What does it take to emigrate to a new country as a teenager, start with a mop and a tight budget, and build a company that remodels over 100,000 hotel rooms at Walt Disney World? In this episode, hosts Roy Richardson and Sean Murphy sit down with Juan Quiroga — founder, president, and CEO of JCQ Services — for a conversation about grit, culture, legacy, and what it really means to build something that lasts.

Juan arrived in the US from Peru with no network, no degree, and no roadmap. At 18, he started a small cleaning business alongside his mother. By 2000, he formally launched JCQ Services. Twenty-five years later, it is one of the most recognized Hispanic-owned construction, warehousing, and logistics companies in the Southeast — delivering integrated services to the biggest names in hospitality and theme park development.

In this conversation, Juan opens up about:

• Starting with nothing — what those first years in America actually looked like, and the mindset that carried him through
• Building JCQ from a cleaning contract to a general contracting powerhouse — and what most people miss about the early grind
• 365 prefabricated cabins in 365 days at Fort Wilderness — delivering Disney's biggest modular project through not one but two hurricanes, working in knee-deep water
• The Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative — what being selected by Stanford gave him that 25 years on the job site could not
• Scaling to 100+ employees and 200+ subcontractors — the systems, culture, and leadership shifts that had to happen
• Building proprietary AI-embedded software — why JCQ chose to build its own platform rather than buy off the shelf, and how it is reshaping how they predict risk before problems happen
• COVID and the NBA bubble — how he navigated the shutdown without laying off a single employee
• Working in the business vs. on the business — the mentorship lesson that changed everything
• Sustainable growth over fast growth — why reputation is the most valuable asset JCQ has ever built, and the one word he uses to guard it
• Faith, family, and six kids — how he keeps perspective and what the next chapter looks like for JCQ

Whether you are a first-generation entrepreneur, a construction professional, or a business leader figuring out how to scale without losing what got you there, this episode delivers hard-won wisdom wrapped in one of the most genuine stories you will hear this year.

Learn more about Juan Quiroga:

• LinkedIn
• Website: JCQ Services
• Phone: (407) 889-4944
• Email: juan@jcqservices.com

Connect with the Dynamic Business Leaders Podcast Hosts:

• LinkedIn: Roy Richardson
• LinkedIn: Sean Murphy

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What does it look like to build five careers worth of impact in one lifetime? In this episode, hosts Roy Richardson and Sean Murphy sit down with Mitchel Lasky — co-founder and Managing General Partner of Deep Work Capital, one of Florida's leading early-stage venture capital firms — for a conversation that spans ski slopes, NASDAQ listings, community banking, rock bands, and the founders nobody else would bet on.

Mitchel's path didn't start in boardrooms. He grew up in Roslyn Heights, New York, watched his father's businesses go through Chapter 11, and became the first in his family to earn a college degree — coming out a licensed CPA. From there, he co-founded Dynamic Healthcare Technologies and took it all the way to NASDAQ before merging with Cerner. He then helped build and exit Dynamic Control Corporation, co-founded three Florida community banks — Security National, CNL Bank, and Cogent — and eventually channeled everything he learned into Deep Work Capital, which now manages the Florida Opportunity Fund for the State of Florida, holds 30+ portfolio companies, and was the first investor in Stacks, Florida's first woman-led unicorn.

In this conversation, Mitchel opens up about:

• Growing up with an entrepreneur father — and what watching a Chapter 11 filing teaches a teenager about resilience
• Why his CPA license was a foundation, not a destination — and the Deloitte mentors who shaped him early
• Taking a healthcare tech company to NASDAQ — what the IPO process really demands of a first-time CEO
• Co-founding three community banks — and why Cogent is now one of Florida's fastest-growing financial institutions
• The shift from angel investor to VC — and why writing checks wasn't enough when the founders stopped calling back
• What founders consistently get wrong in a pitch — including the #1 mistake that kills credibility immediately
• CEO vs. board dynamics — the listening skill most leaders have to be taught before it's too late
• Managing by walking the cubes — why he never sat in his corner office and what that did for company culture
• Scheduling balance like a business meeting — his actual weekly routine for protecting what matters most
• Dreaming bigger in retrospect — honest reflections on what more could have looked like, and why wisdom only comes after the miles

Whether you're a founder raising your first round, a leader navigating board dynamics, or someone building toward your first exit, this episode is packed with hard-won perspective from someone who has done it at nearly every level.

Learn more about Mitchel Laskey:

• LinkedIn
• Website: Deep Work Capital
• Phone: (813) 360-4682
• Email: mitchel@deepworkcapital.com

Connect with the Dynamic Business Leaders Podcast Hosts:

• LinkedIn: Roy Richardson
• LinkedIn: Sean Murphy

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What does it actually take to step into a family business and make it your own? In this episode, hosts Roy Richardson and Sean Murphy sit down with Adam Mikkelson; President, CEO, and Owner of Liberty Investment Properties; to unpack one of the most layered leadership journeys you'll hear.

Adam didn't inherit a title. He swept units, managed stores, and earned the respect of his team before he ever held the wheel. Since joining the company his parents built in 2005, he's grown Liberty into a platform participating in over $1 billion in capital investments across more than 80 properties nationwide.

In this conversation, Adam opens up about:

• Flying solo at 16 before he could legally drive, and the grandfather who sparked that love of adventure
• Growing up inside a family business. Dinner table deal talk, birthday parties on construction job sites, and what that instilled in him
• The renovation vs. ground-up analogy for taking over a family business — and why most successors get it wrong
• The 5-year leadership transition from proverbial deckhand to captain, and why his dad's ability to let go was just as important as Adam's readiness to lead
• A panic attack in 2018 that forced a high-performing, all-gas leader to confront what burnout and suppressed anxiety actually look like
• Being a "cycle breaker or cycle maker" how faith, mentorship, and intentional values shaped who he is at every level of life
• The pain behind his passion for foster and adoptive care. A deeply personal chapter rooted in his own family's fertility struggles
• Building for the next generation and how Liberty is structured today and Adam's vision for the next 5–10 years

Whether you're navigating a family business transition, leading through adversity, or just trying to build something that lasts, this episode is loaded with hard-won wisdom and genuine authenticity.

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Learn more about Mitchel Laskey:

• LinkedIn
• Website: Liberty INvestment Properties
• Phone: (321) 441-1850
• Email: amikkelson@libertyprop.com

Connect with the Dynamic Business Leaders Podcast Hosts:

• LinkedIn: Roy Richardson
• LinkedIn: Sean Murphy

If you found this episode of the Dynamic Business Leaders Podcast inspiring, be sure to subscribe to our podcast on your favorite platform. This way, you won't miss out on future episodes featuring other dynamic business leaders.

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The Dynamic Business Leaders Podcast is brought to you by Aurora InfoTech, a Cybersecurity Firm that serves the information security needs of small—and medium-sized businesses.