Bill Horne has always wanted to be a CEO but says it’s not a job for everybody. After a decade in sales for IBM, he began his journey as President/CEO or board member at eight different companies. Bill was recently the chief executive at Quovant, a legal spend management and data analytics business, and now heads 88 Keys, an executive coaching firm. Tom and Bill talk about improving the things you can control and accepting the things you can’t, step 2 of the 12 Steps of Product Management. And Bill explains how he brings customers into board meetings.

Anne Chaconas isn’t brave, she just has a lot of practice putting herself out there. As a marketing leader, Anne has run her own firm and earned positions of increasing responsibility at a variety of tech companies. Tom and Anne talk about loving your customers — step 3 of the 12 Steps of Product Management. And Anne explains how marketing a business is like setting up a profile on a dating app.

Tom talks with Chuck Garcia, professional speaker, executive coach, best selling author, talk radio show host, Columbia University Professor, and avid mountain climber. Chuck helps executives transform themselves into better leaders.

Our beloved co-founder Margaret the Pug celebrated her 17th birthday on May 27. 17 for her is like 94 for us, assuming no other dogs are reading this. She’s an inspiration and daily example of grit and perseverance. Check out this short video to see what we mean.

Mohit Purbey is a long time leader and entrepreneur in food production. His deeply thoughtful and informed ideas about food, governance, and corporate success will open your eyes to the food crisis and what we can do about it. Mohit talks about why we need to get food production closer to the point of consumption to improve security and transparency in our food supply. See if you agree with him on this episode of the Fortune’s Path podcast.

Tom explains how he wrote his book Fortune's Path: How to Use the Principles of Recovery to Find Fortune and Happiness, why he wrote it, and how he feels now that it's done. Tom also reads the 12 Steps of Product Management (we all have to manage the products that are our lives), the Forward (written by his son Joe Noser, 23) and the Introduction.

Tony award winning Broadway producer Bonnie Comley talks about founding BroadwayHD, a streaming service created to make live theater accessible to everyone. Bonnie talks about what it's like running a business with her husband, what it takes to build an on-demand digital streaming company from scratch, and how to get live theater to embrace technology. Bonnie was recorded from her home in NYC. Listen for the sirens!

Brad Stinson, founder and CEO of the Collective Global, a culture consultancy in Nashville, talks about how failure has made him an expert on the culture required to support transformational success and how the Collective Global studied a diverse set of transformational leaders to identify the steps organizations need to take to build relationships that foster success.

Mark Tochtenhagen, Senior Vice President of Product at Quovant and business founder, talks about the sacrifices of being a founder, what it takes to build a business, how to build great products, how to keep innovating in a big company, and wisdom he’s gained from his children in the age of COVID-19.

Paige Collins, Vice President of Customer Success at fast growing XOi Technologies, talks about getting addicted to start-up life, how you help the people you're responsible for get better and grow, what she looks for in customer success professionals, and the challenges of balancing work and family in the age of COVID-19.