How I Got Here with Dave Fiore
Host Dave Fiore talks with Tallahassee-area leaders, business owners and neighbors about their personal stories – all the challenges, opportunities and influences that led them to where they are today. Emotional, inspirational and almost always surprising, How I Got Here gives listeners real insight into the lives of our area’s most interesting people.
Episodes
Host Dave Fiore talks with Matt Thompson, co-founder of For the Table Hospitality, which includes the brands Charlie Park, Social Catering, Township, Social Kitchen and Madison Social—the heart and soul of College Town. Matt’s path from collecting baseball cards as a kid near Orlando to a restaurant entrepreneur has taken a number of unexpected turns. Matt ca...
On this mini-episode of How I Got Here: 5 Years Later, host Dave Fiore catches up with Episode 15 Guest Rachel Pienta.
At the end of each original episode, Dave asks his guests the same question: Where do you think “here” will be for you in three to five years?
Host Dave Fiore returned to Access Tallahassee’s Young Professionals Summit for a live recording of the podcast featuring three successful women entrepreneurs representing the local brewing scene. Dave spoke with:
- Shannon Smith from Ground Ops Roastery and Bakehouse;
On this mini-episode of How I Got Here: 5 Years Later, host Dave Fiore catches up with Episode 13 Guest Keith Bowers.
At the end of each original episode, Dave asks his guests the same question: Where do you think “here” will be for you in three to five years?
Host Dave Fiore speaks with Darius (Doc D) Baker, music producer and founder of Tallahassee Nights Live. Doc has been launching music careers since middle school, producing up-and-coming artists and creating a platform for local entertainers of all experience levels to hone their craft in front of grateful and enthusiastic audiences around the world. The Hava...
On this mini-episode of How I Got Here: 5 Years Later, host Dave Fiore catches up with Episode 12 Guest Elizabeth Emmanuel.
At the end of each original episode, Dave asks his guests the same question: Where do you think “here” will be for you in three to five years?
Host Dave Fiore speaks with Carrie Zimmerman, co-founder and former CEO of The Zimmerman Agency. Carrie is a native Tallahassean whose family has been in the Capital City for more than 100 years. She grew up in a competitive, sports-oriented environment, but it was rolling on the mats of the Tallahassee Tumbling Tots that sparked a passion that would lead to ...
On this mini-episode of How I Got Here: 5 Years Later, host Dave Fiore catches up with Episode 9 guest Danny Shrine.
At the end of each original episode, Dave asks his guests the same question: Where do you think “here” will be for you in three to five years?
Host Dave Fiore speaks with Emily Saras, CEO and data scientist with Knowli Data Science. The self-described overachiever with a nerd persona loved field hockey in high school and was her class valedictorian in her hometown of Hopedale, Massachusetts.
Emily entered prestigious Wellesley College with plans to be a doctor, only to make a significant pivot to study anthropology and opera singi...
On this mini-episode of How I Got Here: 5 Years Later, host Dave Fiore catches up with Episode 8 Guest Jami Coleman.
At the end of each original episode, Dave asks his guests the same question: ...
Host Dave Fiore speaks with Brad Buckenheimer, co-foun...
On this mini-episode of How I Got Here: 5 Years Later, host Dave Fiore catches up with Episode 7 Guest Bill Kelly.
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Host Dave Fiore speaks with Ricardo Schneider, executive advisor and recently retired president and CEO of Danfoss Turbocor. The Tallahassee-based company produces high efficiency, oil-free compressors for commercial air conditioning systems around the world.
Ricardo’s lifelong p...
On this mini-episode of How I Got Here: 5 Years Later, host Dave Fiore catches up with Episode 6 podcast guest Drew McLeod.
At the end of each original episode, Dave asks his guests the same question: Where do you think “here” will be for you in three to five years?
Dre...
Host Dave Fiore speaks with Susie Busch-Transou, founder and owner of Hearth and Soul and vice president/co-owner of Tri-Eagle Sales.
Susie is the great-great-great-granddaughter of Adolphus Busch and Lilly Anheuser, and the daughter of August Busch III, who ran the iconic brewing company until 2002. She got her first tiny taste of Budweiser at the slightly less than legal age of 1 day old.
After graduating from Duke University, Su...
Host Dave Fiore speaks with Katrina Rolle, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of North Florida. From her days as a varsity cheerleader and student government president at Miami Carol City High School to continuing her family legacy at Tuskegee University and working her way through the University of Florida Law School, even though it was against the rules, Katrina has always found a way to get things done.
She dreamed of...
On this mini-episode of How I Got Here: 5 Years Later, host Dave Fiore catches up with Episode 4 guest Mickey Moore.
At the end of each original episode, Dave asks his guests the same question: Where do you think “here” will be for you in three to five years?
Mickey and Dave listen to his answer from 2019, and he thoughtf...
Host Dave Fiore speaks with legendary FSU quarterback and community leader Charlie Ward. Charlie's resume also includes 1993 Heisman Trophy winner, 11-year NBA veteran, longtime high school coach and public speaker. But to the Thomasville, Ga., native, the roles of mentor, husband and father have always been most important.
Charlie and his wife, Tonja, run the Ward Family Foundation and are currently developing the Champions Ranch,...
On this mini-episode of How I Got Here: 5 Years Later, host Dave Fiore catches up with Episode 2 guest Terrance L. Barber.
At the end of each original episode, Dave asks his guests the same question: Where do you think “here” will be for you in three to five years?
Terrance and Dave listen to his answer from 2019, and he ...
On this mini-episode of How I Got Here: 5 Years Later, host Dave Fiore catches up with Episode 1 Guest Kristine Dobosenski.
At the end of each original episode, Dave asks his guests the same question: Where do you think “here” will be for you in three to five years?
Kristine and Dave listen to her answer from 2019, and she thoughtfully shares how her predictions compare to life today.
Spoiler alert: Things rarely go exactly as plan...
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