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The Founders Live Podcast

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

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10/8/2020

082 - Rebekah Bastian of OwnTrail: Blaze Your Own Trail And Share It With Others artwork

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082 - Rebekah Bastian of OwnTrail: Blaze Your Own Trail And Share It With Others

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Nick Hughes is joined by Rebekah Bastian of Seattle who is the CEO and cofounder of OwnTrail. OwnTrail is reimagining and scaling mentorship to serve all women. Nick and Rebekah start off this conversation with Rebekah talking about her experience pitching at Founders Live and tips for other founders thinking about pitching at a future Founders Live event. They then dive into her vision of OwnTrail and why she created the platform and community for women to share their own trails. She shares how it can be used and what the future looks like with OwnTrail in it. The world is experiencing massive change and it is a perfect time for something like OwnTrail to bring more confidence and mentorship to today's female population. This is a very inspiring conversation with many tips and lessons learned, we hope it helps you on your founder journey. https://owntrail.com/

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10/3/2020

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081 - Alison Bell of Phoenix: How To Create A Truly Human Brand and Unique Company

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Nick Hughes is joined by Alison Bell, a strategy advisor from Phoenix, Arizona. Alison works with startups and companies to figure out their unique strategy and their Why. Nick and Alison jump into a fun and engaging conversation that starts with her 5 things she learned from her dad on how to uniquely live and be independent, which has influenced her path into entrepreneurship. They then dive into Founders Live, why she recently decided to join the internal team to help with growth and enhancements of the city leader team, as well as what she envisions for the future of the company. They finish but talking about the Why and how to create a truly human Brand. This is a fun conversation full of useful thoughts and tips, and we hope it helps you on your founder journey. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-bell/

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9/30/2020

080 - Shadrach White of cloudPWR: Entrepreneurship Is A Lifestyle And A Commitment artwork

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080 - Shadrach White of cloudPWR: Entrepreneurship Is A Lifestyle And A Commitment

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Nick Hughes is joined by Shadrach White, CEO and founder of cloudPWR from Tacoma Washington. cloudPWR - ON A MISSION TO SIMPLIFY COMPLEX PROBLEMS AND HELP ORGANIZATIONS ADOPT CLOUD BASED SOLUTIONS. They help public agencies make the shift towards better software and processes and works to bridge gaps between systems and deliver results you can measure. Nick and Shadrach jump into a great conversation first talking about his experience pitching at Founders Live South Sound which took place in February 2020 right before the world changed. They then get into what cloudPWR aims to do in the cloud computing space, helping customers navigate the transition to the cloud and more efficient cloud data solutions. Lastly, they then move on towards more entrepreneurial lessons learned and tips for other founders to consider as they go about building their company. This is a fun conversation full of wisdom from an experienced entrepreneur and we hope it helps you on your founder journey. https://cloudpwr.com/

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9/30/2020

079 - Valentine Shoti of Organut Manufactures: The Natural and Healthy Reform of Food in Zimbabwe and Beyond artwork

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079 - Valentine Shoti of Organut Manufactures: The Natural and Healthy Reform of Food in Zimbabwe and Beyond

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Nick Hughes is joined by Valentine Shoti of Harare, Zimbabwe who is the Founder of Organut Manufactures. Valentine is also known as Mai Dovi (which translated means Ms Peanut Butter) in her native city of Harare. They are manufacturing Organut butter which is herbal and flavored with 40 varieties formulated to enhance nutrition normally brought by ordinary butter with aid of naturally nutritious plants used to a healthy butter. Nick and Valentine have a very inspirational and touching conversation that talks about How she lost her parents at age of 14, and she had to lead her household and find a way to make her own food natural, organic, healthy to survive. They also touch on her experience at Founders Live Harare when Nick was there in Nov 2019 as well as what she sees as the future of her company to bring natural and healthy food to Zimbabwe and hopefully the rest of the world. You can find Valentine's GoFund me page below if you'd like to help her and Organut Manufactures continue their growth and success so they can have their own manufacturing facilities. This is a very inspiring conversation full of wisdom and insights from a promising African entrepreneur that we hope helps you on your founder journey. Orgunat Manufactures GoFundMe page. https://www.gofundme.com/f/Help-sustain-a-livelihood-of-a-female-entrepreneur https://www.facebook.com/Organut-herbal-and-flavored-peanut-butter-407648410067572

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9/21/2020

078 - Amanda Doamaral of Fiveable: Building A Learning Community From Experiment To Product artwork

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078 - Amanda Doamaral of Fiveable: Building A Learning Community From Experiment To Product

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Nick Hughes is joined by Amanda Doamaral of Milwaukee Wisconsin, founder and CEO of Fiveable. Fiveable is a social learning network where students and teachers create and curate content while building community. Nick and Amanda jump into the conversation of how Amanda got started with teaching online and using videos, which led to her discovering how they could scale it to many more students. They touch on the challenges of yesterday, today with covid and what it will be like once things 'get back to a new normal.' They end with some of Amanda's tips on pitching at Founders Live. Amanda is a perfect example of just getting started, testing ideas and building upon what is working. This is a very inspiring conversation full of wisdom and insights that we hope helps you on your founder journey. http://fiveable.me/

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9/12/2020

077 - Shelly Bell of Black Girl Ventures: Social Capital Is The Real Change Need For Underrepresented Populations artwork

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077 - Shelly Bell of Black Girl Ventures: Social Capital Is The Real Change Need For Underrepresented Populations

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Nick Hughes is joined by Shelly Bell, Founder of Black Girl Ventures from Washington DC. Black Girl Ventures is Creating Access to Capital for Black/Brown Women Founders and Entrepreneurs. Nick dives deep with Shelly around the challenges underrepresented entrepreneurs are facing, specifically around ethnic and gender issues. The main point Shelly brings to light is how we must first look at social capital - or making sure all are "in the network" for all populations so they can even have a seat at the table or in the call - before we talk about funding equality (which is equally important). Then, they talk more about Black Girl Ventures and the vision of the organization, as well as what they offer for their members and how people can get involved. This is a very important conversation full of wisdom and insights some might not be fully aware of and we hope it helps enlighten you of how much more work needs to be done to achieve entrepreneurial equality. https://www.blackgirlventures.org/

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9/12/2020

076 - QQ and Huina of Wissee: Using Data Analytics To Power The Next Generation of Investments artwork

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076 - QQ and Huina of Wissee: Using Data Analytics To Power The Next Generation of Investments

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Nick Hughes is joined by Qingqing (QQ) Han and Huina Mao of Wissee who are both from Seattle. Wissee powers your investment with reliable data analytics. First, Nick talks with QQ and Huina about their Founders Live Seattle experience and the tips they have around preparing and pitching at the event. Then, they jump into how the two met and developed a data analytics engine to power investments in the finance industry. We hear about where they see the industry going and also how they approach building in the ML and data analytics space. The conversation ends with some thoughts about their experiences as female founders and some suggestions on how we as an industry can help improve that experience. We hope it helps you on your journey. https://www.wissee.ai/

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9/12/2020

075 - John Fanning CEO of Zelgor Games: Out of Catastrophe Comes Opportunity artwork

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075 - John Fanning CEO of Zelgor Games: Out of Catastrophe Comes Opportunity

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Nick Hughes is joined by John Fanning CEO of Zelgor Games from Boston MA. Zelgor is a mobile game company building an army of aliens to take over the world. Nick and John take a deep dive into what that means, who are these Aliens and should we be scared of them, and what it takes to build a truly great brand in today's world. They also get into what the pandemic has brought to the media, games and entertainment industry, and how a few great companies always come from challenging and transformative times. They end with great startup tips and lessons, touching on John's thoughts on equity crowdfunding plus some pitching tips sprinkled in as well. We hope you enjoy this fun conversation. https://www.zelgor.com/ https://netcapital.com/companies/zelgor

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9/11/2020

074 - Stephani Lucas and Bradford Scott Walton of Spiritual Masochist: Hurts So Good artwork

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074 - Stephani Lucas and Bradford Scott Walton of Spiritual Masochist: Hurts So Good

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Nick Hughes is joined by Stephani Lucas who is co-founder and CFO, and Bradford Scott Walton who is co-founder and CEO of Spiritual Masochist, both are from Austin Texas. They are building an incredible transformative brand that focuses on stylishly tangible evidence of all the shit you’ve been through, resources for new ways to bring the pain (of growth) or interviews with people who know how to take you through it. Nick dives deep with Stephani and Bradford on their backgrounds, how they got started and what the concept of Spiritual Masochist represents. They then dive a bit deeper into why personal growth is so important to not just the advanced entrepreneur, but the human in general. They end with great startup tips and lessons. This is a very touching and incredible conversations full of great nuggets of startup wisdom in here and we hope it helps you on your journey. https://spiritualmasochist.com/

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8/10/2020

073 - Farouk Daher of Bizzy.co: The GoTo Platform For The Side Hustle Freelancer Economy artwork

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073 - Farouk Daher of Bizzy.co: The GoTo Platform For The Side Hustle Freelancer Economy

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Nick Hughes is joined by Farouk Daher, co-founder CEO of Bizzy.co in Boston Massachusetts, who is building the goto marketplace for services by creating a centralized platform for freelancers to run their business, offer their services, and grow using tools and resources. Nick and Farouk quickly get into how they both were sitting in Boston at the time of the recording, and how Farouk got started in his startup journey. They then dive into how they discovered the challenges of Freelancers and how they struggle to grow their businesses, so how him and the team decided to build out a new platform to serve the needs of the side hustle and freelancer economy. They end with great startup tips and lessons. Lots of great nuggets of startup wisdom in here and we hope it helps you on your journey. https://bizzy.co/

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8/10/2020

072 - Johnathan Buell of Purpose Academy: Weaving Social Impact Into Your Business artwork

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072 - Johnathan Buell of Purpose Academy: Weaving Social Impact Into Your Business

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We interviewed Johnathan Buell, who is passionate about activating & empowering people and businesses to drive Social Impact through community and technology initiatives, and who has previously worked with Founders Live to guide us in deploying our social impact initiatives. The lead discussion focuses on what social impact really means, how to approach it as a founding team, why it's important to start as early as possible, and the best next steps if a company is ready to launch their social impact strategy. So many great nuggets for early and mid stage companies to think about. This was recorded as part of our online Founders Live Conversations Series, watch the video here.

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8/1/2020

071 - Mel Blatt of indipop: Affordable Health Care Options For Entrepreneurs and Freelancers artwork

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071 - Mel Blatt of indipop: Affordable Health Care Options For Entrepreneurs and Freelancers

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We were joined by Mel Blatt, Founder and CEO of indipop, where she led a talk on The Most Affordable Health Care Options For Entrepreneurs to help shed some light on health memberships vs. traditional health insurance. Each year the number of people leaving their job to go out on their own increases. In many cases that means leaving behind health insurance. Currently there are over 57 million freelancers and solopreneurs in the US. And due to the effects of Covid 19 there is a rise in lay offs from full time employment, as a result there is a loss of health benefits. It can be a confusing and stressful time trying to access and afford benefits with no one helping navigate this unchartered road, thus why she created indipop. We also talk about how Founders Live and indipop have partnered to bring this option to many entrepreneurs around the US. https://www.indipop.co/ This was recorded as part of our online Founders Live Conversations Series, watch the video here.

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8/1/2020

070 - Roland Ndowa of AllMart Marketplace: Creating The Future of Food Delivery in Zimbabwe artwork

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070 - Roland Ndowa of AllMart Marketplace: Creating The Future of Food Delivery in Zimbabwe

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Nick Hughes is joined by Roland Ndowa of Bulawayo Zimbabwe, cofounder of AllMart Marketplace, an online shopping platform that enables users to buy or sell groceries or food and get them right at their doorstep. Nick and Roland start off the conversation talking about Zimbabwe and how they are dealing with the global Covid Pandemic, and then get into a discussion about AllMart Marketplace, and how they envision building the future of food delivery in the country of Zimbabwe. Roland and his team have a very forward thinking view of how to use mobile technology to aid in bringing quality nutrition to the people who need it - and in turn helping improve lives through empowering local business. Lots of good nuggets of wisdom in here and we hope it helps you on your journey. http://www.allmartzim.com/

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7/25/2020

069 - Yohanna E. from Seattle: Sharing Stories of Inspiration Through Music and Performance artwork

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069 - Yohanna E. from Seattle: Sharing Stories of Inspiration Through Music and Performance

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Nick Hughes is joined by Yohanna E. from Seattle, a Eritrean American international recording artist, who performed during a Founders Live Seattle event in early 2020. As a Seattle based artist, Yohanna E. is making her mark in the music industry by sharing her story and the stories of many through her music. As a first generation Eritrean American, she focuses on using music to inspire and motivate others to live a purpose driven life. Nick and Yohanna start off by recalling how she got started in the music industry, how she has gone about building her brand - artists are entrepreneurs as well - how she is dealing with the covid challenges in the music industry, her thoughts on the future of the industry post-covid, as well as tips for others just starting out. This is a very inspiring story and we hope this helps you on your founder journey. https://www.yohannae.com/ Founders Live Seattle in April 2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96q2lxlfPDs

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7/25/2020

068 - Ford Baker of Baco Tech: Improving Your Health To Improve Your Business artwork

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068 - Ford Baker of Baco Tech: Improving Your Health To Improve Your Business

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Nick Hughes is joined by Ford Baker of Dallas Texas, CEO and founder of Baco Tech. Baco Tech is a revolutionary way of handling your accounting. They provide proactive reporting, optimized bottom lines, and work life balance. Nick and Ford start off the conversation with a deep and touching story of how Ford discovered problems with his health and how his approach to life and business were making them even worse, therein which he made significant changes to his lifestyle and diet. All of this improved his health AND his business. They then dive deeper into the world of accounting and how Baco Tech is changing the game to make it more automated, simpler and more efficient for accountants (and you as the owner!) This is a very inspiring story and we hope this helps you on your founder journey. https://www.bacotech.com/

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7/17/2020

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067 - The Founders Live Learning Series: #2 Finding An Open Playground To Build Your Brand.

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This Learning Series #2 - Finding An Open Playground is led by Michael Dermer of The Lonely Entrepreneur. We had a group conversation about how to evaluate an ecosystem and find the open spaces to build a new brand around, with the goal to "define" and "own" the mind share and market share. Nick and Michael dive deep into what makes a brand, how you define it, how you claim your corner of the market, and how you differentiate your brand from all others. Then Michael covers how people can utilize resources and educational material to help them stay informed on the best decisions to make at this time. This was recorded as part of our online Founders Live Conversations Series, watch the video here.

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7/17/2020

066 - Rita Parker of Genesis Home: Businesses Start For Survival But Succeed Based On Necessity artwork

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066 - Rita Parker of Genesis Home: Businesses Start For Survival But Succeed Based On Necessity

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Nick Hughes is joined by Rita Anthony Parker from NYC, founder of Genesis Home. Rita is a longtime Founders Live member who has recently made the leap into real estate. Nick and Rita have a fun and engaging conversation starting with how she discovered Founders Live years ago, what motivates her to keep coming back each day/week, and how she sees it fitting into the world of entrepreneurship. They then dive into her business, how she got started as in real estate, what she sees changing in the industry due to Covid-19 and the overall recession. Lastly, they touch on some thoughts on how to best support underrepresented founders. We hope this helps you on your founder journey. https://thegenesisgrind.home.blog/ https://the-genesis-home.mn.co/

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7/11/2020

065 - Peter Ghiorse of GiveTide: Changing the Tide of Giving In A World That Really Needs It artwork

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065 - Peter Ghiorse of GiveTide: Changing the Tide of Giving In A World That Really Needs It

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Nick Hughes is joined by Peter Ghiorse of New Jersey, cofounder CEO and GiveTide. They are changing the tide of giving through their program that rounds-up spare change and allows users to donate to any charity with a tap. Nick and Peter jump into a great conversation with first touching on how they connected in 2018 when Nick made a trip to the east coast to launch the New Jersey event. They then get into the overall GiveTide concept, how they aim to change the industry using spare change, how Covid-19 has actually been a blessing to their business, and ending with what Peter advises early stage entrepreneurs to consider and think about at this moment. Lots of good nuggets of wisdom in here and we hope it helps you on your journey. https://www.givetide.com/

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7/11/2020

064 - Wesley Maraire of Tiritose: Experience Zimbabwe Through Responsible and Ethical Travel artwork

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064 - Wesley Maraire of Tiritose: Experience Zimbabwe Through Responsible and Ethical Travel

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Nick Hughes is joined by Wesley Maraire, who holds the position of Business Development with Tiritose in Harare Zimbabwe. Tiritose: Experience Zimbabwe - responsible and ethical travel programmes, including tours, educational, volunteer and internship placements offer participants with a unique, immersive, learning experience. Revenue from our programme fees directly helps support the development of Zimbabwe’s medical and educational institutions and frontline resources. Nick and Wesley have into a very fun and thoughtful conversation starting with them recounting how they met when Nick visited Zimbabwe in late 2019, then they dive into how the travel industry is changing and the position Tiritose holds in ushing in more purposeful and responsible travel. Wesley also provides some great pieces of advice for any up and coming entrepreneur. This is a very interesting conversation, we hope it helps you on your journey. https://tiritose.com/ https://tiritose.org/

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7/5/2020

063 - Esteban Varela of Linc: Building The Future Of Education In A Post-Covid World artwork

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063 - Esteban Varela of Linc: Building The Future Of Education In A Post-Covid World

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Nick Hughes is joined by Esteban Varela of Guadalajara Mexico, who is CFO of Linc. Linc is the academic success digital platform for higher educational institutions to provide tutoring and coaching in-person or online with real-time analytics for better decision-making. Nick and Esteban jump into a very engaging conversation around the future of education - especially after the Covid-19 pandemic has put much more emphasis on remote learning. They talk about how the shutdown has affected the Guadalajara community, and then they get into Esteban's journey into entrepreneurship, how he and his team came together to start Linc, what problem they are solving and how they are uniquely solving it. Lots of good nuggets of wisdom in here! This is a very fun conversation, we hope it helps you on your journey. https://linc.io/

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