In the debut episode of The Growth Seat, Dhani Jones sits down with serial entrepreneur and investor Sal Calvino, Founder of Equivu Capital, to unpack what it really takes to build, scale, and survive businesses over decades.

Sal grew up around airplanes, started his first company at age 26, navigated 9/11, the financial crisis, Covid, and volatile markets, and has built a global workforce of 5,500 people.  In this episode, Sal shares the hard-earned lessons you don’t learn in a classroom — only by being in the seat when the pressure is on.

This conversation cuts through theory and gets practical: leadership under stress, calculating risk, building businesses that don’t collapse when challenges arise, and why people — not spreadsheets — ultimately determine outcomes.

No playbooks. No shortcuts. Just lessons learned the hard way.

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ws6fFa2Tz0cSxl95Grzif?si=kTwA86CqQp2jqaOADr7avA
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-dont-climb-a-mountain-in-one-push-sal-calvino/id1874053638?i=1000750166922

Guest Highlight: Sal Calvino

Sal Calvino is the Founder of Equivu Capital and a seasoned aviation and industrial executive with more than two decades of experience building and scaling businesses. He previously served as CEO of Odyssey Aviation and held leadership roles at Integrated Deicing Services, Boreas Holdings, and Quantem Aviation Services, driving growth across aviation services, manufacturing, and ground support. Today, Sal focuses on investing in and partnering with growing companies, bringing hands-on operational expertise and strategic leadership to help them scale and succeed.