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title: Leaders & Legacies Podcast | Craig Andrews (3)
description: Craig Andrews is a U.S. Marine, turned electrical engineer and mobile phone designer, turned marketer. He's driven over a half-billion dollars in revenue during his career. In 2009, Craig launched his own company which became allies4me. In August, 2021, Craig went spent three months in the hospital and six weeks in a coma when he nearly died. During that time, Craig's team ran allies4me without him. Now Craig shares lessons from the ledge of death and how they apply to both marketing and life. (3)
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# Craig Andrews
Craig Andrews is a U.S. Marine, turned electrical engineer and mobile phone designer, turned marketer. He's driven over a half-billion dollars in revenue during his career. In 2009, Craig launched his own company which became allies4me. In August, 2021, Craig went spent three months in the hospital and six weeks in a coma when he nearly died. During that time, Craig's team ran allies4me without him. Now Craig shares lessons from the ledge of death and how they apply to both marketing and life.
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## [Episode #276: The Human Intelligence Behind Scaling Your Business with Courtney DeRonde](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-276-courtney-deronde)
June 4, 2026 by [Craig Andrews](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/author/craig-andrews) [Leave a Comment](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-276-courtney-deronde#comments-listing)
Courtney DeRonde is the CEO of Forge Financial and Management Consulting and creator of the Simple Scale Up System, a framework built to help already-successful businesses navigate the complexity that growth creates. A CPA by training and an operator shaped by hard leadership lessons, she now helps...
## [Episode #275: Why Too Much Software Is Killing Your Margins with Chad King](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-275-chad-king)
May 28, 2026 by [Craig Andrews](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/author/craig-andrews) [Leave a Comment](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-275-chad-king#comments-listing)
Chad King helps businesses stop bending themselves around rigid software. Today, as VP at Ayoka Systems, he focuses on automation, integration, and custom software strategies that make operations simpler, faster, and more profitable.
## [Episode #274: From Kyiv to the Boardroom: Bob Nienaber on Retaining Top Talent](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-274-bob-nienaber)
May 21, 2026 by [Craig Andrews](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/author/craig-andrews) [Leave a Comment](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-274-bob-nienaber#comments-listing)
Bob Nienaber has spent more than three decades helping companies design executive benefit plans that retain top talent and strengthen long-term business value. Today, as CEO of BenefitRFP and a partner at Simplicity Group, he advises boards and leadership teams on retention, succession, and the...
## [Episode #273 - Building Businesses That Last: Operational Excellence with Jake Isaacs](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-273-jake-isaacs)
May 14, 2026 by [Craig Andrews](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/author/craig-andrews) [Leave a Comment](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-273-jake-isaacs#comments-listing)
Jake Isaacs is a serial integrator and co-founder of Gathering the Kings, an entrepreneurial mastermind and coaching group. As a champion of operational clarity, team leadership, and community-driven growth, Jake shares real-world strategies for building businesses and people that last.
## [Episode #272: Why US Manufacturing Can Still Compete Globally with David Solomon](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-272-david-solomon)
May 7, 2026 by [Craig Andrews](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/author/craig-andrews) [Leave a Comment](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-272-david-solomon#comments-listing)
David Solomon built and ran a $100 million toy manufacturing company in the 1990s with 840,000 square feet of facilities in Montreal and Plattsburgh, New York, successfully competing against China at a time when conventional wisdom said it couldn't be done. Today, as founder of SERO Growth, he...
## [Episode #271: The "Double Wind" Strategy: How to Pick Industries and Clients that Fuel Growth with Jon Morris](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-271-jon-morris)
April 30, 2026 by [Craig Andrews](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/author/craig-andrews) [Leave a Comment](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-271-jon-morris#comments-listing)
Jon Morris built Rise Interactive from a solo operation to one of the largest independent digital marketing agencies in the world, scaling it to nearly $40 million in revenue over 16 years. He started with prize money from the University of Chicago's New Venture Challenge in 2004 and rode the wave...
## [Episode #270 - America's Tax Defender: How to Fight the IRS and Win with Pietro Canestrelli](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-270-pietro-canestrelli)
April 23, 2026 by [Craig Andrews](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/author/craig-andrews) [Leave a Comment](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-270-pietro-canestrelli#comments-listing)
Pietro Canestrelli is a tax attorney and former IRS attorney who helps business owners and taxpayers protect their hard-earned money. As the founder of the Law Office of Pietro Canestrelli and author of America's Tax Defender, he focuses on getting the IRS out of your life as fast as possible.
## [Episode #269: Why Most Virtual Training Fails - and How Great Leaders Fix It with Bernie DeSantis](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-269-bernie-desantis)
April 21, 2026 by [Craig Andrews](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/author/craig-andrews) [Leave a Comment](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-269-bernie-desantis#comments-listing)
In this episode of Leaders and Legacies, Craig Andrews sits down with Bernie DeSantis, CEO of Insignia Training Partners, to explore how leaders can transform virtual training from a dull obligation into a powerful leadership tool. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in corporate learning...
## [Episode #268: The Micro-Moments That Build - or Break - Trust in Leadership with Kim Bohr](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-268-kim-bohr)
April 16, 2026 by [Craig Andrews](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/author/craig-andrews) [Leave a Comment](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-268-kim-bohr#comments-listing)
Trust is often treated as a vague leadership ideal, but Kim Bohr argues it’s one of the most measurable and practical drivers of performance inside organizations.
## [Episode #267: The Strategic CIO: How Leaders Turn Technology Into a Growth Engine with Jeremy Fennema](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-267-jeremy-fennema)
April 14, 2026 by [Craig Andrews](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/author/craig-andrews) [Leave a Comment](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/episode-267-jeremy-fennema#comments-listing)
In this episode of Leaders and Legacies, Craig Andrews sits down with Jeremy Fennema, founder of Fennema.io and a fractional CIO/CTO who helps growth-stage companies bring order to chaotic technology environments.
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