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THE BBD PEOPLE INDEX

People building
what comes next.

Founders, owners, executives and investors selected for the businesses they are building, the decisions they are making and the lessons worth following.

01FOUNDER

Pinky Cole Hayes

Founder, Slutty Vegan

A category-making restaurateur whose rise and rebuild offer lessons in brand, capital and control.

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02FOUNDER

Tabitha Brown

Cofounder, Donna’s Recipe

A creator and entrepreneur turning audience trust into products, partnerships and enterprise value.

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03FOUNDER

Tope Awotona

Founder and CEO, Calendly

A software founder who built a global company by removing one persistent point of friction.

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04LEADER

David Steward

Founder and Chairman, WWT

A technology leader who built World Wide Technology through decades of capability and customer trust.

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05FOUNDER

Fawn Weaver

Founder and CEO, Uncle Nearest

An entrepreneur connecting historical stewardship, product excellence and independent ownership.

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06LEADER

Janice Bryant Howroyd

Founder and CEO, ActOne Group

A workforce-services pioneer who made humanity an operating principle for international scale.

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07OWNER

Denise Woodard

Founder and CEO, Partake Foods

A consumer-products founder building an inclusive national brand from a problem her family experienced.

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08INVESTOR

Marlon Nichols

Cofounder, MaC Venture Capital

An investor demonstrating how cultural insight can reveal markets and founders others overlook.

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09FOUNDER

T. Dallas Smith

Founder and CEO, T. Dallas Smith & Company

A commercial real estate pioneer who built a national tenant-representation firm while opening doors for diverse talent in the industry.

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