Disruptive CEO Nation

Disruptive CEO Nation

We speak with innovative company founders and thought leaders who are driving significant change in the way business gets done.

These conversations provide insight into the challenges and secrets of building engaging and profitable brands. Topics routinely cover social good (B Corps), product development, supply chain disruption, intellectual property, technology (IoT, AI, machine learning, NLU, RPM), manufacturing, corporate culture, distributed teams, finances (bootstrapping, capital, s…

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Ep 338 Business Building in the Senior Care Market with Tatyana Zlotsky, CEO of a Place for Mom; New York, NY, USA
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June 30, 2026

Ep 338 Business Building in the Senior Care Market with Tatyana Zlotsky, CEO of a Place for Mom; New York, NY, USA

What if the future of aging isn’t just about safety, but about connection, and rethinking how technology supports both seniors and the people who care for them? In this episode, Tatyana Zlotsky discusses the evolving senior care landscape and how A Place for Mom connects families with over 15,000 senior care providers. She shares insights on leveraging technology and AI, supporting family caregivers, and creating a compassionate, values-driven organization that empowers seniors and their loved o
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Ep 337 Motivated by Motion: The Success of everbowl™ with Jeff Fenster, the Founder of everbowl™; San Diego, CA, USA
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June 16, 2026

Ep 337 Motivated by Motion: The Success of everbowl™ with Jeff Fenster, the Founder of everbowl™; San Diego, CA, USA

From a single San Diego location to 100+ stores nationwide, Jeff Fenster reveals how everbowl™ turned better-for-you food into a thriving, purpose-driven brand. Today we sit down with the founder and CEO of everbowl™! Jeff shares the journey of building a better-for-you superfood brand from a single location to over 100 stores across 32 states. He discusses the lessons learned from early mistakes, the power of pivoting during challenges like COVID-19, and how focusing on relationship capital and
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Ep 336 Security Without Compromise with Dave Merkel, CEO and Co-Founder of Expel; Washington, DC, USA
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June 2, 2026

Ep 336 Security Without Compromise with Dave Merkel, CEO and Co-Founder of Expel; Washington, DC, USA

Cybersecurity is no longer just an IT issue. It is a business survival issue, and every leader needs to understand where the real risks are hiding. In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dave “merk” Merkel, CEO and co-founder of Expel, about the evolving world of cybersecurity, AI, and business resilience. Dave shared the founder’s journey behind Expel, how the company grew by solving cybersecurity as a technology-driven scale problem, and why businesses of every size need to think
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Ep 335 Breaking and Rebuilding a Family Business for the Future with Randy Carr, CEO of World Emblem; Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
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May 19, 2026

Ep 335 Breaking and Rebuilding a Family Business for the Future with Randy Carr, CEO of World Emblem; Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

In a business that ships nearly half its orders the same day, speed is not just an advantage. It is the strategy. I sat down with Randy Carr, CEO of World Emblem, a 36-year-old family-owned company that manufactures more than one million emblems a day across multiple countries. Randy shared how technology, AI, and internally built systems have helped World Emblem compete globally by moving faster, streamlining design processes, and creating a customer experience built around speed and flexibilit
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Ep 334: Inside the CEO Mindset on the Sell‑Side of Acquisitions with Kyle Park, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Harvest Management Partners, LLC; Campbell, CA, USA
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May 5, 2026

Ep 334: Inside the CEO Mindset on the Sell‑Side of Acquisitions with Kyle Park, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Harvest Management Partners, LLC; Campbell, CA, USA

What if the biggest deal of your life fails not because of the market but because you were never truly ready for it? In this episode, I sit down with Kyle Park, co-founder and Managing Director of Harvest Management Partners, to explore his journey from finance leader and IPO veteran to boutique M&A advisor in Silicon Valley. Kyle shares how a frustrating acquisition experience unexpectedly led him to build a firm focused on high-touch, sell-side advisory for deep tech companies. We dive into to
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Ep 333 Custom Packaging Solutions: Building a Scalable Business with Jason Wong, Founder & CEO of Paking Duck; Newport Beach, CA and Guangzhou, China
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April 21, 2026

Ep 333 Custom Packaging Solutions: Building a Scalable Business with Jason Wong, Founder & CEO of Paking Duck; Newport Beach, CA and Guangzhou, China

What if the packaging around your product mattered just as much as the product itself? In this episode, I sit down with Jason Wong, founder and CEO of Paking Duck, to explore how packaging has evolved into a powerful brand experience. We discuss his journey from building consumer brands to launching a global packaging company, and how he leveraged relationships, creativity, and content-driven marketing to scale quickly without outside funding. Jason shares insights on building a high-performance
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