Fi$H Factor With Mike Ungaro

Röckenwagner Bakery COO Erich Schmaranzer joins Mike Ungaro to share how the Southern California artisan bakery became the new bread partner behind San Pedro Fish Market's world-famous garlic bread. Schmaranzer explains how Rockenwagner scaled from supplying local cafés to becoming a national partner for brands including The Cheesecake Factory, Mendocino Farms, and Target, all while maintaining artisan quality. He discusses the technology behind frozen bread, why repeatable scalability matters

13-time World Pizza Champion Tony Gemignani joins Mike Ungaro to share the lessons he's learned from building one of America's most respected restaurant brands. From spending 17 years working in his brother's pizzeria before opening Tony's Pizza Napoletana to growing Slice House into a national franchise, Gemignani explains why success comes from mastering both the craft and the business. He discusses learning from failure, scaling a restaurant company, mentoring the next generation, and why gre

Eric McDermott, equity partner at Pacific Advisors® and founder of NEXTpectations®, joins Mike Ungaro to share how visual storytelling can help leaders simplify complex ideas, build stronger teams, and communicate more effectively. From his three TEDx Talks and bestselling books to building an audience of more than 500,000 on TikTok, McDermott explains why making ideas easier to understand creates better businesses, stronger relationships, and lasting impact. What You'll Learn - Why visual sto

Markos Scheer, founder and CEO of Seagrove Alaska, joins Mike Ungaro to share how he went from working in seafood as a teenager to practicing law for two decades before leaving it all behind to build one of Alaska's leading mariculture companies. Scheer explains why sustainable oyster and kelp farming represents the future of Alaska's coastal economy, what it takes to launch an entirely new industry, and how persistence, long-term thinking, and the right partners helped turn an ambitious vision

Dan Whittaker, managing partner of Whitaker & Company, joins Mike Ungaro to discuss entrepreneurship, leadership, family business, and the lessons learned from building an accounting firm over nearly three decades. From selling real estate to pay for college to launching his own firm while his wife was pregnant, Whittaker shares why business is the ultimate strategic game and how financial data helps uncover the real problems holding companies back. He also explains why people, not numbers, are

Welcome back to Fi$H Factor, where family legacy meets entrepreneurial grit. Recorded live from the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, Mike Ungaro sits down with Chris Bryson, founder and CEO of New School Foods, to discuss the future of plant-based seafood and the technology powering a new generation of alternative proteins. After building and selling a software company to Instacart, Bryson turned his attention to food innovation. Frustrated by plant-based products that failed to