Episodes

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Kenny Koepnick from The Toy Department in Fairfield Ohio. The Toy Department is a premier destination for collecting and nostalgia. It was founded near the beginning of 2018 by 4 friends who realized how much the...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Bobby Mackey. Bobby is a country music singer with a career spanning more than 5 decades and is the owner of Bobby Mackey’s World in Wilder, KY. Bobby found himself at a crossroads of moving to Nashville, or...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Cordelia Heaney, President & CEO, Corporation for Findlay Market. Cordelia is an experienced leader in food access, gender equity and economic justice advocacy, with a background including non-profit, government...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Will Clarke. Will played college football at West Virginia and was called up to the NFL when he was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2014. He also played for the Arlington Renegades, the 2023 XFL Champions. Will...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Ben Schmidt, Purveyor of Hydration, and President Kelly Heekin from HOIST IV-Level Hydration. HOIST is unlike other hydration drinks because it closely matches your body's natural osmolality. It is 110% more...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Chef Christian Gill. Christian is the company owner at Christian Gill's Culinary Gang and a Spiceologist at Spiceology. He found inspiration in his grandma's kitchen at a young age. He started his career as a cast...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes John "The Dancing Trucker" Drury. John is a super spreader of joy and social media sensation. With a huge following across social media platforms and millions of views on Tik Tok, John does what he does best, and...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Channel 3 Gaming founder, Joel Willis. Joel worked at GE for nearly 10 years. From there he became a humor writer, editor, and social media manager for Scary Mommy and then eventually editor in chief for The Dad....

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Cincinnati reporter and news personality Bob Herzog. Bob has been in the media business since the mid 90s. He joined WKRC, Local 12 in 2005 and currently anchors Good Morning Cincinnati with Sheila Gray. In 2023,...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Cincinnati Local Favorite, actor, podcaster, and director, Mark Borison. Mark & Mark discuss Joe Rogan, the Jungle Jim's International Market Podcast, various commercials starring Mark Borison, bad jobs,...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes 20-year investor, advisor, and CEO at Ubiquitous Energy (UE), Susan Stone. Mark & Susan talk about how Susan became CEO of UE, climate tech/clean tech, the secret of VC's, rating metrics 10+ yrs into a company...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Andrew Amann, the CEO and co-founder of , a two-time Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company in the United States, and the leading mobile app development agency in Boston as ranked by . Since co-founding NineTwoThree...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes stand-up comedian and Cincy Shirts co-founder, Josh Sneed. Josh is making his mark as one of the top young comics in the business. He quit his comfy day job at Procter & Gamble and followed his passion to make...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Mike McFall, co-founder/co-CEO of Biggby Coffee, back to the show. Mike just released his new book "Grow". Mark & Mike talk about growing vs getting better, CFO disease, the calm in business, being a chameleon,...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes speaker & author, Julie O'Neill. Julie spent 30+ years in broadcast news where she interviewed Mother Teresa and other global icons in addition to chasing the news of the day. She recently released her debut book...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Co-Founder & Head of Racing at Commonwealth Markets, Chase Chamberlin for a conversation. Chase found a passion in horses at the age of 4 and it never went away. He gave up a promotion and a high paying job to start...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes president & CEO of Further Concepts & Investors, Tyler Wogenstahl. Tyler is the promoter behind the Voices of America Country Music Fest coming to West Chester, OH August 10-13, 2023 with acts such as Alabama, Dan &...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes tv & comedy writer Taylor Kay Phillips. Taylor is from Kansas City, MO, a Harvard graduate, a writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and is on tour promoting her book "A Guide to Midwestern Conversation"....

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Jeff Speck. Jeff is the principal at the award-winning urban design and consultancy firm, Speck & Associates, serving municipalities, non-profits, and private developers. Jeff is a city planner and urban designer...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes Current HR, CEO, Charlie Vance. Current HR provides comprehensive solutions for managing administrative employment tasks including benefits and benefit administration, payroll processing, HR management, and workers'...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes John Jonas, Founder of OnlineJobs.PH. John is an outsourcing pioneer and virtual work guru who helps small businesses outsource their tasks so they can focus on what matters most: running their company. Many people...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes writer Craig Grossi. Craig is an eight-year Marine Corps veteran, and a recipient of the Purple Heart. After returning from Afghanistan, he worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency and attended Georgetown...

The Necessary Entrepreneur welcomes John Gallucci Jr., MS, ATC, PT, DPT. John is the dynamic CEO of JAG-ONE Physical Therapy. He is in demand for his expertise in injury prevention, rehabilitation, and sports medicine. He appears often in the media,...