In this episode of the Legacy Builders Podcast, Kyle sits down with Ryan Schmitt, Founder & CEO of Petticoat Schmidt, to unpack the extraordinary journey behind one of Florida’s fastest-growing heavy civil construction companies. Ryan shares the origin of the business, the early leap of faith, and the brutal season he calls “The Valley of Darkness,” where stacked job losses, financial collapse, and overwhelming pressure nearly took everything he built. Through transparency, grit, and the ...
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In this episode of the Legacy Builders Podcast, Kyle sits down with Ryan Schmitt, Founder & CEO of Petticoat Schmidt, to unpack the extraordinary journey behind one of Florida’s fastest-growing heavy civil construction companies. Ryan shares the origin of the business, the early leap of faith, and the brutal season he calls “The Valley of Darkness,” where stacked job losses, financial collapse, and overwhelming pressure nearly took everything he built. Through transparency, grit, and the ...
Cultivating Curiosity: Navigating Legacy and Leadership with Lisa Wallenda Picard
Legacy Builders with Kyle McGee
42 minutes
4 months ago
Cultivating Curiosity: Navigating Legacy and Leadership with Lisa Wallenda Picard
In this captivating episode of Legacy Builders with Kyle McGee, host Kyle McGee sits down with Lisa Wallenda Picard, a trailblazer whose path has taken her from the big top of the Ringling Bros. Circus to the halls of the USDA, National Turkey Federation, and now the helm of the National Fisheries Institute. With a rich background in public relations, government affairs, and food safety, Lisa shares how her unique upbringing in a family-run circus business shaped her "make it happen" leadersh...
Legacy Builders with Kyle McGee
In this episode of the Legacy Builders Podcast, Kyle sits down with Ryan Schmitt, Founder & CEO of Petticoat Schmidt, to unpack the extraordinary journey behind one of Florida’s fastest-growing heavy civil construction companies. Ryan shares the origin of the business, the early leap of faith, and the brutal season he calls “The Valley of Darkness,” where stacked job losses, financial collapse, and overwhelming pressure nearly took everything he built. Through transparency, grit, and the ...
