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The Founders Live Podcast tells stories of unique and inspiring entrepreneurship from around the world.

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162 - Yael Joffe of 3X4 Genetics: How To Rethink Your Entire Business Plan When Crisis Hits

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Nick Hughes is joined by Yael Joffe, Founder and Chief Science Officer of 3X4 Genetics from Seattle, WA. 3X4 Genetics is a venture-backed genetics testing company that helps doctors and dietitians integrate genetics into their practice. As the episode starts we hear Nick and Yael quickly jump into an engaging conversation first learning her background and why she chose entrepreneurship. What was it about running her own business she could not get away from? Was there a turning point in her life that shifted how she approached life? We then hear more about Genetics, and Yael's founding story and how she managed to raise over $4m in funding from investors across the world. She breaks down the elements of Genetics she saw that needed to be fixed as well as her outlook on the industry and the ultimate vision for the industry and company. Also, we hear how to adapt and survive when your business changes, as Covid happened, forcing her to totally rethink the entire business plan. Finally, Yael shares her lessons for other female founders — especially those starting a business in health and science as well as her view as the biggest personality traits of successful entrepreneurs. This is an incredibly packed conversation full of wisdom and tips to inspire entrepreneurship globally, we hope it helps you today. https://www.3x4genetics.com/ The Future of Health Will Be Personalized. And Genetic Testing Is The Tool That Will Make It Possible.

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161 - Rodwell Tambade of Two Brothers Inn: The Value of Entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe

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Nick Hughes is joined by Rodwell Tambade of Two Brothers Inn from Harare, Zimbabwe. Rodwell is a long time supporter and member of Founders live. He also has been busy growing Two Brothers Inn, which is a fast food outlet in Zimbabwe. Nick and Rodwell quickly dive into a fun conversation around entrepreneurship and what it means to two people on different sides of the world. We start by hearing about Rodwell's discovery of Founders Live, his path as a student at Chinhoyi University of Technology and his experience and story of getting going with his business. We learn more about Two Brothers Inn and why he decided to start the company in the food business. Rodwell shares his lessons of what he learned from entrepreneurship. Then Nick and him went back and forth asking each other questions and advice, with Rodwell asking Nick a few questions that were on his mind as well. Finishing off the conversation, we learn more about how to find and pitch investors and how to develop and hire a team of great employees. This is a fun and touching conversation of inspiring entrepreneurship both from perspectives in the United States and in Zimbabwe, we hope it helps you today.

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160 - Author Brian Will: Here's My True Definition of Success

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Nick Hughes is joined by Brian Will, an entrepreneur and author from Atlanta, Georgia. Brian is a serial entrepreneur who has spent the last 35 years building and operating 6 different companies across 4 different industries. Now he is a high-performance sales and management consultant and owns a growing chain of restaurants in Atlanta, Georgia. He also just released a new book called The Dropout Multi-Millionaire. Nick and Brian start this conversation with hearing more about his journey, as he dropped out from school and jumped into business. We learn his definition of success and why he choose entrepreneurship. Brian shares what is the most important thing a founder should know, what’s the difference between being self-employed and being a business owner, and what are the different personalities in a successful business. They then get into more details on Brian's thoughts on the biggest mistakes startups and entrepreneurs make as well as his tips and advice to early stage entrepreneurs. Lastly, we hear a bit about Brian’s experience of writing his books. This is a fun and educational conversation of inspiring entrepreneurship, we hope it helps you today. Find Brian's Book Here: https://www.amazon.com/Dropout-Multi-Millionaire-Business-Lessons-Education-ebook/dp/B093Y3BFCF

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159 - Genevieve Brazelton of The Bitter Housewife: It's Okay, Your idea Is Not Going To Appeal To Everybody

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Nick Hughes is joined by Genevieve Brazelton, a Portland, OR native and the CoFounder and CMO of The Bitter Housewife where the best drinks are made with real ingredients, exactly how you like them, regardless of the rules. Nick and Genevieve jump into a very fun and engaging conversation starting with the start to her journey and how she dove into entrepreneurship. We ask her, "why jump into entrepreneurship and start her own business?" We learn the importance of Storytelling? And Why it's so important to startups. The talk about the art of branding and setting yourself apart from the rest. They then shift to the origin story of The Bitter Housewife, and cover the coolness of the birth of a brand and the product. Genevieve notes "It's Okay, Your idea Is Not Going To Appeal To Everybody!" We hear why they choose to offer non-alcoholic beverages as well as spirits. Closing the conversation we hear the experience and lessons of the pandemic in the food and beverage industry as we as her quick advice to entrepreneurs. This is a fun and enjoyable story of unique and inspiring entrepreneurship, we hope it helps you today. https://thebitterhousewife.com/

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158 - Wentao Xiao of Cactivate: How To Embrace The Entrepreneurial Life

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Nick Hughes is joined by Wentao Xiao, cofounder and CEO of Cactivate and who joins us today from Boston, MA. CACTIVATE is a result-driven AI system to automatically manage and optimize Facebook and Instagram ads for maximum return at the lowest cost. You can Supercharge your online store's Facebook ads for $99/month! Nick and Wentao quickly get into a fun conversation all around entrepreneurship and how to embrace the ups and downs of the experience. We start by hearing about his early life with entrepreneurship, where he started early with his businesses. He viewed entrepreneurship as creating value from chaos, and they dive into the value of starting startups early in life. We then hear more about how Cactivate started, their startup experience in the Accelerator called Mass Challenge, and Wentao explains a bit more on how to approach accelerators, why to join one or not. We hear about Wentao’s experience pitching at Founders Live Boston and how it impacted their growth and confidence, which led to them successfully raising a pre-seed round in the middle of the pandemic. Wentao shares his tips on fundraising and pitching investors. We then hear more about Cactivate and what problem are they solving, the biggest mistake companies make with FB ads, and how to validate and take your idea to the next level. They end the conversation with a few tips/advice for early stage founders. This is a fun conversation and we hope it helps you today! https://www.cactivate.com/

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157 - Craig Goodwin of Cyvatar: Valuable Lessons Learned Creating A New Company During The Pandemic

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Nick Hughes is joined by Craig Goodwin, COO and cofounder of Cyvatar and joins us from the UK. Craig is the co-founder of Cyvatar.ai, a game-changing cybersecurity firm that makes cybersecurity simple for businesses by providing fully managed, customer-centric security solutions. Cyvatar is the first member-based cybersecurity as-a-service provider (CSaaS) in the industry. Craig also leads Cyvatar’s product strategy, product management, and engineering functions. Nick and Craig quickly jump into a conversation that startups with his experience as an entrepreneur + how he became successful. They start with his background in military and defense space, why choose entrepreneurship and what really is entrepreneurship? They then talk about experience in pandemic and challenge traveling. We hear Craigs lessons learned creating a new company during a pandemic, how they are managing the remote/virtual team operations. The conversation shifts to what they are building, the danger of ransomware and what can be done to prevent it, what are the basics of cyber security? You will hear what is a checklist of basic cyber security for your organization, the different cyber risks that can prevail in any type of business, and how to stop them. Craig says, its not a problem to be fixed, it's a condition to be managed. They then shift to advice for early stage entrepreneurs, how to have better balance in life and business, being comfortable with uncertainty and enjoying the journey. We hope this episode helps you today! Find Craig on Twitter, linkedin, or email him - craig @ Cyvatar.ai. https://cyvatar.ai/

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156 - Kordel France of Seekar Technologies: Here's What Ethical AI Looks and Sounds Like

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Nick Hughes is joined by Kordel France, the CEO and Engineer of Seekar Technologies from Dallas, Texas. Seekar Technologies is a technology startup that builds artificial intelligence products for a variety of industries. Kordel founded Seekar on four principles: to make AI mobile, ethical, explainable, and dynamic. He is working towards setting a standard for AI, in being explainable and mobile, trying to really branch out to industries that aren’t getting a lot of attention with AI. Kordel's goal is to democratize AI and facilitate adequate attention and investment in the industries such as agriculture, security, medicine, recreation, and energy. Nick and Kordel jump into an interesting and informative conversation that starts with them talking about Idaho, Washington and the Pacific Northwest. They then get into why Kordel chose Entrepreneurship and we learn how did he get started down this path. Nick asks "Why did Kordel start Seekar Technologies, why he is wanting to set a standard for AI - to make AI mobile, ethical, explainable, and dynamic? We learn What excites him about AI and what concerns does he have? The end with talking about the ultimate vision for Seeker Technologies and Kordel’s Advice to early stage founders. This is a very interesting conversation around new technologies and the way to ethically innovate for the betterment of society. We hope it helps you today! The connectivity in this conversation was a bit spotty at times, we apologize for any audio issues. https://seekartech.com/

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155 - Craig Clickner & Carrie Bohlig: Building Your Side Hustle And How To Live Time Wealthy

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Nick Hughes is joined by Craig Clickner & Carrie Bohlig, side hustle experts and entrepreneurs from Madison, Wisconsin. The willingness to embrace the adventure that is side hustling has revolutionized the way they live, allowing them to step away from their traditional careers and become full time parents and entrepreneurs. Nick, Craig and Carrie start off their conversation asking about entrepreneurship and learning how and why they started their journey into entrepreneurship. They talk about how there is not only one way to make money, and we hear how they discovered creating progressive passive income in their lives. They also describe the term - being time wealthy - and the mindset shift needed to achieve it. They call it "A Lifeset" - having a mindset about your life and how you live. We also hear what they learned when writing their book So You Want To Start A Side Hustle? and give advice for first time authors. Lastly, we hear their thoughts on how one gets started creating side hustles - how to go from idea to execution and some examples of great side hustles today. We end the conversation with tips and advice, especially as married business partners. This is a fun and helpful conversation around how to discover and live the life you actually WANT. We hope it helps you today! https://www.tandemconsulting.co/

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154 - Sara Shokouhi of b.WEAR: Humanizing The Uncomfortable To Create Inclusive Apparel

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Nick Hughes is joined by Sara Shokouhi, founder of b.WEAR from Los Angeles, CA. bWEAR is breathable and soft af underwear made from sustainable bamboo focused on prioritizing your sexual health as ⁣seen in Buzzfeed, AskMen, Athlesiure. Nick and Sara enjoy a very touching and important conversation around what Sara says is humanizing the uncomfortable. We hear about how she decided to start a company through what she experienced with clothing and fashion, and the challenges she saw in the world in which she decided to just fix herself! Sara shares how and why to build an inclusive B2C brand, how they are creating inclusion within underwear and intimate apparel industry, and the core values she has infused into the company. We also hear about her experience building the company and working in tech within e-commerce, supply chains challenges, sustainable fabric and the process building out the business. They end with discussing her experience as female founder and her advice to other early stage founders. This is a great conversation between two leaders within our industry who view their importance in creating change. We hope it helps you today! https://wearbwr.com/ I nstagram - https://www.instagram.com/b.wrco/

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153 - Ryan Staley: Why Podcasting Will Change Your Life And Business

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Nick Hughes is joined by Ryan Staley, founder and CEO of WhaleBoss and host of the Scale Up Show Podcast from Chicago, IL. Ryan has built his entire career by delivering results in the corporate world, but now is building a business based impact. Ryan has coached and mentored Sales Executives to 2-4x their income while working 10-15 hours less a week, created an enterprise team from scratch to reach $30M annual recurring revenue in 6 years (in a declining market with no lead generation) and closed over $125M in net new sales. Nick and Ryan jump into a fun conversation all around podcasting. They start by talking about why and how he started his podcast - specifically how he got started, how to improves, his ideas on how to find your voice and ask great questions, as well as some amazing memories from his podcast guests. Nick and Ryan discuss why Podcasting will change your life and business, the secrets they have learned, and how to best market your podcast and episodes for best reach. We then learn more about what Ryan does within his business, learn about his services - how he helps set up sales and marketing strategy and processes and his sales operating system - how to double your sales each year! Ryan asks, "What’s your dream 100?" They end with a bit of advice and a nod to additional conversations in the near future! This is a very fun and educational conversation with a podcast host who will help you find your voice. We hope it helps you today! https://omny.fm/shows/the-scale-up-show/

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152 - Rachit Dayal of Happy Marketer: Acquisitions and What To Expect When Selling Your Startup

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Nick Hughes is joined by Rachit Dayal, Founder of Happy Marketer / Chief Marketing Officer APAC at Merkle from Singapore. Nick and Rachit jump into a really engaging conversation around entrepreneurship, empathy, business, and what to expect during an exit or acquisition! They start by discussing entrepreneurship and why did he choose it. Then Nick asks: Marketing and growth - how did you consistently grow your business? From there we learn about the importance of choosing the right founding team and co-founders, and partners. Rachit then dives into the acquisition and exit experience, and shares how he managed the ups and downs of the sale of his startup to Merkle. He touches on maker mode vs manager mode, and when to know which position you as a founder should be working in, and then he shares some lessons/tips for startups - how to start/ideation/creation and then scaling up from there. This is a very fun and educational conversation with a founder turned Chief Marketing Officer from the APAC region. We hope it helps you today! Rachit's Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachitdayal/

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151 - Simon Muzariri of Omorfo Tech Labs: We're Changing The Technology Landscape in Zimbabwe

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Nick Hughes is joined by Simon Muzariri, Founder and CEO of Omorfo Tech Labs from Harare, Zimbabwe and Founders Live Prime Time Africa finalist! Omorfo Tech Labs is a company that focus on design, manufacturing and distribution of digital technologies. Nick and Simon have a really enjoyable conversation about his journey and lessons learned along the way. They first talk about Harare, Zimbabwe and how Simon discovered Founders Live, plus we hear about his Founders Live pitching experience and the value it created for him and the Harare Community. They then shift to discuss what problem he saw in the world and why he started Omorfo Tech Labs. Simon shares his experience outsourcing to china and working through supply chain issues, the power of having a big vision (Simon shares his vision for his company). They end by discussing the opportunities and challenges for Zimbabwe startups and technology in general, as well as his advice to early stage founders. This is a very inspiring conversation with a founder who is emerging as a great leader in Africa. We hope it helps you today! https://omorfotechlabs.co.zw/

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150 - Pawel Paczuski of Upmedic: Play Feedback Ping Pong With Your Customers To Improve Your Service

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Nick Hughes is joined by Pawel Paczuski, who is the CEO of Upmedic from Warsaw, Poland. Upmedic provides an intelligent system of reports created for medical clinicians. Nick and Pawel start the conversation by learning how Pawel got started working with computers in Kindergarten as a youngster. We then hear how he got started in entrepreneurship and creating his own company. Nick inquires about how his team discovered Founders Live Gdansk and they eventually won the event, and Pawel provides his pitching tips and lessons learned from the experience. We then shift to discovering what problem they saw in the world and how they solved it with their product, how they launched their MVP and tested - playing a concept of feedback ping pong with your users to improve your early product using the feedback!We end with Pawel giving a few lessons learned and advice to early stage entrepreneurs. This is a very fun and interesting conversation with a founder who is emerging as a great leader in Europe. We hope it helps you today! https://www.upmedic.io/en-us/

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149 - Julia Freeland: Take Your Shoes Off First To See Things More Clearly

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Nick Hughes is joined by a good friend Julia Freeland who is an author, change strategist and coach from Seattle, WA. Julia is a passionate educator and change coach, who has spent most of her life working to help people break through limiting beliefs and seemingly impenetrable barriers to become better versions of themselves. Her fascination with change started as she emerged from university equipped with a mechanical engineering degree and zero desire to work as an engineer. Fast forward through 6 career reinventions, including 10 years as a full-time mom, and several monumental ass-kickings which forced her to evolve, and she can confidently say now, she is an expert at reinvention and teaching people to dance through change. Nick and Julia jump into an incredible conversation around her new book Take Your Shoes Off First: A story about a simple idea with the power to change everything. They talk about her journey into discovering patterns of change and adversity, and why she ultimately decided to write the book. They touch on why parables are so powerful and why the story of the shoes brings readers into why taking your shoes off first - remove your narrow lens of life - is so important for us to change and evolve. They end by turning the tables where Julia asked a few questions to get Nick's personal perspectives and experience reading the book. This is an incredible episode, and Julia's knowledge around change and 'removing our shoes to allow different perspectives into our lives' is going to be helpful to any entrepreneur. We hope it helps you today! Book - Take Your Shoes Off First: A story about a simple idea with the power to change everything - https://www.amazon.com/Take-Your-Shoes-Off-First/dp/1737439026 Find it on Indibound as well https://www.revolveyou.com/

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148 - Alex Salinsky of En Blazes: The Ins and Outs of Scaling Your Startup

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Nick Hughes is joined by Alex Salinsky, founder of En Blazes, who also serves as a fractional COO joining us from Medellin, Colombia. Alex says: y ou are a founder of a Technology organization ready to scale. I help leaders install the right systems, routines, and people - Ask him today! Nick and Alex jump into a very entertaining and educational conversation all around scaling your startup. They start by chatting about his journey to entrepreneurship and startups, and what he learned early on that led him to start his own company. We learn what a Fractional COO is and how En Blazes helps early stage startups get mission aligned as a team. Alex details out the common growing pains and biggest challenges he sees early stage founders make, why founder/CEO transitions are needed and beneficial for the individual AND the team, what non- technical founders can do to find the right tech talent and team members. We end with what Alex sees that separates the great founders/entrepreneurs from all the rest as well as some resources that he has for startups, which you can find the links below. This is an incredible episode, and Alex's thoughts and messages for early stage startups will be helpful to any startup team. We hope it helps you today! Find Alex's Guides and Mini-course here: https://scale.enblazes.com/

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147 - Jeff Pugel of Ignition: Your Marketing Message is Vital And Will Make Or Break Your Company

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Nick Hughes is joined by Jeff Pugel, Founder at Ignition from Cleveland, Ohio. Jeff says: EVERYTHING You Know About Marketing Your Small Business Is WRONG! He's here to fix it. Nick and Jeff jump into a really fascinating conversation around marketing, messaging and getting your communications aligned with your target market. They start with hearing about his journey into entrepreneurship and creating his own company. Then they talk about going from idea to established business and what are the three biggest steps to getting started. Jeff then talks about the importance of messaging and whay early stage startups need to do to change their messaging NOW. Nick asks about the biggest factors behind struggling businesses, what’s the best way to position a business as a problem-solver in the market, and with marketing - is there a secret since things are changing so fast… how do startups approach it? We end with Jeff giving his younger self advice on how to approach building a company today. This is a fun episode, and Jeff's thoughts on messaging and marketing will be helpful to any early stage startup. We hope it helps you today! https://ignition.llc/

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146 - Rosalinda Mendoza of Mocel: Inspiring Connection Through Shared Tasting Experiences

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Nick Hughes is joined by Rosalinda Mendoza ,CEO and cofounder of Mocel from Seattle and Mexico. Mocel crafts artisanal spirits that inspire connection and deliver to your home to create a shared tasting experience. Nick and Rosalinda start their conversation learning how both of them grew up in the same town of Yakima in Washington state. We then get into Why Mezcal, why Mexico and what the vision is for her new company to offer drinks and spirits in a social experience. We hear what it's like starting company with sister and how to best approach cofounders who are family members. They end the conversation with her experience pitching at Founders Live Seattle, and Rosalinda's lessons learned so far - and if it is ever too early to get started with your first startup! This is a very fun and thought provoking conversation with a founder who is emerging as a great leader in our industry. We hope it helps you today! https://www.mocelmezcal.com/

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145 - Ed Vincent of FestivalPass: Here's The Future of Events and Live Experiences

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Nick Hughes is joined by Ed Vincent, Founder and CEO of FestivalPass from Austin, Texas. FestivalPass - We know you miss live events, but they are back! Start earning credits now to use toward future live entertainment. They offer a flat rate, monthly subscription live event marketplace that allows members credits to access festivals and experiences. Nick and Ed jump into a fun and exploratory conversation around entrepreneurship and events. We start by hearing more about Ed's startup journey and how came to start FestivalPass. They talk about what’s unique about the community surrounding music. Live events…music festivals in particular. They then get into the vision of the company, the future of live experiences, Pandemic impact - will it be a net positive or negative over time - and even talk about the new concept of NFT’s and how they can improve the experience. They end with his lessons of entrepreneurship and tips for early stage startups. This is a great episode, and Ed's leadership in this new world of events and experiences shines through. We hope it helps you today! https://www.festivalpass.com/

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144 - Richard Brion of RevoAg: The Produce You Eat Shouldn't Have To Travel Thousands of Miles

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Nick Hughes is joined by Richard Brion, Founder and CEO of Revolution Agriculture (RevoAg) from Seattle, WA. They are All Produce Local Everywhere - Produce shouldn't have to travel thousands of miles or be controlled by large, monopolistic farms. It should come right from our own communities, and you can be a part of it! Nick and Richard have a very interesting conversation that starts with both of their perspectives and lessons and tips as they discover both have an appreciation for world travel. We then hear why he chose entrepreneurship and why he started Revolution Agriculture. Nick asks "What is the future of growing and agriculture? How do we grow it sustainably and respectfully of the climate and economics?" They end the conversation with Richards lessons learned, thoughts and tips. This is a very interesting and thought provoking conversation about how to change the agriculture (and economics and sustainability around it) so we don't negatively impact the globe any more than we are now. Take some notes and enjoy! https://www.revolutionagriculture.com/

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143 - Cam Kashani: Do You Trust Yourself And Your Immense Power?

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Nick Hughes is joined by Cam Kashani, Sacred Queen Embodiment Guide and inspirational speaker from Los Angeles CA. Cam works with individual clients, is building out new products for her offerings, as well as hosts her own Podcast - The Cam Kashani Show. Nick and Cam have a very deep and insightful conversation starting with her own powerful journey into entrepreneurship and then the take a leap into the abyss! They cover how to work through the dark times, how to deal with previous trauma - how can we harness it for strength and move forward, as well as what she is excited about right now such as a new Sacred Queen Community - an academy she will be rolling out very soon. Also, Nick asks about how to find our inner power and voice, and the biggest thing that holds entrepreneurs back. They then finish with what is Cam's WHY and what imprint does she want to leave behind? This is a special episode, and Cam speaks the truth of how to grow as a leader and human being, and we hope it helps you today! https://camkashani.com/ https://podcast.camkashani.com/ About Cam Kashani: Cam Kashani is a four-time Award-Nominated Sacred Queen Embodiment Guide, Awakened Leadership Expert, and Inspirational Speaker, leading women to their true, authentic, core power — allowing them to embody their inner Queen. She hosts a popular podcast called “The Cam Kashani Show”, focused on ‘Redefining Beauty, Body, and Self’, has worked with 5000+ people, and was named one of the most "Inspirational Women" by Inc. Magazine, and has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, LA Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Delta SKY Magazine and more. She is also a single mom of twin boys. She is a 3-time founder and has been an expert speaker with the US State Department in a program proven to ward off extremism by empowering the women and youth overseas. Previously, she cofounded the first coworking space in Los Angeles for technology startups and entrepreneurs in 2010, Coloft. During her four years there, Coloft had over 1800 alumni, including Uber LA, Instacart, Fullscreen and others. Earning her the title the “Godmother of Silicon Beach”. Cam has her MBA In Entrepreneurship and Marketing, in addition to a degree in Advanced Spiritual Psychology. Cam has a deeply rooted passion for working specifically with women as she believes that when women embrace their deeply rooted power, we can collectively shift the energy, and ultimately create a more harmonious environment for us all.

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142 - Surbhi Rathore of Symbl.ai: What It's Like To Lead A Fast Growing Startup In A Pandemic

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Nick Hughes is joined by Surbhi Rathore who is the CEO and cofounder of symbl.ai from Seattle WA. Symbl.ai natively integrates conversation intelligence into your voice or video applications without building machine learning models. Nick and Surbhi jump into a fun conversation that starts with Surbhi's early days and how she entered into the technology industry and discovering her desire to be an entrepreneur. We hear about her early experience as an engineer in telcos where she learned insights on the industry and customer intelligence applications. She then decided she could do it better and set out to build automated conversational intelligence software. The team has grown incredibly fast and Surbhi shares her lessons of leading a fast growing team - even through the pandemic and working remotely - as well as her experience as a woman in tech, raising money and the challenges therein. The conversation ends with her tips and lessons learned so far. This is a very inspiring and educational conversation with a founder who is emerging on the technology scene destined for greatness and success. Take some notes and enjoy! https://symbl.ai/

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141 - Erin McCune of Easeenet: Giving People A Voice of What They Want After Their Life Ends

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Nick Hughes is joined by Erin McCune, cofounder and CEO of Easeenet from Portland Oregon and recent winner of Founders Live Portland. Easeenet effortlessly organizes and preserves your digital estate, making your online life easy to see for you today, and your family tomorrow. Nick and Erin start the conversation around her journey and why she choose entrepreneurship. Then they cover how she discovered FL and her experience pitching and winning Founders Live Portland. Next, they dive into the company and the challenges she experienced in her own life with a estate planning and especially the digital properties and online life we live, struggling to figure out how to unwind those assets once someone passes away. We live most of our lives online and digitally, but have you ever wondered what happens once we are gone? It takes 570 hours on average to settle an estate of a family member who has passed. Erin and her team aim to reduce challenges and confusion of that experience. They aim to help with people's digital rights after life ends and give individuals a voice of what they want to happen after their life ends. This is a very interesting and thought provoking conversation with a founder who - although in a challenging industry - has discovered a very large opportunity. We hope it helps you today! https://easeenet.com/

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140 - John Naughton of GoContractor: Building The Foundations of A Great Company

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Nick Hughes is joined by John Naughton who is the CEO of GoContractor from Brisbane, Australia. GoContractor is built to help construction general contractors move their worker onboarding and subcontractor safety management online. Nick and John jump into a fun conversation that covers a variety of different topics including how he ended up downunder and what he loves about Australia, how he discovered his entrepreneurial path, and why he choose entrepreneurship. They also cover the origins of GoContractor, the foundations of a great company and what was the biggest hurdle early on for him and his team to get over. John Naughton speaks the truth of how to grow a great company and lead a team to success, and we hope it helps you today! https://gocontractor.com/

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139 - Artin Nazarian: How To Launch Your Dream Side Venture While Working A Full Time Job

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Nick Hughes is joined by Artin Nazarian, Author and executive in LA who recently released the book Side Venture: The playbook to leverage your corporate job, pursue a side venture, and find happiness and fulfillment. Nick and Artin have a very interesting and engaging conversation around how to launch the side venture or hustle you have always dreamed of through simple hacks, tests and steps. They cover how to leverage your corporate job and current experience and connections, ideation and how to find that idea that moves you, to developing your prototype, finding developers to help build the app/website and how to best launch it successfully. They also touch on working to discover what makes you happy and the experience in self publishing the first book. Artin Nazarian is full of helpful tips and wisdom in launching your dream side venture, and we hope it helps you today! Book - Side Adventure The playbook to leverage your corporate job, pursue a side venture, and find happiness and fulfillment

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138 - Hrish Lotlikar of SuperWorld: Soon You Will Live In A SuperWorld In The Metaverse

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Nick Hughes is joined by Hrish Lotlikar, Co-Founder & CEO of SuperWorld who joins us from Europe but the company is from San Francisco. SuperWorld is a virtual world where users can buy, sell, collect, and curate over 64 billion unique plots of virtual land. The SuperWorld virtual real estate platform is mapped over the entire surface of the globe, allowing users to purchase — literally — any place on Earth. From skyscrapers and stadiums to historical monuments and iconic structures including wonders of the natural world, when you step into SuperWorld, you’ll truly make a world of your own. Nick and Hrish jump into a mind-bending and exciting conversation around all things metaverse and SuperWorld. They start the conversation off with thoughts around nomadic living - pros and cons of it, and how to separate the person from the position/startup for holistic healthy living. We then hear about how Hrish and his team conceived of the concept, how they got started, and the vision of where this new Virtual World metaverse is headed, including Virtual Real estate, NFT's, and other aspects of the new world. Hrish truly sees a different and unique human experience in the blending of virtual and physical spaces, and what is possible in commerce and tokenization once more people start to explore these spaces. This is a unique and interesting conversation between two industry leaders who inspire large communities and are in their own ways building the next thing around the world, and we hope it helps you today! https://www.superworldapp.com/

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137 - David Berkowitz of Serial Marketers: Building Community Post-Pandemic Requires More Meaning and Intention

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Nick Hughes is joined by David Berkowitz, founder of Serial Marketers from New York City. Serial Marketers is an inclusive community based in Slack, the 2,500+ Serial Marketers members share job opportunities, get recommendations for who to work with and what technologies to use, post event invites, showcase their latest projects, and support each other in countless ways. Nick and David have an amazingly refreshing and uplifting conversation around building community and what it really means to grow a purposeful community today - especially during and post-covid. We hear the origins of Serial Marketers and why he decided to start the group, and what shifted and changed when the world went into lockdown and continues to struggle with gathering in person. They both share insights and thoughts on the foundations of communities and the unique core values that bind people together. Lastly, they share tips and lessons of success along the way. This is a unique and fun conversation between two industry and community leaders who inspire large communities around the world, and we hope it helps you today! https://serialmarketers.net/ https://within.co/

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136 - Diana Muturia of Clyn: A Cleaning App That Respects And Serves All Cleaners

The Founders Live Podcast

Nick Hughes is joined by Diana Muturia, Founder and CEO of Clyn from Phoenix, AZ and recent winner of the Founders Live - Emerging Black Founders event. Clyn is a mobile applications that connect homes to home service providers and vice versa. Clyn is here to optimize the cleaning industry. For far too long, consumers have been overpaying and cleaners have been treated as second class citizens. Here at Clyn, we pride ourselves on outperforming the established market players in operating efficiency and levying the human touch. Nick and Diana have a great conversation that starts with her experience discovering Founders Live in Phoenix and then pitching at Founders Live - Twice - and the second time she emerged as the winner. She shares some tips on preparation and pitch practice, and then we get into the conversation around how she started Clyn and what impacts and improvements she wants to have on the cleaning industry. We hear her pandemic challenges and excitements around the potential of the startup, plus lessons she has learned along the way. This is a really great conversation with an up and coming startup leader who will make an impact in the cleaning industry for sure, and we hope it helps you today! https://clynapp.com/

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135 - Debbie Garcia of Virsitour: The Future of The Event Industry Will Blend Virtual and Physical Experiences

The Founders Live Podcast

Nick Hughes is joined by Debbie Garcia who is the founder and CEO of Virsitour from Nashville, Tennessee. Virsitour is an online platform for event planners to venue source virtually utilizing virtual site tours. It is the only marketplace for meeting and event planners to source hotels and venues virtually. You can tour, add to list and send RFP’s all in one visit. Nick and Debbie jump into a fun founder conversation starting with their thoughts about Nashville, as Nick was visiting the city for a few months and attended the Nashville launch event (in-person) where Debbie emerged as the winner (we also hear pitching tips and lessons from Debbie). They then shift into talking about Virsitour, the problems she discovered in the Event Planning industry and how she and her team determined to fix them, even before the pandemic began. Once the world was shut changed due to the global pandemic, it became even more important to blend the virtual and physical worlds to improve the event planning industry. This is a fun conversation with an up and coming leader who will make an impact in her industry, and we hope it helps you today! https://www.virsitour.com/

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134 - Stephanie M. Hutchins of Serotinous Life: Personal and Professional Transformation After Trauma

The Founders Live Podcast

Nick Hughes is joined by Stephanie M. Hutchins, founder of Serotinous Life, and author of the book Transformation after Trauma . Stephanie's mission is to help clients start living their life on purpose by breaking the chains of yesterday that keep holding them back from a life that is meaningful to them. To stop going through the motions of day-to-day life, wishing for Friday to come, for the weekends to be longer and for Monday to never come. Nick and Stephanie step into a very moving and meaningful discussion around Trauma, how humans naturally deal with it and how we can use it to transform our life. We get to hear about Stephanie's entrepreneurial path, where they talk about starting a business when still working in a full time career and how to best balance life when there are numerous demands. And they dive into trauma, what is it exactly, why we experience it, as well as suggested coping strategies to using self care and healthy approaches to dealing with the trauma so we can turn it into positive lessons and changes in our lives and business. This is an amazing conversation with the potential to educate and heal those who are currently struggling, we hope it helps you today! https://www.serotinouslife.com/ Transformation After Trauma: Embracing Post-Traumatic Growth https://www.amazon.com/Transformation-After-Trauma-Embracing-Post-Traumatic-ebook/dp/B095RZQCQ7

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133 - Clinton Anani of Quick Buy Online: Powering Local Digital Marketplaces Across Ghana

The Founders Live Podcast

Nick Hughes is joined by Clinton Anani, CEO of Quick Buy Online from Accra Ghana. Quick Buy Online is a centralized online marketplace on college campuses, that is putting product and service vendors onto one platform, making the market readily available to students. Nick and Clinton jump into an engaging conversation which starts by getting to know Clinton a bit more, his background, and hearing more about Clinton's experience pitching at a recent Founders Live Accra event online. We then hear about the vision of Quick Buy Online, how they are powering local ecommerce marketplaces and purchases starting with college campuses in Accra and how Clinton sees the vision of expanding to more cities in Ghana and beyond. Clinton and Nick then finish with some thoughts, tips and lessons of entrepreneurship. This is a great conversation with an emerging African business leader and we hope it helps you today! https://linktr.ee/quickbuy_online