This week on Call Your Publicist, we sit down with Artem Manilov, Founder and CEO of Tending, the first national service dedicated to headstone restoration and grave maintenance in the United States.

Artem and his brothers built Tending after realizing something surprising. Nearly every part of modern life has moved online. Groceries, transportation, healthcare, even financial planning. Yet caring for the physical places that hold our memories has remained inconsistent, outdated, and difficult for families to manage, especially when they live far away.

In this episode, Artem shares how they turned that realization into a tech-enabled service helping thousands of families preserve and care for the places connected to their loved ones. We talk about building a mission-driven company, scaling a service-based platform across the country, and what it takes to create a business around something as personal as memory.

This conversation is about identifying overlooked problems, building infrastructure around compassion, and using technology to modernize services people quietly rely on.

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This week on Call Your Publicist, we sit down with Sarah Mack to talk about turning cultural insight into a consumer brand.

While living in Barcelona during her MBA program, Sarah noticed something different about how people interacted with everyday products. The experience felt social, approachable, and free of intimidation. When she returned to the U.S., she saw a gap between how a category was presented and how modern consumers actually wanted to engage with it.

In this episode, Sarah shares how she and her sister Emily translated that insight into Offline Wine, a sister-founded brand focused on simplifying a traditionally overcomplicated space. We talk about building alongside family, rebranding with intention, transitioning out of tech, and creating representation in a legacy industry.

This conversation is about positioning, clarity, and building a brand that reflects the people it serves.

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This week on Call Your Publicist, we sit down with Derek Gwaltney, founder and CEO of Atlas Experiences, the company behind high value incentive trips, million dollar game show challenges, luxury yacht experiences, and once in a lifetime prizes designed for brands and organizations.

Derek’s entrepreneurial story did not begin in a boardroom. It began at age ten, collecting loose golf balls and reselling them to invest in baseball cards. Years later, after serving four years in the Air Force and being stationed in Korea, he launched Atlas Experiences in 2019 with a small team and a bold belief: it’s never too late to win big.

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This week on Call Your Publicist, we sit down with Justin Baer, Founder and CEO of Collars & Co., the menswear brand known for reinventing the modern dress shirt with its signature structured collar.

What started as a personal frustration with floppy collars under sweaters turned into a Shark Tank backed business. Justin secured a $1 million deal from Mark Cuban, $300,000 in cash and a $700,000 line of credit, in exchange for 10 percent equity. But the journey didn’t begin on television. It began with solving a real problem and paying attention to demand.

In this episode, Justin shares the moment he realized the opportunity was bigger than one shirt, how a TikTok video created by his then seven year old daughter went viral, and what it feels like to make a life changing investment decision in minutes.

We also talk about scaling during a pandemic, expanding into collegiate partnerships, managing investor relationships, and building a brand that feels elevated but accessible.

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Hala Shamas did not set out to join the liquor business. Her family had been in it for 40 years and she was building her own path in tech, startups, and scaling digital businesses. Then she spotted a gap no one was solving. Alcohol delivery was charging consumers a 30 to 50 percent premium, without delivering real value back to the customer or the store.

In this episode, Hala shares how she turned an analog legacy business into Sipsy, built demand before having the perfect setup, and scaled based on customer feedback. She breaks down why founders waste time over planning, how she learned directly from customers by doing deliveries herself, and why her content strategy is built on education and trust, not constant selling. We also talk about building a business with her brother, navigating partnership dynamics that are never truly 50 50, and what it is like being a female founder in a male dominated spirits industry.

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This week on Call Your Publicist, we sit down with Jamie Weeks, founder and investor behind some of the most recognizable names in boutique fitness and recovery, including Orange Theory and Sweathouse. Jamie has helped scale multiple businesses from early traction to major exits, with more than $110M in total enterprise value across three deals.

In this episode, Jamie breaks down what it really takes to grow from one location to three, then three to ten, then ten to forty, and why that first stage is always the hardest. We talk about the hiring philosophy he swears by, the risks founders underestimate when scaling, and why leading with empathy is not soft. It is strategy.

Jamie also shares what inspired him to launch Founders Row, his founder first approach to investing, and why he believes the private equity playbook needs an update.

The story behind Founders Row and what founder first partnership actually looks like

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This week on Call Your Publicist, we sit down with Mark Perkins, host of The Necessary Entrepreneur, for a real conversation about resilience, leadership, and what it actually takes to build something long term.

Mark breaks down why your personal philosophy matters more than motivation, how to keep moving when things go sideways, and why the fastest way to grow your own life is to make your day about other people. We talk about service, self awareness, and the discipline of taking action even when the day still sucks.

We also dig into the reality of feedback, reputation, and why PR and brand building are never overnight plays. They are built through consistency, curiosity, and showing up fully, even before you feel ready.

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This week on Call Your Publicist, we’re sitting down with Rebecca Leigh West-Remmey of Devour Power, the NYC born food content powerhouse known for turning over the top menu moments into scroll stopping social.

Rebecca shares how a casual date night hobby with her now husband Greg became a full scale business, what it really took to land early restaurant clients before social media was “a career,” and why reputation and boundaries are everything when your brand lives online.

We also talk about what actually makes content perform, why they turn down clients on purpose, and the proud moments that reminded her just how far they’ve come.

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This week on Call Your Publicist, we sit down with Amber Gilormo, founder of The Boutique Lawyer, to talk about the legal decisions that protect founders as they grow.

Amber shares how her background in personal injury law shaped the way she helps business owners today, why contracts and boundaries matter more than people realize, and how legal strategy can become a competitive advantage instead of a roadblock.

This episode is a practical conversation about risk, confidence, and building a business that feels safe, sustainable, and built to last.

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This week on Call Your Publicist, we’re sitting down with Haley Pavone, founder of Pashion Footwear, the brand that created the original convertible heel that transforms from heels to flats in seconds.

Haley shares the real story behind building an entirely new product category, from cutting up shoes in her college apartment to turning live demos into viral growth. We also talk about what it takes to market a product people have never seen before, why founder-led storytelling builds trust faster than ads, and the Shark Tank moment where she trusted her instincts and walked away from a deal.

This episode is a conversation about scrappy execution, authentic community building, and turning a pain point into a platform.

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