In this week’s episode, Josh sits down with Jon Franko of Gorilla 76, an industrial marketing firm here in St. Louis that he co-founded in 2006. Jon, in addition to helping his manufacturing clients (read: blue collar brands) grow revenue and retain employees, is a passionate believer in the power of company culture.

Josh sits down with Tamara Keefe, founder, CEO and flavor temptress at Clementine's Naughty and Nice Creamery. In her late thirties, after a very successful career in consumer packaged goods on a global scale, Tamara opened a small ice cream shop in Lafayette Square in St. Louis, MO. Nearly 10 years and multiple locations later, she's ready to grow across the country.

This week, Josh catches up with Dr. Mitch Millstein, Professor of Supply Chain Management at UMSL and co-founder of Supply Velocity, a lean manufacturing and supply chain consulting firm. They discuss how supply chain management is having its “moment”, the secret sauce of becoming a you-can-count-on-me supplier and Mitch’s past work with Josh’s bakery on customer optimization.

This week, Josh sits down with Tricia Zimmer Ferguson, co-owner of the Kaldi’s Coffee family of businesses which includes brands in St. Louis, Nashville, Atlanta, Olympia, WA and the state of Hawaii. They discuss the secret sauce of building regional brands in multiple markets with a common thread of great coffee/tea and even better hospitality.

Last year, AB InBev, thanks in large part to the work of this week’s guest, Greg Belt of EverGrain, was named the most innovative company in America. Greg and his team at Evergrain have created the only upcycled certified plant protein in the world. And it’s all happening here in St. Louis.

Josh sits down with Lorenza Pasetti, CEO of the iconic Volpi Foods of South St. Louis, a 120-year-old manufacturer of artisan cured meats. They discuss the secret sauce of navigating the roll out of a national brand, how convenience stores are re-defining the retail food landscape and guiding a legacy company into the fourth generation.

Dan Abel knows a lot about chocolate. He and his team (including family) have taken two of the most iconic names in Chocolate "Bissinger's" & "Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate," and have generated 20X growth in the bast several years.

The "Big Shark" of bikes, Mike Weiss of "Big Shark Bicycle Company" joined Josh to chat all things two wheels... from popularity, brand partnerships, and the role a global pandemic played in exploding his business, and the industry, in both incredible and frustrating ways.

We’re celebrating Father’s Day this week on the podcast. Josh sits down with his dad, Stanley Allen, to share experiences of growing up in a family business and gain insights into leading with kindness.

Kevin Nashan keeps it simple. While his food has earned him "James Beard" awards, praise from culinary publications world wide, and an army of loyal customers... his secret sauce is hard work.

Josh and Mark have an incredible conversation that digs into why these cars are so special, some amazing barn finds, and what his favorite car in the collection is... and you'll never guess it!

Josh was able to sit down with the new VP of Communications for Explore STL, Catherine Neville. In this episode they talk about the rapidly changing face of tourism options here in the Gateway to the West.

Josh and Gerard chat all things soccer and stadium food, and what exactly is a “Chief Flavor Officer”!

Katie Collier walks us through her humble beginnings all the way to her new 10,000 square foot Ballpark Village location.

We’re kicking things off with Maxine Clark, the absolute boss of experiential retail and founder of Build A Bear Workshop. We discuss the secret sauce to her success with Build A Bear and dive into her most recent venture in St. Louis City – the Delmar Divine (the Cortex of Non-Profits).