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Season 1

May 19, 2025

Jay Urich: Making an Impact After Football | EP 20

Send us a text Jay Urich, former QB at the University of South Carolina, is the founder of both Original Design and Banner Player Development. Original Design is a non-profit focused on serving underprivileged kids in Columbi...

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May 12, 2025

Salena Mulliken: From Auditor, to CFO, and now Business Owner | EP 19

Send us a text Salena Mulliken is a highly experienced CPA who climbed the corporate ladder from entry-level auditor to Chief Financial Officer. Over the years, she has gained a deep understanding of what makes a business tru...

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May 5, 2025

Gil Gerretsen: Helping Business Owners Find Their 'Hive' | EP 18

Send us a text Gil Gerretsen is the local expert when it comes to marketing and business strategy. He has helped countless businesses across dozens of industries grow, focusing on finding the target audience and thriving with...

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April 28, 2025

Christopher Guerrera: The Modern Inventor, Shark Tank, and Pitch the …

Send us a text As the CEO of The Modern Inventor, Christopher Guerrera is a seasoned entrepreneur with a track record of launching nearly 100 products and getting them onto retail shelves nationwide. In this episode, Chris wa...

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April 21, 2025

Austin Maxwell: The Clemson-Kanga Success Story | EP 16

Send us a text Austin Maxwell embodies the spirit of a true entrepreneur just beginning his career. While still in college, he took the initiative to connect with brands, building relationships and securing ambassador roles. ...

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April 14, 2025

Derek Gracely: Full Send Into Starting His Own Business | EP 15

Send us a text After quickly realizing the stereotypical office job was not for him, Derek Gracely quit his job and started his own landscaping business nearly 20 years ago. Having roughly $1000 to his name, he didn't have th...

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April 7, 2025

Jane Snipes: Empowering Others to Achieve Their Full Potential | EP 14

Send us a text Jane Snipes started her own recruiting business, Northstar Recruiting Inc., over 20 years ago. During that period, she has spent countless hours discussing with candidates of all levels in the job search, pinpo...

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March 31, 2025

Dave and Emily Watrous: Faith, Leadership, and Creating Success in Bu…

Send us a text In this episode of Carolina Business Leaders , we sit down with Dave and Emily Watrous. We dive into their journey of navigating successful, yet separate, business careers while building a strong marriage. Dave...

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March 24, 2025

Bryan Davis: Unlocking the Entrepreneurial Mindset | EP 12

Send us a text In this episode we sit down with Bryan Davis, a high-energy leader dedicated to making the world a more fun, inspirational, and entrepreneurially minded place. As the head of a nationally awarded entrepreneursh...

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March 17, 2025

Julio Hernandez: Bridging Communities Through Clemson's Outreach & En…

Send us a text In this episode we sit down with Julio Hernandez, the Assistant to the President for Community Outreach & Engagement at Clemson University. He shares insights on how Clemson is strengthening ties with the commu...

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March 10, 2025

Curt Bagwell: Legal Essentials for Business Owners | EP 10

Send us a text Curt Bagwell is a seasoned attorney and partner at Martin Bagwell, LLC. With nearly a decade of experience in business law, real estate transactions, SBA loans, and estate planning, Curt has helped countless in...

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March 3, 2025

Ben Campbell: From Collegiate Baseball to CEO of Hospitality America …

Send us a text In this episode we sit down with Ben Campbell, CEO of Hospitality America, to talk about what it takes to build a successful hospitality business, and his journey to becoming CEO. He played collegiate baseball ...

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Feb. 24, 2025

Mike Shain: From Wealth Management Success to a Fulfilling Retirement…

Send us a text Mike Shain dedicated the latter half of his career to guiding clients through wealth management, building a thriving practice and creating relationships in the Greenville community. In this episode, Mike shares...

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Feb. 17, 2025

Katie Harrison: Empowering Women in Business and Starting KVH Consult…

Send us a text Katie Harrison built KVH Consulting while juggling a full-time role at HP and raising two children with her husband. When her business reached a turning point, she made the leap and jumped full-time into growin...

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Feb. 10, 2025

Reid Pannill: From Digging Ditches to Executive Suite | EP 6

Send us a text Reid Pannill’s career began in the trenches—literally. After graduating from Lander University, he started out digging ditches as a Fluor contractor, despite holding a college degree. As an eager young professi...

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Feb. 2, 2025

Amanda Elliott: Launching Anchor City Strategies and working a contra…

Send us a text After spending over a decade in DC, Amanda Elliott launched her own political consulting firm, Anchor City Strategies, in 2023. Since launching, she has worked on notable campaigns such as Doug Burgum’s preside...

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Jan. 26, 2025

Marty Osborn: Growing and selling Advoco to a Fortune 500, releasing …

Send us a text Marty Osborn, Partner at By Design Advisors and former President of Advoco, is a seasoned entrepreneur who has founded and co-launched multiple businesses. After recently selling Advoco to a Fortune 500 company...

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Jan. 19, 2025

Sander Scholten: Breaking into the American market with Expandable LL…

Send us a text Sander Scholten manages the entire North American territory for Expandable LLC, a unique movable spaces provider. Similar to his company, he is originally from the Netherlands and has pioneered bringing Expanda...

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Jan. 12, 2025

Gary Bernardez: Journey to CEO of AMECO | EP 2

Send us a text In this episode, we are joined by the CEO of AMECO Gary Bernardez. From sleeping on his friend's couch, to growing AMECO, Gary shares with us his journey to becoming CEO, and the people in his corner that consi...

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Jan. 6, 2025

Introducing the Hosts - Heath and Cristina Gerrald | EP 1

Send us a text Heath and Cristina Gerrald introduce themselves and what they hope to bring to you through this podcast. They share their goals for the podcast, a bit about their careers, and the types of people we can expect ...

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