To kick off a new spin to our podcast--interviewing business owners and leaders about their experiences and insights--we are interviewing each other. For this episode, Meesha steps into the spotlight to talk about her work in design and what she learned before and after founding RedTree Web Design.

About the Hosts:

Marshal Carper is a content marketer and founder of Carper Communications. Learn more about him and his work at carpercommunications.com.

Meesha Gerhart is a designer and founder of RedTree Web

We are still on the hunt for business owners and leaders who want to be interviewed for the podcast. It's painless, and that's why for this episode we put Marshal in the hot seat to talk about his background, his career, and what's learned along the way.

About the Hosts:

Marshal Carper is a content marketer and founder of Carper Communications. Learn more about him and his work at carpercommunications.com.

Meesha Gerhart is a designer and founder of RedTree Web Design. Learn more about her and her work at

In this episode, Marshal sits down to interview Andrew McGuier, the founder of Echo Gate Tech. They talk about technology, apps and software development, and what business owners should know before dipping their toes into any of those pools. To learn more about Andrew and his work, visit his website at echogatetech.com/

About the Hosts:

Marshal Carper is a content marketer and founder of Carper Communications. Learn more about him and his work at carpercommunications.com.

Meesha Gerhart is a designer and f

In this episode, Marshal sits down to interview Eric Perelman, the owner of Nartak Media, a Pittsburgh-based advertising and media buying agency. Marshal and Eric talk about the role of traditional media in a digital world and Eric's inside perspective on how businesses can better leverage advertising. To learn more about Eric and his work visit: www.nartakmediagroup.com/

About the Hosts:

Marshal Carper is a content marketer and founder of Carper Communications. Learn more about him and his work at carperc

In this episode, Marshal and Meesha sit down with David Manes of Kraemer, Manes & Associates, a Pennsylvania law firm with offices in Pittsburgh and Philadelphi and focuses in employment law for employees, business law, litigation, and civil issues. We talk marketing, the business of law, and growing a multi-location business from scratch. Learn more about the firm at lawkm.com/

About the Hosts:

Marshal Carper is a content marketer and founder of Carper Communications. Learn more about him and his work at

The use of CADD software has perhaps become so ubiquitous that we underestimate its potential for innovation. James Mauler of Cadnetics has spent decades working with the software, and he predicts a new future for the industry. The potential for AutoCad to influence the design of a new building or space is well known, but James and his team are using it for new things as well, tapping into the beginning of a new trend that architects, engineers, and facility managers alike should be thinking about for their

The restaurant business is hard. It's a fast-paced high-stakes industry, and running a restaurant means keeping a grip on a dozen different variables--employees, product, customer experience, marketing, and so on. When Tom opened the first Mad Mex, he knew that he was making a gamble he could win. Today, some 14 Mad Mex locations later and now with more than 1100 employees across his full family of restaurants, of which Mad Mex is a part, Tom has learned a lot about what it means to run a successful restaur

Important: This is the first episode of my new partnership with the Observer Reporter Newspaper, and it's also the first time I did a Skype interview for the show, so please excuse the shift in quality while we sort out the learning curve.

This episode was an act of selfishness on my part. I read the book Console Wars, a detailed recounting of the battle for the video game industry waged between Nintendo and Sega in the 90s, and I just had to talk with the author. This book, despite being about video games

In addition to his work as Athletic Director of Blackhawk High School, Jack Fullen also serves as the president for WPIAL (Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League). Over the course of his career, Fullen has seen the business of high school sports evolve alongside a changing landscape in education. In this interview, Fullen talks about the growth of his own career, how his early professional opportunities came about and how he grew a career around a cause he was passionate about.

In telling thi

In the world of politics, the tendency on the general public's part is to focus on high-profile presidential elections, and every facet of government below that fades into the background. Local government, even though it might not receive the same level of attention, can have a profound impact on communities and the businesses within them.

And that's why I reached out to Mayor Rhome of Canonsburg, PA. In this episode of the Open Boardroom, we cover a wide range of topics, from the challenge of bringing loc