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On this week’s podcast, our guest is Rodolfo Bellesi, Founder of Ikove Capital. Ikove is a venture development company founded to pursue early stage investments in the Mid-West. Rodolfo discusses the importance of taking risks in pursuit of opportunity and how the Startup Nursery model helps Ikove build great companies from ideas and research in a lab to market movers impacting the well-being of humanity. 

Today we have Jess Hellmich in the building, he is a small business owner and the Founding Partner of Dueling Axes along with his Partner Paul Sherry. Jess talks about how they came up with the idea for starting an ax-throwing lounge and some of the challenges they experienced running a startup. Check out our wide-ranging conversation about one of the most entertaining and promising small businesses in Columbus, Ohio

Check out my awesome interview with Kevin Lloyd, Founder of MYLE. MYLE is a social activity and entertainment app, designed to Make Your Life Entertaining. Kevin discusses the transition from corporate to entrepreneurship and the impact he wants to have on the Columbus startup ecosystem and beyond. 

On the podcast we have the Boss Lady herself, Dawn Dickson, CEO of PopCom. We discuss PopCom's mission to disrupt the vending and kiosk space by making vending systems smarter. We also discuss here journey as a black female founder and the challenges and opportunities that presents. Enjoy!

On this episode, Elio interviews Pat Gibson aka P-Holla of RapChat. Today he is going to share what exactly RapChat is and how it works. RapChat is an app that lets you create, share and discover beats and raps from producers and artists right on your smartphone. Pat provides a glimpse into his life and journey as an entrepreneur. Enjoy!

On this episode, John shares his immigrant story, learning the real estate business from his father, early mistakes, and how Housing Joint Venture intends to make affordable housing accessible and real estate investing simple and purposeful. 

Today we have a 9 year old entrepreneur with us, her name is Emerson Metropoulos, the proud owner of Sweet E's Cookies. Her interest spiked in baking cookies while she was in the kitchen with her mother. She started with chocolate chip cookies and has not looked back since.

On this episode, Dr. Jeff Terwin, Head of School of The Wellington School discusses the Wellington philosophy, why quality schools matter, and the future of education in the Central Ohio area. Enjoy!

On this episode, Elio interviews Scott Sumi, Co-Founder, CTO of Rhove. Rhove is on a mission to close the gap between renting and home ownership. Scott discusses his early adventures in entrepreneurship including the serendipitous way he got into the technical side of business. We talk about disparities in home ownership and how Rhove's business model can and will address the needs of renters who desire to save no matter where they rent. Enjoy!