The Founders Live Podcast
The Founders Live Podcast tells stories of unique and inspiring entrepreneurship from around the world.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 282
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
082 - Rebekah Bastian of OwnTrail: Blaze Your Own Trail And Share It With Others
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 conver…
081 - Alison Bell of Phoenix: How To Create A Truly Human Brand and Unique Company
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…
080 - Shadrach White of cloudPWR: Entrepreneurship Is A Lifestyle And A Commitment
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. T…
079 - Valentine Shoti of Organut Manufactures: The Natural and Healthy Reform of Food in Zimbabwe and Beyond
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 ci…
078 - Amanda Doamaral of Fiveable: Building A Learning Community From Experiment To Product
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 buildin…
077 - Shelly Bell of Black Girl Ventures: Social Capital Is The Real Change Need For Underrepresented Populations
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…
075 - John Fanning CEO of Zelgor Games: Out of Catastrophe Comes Opportunity
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 t…
076 - QQ and Huina of Wissee: Using Data Analytics To Power The Next Generation of Investments
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 the…
074 - Stephani Lucas and Bradford Scott Walton of Spiritual Masochist: Hurts So Good
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 incredi…
073 - Farouk Daher of Bizzy.co: The GoTo Platform For The Side Hustle Freelancer Economy
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 …
072 - Johnathan Buell of Purpose Academy: Weaving Social Impact Into Your Business
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 worke…
071 - Mel Blatt of indipop: Affordable Health Care Options For Entrepreneurs and Freelancers
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. traditiona…
070 - Roland Ndowa of AllMart Marketplace: Creating The Future of Food Delivery in Zimbabwe
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 th…
069 - Yohanna E. from Seattle: Sharing Stories of Inspiration Through Music and Performance
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, Yoha…
068 - Ford Baker of Baco Tech: Improving Your Health To Improve Your Business
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 lin…
067 - The Founders Live Learning Series: #2 Finding An Open Playground To Build Your Brand.
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 bu…
066 - Rita Parker of Genesis Home: Businesses Start For Survival But Succeed Based On Necessity
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 e…
065 - Peter Ghiorse of GiveTide: Changing the Tide of Giving In A World That Really Needs It
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 …
064 - Wesley Maraire of Tiritose: Experience Zimbabwe Through Responsible and Ethical Travel
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, in…
063 - Esteban Varela of Linc: Building The Future Of Education In A Post-Covid World
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 i…