurants to offices each day.  Nishant Singh has experienced the startup thrills, from raising the largest seed round in the Pacifi...

Jodi Sternoff Cohen is a bestselling author, award-winning journalist, functional practitioner and founder of Vibrant Blue Oils, where she has combined her training in nutritional therapy and aromatherapy to create unique proprietary blends of organic and wild-crafted essential oils. She has helped over 70,000 clients heal from brain related challenges, including anxiety, insomnia, and autoimmunit...

Michael Howell is co-founder and CEO of Dolly, a Seattle based tech company, that was created in 2015 to re-imagine the moving and delivery experience by putting the customer in control. Dolly has grown into the leading on-demand, final-mile delivery provider for big and bulky goods trusted by national retailers like The Container Store, Best Buy, Crate & Barrel, and many more. Mike’s pa...

Andrew is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rainway, leading the way in building a best-in-class game streaming technology. Rainway’s mission is to unleash the future of computing, collaboration, productivity, and development by using real-time interactive streaming to change the way that desktop software is built and distributed. Andrew is an experienced software engineer, a 2018 Thiel Fellowship a...

Eric is Founder and CEO of SoundCommerce, a data platform that equips consumer brands with advanced technology, enabling world-class shopper experiences that drive profitable growth. Eric is a serial entrepreneur with SoundCommerce being his sixth startup! He is a driven growth-stage internet/software executive with a proven record in consumer-direct and retail commerce, SaaS, cloud integration, d...

Leigh is CEO of Whitepages, a provider of online directory services, helping individuals and small businesses contact, vet and verify people in their worlds. Before Whitepages, Leigh led marketing and growth at ReachNow, the U.S. mobility services division at BMW Group, served as Chief Marketing Officer for legal marketplace Avvo, and as Senior Vice President & GM of the Call Analytics divisio...

Michel is the Co-Founder and CEO of usermind, responsible for company vision, strategic direction, planning and execution. Usermind, the leader in Experience Orchestration (XO), is changing the way enterprises use what they know about customers to actively shape experiences in real time. Michel’s enterprise software career spans almost 20 years with roles in sales, products, strategic market...

Forest is Founder and CEO of Voodle, a short video app for business teams to capture, share and discover important business moments as they happen where they work – home, office, or on the road. Forest is a serial entrepreneur with a 30 year passion for innovation in video platforms. Previously founder and CEO of hospitality marketing SaaS provider buuteeq, and visual effects software t...

Liz is co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based Fresh Chalk, a social network aiming to give you a faster and more efficient way to find trusted recommendations. The site allows users to search through local service providers (like plumbers or vets) and products (like electronics or beauty products) to see which have been recommended by their friends. Prior to Fresh Chalk, Liz was with LiquidPlanner fo...

Scott is the CEO of Attunely Inc. A proven, compliant, and trustworthy machine learning platform that makes the recovery of receivables easy, seamless, and profitable. Attunely has earned recognition as one of the Best Places to work in Seattle, #29 of 50 Best Paying Companies, and #7 of 50 Best Small Companies to work for. Scott brings over 30 years of technology executive management experience i...

Aaron is a globally recognized systems entrepreneur who has used the science of purpose to change the way we work and serve. He is the CEO and Founder of Imperative, a venture-backed startup that is reconnecting us as human beings in the workplace through peer coaching. Widely known for his thought leadership, he is the author of The Purpose Economy (2014) and a regular advisor and thought partner...

Shelly is the co-founder & CMO of X4Impact and Giving Tech Labs. Their vision is to inspire entrepreneurs worldwide to drive positive impact and change. Shelly has 20+ years of award-winning experience leading digital media campaigns for tech startups and Fortune 500 companies, including NBCUniversal, Comcast, Giving Compass and VidaNyx, where she serves on the Board of Directors. As a strong...

Jason is a serial entrepreneur, and retail consumer goods expert, obsessed with bringing amazing products to market. He has close to 20 years’ experience delivering impactful and beautiful products to the world’s largest retail chains. Jason is currently the CEO of two consumer good businesses; Ubio Labs which is a market leader in mobile accessories and FLTR which is a medical supply...

Adam is CEO of Brightloom, where he and his team are building the first ever high-performance, retention marketing solution for consumer brands. A long-time technology innovator, Adam is passionate about helping brands build meaningful and long lasting customer relationships.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Darvish is the Founder and Medical Director of Holistique Medical Center and Holistique IV Lounge in Bellevue, WA. Dr. Darvish is an internationally-sought out board-certified Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine lecturer, writer and clinical physician who consults and trains medical doctors as well as patients from all over the globe. Using the wisdom of the body’s own healing capacity,...

Roei is CEO of magniX, an electric propulsion technology company, poised to disrupt the aerospace industry with its advanced electric engines that will enable transportation capabilities and services never possible before. We dig into Roei's leadership style, and learn about how his experiences in the military, corporate finance, and time at the Boeing Company and Bold IQ all brought him to wear h...