Cris Beswick has spent the better part of two decades inside boardrooms across the world, advising Fortune 500s, multinational giants, and ambitious startups alike on the core issue of innovation. Not the buzzword. Not the marketing tagline. Real, measurable, innovation, the kind that transforms organizations and actually sticks. A former CEO and self-described “never-really-an-ex-entrepreneur,” Beswick […]
Amy Cosper has spent her career inside the engine room of entrepreneurship, first as Editor-in-Chief at Entrepreneur magazine, and now as an author, strategist, and advocate for founders who want to build businesses that actually work. Her latest book, The Ultimate Guide to Startup Success, focuses on the rarely glamorous, often overlooked fundamentals that determine […]
Michael Brown never expected to jump from the world of distribution and office supplies into the frontier of robotics. But while driving through Manhattan one day, watching window washers dangle off skyscrapers as they had for decades, he saw an opening — literally. The future, he thought, didn’t need to be hanging from ropes. It […]
Losing a wallet, set of keys, or even luggage is a universal frustration. For Daniel Daoura, founder of Pebblebee, solving that problem at scale wasn’t just an ambition, it was an evolution from his work in aerospace engineering. With a background in designing advanced military asset tracking systems for Boeing, Daoura transitioned from high-stakes defense […]
Kobi Frankel, the CEO and founder of Beyond Alpha Ventures, is not just another venture capitalist. He’s a strategist with a clear mission. Based in New York’s financial district, his firm operates as both a hedge fund and a venture capital entity, focusing on public markets through its DMF trading fund while also making targeted […]
Some car companies seek to refine the wheel. Oilstainlab, founded by Nikita Bridan and his twin brother, Iliya Bridan, aims to reinvent it altogether. Based in Los Angeles, this automotive design and engineering firm isn’t interested in simply pushing performance forward, it’s determined to rewrite the rules of what high-performance vehicles can be. At the […]
Miles Beckett has never been one to follow a conventional path. His career has spanned medicine, digital media, and now AI-driven healthcare. With a background in plastic surgery, he made an unexpected leap into entertainment. The experience sharpened his entrepreneurial instincts, and eventually, it led him back to healthcare — this time, on the technology […]
Kevin Rusher is quietly changing the game in decentralized finance, and his work at RAAC is at the center of that shift. With a background in finance and accounting, Rusher first encountered emerging technologies during his academic years. A deep dive into Bitcoin sparked his interest and redirected his career from traditional finance to exploring […]
Digital identities are an essential part of the blockchain landscape, and as the technology advances, that importance is only growing. Amidst this growth is Alice Shikova, the marketing lead at SPACE ID, who is helping shape the future of Web3 domain services. With a strong background in decentralized finance (DeFi) and an unconventional entry into […]
In this episode of From the Ground Up, John Boitnott was joined by Tad Phelps, CEO at Fintech. He joined Fintech in 2017, at which time the company had already established itself as a trusted name in the alcohol industry. But Phelps didn’t aim to maintain the status quo. He had bigger plans, determined to […]
