Founder · CEO · Storyteller
Driven by an unrelenting hope for the future.
I lead companies and tell stories about how brokenness can become extraordinary. My work lives where faith, philosophy, and business meet.

About
To live an extraordinary life.

I'm Caleb Esborg. I started preaching in my parents' living room at ten years old — and while I stepped away from pastoral ministry years ago, that early instinct to make sense of big ideas never left. Today it shows up at the intersection of faith, philosophy, and business.
I'm the Founder and CEO of Perisso — from the Greek perissos, "exceeding, abundant, more than" — a software platform transforming how construction companies manage receivables and revenue. I also serve as Co-CEO of Legacy Framers and Affiliated Companies, a family of construction businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I'm a licensed general contractor.
I hold a bachelor's degree in religion and a Master's in Interdisciplinary Studies spanning business administration, ethics, and theology. I've continued my executive education at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, Oxford's Saïd Business School, Stanford's School of Engineering, and MIT Sloan — because the most important thing about education is appetite.
My mission is simple: to serve, give, and inspire. I serve on the advisory board of the Medea Charitable Foundation and champion organizations fighting human trafficking and caring for children in need. I believe a truly abundant life is a fully present one — and you'll usually find me chasing that in one of three places: training, reading, or at home with my beautiful wife, Jacquelin, and our son, Zeke.
Ventures
Companies & leadership
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Perisso
Founder & CEO
A software platform transforming how construction companies manage receivables and revenue.
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Ethos Environmental
Co-Founder
Leading a company built around sustainable business practices and responsible environmental stewardship.
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Legacy Framers and Affiliated Companies
Co-CEO
Operational leadership across multiple construction companies as a licensed general contractor.
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Medea Charitable Foundation
Advisory Board Member
Assisting organizations that help children with athletic, educational, social and community activities.
Visit siteSpeaking & Writing
Teaching, books & the spoken word
I gave my first message at ten years old and haven't stopped since — hundreds of talks over more than two decades, from Sunday mornings to conference stages, boardrooms to leadership retreats. Speaking isn't a side project for me — it's the thread that runs through everything else I do, and the thing that makes me feel most alive.
My conviction about speaking is simple: story makes people feel, truth makes them think, and if I've done my job, they leave ready to act. Feel, think, act — in that order, because it never works in reverse. Keynote or workshop, boardroom or auditorium, the aim is the same: serve the room, not perform for it.

Trilogy Publishing · 2022
Extraordinary: How brokenness can make you extraordinary
I wrote Extraordinary years ago — a short, honest book about what to do with brokenness. Part storytelling, part humor, part unfiltered vulnerability, it's the story of how the worst chapters of a life can become the reason it's extraordinary.
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If it's about speaking, advising, or an idea you can't shake — I'd love to hear from you.

