Audrey Russo is the President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Technology Council.

The Pittsburgh Technology Council helps new businesses grow by connecting them to the right capital source or helping them grow their workforce. Their platform is a combination of elements that are key for a thriving business, such as government relations, talent retention or business development.

For all the links mentioned in this interview: https://www.theceolibrary.com/audrey-russo-9532.html

Jack Wong is the co-Founder of ShoeMo, a sneaker care and cleaning service based in Kuala Kumpur. Yes, your kicks deserve love and care as well!

At ShoeMo they use premium cleaning products and standardized processes to take care of your sneakers and give them a refreshed look. Their services include cleaning, repainting, restoration and customization.

For all the links mentioned in this interview: https://www.theceolibrary.com/jack-wong-9533.html

"Bracingly honest, direct and powerful―here are useful lessons from the trenches" – this is Seth Godin's review of Vincent Pugliese's recently released book, "Freelance to Freedom".

At the age of 32, Vincent and his wife had low-paying photography jobs, struggling with debt, and a baby on the way. In less than four years, they were debt free and turned their undervalued skills into a business.

For all the links mentioned in this interview: https://www.theceolibrary.com/vincent-pugliese-9529.html

Magda Marcu is the co-founder and COO of Sailo, the boat rental marketplace that uses technology to make renting boats really easy.

Launched in 2014, Sailo is considered to be the Airbnb for boats. The company connects boat owners, skippers and renters on one platform that's easy to use and accessible, no matter how experienced you are with the domain.

For all the links mentioned in this interview: https://www.theceolibrary.com/magda-marcu-9527.html

You might know Aaron Watson thanks to the podcast he hosts and produces, Going Deep with Aaron. He's also an entrepreneur, CEO and Co-Founder of an agency called Piper Creative, where he helps businesses with their branding through podcast and visual media production.

Aaron also hosts Going Deep Summit, a conference held once a year, where people from all walks of life mix it up.

For all the links mentioned in this interview: https://www.theceolibrary.com/aaron-watson-9330.html

Lewis Smith is an entrepreneur and location independent app developer. He is the creator of Body Tracker (formerly known as Progress), a body measurement tracking app. It helps people track weight loss, but goes beyond the normal metrics (such as weight and BMI). The app has been featured by Apple and it's downloaded around 2,000 times every month.

For all the links mentioned in this interview: https://www.theceolibrary.com/lewis-smith-9293.html

Theresa Evanoff is a social entrepreneur, founder of Gift-It-Forward, a Singapore-based startup that aims to change the way people celebrate by incorporating charitable elements to personal events.

Keep on listening and you'll find out more about the books that had an impact on Theresa, what lessons she learned from them, and whose words helped her cope with the need to be a perfectionist.

For all the links mentioned in this interview: https://www.theceolibrary.com/theresa-evanoff-9272.html

Erik Cheong is the co-founder of Park N Parcel, a Singapore-based logistics startup with an interesting business model and a positive impact on society.

Park N Parcel is enhancing the local mailing ecosystem: they help online shoppers avoid missed orders, by making it easy and hassle-free for them to collect their deliveries. How? Through "parkers" who receive parcels (orders) on customers' behalf.

For all the links mentioned in this interview: https://www.theceolibrary.com/erik-cheong-9230.html

After cycling around the world (for almost 30,000 km!), Grey Baker got back wanting to change it by starting a startup in healthcare. In the meantime, he co-founded Dependabot as a side project – a service that automatically pulls requests to keep your Ruby, Python, JavaScript, PHP, Elixir and Java dependencies up-to-date.

For all the links mentioned in this interview: https://www.theceolibrary.com/grey-baker-9256.html

David Kramaley is the co-founder of Chessable, an educational technology start-up that changes how players learn chess.

Chessable uses science-backed techniques, like spaced repetition, to make learning chess easier. The platform has a lot of content for intermediate and advanced chess players.

For all the links mentioned in this interview: https://www.theceolibrary.com/david-kramaley-8544.html