What do two recovering engineers, a former marketing professional and the project manager for the KFC Yum Center have in common? They’re founders of some of Louisville’s fastest-growing companies.

The four Louisville executives were on a panel Tuesday morning at Louisville Business First’s Access Louisville event to talk about the climate and opportunities for growth in Louisville and how they managed to scale their companies so quickly.

The panel consisted of Kevin Grangier, CEO and founder of Belle Nobel Entertainment Group; John Hinshaw, president of Calhoun Construction Services Inc.; Kelly Sweasy, senior vice president of human resources at The Learning House Inc.; and Erik Hitzelberger, co-owner of Freedom Property Group LLC.  Click here to read more from Business First.