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
Even THIS Founder Doesn't Get Hiring Right ALL The Time
If you aren't using a valid and reliable pre-employment assessment to augment your hiring efforts, then you may be missing an opportunity. Josh explains why and also talks about his own mistakes with…
Think ALL Investor Money Is Good Money? Think Again. Johanan Explains Why
Johanan has created a win-win-win with Algas Organics. He takes nuisance seaweed that washes up on the beaches of his island country, turns it into fertilizer for farmers, and employees a growing num…
The LinkedIn Ads Guru On Switching Focus To The Team
AJ will impress you will his LinkedIn Ads knowledge, his dedication to his craft, and his work ethic. But, I think you'll also be impressed by AJ's candid and transparent story about becoming the lea…
Selling to Carvana And Now Working On Auto Loans: Can Cause Stress
Nick and his fellow Founders had a big exit with Carvana. Yes, that Carvana. Now hey are tackling the car load market with a great deal of experience from their previous company. Nick gets real about…
Twice The Struggle - How She Succeeds & Overcomes Racism As An African-American Founder
This was a hard conversation to have. I'm grateful to Rachel for trusting her story with me. All our entrepreneurial journeys have struggles that help transform us. Rachel and others like her, someti…
BONUS: Queen City Angels: 4 Mistakes Founders Make Pitching Angel Investors
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Scott Scott Jacobs, Executive Director of QCA, Shares 4 Mistakes Founders Make Pitching Angel Investors
MarTech Founder shares some unique insights about who should attend "feature" meetings
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Meetings are are an interesting topic. When you combine that with SaaS "feature" talk, you can burn through a lot of time. Jeroen and his team have created …
Data Science & Bras: Heidi Zak innovates AND gets commitment on tough decisions
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Data science and bras? An unlikely combination? Not if you are a former Google employee and MIT grad. Heidi and her team have systematically taken on an industry…
Ben Chestnut on receiving and acting on personally critiquing feedback
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Millions of entrepreneurs know about Mailchimp, because Mailchimp made millionaires of entrepreneurs known. What started as an email marketing platform for small…
Conquering conflict avoidance helped fuel 50% annual growth for the past 2 years
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I always find it so fascinating when Founders create technology that helps creates win wins for everyone. That's what Ralph and the team at Vestorly did for many …
Learning to say no in order to grow
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You can relate, right? Taking on customers, clients, business, etc. that maybe you should not have? Perhaps you should have said no, but you did so because…
BONUS: 4 Founders Just Talk About It
4 Founders Just Talk About It
Talk about what? Race in America
- Erin Green: Founder of Verify Services
- Perry Jeffries III, Founder of The Entrepreneur's CFO
- Shaun St.Hill, Founder of Tech & Main, LLC …
COVID-19 Exploded Growth...Now He Had An Inventory Problem
Imagine selling millions of your product, but then having an inventory problem. That was the situation Greg faced. Listen to what he did and how he had to change himself and the company.
How This Founder Overcame Self-Confidence Issues And How You Can Too
I have a special treat for you in this episode. I am VERY excited to introduce you to my long-time friend from way back in my neighborhood of Ansonia, CT, Adam Hallet. Adam shares some great stories …
Jake Checked His Ego And That Created More Growth
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I enjoyed speaking with Jake. He is an impressive Founder. And, I appreciate his candor about "ego." We can all learn from this conversation.
Why Silicon Valley Culture Did Not Work For His Company
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Tobias is a Founder originally from Vienna. In this really interesting interview, he shares why introducing a Silicon Valley culture in the African country he …
The BIG shift this Founder made that created explosive growth
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Jason and his team have created a learning platform that is truly incredible. He started this in his early 20s with lots of learnings along the way. It was his …
The One Question This Lawyer/Co-Founder Uses To Reveal Culture Fit
Gut health is important to all of us. We need good "gut buddies" to stay healthy. And, we need good "team buddies" for our startups to thrive. Tina shares the one interview question that tells her a …
Why Do Celebrities Like Kelly Clarkson, Usher, and Tony Robbins Flock To This Founder/Doctor?
You probably have seen Dr. Gundry. His book "The Plant Paradox" is a best seller. His supplements are widely popular and celebrities like Kelly Clarkson, Usher, and Tony Robbins all credit him with t…
COVID-19 Turned This Founder Into A "War-Time" Leader
Alex led his team through a huge nightmare. COVID-19 prompted him to quickly change his entire in-person SaaS conference business model. And, wow, he and his team quickly turned their business into v…