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Jason Barker and the Art of Making Growth Behave
From regional operations to the CEO’s chair at ICBD, Jason Barker has spent his career working on the machinery behind expansion. His story turns on a practical question: who keeps a growing company working when its founder can no longer be everywhere?
Kingsley Chin and the long way back to Buff Bay
Football took Kingsley Chin from Jamaica to Columbia. After building a career in business, he returned to the game as a club owner - and gave his hometown a second life in books and music.
Frank Amoros and the business of making things happen
From global advertising agencies to alpaca slippers in Paris, Frank Amoros has worked on both sides of the pitch. His advisory work brings the same question to a bigger room: how does an idea become a business?
Gonzalo De Mujica and the Art of the Second Pass
Before Gonzalo De Mujica helped Traba win its first customers, he spent years learning how to see the whole field. His route from number 10 to founding operator is a study in carrying one kind of playmaking into another.
Teresa Fox Asked What Was Possible. Travel Was the Answer.
A corporate exit, a franchise that never opened and one useful question led Teresa Fox to a second act in luxury travel. The itinerary was accidental; the method was not.
Pierson Grant Built a 31-Year Business on the Part Nobody Can Automate
A 12-person Fort Lauderdale agency has survived three downturns, a pandemic and the collapse of the old media map. Its trick is less glamorous than going viral: know what a reporter needs, know what a community cares about, and make the two meet.
The Firm That Turned Good News Into a Business Model
For 33 years, a Fort Lauderdale agency has treated publicity as a consequence, not a product. Its best campaigns begin with something real enough to survive the press release.
The People Who Make a Company Move
A corporate relocation is really a pile of small uncertainties. Broward County's economic development partnership has spent six decades learning which phone call makes each one disappear.
The Fort Lauderdale Agency That Merged Its Way Out of the Marketing Silo
For nearly two decades, Kip Hunter Marketing traded on a scarce South Florida asset: knowing who should know whom. Then it merged with a Pittsburgh creative shop to turn relationships into a full-funnel machine.
Adam Rahman Built Fresh Bros by Keeping One Eye on the Exit Ramp
The Fresh Bros founder left a conventional path for a category that rewrites itself in real time. His advantage is less about prediction than preparation: sell something useful, watch the market closely, and always know how to scale down.
The Company Behind the Clinic Boom
ICBD does not simply write checks. It lends young companies an operating system - and ABA Centers' rapid expansion shows both the appeal and the pressure of that model.
Tambourine
The Fort Lauderdale firm has spent three decades trying to answer one question for hoteliers: how do you get a guest to book with you instead of with Expedia?
Patrick Bet-David
Patrick Bet-David is an Iranian-American entrepreneur, author, and media personality who fled Iran as a child refugee, served in the 101st Airborne Division, and built PHP Agency into a 40,000-agent life insurance firm before selling it for roughly $250 million. He founded Valuetainment, one of the most-watched business YouTube channels in the world, and hosts the PBD Podcast - a long-form show spanning politics, culture, and business with millions of listeners. A Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 'Your Next Five Moves' and 'Choose Your Enemies Wisely,' Bet-David is known for blunt straight talk, a relentless work ethic forged in a German refugee camp, and a genuine belief that every refugee or immigrant story can have a second act.
Chris Cockreham
Chris Cockreham is the founder of beewise Media LLC, a Fort Lauderdale-based digital and creative consulting firm. Drawing on years of hands-on experience as a content producer, editorial associate, and designer at companies like Ecomii and DermApproved, Cockreham built beewise Media around the idea that the best creative work, like a beehive, emerges from collaboration and collective intelligence. The firm delivers web design, branding, marketing, and content services, positioning itself as an embedded creative partner for clients seeking to grow their digital presence.