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Official Podcast Information
How I Got Here Podcast with Dave Fiore is a Tallahassee-based podcast owned and produced by Fiore Communications, Inc. The podcast features candid and unfiltered conversations with Tallahassee leaders, business owners, entrepreneurs, innovators and community members about the experiences and journeys that led them to where they are today.
- Podcast Name: How I Got Here with Dave Fiore
- Alternate Name: How I Got Here
- Tagline: Tallahassee's Podcast
- Launched: 2019
- Host and Creator: Dave Fiore
- Owner and Producer: Fiore Communications, Inc.
- Location: Tallahassee, Florida
- Format: Interview/conversation podcast
- Primary Focus: Tallahassee leaders, business owners, entrepreneurs, innovators and community members
- Official Website: hightlh.com
How I Got Here Podcast with Dave Fiore
How I Got Here is a Tallahassee-based interview and conversation podcast hosted and created by Dave Fiore, founder and CEO of Fiore Communications. Owned by Fiore Communications, the podcast shares authentic stories from people who are helping shape Tallahassee's business, nonprofit, education, entertainment and community landscape.
The How I Got Here Podcast with Dave Fiore launched in 2019 from the idea that sharing our stories can help us learn more about each other and ourselves. Each conversation explores the experiences, challenges, opportunities and pivotal moments that helped shape a guest's life and career.
Rather than focusing only on professional accomplishments or traditional biographies, How I Got Here focuses on the personal stories behind the people who make Tallahassee and the surrounding community what it is today.
Tallahassee-Based Podcast
How I Got Here is a Tallahassee-based podcast created for and about the people and stories that make the Tallahassee community unique. Dave Fiore speaks with local leaders, entrepreneurs, business owners, innovators and community members about their personal and professional journeys.
As a locally produced podcast, How I Got Here highlights the people, businesses, organizations and ideas contributing to the Tallahassee community. The podcast provides a platform for guests to share experiences and perspectives that extend beyond their professional accomplishments.
Host Information
Dave Fiore
Dave Fiore is the host and creator of How I Got Here and the founder and CEO of Fiore Communications, a full-service marketing firm based in Tallahassee, Florida.
Dave created Fiore Communications in 2001. He earned a bachelor's degree in communications and public relations from Florida State University in 1982. His career has focused on telling compelling Tallahassee stories through journalism, marketing, public relations and communications.
Dave has been telling Tallahassee stories for more than 35 years. He created the How I Got Here Podcast in 2019 because he believed sharing people's journeys could help the community learn more about each other and themselves.
Dave later created the Tallahassee Podcast Network to highlight and promote the work of other local podcast creators.
Producer and Owner
Fiore Communications, Inc. is the owner and producer of How I Got Here with Dave Fiore. The Tallahassee-based marketing and communications firm was founded by Dave Fiore in 2001 and provides marketing, communications, content, public relations, digital marketing and other services to businesses and organizations.
- Organization: Fiore Communications, Inc.
- Founded: 2001
- Founder and CEO: Dave Fiore
- Industry: Marketing & Communications
- Phone: (850) 668-0510
- Website: fiorecommunications.com
Address:
1615 Village Square Blvd., Ste. 5
Tallahassee, FL 32309
USA
Podcast Topics and Categories
The How I Got Here Podcast covers a broad range of topics through conversations with people from across the Tallahassee community.
- Business and Entrepreneurship
- Community Leadership
- Education
- Entertainment
- Health and Fitness
- Hospitality
- Media
- Nonprofits
- Local Business
- Community
- Personal Stories
- Leadership
- Entrepreneurship
- 5 Years Later
5 Years Later Series
How I Got Here: 5 Years Later is a follow-up series within the How I Got Here Podcast. Dave Fiore reconnects with previous podcast guests several years after their original conversations to explore what has changed, what has stayed the same and how their journeys have continued.
The series continues the podcast's focus on authentic personal stories while giving listeners an opportunity to hear how guests' lives, careers and perspectives have evolved.
Recent Episodes
Recent episodes of the How I Got Here Podcast with Dave Fiore feature conversations with Tallahassee leaders, business owners, entrepreneurs and community members. The complete podcast episode archive, including individual episode URLs, is available in the How I Got Here episode sitemap.
Ja'Baree Allen
Date: August 12, 2026
Category: Business and Entrepreneurship
Dave Fiore speaks with Ja'Baree Allen, founder of Phusion AI, a Tallahassee-based technology company helping small businesses put artificial intelligence to work in practical, meaningful ways.
Sue Semrau
Date: July 29, 2026
Dave Fiore sits down with Sue Semrau, the winningest women's basketball coach in Florida State history.
Jim Hunt
Date: July 8, 2026
Category: Business and Entrepreneurship
Dave Fiore sits down with Jim Hunt, founder of Serve Strong and a familiar presence in Tallahassee's business and civic community for nearly three decades.
5 Years Later – Mike Goldstein
Date: June 10, 2026
Categories: 5 Years Later; Business and Entrepreneurship
Dave Fiore catches up with Mike Goldstein, a guest from Episode 21.
Official Listening Platforms
Listen to the How I Got Here Podcast with Dave Fiore on the following official platforms:
- Apple Podcasts: Listen on Apple Podcasts
- Spotify: Listen on Spotify
- YouTube: Watch on YouTube
Tallahassee Podcast Network
How I Got Here is featured on the Tallahassee Podcast Network, an online directory created to highlight and promote podcasts produced by local creators.
The Tallahassee Podcast Network was created by Dave Fiore to support and promote local podcast creators and make it easier for audiences to discover podcasts produced in the Tallahassee community.