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09/02/2026

zerohash was just seven days away from shutting down completely.

Founder and CEO Ed Woodford walks through the series of events that brought the company to the brink and how they ultimately found a way through it.

What the full interview on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in the comments.

09/01/2026

WhistlePig was a smaller premium brand compared to its competitors. So how did they grow in a crowded market?

WhistlePig CEO Alex Roberts describes what the brand did leading up to COVID to spread its message and grow the business.

Watch the full interview on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in bio.

08/25/2026

We promise we actually filmed an interview with WhistlePig Whiskey CEO Alex M. Roberts.

William Salvi just may have gotten a little distracted exploring the Vermont farm along the way.

The full episode of The CEO Series drops Thursday morning. Subscribe to the Executive House YouTube channel so you don’t miss it.

08/25/2026

Normally, guests from CPG brands we’ve interviewed talk about the impact of tariffs.

Jake Karls, co-founder and Chief Rainmaker of Mid-Day Squares, faced a different challenge: cocoa prices went up 4x.

How would you handle a cost increase like that?

Watch the full episode of The CEO Series on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in the comments.

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08/25/2026

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08/24/2026

Edward Woodford’s father uncovered one of the biggest corporate frauds in Japanese history and ultimately blew the whistle on his own company.

Watching his dad navigate such a high-stakes and intimidating situation taught Edward, now CEO and Founder of ZeroHash, a lot about leadership and what it means to run a company.

It showed him the importance of standing by your values, even when doing so comes with real consequences.

Watch the full interview on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in the comments.

08/24/2026

Jake Karls spent years in constant grind mode building Mid-Day Squares His body kept sending signals and he ignored all of them until it caught up with him.

Now he schedules a full week away from work every quarter.

How do you avoid burnout?

Watch the full episode of The CEO Series on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in the comments

08/21/2026

At the very beginning of HexClad the team had to do a little improvising during their in-store Costco demos. 😅

Watch the full interview with HexClad CEO and co-founder Danny Winer on the Executive House YouTube channel. Link in the comments.

08/20/2026

Mid-Day Squares Co-Founder and Chief Rainmaker Jake Karls showed up to his first Wall Street meeting in an open beach shirt and shorts, then started dancing.

People still ask him if that energy is a character. It’s not. That’s just him.

We talked about how he uses social media to grow Mid-Day Squares, why he describes his job as simply making friends, and how the company went from hand delivering 50 squares a day to producing 170,000.

The new episode of The CEO Series is live now on Executive House. Link in comments.

08/14/2026

zerohash was seven days from running out of money.

Founder and CEO Edward Woodford got the company through it. Today zerohash is valued at over a billion dollars, has raised $275 million total, and powers crypto infrastructure for Morgan Stanley, Stripe and more.

William Salvi sits down with Edward to talk about the handshake phone call that saved the company overnight, the investor who tried to force a distressed sale instead, and why turning down a $2 billion acquisition offer this year let him sleep better than taking it would have.

A new episode of The CEO Series is live now on Executive House. Link in comments.

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