“Treat your employees how they want to be treated.” – Jo Dickstein, Co-Founder of Flowers for Dreams

Jo Dickstein is the co-founder of Flowers for Dreams, based in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in 2012 by Jo and his co-founder Steven Dyme. They currently have 31 employees and were bootstrapping until 2014, and have had a few seed rounds since then. They are a Chicago phenomenon and social media superstar. Jo… Read More

Culture Fit is Key: An Interview with Stuart Frankel, Co-founder and CEO of Narrative Science, an Artificial Intelligence company

Stuart Frankel, CEO and Co-Founder of Narrative Science, has been a lawyer, a CPA, a CIO, a CFO, a COO and now a CEO for many companies in many different industries throughout his career. Stuart has a wealth of knowledge around the growing pains of high-growth companies and how to scale teams, and in this… Read More

Building a Culture-First, Mission-Driven Organization with Eric Savage, President and Owner of Freedom Auto

Eric Savage, President of Freedom Automotive out of Pennsylvania, joins me on the podcast this week for our deep-dive into the people side of retail automotive. Eric tours the country talking to folks about building a company that is mission-first, not money-first. He’s discussing how he’s built his renowned company culture on this episode of… Read More

Five Critical Components of an Employer Value Proposition

When I talk with managers who are frustrated by their company’s inability to attract quality applicants, they often begin the conversation with an acknowledgement that there isn’t enough qualified talent out there to fill all the jobs. True, but that’s something wholly out of their control in the short term.  What can they do, I… Read More

“Working at a start-up is grit and personal growth.” – Kristi Zuhlke, CEO and Founder of KnowledgeHound

Kristi Zuhlke, CEO and Founder of KnowledgeHound, is  discussing leadership team inflation, managers vs. doers, what it’s really like to work at a start-up, and much more on this episode of The Best Team Wins Podcast.                Connect with Kristi on LinkedIn and Twitter.                … Read More