
A call from his father's tire shop gave Eric Rea a problem worth solving. Twelve years later, the Podium founder is still selling Main Street on a future built far from Silicon Valley.

Before Podium had a sign on the building, it had two founders, a living-room whiteboard, pizza, and a prototype that needed rebuilding. Arthur Weagel chose the energy in the room - then became the engineer who helped make the idea durable.