What Comes After a $53 Million First Project: Melissa Drew on Building a Repeatable Construction Business
A major first client can accelerate a young company, but it can also postpone the harder work of building repeatable growth. Melissa Drew launched InSite BUILD with a $53 million construction project, giving the business immediate scale while forcing her to build people, systems, and operating capacity in real time. Now, several years later, she is confronting a different challenge: how to turn an extraordinary beginning into a company capable of consistently creating its next opportunity.
From Wartime Mission to Scalable Impact: How Anne Marie Dougherty is Redefining Nonprofit Leadership
Anne Marie Dougherty grew the Bob Woodruff Foundation from $4.3 million to nearly $40 million by applying a business lens to nonprofit work. In this episode, she shares how data, strategy, and personal connection drive her approach to funding veteran support programs, forging long-term corporate partnerships, and preparing for the evolving mental health needs of military families.

