From Founder To CEO
If you are a Founder who loves the company you started, and you want to be the CEO that pilots it to sustained success, you’re in the right place! Hear from dynamic, inspiring, and successful Founders as they share their insightful stories and practical tips that make becoming the CEO more fun, stress free, and easier to build and scale the company and life of your dreams. Your guide, Todd Uterstaedt, is super passionate about Startup CEO success and wants to help boost your leadership capabilities, confidence, and mindset so that you can: 1) Build, scale, and lead your company commensurate with your dreams and aspirations 2) Maintain control of your company 3) Enhance your company’s valuation for possible succession or a profitable exit. It’s leadership development for the busy Founder and CEO.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
Former SONIC CEO: Founders As "Masters Of None"
I must admit...I could eat burgers from Sonic for every meal. So, when the former CEO of Sonic agreed to come on the show to help YOU learn from his experiences, I certainly could not say no.
Clif…
Are you letting your failures obscure your genius?
Being an entrepreneur is challenging. Being an entrepreneur AND a parent is even more challenging. For some, being a black entrepreneurial parent can be even tougher. James knows this. As a Founder …
Mario: You don't need to hire people that you don't want to spend time with
Mario and his team are the real deal. His passion for people and culture is quite inspiring. He and his company's work is legendary. That's why his story about hiring the wrong person seemed so inter…
BONUS: Dr Choi - How To Use Neuroscience To Improve Your Performance
Dr. Choi shares some incredible insights and actions you can take to leverage neuroscience in order to improve YOUR performance.
His LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenekchoi/
His Web…
Being Friendly VS Being Friends, With Team Members
If you are looking to be inspired by a Founder's startup story, look no farther than this interview with Gwen. She sure does have grit and a lot of other positive qualities.
And, like the rest of …
How This Founder Overcame The Intimidation Factor
We all lose loved ones. This year seemed particularly difficult.
You might say I was quite touched by Joe's mission. He and his team are really trying hard to make it easier to stay connected to o…
23 Year Old Founder: Compromising With Dev Team Led To More Success
COVID-19 has made it even more difficult for artists to launch and sustain a living.
That's why I LOVE what Nicholas and his team are doing for artists. They have created a platform that helps tak…
Berkshire Hathaway Bought His Companies, After He Learned To "Loosen His Grip"
Some of you dream about building a great company and achieving a great exit by having your company bought by a company like Berkshire Hathaway.
That exactly what Vic did...more than one company.
…
BONUS: How focusing on simplicity for his customer & for his business, generated MORE success
Dan Soviero, Founder of Signature, discusses how he and his team focused on simplicity for his customers AND his business and how that generated a lot more success.
When Co-Founders Part Ways: What Dan Learned About Himself
Dan is one of those guys that you immediately like. He is a former lacrosse players who just wants to help other lacrosse players.
He explains why his company has been so successful and why he and…
BONUS: Zac Mason - The 4 Limiting Belief/Myths Of Founder Fitness
Check out Zac's website: https://topmencoach.com/
Top Men Method
Zac shares the 4 Limiting Beliefs/Myths that hold Founders back from achieving fitness while they scale.
The Consequences Of Hiring People Just Like You
About a year ago I started paying attention to some of the new approaches to lead generation many Founder were using. They include quizes, calculators, assessments, polls, and chatbots. Want to get …
The Founder of The Factual Discovered He Wasn't A Good Product Manager
I have always been passionate about great reporting and quality journalism. I started out as a paper delivery boy and later a journalist for a short time period. I guess that is one of the reasons A…
BONUS: Being A Couple & Co-Founders: How to make this unique relationship work
Register For Their Couples Academy Event On Dec 1:
https://justownit.co/the-couples-academy/
Justin and Alyse's website:
Justin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-r…
BONUS: Former NAVY SEAL, Errol Doebler: Great leaders foster psychological safety
This is one former Navy Seal you are going to want to listen two...twice...and read his book too:
"The Process, Art, and Science of Leadership"
Errol's Book: https://leader193.com/the-process-art-and…
The tension between our aspirations and the realities of entrepreneurship
I think you may want to listen to this interview...twice.
Shawn is incredible. He is one of the deepest thinking Founders I think I may have interviewed in 5 years.
Why?
He discusses something…
65,000 Barbers Use His App, But This One Thing Is Hard For Him To Give Up
The relationship between the barber and the barber's client is very important. No one understands that more than Obi and his co-founder.
They started "The Cut" in 2016 and have seen incredible gro…
Founder of Beachbody talks about building an "off ramp"
If you are looking for an example of a hardworking Founder & CEO, look no further than Carl Daikeler.
Carl has been leading his company for 21 years and has the failures and success...more of them…
Dunkin' Donuts CEO Shares The Story When Hubris Got The Better Of Him
I grew up in Connecticut and LOVED when we were able to get Dunkin Donuts' Munchkins® Donut Hole Treats. So, many years later having the opportunity to interview Robert Rosenberg, the CEO of Dunkin …
Kara Goldin: The Legendary Founder Of Hint Water On Her Biggest Challenge As A Leader
15 years ago, Kara and her husband, Theo, set on on a grand adventure. With no experience in the beverage industry, they wanted to create a beverage drink with only one thing in it, fruit...nothing …