You have certainly had an awesome Italian experience at Olive Garden, a great steak at LongHorn Steakhouse, a terrific wine at The Capital Grille, or a great date at Seasons 52. If not, names like Bahama Breeze, Eddie V's and Yard House probably comes to mind! All of those restaurants are part of the Darden chain of restaurant. What does it takes to lead the operations of a company that operates more than 1,500 restaurants, employs 150,000 people and serves more than 320 million meals a year? Meet Jordan Lomas, Vice President of Information Technology for Darden.

Owner and head chef of 4 Rivers Smokehouse and restaurant entrepreneur, John Rivers, is a Jacksonville native and graduate of the Florida State University College of Business. Listen to how he gave up his background in healthcare to follow his dream and help his community.

Matt Certo serves as CEO & Principal of Findsome & Winmore, an Orlando, Florida-based digital marketing agency. In this episode, Sam and Matt talk a little about being a Christian leader, and how to be successful at a young age.