Steve Ramsey on Leadership, Burnout, and the Shift From Operator to Visionary There is a moment that happens to a lot of entrepreneurs, even the successful ones. From the outside, everything looks like it is working. Revenue is climbing. The team is growing. The business looks impressive on paper. But internally, something starts [...]
Alejandro Florez on Building The Cleaning Pros America One Relationship at a Time When people think about commercial cleaning, they usually think about the result. Clean floors. Polished surfaces. A building that feels ready for business. What they do not always see is the structure behind that result. The systems. The staffing. The [...]
Restoration, Relationships, and Resilience: What Growth Really Looks Like in the First 18 Months There are business owners who focus on building a company. Then there are the ones who build relationships first—and the business follows. In a recent Stir conversation, Nina Hunter, owner of Voda Cleaning and Restoration, shared what the first [...]
Building Brains, Not Babysitting — Laurie McCracken on Purpose-Driven Childcare In a conversation with Chris Williams, Laurie McCracken, founder of Baby Fox Academy, brings something rare to the table—conviction shaped by experience. Not theory. Not trends. Real classrooms, real families, and over 30 years of working with children. What emerges isn’t just a [...]
Dr. Noël Crosby shares why hearing care is more than a device—and why trust still matters most in audiology.
Growing LT Plumbing Through Trust, Humility, and Letting People Do Their Best Work In this episode of Stir, Aginto’s Chris Williams sits down with Alex Wehner, owner of LT Plumbing, to talk about what it really looks like to acquire a specialty subcontracting business, scale it fast, and lead without smothering the people [...]
Matt Beiler—Growing Beiler Premier Roofing Through Integrity, Systems, and Small Decisions Some business owners are drawn to entrepreneurship because they love the spotlight. Matt Beiler seems wired for something else entirely: challenge. In this episode of Stir, Aginto’s Chris Williams sits down with the owner of Beiler Premier Roofing to talk about what [...]
Heather Welch & David Plotkin—Building Unwind Around Healing, Intuition, and Community In this episode of Stir, Aginto’s Chris Williams sits down with Heather Welch and David Plotkin of Unwind Massage and Wellness in Sarasota to explore a business that feels less like a conventional wellness studio and more like a living philosophy. Unwind [...]
David Polimeni shares how RITE Technology scales through consistency, people-first leadership, and gratitude-driven culture.
Building Carson Roofing on Grit, Integrity, and South Florida Resilience From sweeping construction sites at ten years old to leading a five-star roofing company across South Florida, Johnny Carson’s journey is built on hard work, hard lessons, and an unwavering commitment to doing right by people. In this episode of Stir, Aginto’s Chris [...]