Escape VelocityPodcastBuilding the business that runs without you.
Real operators, real conversations. The messy parts of scaling that never make the highlight reel.
Most business stories are highlight reels. The Escape Velocity Podcast isn't. Host Craig Ceccanti is a founder, CEO, and integrator who's spent his career growing and scaling companies across retail, tech, and venture (including Pinot's Palette), and now helps leadership teams do the same as a Professional EOS Implementer®. He sits down with operators and the people who advise them for the real version: the hire that nearly sank the company, the year the founder stopped sleeping, the moment they realized they'd become the bottleneck. Every guest walks through a hard-won lesson. What happened, how they recovered, and how it made the business more sustainable. It's about the unglamorous middle, where a company either learns to run without its founder… or stalls. Pull up a chair. We'd love to have you in the conversation.
Every guest answers the same question
What's the hardest lesson you learned while scaling, and how did you come back from it?
Who You'll Hear From
Founders and operators in the thick of scaling, plus the advisors, coaches, and mentors who guide them: VCs, fractional CFOs and COOs, bankers, and the people who've helped dozens of companies through the same turbulence. Houston, and beyond.
Be a Guest
Been through the messy middle? We'd love to have you on.
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Episode One Is Coming
First episodes arrive next quarter. Escape Velocity newsletter subscribers hear them first, along with the guest lineup as it comes together.