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
How to overcome the Founder "all or nothing" fitness pitfall
Zac Mason helps many Founders get fit.
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Setting Expectations Nearly Lost Him Investment $, Setting Objectives Got It Back
I sincerely appreciated Lucas' candor.
He and his team are quite innovative with their approach to creating experiences for brands and their customers.
And, he is quite articulate about his pers…
The merits of being a "lazy" co-founder? Yes.
Wool. An old friend with a new twist from a team that is on fire.
Dan chronicles the rise of Unbound Merino and also the merits of being "The Lazy Co-Founder."
What exactly does that mean? Liste…
What to do if a Co-founder isn't a fit any more
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Matt's tech is terrific. Matt is too. :)
He not only talks about why personalized video emails have such high conversion rates, but he a…
EXIT: His reasons for selling (and what you might consider)
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Live events seem like a distant memory. But, not to Evan. He is a leading expert on the thing that keep live events going...ticket sales.
List…
Battling Cancer (Twice) & Shady Characters Made Her Stronger & Changed Her Business Model
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Krista has beat cancer...twice. And, she worked her way through some shady characters undermining her business.
These very c…
Are You Backable? - Listen to what YOU can do to get the capital you need
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Have you ever wondered why some investors invest in your company and some don't? Have you ever wondered why some people buy into your ide…
Founder Fundraising Myth #3: Your Power (Crucial Connections)
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Todd walks through Myth #3 of Founder Fundraising
Founder Fundraising Myth #2: Your Pitch (Crucial Connections)
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Todd walks through Myth #2 of Founder Fundraising
Founder Fundraising Myth #1: Your Persistence (Crucial Connections)
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Todd walks through Myth #1 of Founder Fundraising
Sponsorships For Capital: From Two Emmy Award Winning Co-Founders
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This was such a FUN interview, with two people who quickly captured my heart.
Nicole and Mario are the Emmy Award Winning Co-founders you wi…
Overcoming The Discomfort Of Raising Capital
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Tyler is incredible. What he has been able to accomplish as a Founder while being a college student and college athlete is incredible.
You c…
How To Recover From A Failed Financial Projection To Your Investors & Team Members
Financial projections for a Founder CEO are quite precarious. On the one hand you want to be careful not to over promise because others are relying on your predictions. On the other hand, you want t…
How to be a Great Founder/Team Leader When YOU are a HIGH Achieving Person
It takes a special person to be a wife, mother, physician, AND Founder. That special person is Dr. Allison Hull.
Listen as Allison explains her passion for health and well-being. And, I also encou…
Shae Bynes: Are You Moving Away From Something Or Toward Something?
Wow. Shae! She will inspire you and move your heart.
She shares her divinely inspired story as well as a few other really interesting topics:
- How and why she hired a CEO.
- Moving away from being a "d…
Founder Habits: He mastered them and he tells you how YOU can too
Justin's enthusiasm for success is infectious. However, beneath that enthusiasm is a lifetime of struggles, challenges, and unique experiences that few have had quite like he has.
Justin makes a g…
Sequoia Capital Backed Founder: Create Hiring Processes That Scale
Who you let in and out of your life is VERY important. Who you let in and out of your networks is VERY important. Who you let into and out of your company is VERY important.
Liz has seemed to mast…
What to do when your passions get the better of you
I am a reluctant Cincinnati Bengals fan. (see their record for my reluctance justification). But, then again, I am not really a big football super fan anyway. But, I live in Ohio and I have seen (an…
Founder: Winning At Work/Life Boundaries
My wife was a military spouse for a short time period. It's a very challenging role to be in, for sure.
Michelle and her co-founder have harnessed the incredible skills and experiences of this for…
FINTECH Unicorn ($2.42B) Co-Founder/CEO: Don't shelter the team from bad news
CB Insights lists the company that Mike Praeger founded as a FinTech unicorn. Take a look here.
Mike has some incredible insights about the history, the industry and of course one of the big lesso…