Lay of The Land
Telling the stories of entrepreneurship, startups, and builders in Cleveland and throughout Northeast Ohio.
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#133: Mike Schroeder (Roundstone Insurance)
Mike Schroeder, Founder & President of Roundstone. Mike founded Roundstone Insurance in 2003 — when they launched the first Group Medical Captive of its kind, and have since revolutionized the self-insurance industry. Roundst...
#164: Dr. James Kenyon (NASA Glenn) — To the Moon, Mars and Beyond, F…
Dr. James Kenyon , Director of NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio The road to the Moon goes through Cleveland. With a budget of approximately $900 million, a staff of more than 3,200 civil servants, over 725 pate...
#171: Umberto Fedeli Round II — Lifelong Learning, Happiness, Wealth,…
Umberto P. Fedeli — Founder, President, and CEO of The Fedeli Group I first had the opportunity to speak with Umberto on this podcast just over a year ago! At the time, our conversation extended far beyond what we were able ...
#90: Pat Conway & Mark King (Great Lakes Brewing Company)
Pat Conway & Mark King — Co-founder & CEO respectively of Great Lakes Brewing Company — on building Ohio’s original craft brewery, celebrating 34 years of sustained success and continuous innovation, the history of beer production in Cleveland, br
#181: Fred DiSanto (Ancora) — Connecting Dots, Activist Investing, Me…
Fred DiSanto, Chairman and CEO of Ancora — the Cleveland-based investment firm with nearly $10B in assets under management and over 100 employees — which he’s led since 2006! Before Ancora, Fred had an expansive investing car...
#175: Craig Hassall (Playhouse Square) — Surprise & Inspire the World…
Craig Hassall , CEO of Playhouse Square Craig is a mainstay in the international theater community, with decades of experience operating and curating the most prestigious venues across Europe and Australia. Over his career, i...
#15: Justin Bibb (Mayor of Cleveland)
Justin Bibb, Mayor of Cleveland, on running for office and his vision to modernize city government.
![[REWIND] #89: Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland) — Local Journalism in Cleveland](https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/redwood-labs/showpage/uploads/images/6e66b2fb-a7d6-4b1d-8591-8084908da4d3.png "[REWIND] #89: Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland) — Local Journalism in Cleveland")
[REWIND] #89: Lila Mills (Signal Cleveland) — Local Journalism in Cle…
Today we’re running a replay of one of my favorite conversations from 2022 with Lila Mills of Signal Cleveland . Since we last spoke, Signal Cleveland has continuously produced reliable daily journalism across a plethora of l...
#205: Carl Walz (NASA Astronaut) — 230+ Days In Outer Space
Carl Walz is an astronaut, a pioneer of space exploration, and a proud Clevelander! As an astronaut, Carl is a veteran of four spaceflights, logging a total of 231 days in outer space and performing three spacewalks during th...
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About the Host
Jeffrey Stern
Telling the stories of builders in Cleveland and throughout Northeast Ohio. Jeffrey is a NYC transplant, principal and investor at The O.H.I.O. Fund, Co-founder @ Axuall, product manager, advisor at Signal Cleveland and Venture for America, and optimist who believes telling the stories of those most inspiring builders around us is one of the best ways to learn and to inspire more to build.
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