Building Cannondale

About this episode

This episode explores the founding story of Cannondale through the perspective of Joe Montgomery's son, Scott Montgomery.

In this episode, we are going deep inside the founding story of Cannondale, which has arguably been one of the most innovative bike companies in the world to this day. The founder who is the main character in this story is Joe Montgomery. But he wasn’t a hardcore cyclist as you might expect. He was an entrepreneur who liked building things, hired his customer, and figuring it out as he went. Sadly, Joe passed away peacefully on January 2, 2026. Telling Cannondale's origin story in this episode is Joe's son, Scott Montgomery. Scott lived and breathed Cannondale for most of his career, is synonymous with leadership of his father, and is more than able to do the story justice. If you like this podcast and want to hear more, please support our work by becoming a member: https://escapecollective.com/join/

People in this episode

Guest: Scott Montgomery

Topics covered

• founding story
• entrepreneurship
• innovation
• bicycle industry
• leadership

Keywords

• Cannondale
• Joe Montgomery
• Scott Montgomery
• bicycle innovation
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cannondale

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