The Only Dream Big Pod

Join us as we navigate through life, dreaming and reaching the impossible, together with our guest, Brendan Anderson. He is the Founder of ScaleCo. Brendan began his entrepreneurial journey in 1995 when a group of investors from Chicago empowered him to purchase and operate three companies. With three successful ventures under his belt, Anderson co-founded Evolution Capital Partners to invest in small companies like the ones he’d previously acquired and ran. After three committed funds and 19 platform investments, Anderson wanted to pursue long-term growth in his companies while also empowering people to become entrepreneurs through acquisition the way he had. So, in 2018, he founded ScaleCo, a nontraditional private equity firm that deploys entrepreneurship by acquisition strategy in micro-middle-market companies mostly drivable from Cleveland. ScaleCo has executed three platform investments and installed its Operating Partners as heads of the companies, fulfilling Anderson’s vision of making entrepreneurship and ownership possible for even more people.

Join us as we navigate through life, dreaming and reaching the impossible, together with our guest, Joe Greskoviak. He is an Operating Partner in Abundant Venture Partners. His wife, Michele, and he both grew up and raised their family in Chicago. My first health care job was as a transporter at West Suburban Hospital Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois. He put himself through college by working in various health care positions and was really drawn to the mission and importance of the industry.  When he graduated from De Paul University, he took a job with Shared Medical Systems. He was a project manager overseeing the installation of various clinical and financial systems at some of the largest health systems in the country. His healthcare career spans 33 years and has allowed him to innovate and operate various health care services businesses.  Before his time with Abundant Venture Partners, he was the CEO of Press Ganey. Press Ganey is a transformational healthcare platform utilized by leading healthcare organizations to improve the experience and quality of care. During his tenure at Press Ganey, he acquired 15 companies, recognized incredible growth, took the company public, and facilitated a “take private” in 2019. At Abundant, he has the opportunity to apply his experiences, business development & operating expertise, and c-suite relationships to help incubate and bring to market new technology and services businesses capable of improving care and/or reducing costs.   In addition to Abundant Venture Partners, he remains a board member of Press Ganey, serves as vice-chairman of SOC Telemed, and sits on the board of the Midwest Chapter of the American Heart Association. He and his wife are also active and support multiple charities in Chicago.

Join us as we navigate through life, dreaming and reaching the impossible, together with our guest from our very own, Dr. Gary Williamson. He is the owner and a senior scientist of PSP Metrics and specializes in the areas of employee selection, motivation, and development.  He has consulted with the manufacturing, electric utility, consumer products, and healthcare industries for over 25 years. THIS. IS. PSP METRICS.

Join us as we navigate through life, dreaming and reaching the impossible, together with our guest CEO Matthew Harris. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of EMRIS International and Momentum Business Academy. A world-renowned and award-winning business leader, Matthew is passionate about serving and equipping others with the strategies and techniques they need to create and scale successful businesses in the digital age. To date, Matthew has mentored and trained 10s of thousands of entrepreneurs all around the globe, helping over 30 business leaders develop 6 and 7 figure annual incomes. Matthew is a dual citizen of South Africa and the United States and currently resides with his wife and business partner, Ilean in Miami, Florida.

Join us as we navigate through life, dreaming and reaching the impossible, together with our guest Pierre Quinn. He is the CEO of The Cardell Group. Pierre empowers leaders and their teams to assess their culture, build stronger organizational culture, and foster deeper relationships so that they can serve with courage. I am a gifted communicator and engaging storyteller who has invested nearly a decade in teaching communication and leadership principles to college students. He's a speaker that has keynoted on stages with over 2000 attendees, a corporate trainer that has worked to develop leaders across disciplines and industries, and an author, who has written two books that focus on empowering aspiring & emerging leaders.

Join us as we navigate through life, dreaming and reaching the impossible, together with our guest John West. He is the Chairman of Hire Velocity. In this episode, we will talk about how goal-setting, building connections, and establishing your vision is important toward dreaming and building bigger.

Join us as we navigate through life, dreaming and reaching the impossible, together with our guest Sabrina Saunders Mosby. She is the CEO and President of Vibrant Pittsburgh. She is a seasoned executive, social entrepreneur, speaker, and community leader with a broad background in both the government and non-profit sectors. Mosby serves as the second President and CEO of Vibrant Pittsburgh, a nonprofit economic development organization that was established to build a more diverse and inclusive Pittsburgh region by spearheading initiatives to attract, retain, and elevate a diverse workforce. Prior to her transition, she lead the Coro Center for Civic Leadership as President & CEO. Coro is a leadership training organization that for over 20 years has equipped those leading Pittsburgh with the resources they need to understand how decisions are made, how complex policies are shaped, and how to influence meaningful change.

Join us as we navigate through life, dreaming and reaching the impossible, together with our guest Emerson Foster of Takeda. He is a founding member of Bottom Line (bottomline.org), a non-profit college counseling service aimed at increasing the percentage of urban students attaining college degrees. He is also the founder of Men and Women of action, The Boston Men’s Dinner Group, and the Alumni of Color Forum at the University of Rhode Island. He is currently serving on the Boards of BAM (Becoming A Man) and MBAE (Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education).

Join us as we navigate through life, dreaming and reaching the impossible, together with our guest Kalifa Oliver, PH.D. She is the owner and managing partner of DeepDive Talent Insights and Analytics.

Join us as we navigate through life, dreaming and reaching the impossible, together with our guest Stephan K. Thieringer. He is the CEO and Founder of The Human Innovation Garage. In February 2020, Stephan was recognized by the World Human Resource Conference and the World Coaching Congress as a World’s Top 101 Coaching Leader. He was a 2019 Future of Leadership Salon thought leader. Under his leadership, the Human Innovation Garage was recognized in 2018 as a Top 30 Innovative, visionary small business in the United States. Stephan is a Forbes™ Council Member, a TIE Charter Member, and he dedicates his personal time to several non-profit organizations such as Mass Challenge and engages on various executive boards.