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Founders Journey Podcast
Welcome to Founders Journey, a podcast that explores the lives that shape remarkable builders. Each episode features a personal conversation with an entrepreneur who shares early dreams, first jobs, key turning points, lessons from setbacks, and the steady wins that shaped their path. If you want real stories about what forms a founder and what fuels a relentless drive to build, this podcast offers it each week.
Episodes
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Joseph Rhodes on Building Strong Leadership Teams and Business Growth
Why Joseph Rhodes Believes Leadership Starts With Clarity What happens when a business has a clear vision, but its people struggle to execute it? In this…
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Matt Duboise Shares the Hard Lessons of Starting and Growing a Business
Matt Duboise and a Business Born From Necessity Matt Duboise always expected to start a company, yet the chicken coop industry surprised him. During the 2008…
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How Stuart Faught Builds and Sells Profitable Software Businesses
Why Stuart Faught Believes Small Businesses Create Big Opportunities What if building a successful business didn't require hundreds of employees or years of…
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Andre Alexander on Business Growth Without Sacrificing Your Personal Life
What if your business gave you more time instead of demanding more of it? In this episode, we sit down with Andre Alexander to explore a different approach to…
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Reid Robinson on Medical Innovation, Recovery, and Starting Over
Reid Robinson’s story connects recovery, invention, consulting, and entrepreneurial resilience through several major changes in his life. He grew up in Nova…
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Steve Mack on AI Entrepreneurship Resilience and Building a Life That Fits
Steve Mack on AI and Better Decisions We start with Steve’s path from enterprise technology into AI-focused entrepreneurship. He outlines Blue Sky AI’s work…
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Angus Nelson on Founder Resilience Fear and Leading Through Growth at Scale
When Angus Nelson Says Growth Changes the Founder As companies grow, founders often face more decisions, people, uncertainty, and responsibility. However, the…
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How Zech Thomas Built a Business With Hockey, Discipline, and Speed
Zech Thomas Finds Direction Through HockeyHis path started with hockey, not business. He began at ten, which he describes as extremely late for the sport…
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Founder Mindset Lessons on Focus Failure Sales Customers and Better Growth
Confidence Starts With Action We open with David Wagstaff, who explains how a childhood lemonade stand changed his confidence. First, the lesson isn't that…
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Cory Blumenfeld on Delegation Resilience and Building Stronger Businesses
Delegation Beyond the Task List We start with a practical question many founders face. What should you keep, and what should you hand off? He argues that…
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Haren Bhakta Explains Founder Ownership Investing and Skin in the Game
Why Haren Looks at Who Owns the Company We open with a simple investing question. Who actually owns the companies that investors trust with their money? Haren…
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Boris Wexler on Entrepreneurship Career Reinvention and Building a Team
Boris Wexler grew up in Paris with a strong academic focus and a clear path toward science. However, his interests stretched far beyond engineering. He loved…
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Greg Roe on Building Freestyle Trampoline Through Resilience
Greg Roe explains how freestyle trampoline grew from his frustration with traditional sport systems. He saw young athletes seeking creativity, freedom, and…
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Derik Krauss on Failure Focus and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Derik Krauss explains how early experiences shaped his interest in business ownership. His father’s career changes showed him persistence during uncertainty…
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Domingo Guerra on Building Startups and Securing the AI Powered Future Now
We explore how an entrepreneurial mindset began with ownership, preparation, and a clear view of future choices. In high school, he worked backward from…
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Brian McLean on Building a Jewelry Business Through Change and Trust
Brian McLean didn’t enter the jewelry industry through a detailed career plan. Instead, an early job introduced him to sales and customer relationships. He…
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Alex Jekowsky on Building Cents and Leading Through Startup Pain
Starting where the friction lives Alex Jekowsky joins us to talk about the kind of founder mindset that starts with real friction. He didn’t chase startup…
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Sugira Rubasha on Identity Football and Building a Creative Career
Sugira Rubasha traces his story from Nairobi to Sydney, and he explains how that move shaped his early world. He grew up around many cultures, yet he kept…
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Peter Shankman on ADHD entrepreneurship and building a life that fits
Peter Shankman on building around a different brain We sat down with Peter Shankman to explore how he built his life around an ADHD brain, not against it…
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John Hsu on Opioid Recovery Startups and Purpose Driven Leadership
We sit down with John Hsu to trace the pressure, discipline, and responsibility that shaped his early life. He grew up in California in a Taiwanese immigrant…
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Maddy Niebauer on Peace Corps Lessons and Building vChiefs
We sit down with Maddy Niebauer to trace the experiences that shaped her early mindset. She reflects on growing up in the Bay Area, moving often, and changing…
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Randy Johnston on Building Technology Leadership That Actually Helps People
We talk with Randy Johnston about the kind of childhood that builds real problem solvers. He grew up in Hutchinson, Kansas, and learned by asking questions. He…
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Kobi Simmat on Wealth Creation Delegation and Business Ownership
Kobi grew up in Sydney around national parks, beaches, boats, and building sites. So, work never sat in a separate box from life. His father ran an…
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Jonathan Aberman on Resilience Creativity and Building Through Change
We sat down with Jonathan Aberman to trace the roots of his entrepreneurial mindset. He shares how an unstructured childhood in Philadelphia shaped the way he…
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Allen Kopelman on transparent pricing sales and building through hard work
We sat down with Allen Kopelman to trace a path shaped by family business, restaurant kitchens, and long-term entrepreneurship. Early on, he grew up around…
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Darren Tompkins on military service business growth and better balance
We sit down with Darren Tompkins to trace the path from Salem, Virginia, to military service, college, and business ownership. He talks about growing up with…
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Shuvam Bhaumik on Immigrant Roots Career Risk and Real World Skills
We sat down with Shuvam Bhaumik to trace the early forces that shaped his career path. He grew up in Brooklyn between Borough Park and Bay Ridge. So, he…
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Howard Lim on Dyslexia Design and Building Businesses That Last
Howard Lim takes us back to Santa Barbara, where he grew up with eight siblings after being born in Manitoba. He describes a loud, active home, yet he also…
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Michelle Marks on Building a Creative Business With Sales and Staying Power
We sit down with Michelle Marks to trace the path from Los Angeles to New York. She shares a childhood shaped by freedom, creativity, and strong working…
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Kevin Siskar on Founder Support Work Ethic and Building Through Loss
We sat down with Kevin Siskar to trace the experiences that shaped how he leads. He grew up in Buffalo, started working young, and learned through real jobs…
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How Ravi Vinayak Built a Global Distribution Career After Science
We sat down with Ravi Vinayak to trace a career that changed shape many times. He grew up in Mumbai, studied chemistry, and moved to Canada for a PhD. Along…
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Andy Cwik on Self Education Risk and the Real Founder Journey
Andy Cwik starts with a small town upbringing and a constant pull toward independence. His parents wanted stability and benefits, yet he felt boxed in by large…
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How John Bucher Turned Storytelling Into a Career in Film
John Bucher grew up in East Texas with limited resources and a narrow view of success. Every Friday, his family rented ten movies for ten dollars. As a result…
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Redefining Success and Finding Passion in Business with Skip Cohen
We sit down with Skip Cohen to unpack his journey from Ohio to leadership in photography. He grew up in Painesville, Ohio, just east of Cleveland. His…
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How Ralph Marucci Turned Sales Grit Into Leadership Growth
Ralph Marucci grew up in Brooklyn in a disciplined household. His grandfather survived the Great Depression and fought in World War II . That resilience shaped…
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Building Resilient Growth Strategy with Paula Skaper
Paula Skaper begins with her early years in Northern Ireland during the Troubles . However, her parents chose Canada for greater stability and opportunity …
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Turning Adversity Into Discipline and Legacy with Paul Melella Jr
Paul Melella Jr grew up in a tight Italian family in New York. He faced bullying at a young age. That experience pushed him into martial arts. He trained in…
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Park Howell on using storytelling to lead with clarity and build trust
In this episode, we sit down with Park Howell to explore how storytelling became his framework for leading teams, growing businesses, and navigating personal…
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How David Kidder Helps Founders Build Ideas That Actually Work
David Kidder on How Founders Think Differently David Kidder explains what separates successful founders from the rest. It’s not polish or presentation. It’s…
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How Peter Hopwood Helps Leaders Speak With More Clarity and Confidence
Peter Hopwood on the Power of First Impressions Peter Hopwood explains why first impressions matter more than most people realize. Whether you're pitching an…
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How Cam Roberts grew a thriving pavement business
Cam Roberts on learning without a blueprint Cam Roberts grew up in a quiet town in northern British Columbia with no real exposure to entrepreneurship. His…
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How David Decker Built Wealth Over 40 Years in Real Estate
A Young David Decker Finds His Path David Decker shares how growing up in northwest Indiana shaped his values. From delivering newspapers at age nine to…
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Why Scott Miller Believes Success Comes Down to Consistency & Action
Scott Miller on Growing Up and Grit Scott Miller shares how growing up with three older brothers in a small Midwest town shaped his outlook. With limited…
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Finding clarity through discipline with Anthony Espo
Growing Up Hustling in Brooklyn Anthony Espo shares how growing up in Bay Ridge shaped his early mindset around work, independence, and hustle. He talks about…
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How Kison Patel turned setbacks into strategy and built a business
Finding Opportunity in Unlikely Places Kison Patel shares how growing up in a small Nebraska motel shaped his work ethic from an early age. Raised by immigrant…
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How Henning Schwinum Thinks About Sales Leadership Growth and Career Building
Henning Schwinum’s journey started in Cologne, Germany, and took a pivotal turn when he joined a student exchange program in North Carolina. That early…
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Self Awareness and Team Building Unlocks Entrepreneurial Growth
Richie Romero opens up about his early life, growing up in Queens, and how television shaped his moral compass more than traditional family dynamics. He shares…
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How Jack Krupey Turned Real Estate Failures into Lifelong Investment Skills
In this episode of the Founders Journey podcast, we sit down with Jack Krupey to trace the winding path that took him from a small town in New Jersey to…
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How Aron Myers Rebuilt His Life Through Leadership and Found His Path as a Coach
In this episode of Founders Journey, we sit down with Aron Myers, who opens up about his unconventional path from a childhood marked by adversity to becoming a…
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Lane Campbell on how early curiosity and risk tolerance shape business success
In this episode of the Founders Journey podcast, we sit down with Lane Campbell to explore the role that persistence, hands-on learning, and unconventional…