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Hosted by Keith Alper · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 17 episodes
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Fast Forward STL is a business and innovation podcast hosted by entrepreneur, investor, producer, and CEO of The Nitrous Effect companies, Keith Alper. Each episode features leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators doing remarkable work connected to St. Louis and the greater region. Together, they explore ideas, stories, and strategies that shape growth, spark curiosity, and occasionally make you say, “I didn’t know that.” From bold startups to legacy organizations reinventing themselves, the conversations dig into how people build, create, and solve real problems, and why it matters to our city’s future. The goal is simple: learn, explore, and help move St. Louis fast forward through business, leadership, and innovation.
Keith Alper hosts Fast Forward STL, a business show with 17 episodes published.
In this episode of Fast Forward STL , host Keith Alper speaks with Ed Glotzbach, Tournament Chairperson of the 2026 BMW Championship , coming to Bellerive Country Club August 18–23. Glotzbac
In this episode of Fast Forward STL , host Keith Alper speaks with Missouri State Senator Brian Williams . Since first being elected in 2018 to represent Missouri’s 14th Senate District, which covers po
In this episode of Fast Forward STL , The Muny’s artistic director and executive producer, Mike Isaacson , joins host Keith Alper. Isaacson discusses his career journey from Broadway and The
In this episode of Fast Forward STL , host Keith Alper is joined by Donn Rubin, founding president and CEO of BioSTL . They go deep on the partnerships and leadership that’s helping position St. Louis a
In this episode of Fast Forward STL , Clementine’s Creamery owner Tamara Keefe comes on the show. Hear how she turned a childhood family tradition into a multi-state brand that’s now in 30
In this episode of Fast Forward STL, Keith Alper sits down with Amy Shaw, the president and CEO of Nine PBS who’s helping shape the future of public media in St. Louis and beyond, while leading her organization through a
In this episode of Fast Forward STL, Keith Alper speaks with St. Louis City Comptroller Donna Baringer about about leadership, public service, and the challenges of modernizing city government. Baringer shares her journe
In this episode of Fast Forward STL, Keith Alper speaks with Tarlton Corporation executive chair and CEO Tracy Hart—a trailblazing corporate leader who has tripled the company’s growth, all while helping shape St. Louis
In this episode of Fast Forward STL, Keith Alper sits down Marie-Hélène Bernard, president and CEO of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. She shares how one of the nation’s oldest orchestras continues to break barriers and
In this episode of Fast Forward STL, Keith Alper sits down with Emily Hemingway, a tech entrepreneur who has spent two decades driving innovation and economic growth in communities across the country. Most recently as fo
In this episode of Fast Forward STL, Keith Alper sits down with Steve O’Loughlin, president of Lodging Hospitality Management (LHM), Missouri’s largest hotel operator, with 19 hotels and more than 5,000 rooms; plus Westp
In this episode of Fast Forward STL, host Keith Alper sits down with Adam Birenbaum, chief executive officer of Focus Partners Wealth. Adam shares his intern-to-CEO story at the St. Louis-based wealth management firm, ex
In this episode of Fast Forward STL, host Keith Alper sits down with Mike Mazzeo, dean of WashU Olin Business School. Hear about his journey from Stanford-trained economist and longtime Northwestern professor to universi
In this episode of Fast Forward STL, host Keith Alper sits down with Rusty Keeley, CEO of Keeley Companies and new chairman of the Regional Business Council. Keeley shares how he grew his father’s asphalt paving business
In this episode of Fast Forward STL, host Keith Alper sits down with St. Louis native Jim McKelvey, co-founder of Block (formerly Square), to talk about the lessons he’s learned from building a global company and how tho
In the debut episode of Fast Forward STL, host Keith Alper interviews David Karandish, an accomplished entrepreneur and CEO of Capacity, an AI-driven support automation platform. David shares his entrepreneurial journey
Fast Forward STL is a business and innovation podcast hosted by entrepreneur, investor, producer, and CEO of The Nitrous Effect companies, Keith Alper. Each episode features leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators doing r
Amy Shaw
Founder and CEO of WalktheRed.com, Keynote Speaker and Author of Navigating Goodbye · BetterDementia.com
1 appearance on this show
Jim McKelvey
Co-Founder of Square · Block Inc
1 appearance on this show
David Karandish
Founder and CEO · Capacity
1 appearance on this show
Tracy Hart
Tarlton Corporation
1 appearance on this show
Marie-Hélène Bernard
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
1 appearance on this show
Emily Hemingway
Tech STL
1 appearance on this show
Steve O’Loughlin
Lodging Hospitality Management
1 appearance on this show
Adam Birenbaum
Focus Partners Wealth
1 appearance on this show
Mike Mazzeo
WashU Olin Business School
1 appearance on this show
Rusty Keeley
Keeley Companies
1 appearance on this show
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