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Founders Future Podcast | Powered by Closers.io
Join us on a journey through the world of entrepreneurship and business growth with the Founders Future podcast, powered by Closers.io. Each episode features an in-depth, one-on-one interview with a visionary founder, exploring their unique path to success and strategies for future expansion.
What to Expect
In each 25-minute episode, we dive deep into two key areas:
1. The Founding Journey (10-12 minutes)
- Discover the inspiration behind groundbreaking companies
- Explore pivotal moments and challenges faced by founders
- Uncover valuable lessons in leadership and entrepreneurship
2. Future Growth Plans (10-12 minutes)
- Gain insights into winning business strategies
- Learn about innovative approaches to client acquisition and expansion
- Get a glimpse into the future of various industries from those shaping them
Why Listen?
- Hear firsthand accounts of entrepreneurial triumphs and tribulations
- Gain practical advice for overcoming common business challenges
- Stay ahead of industry trends and future market shifts
- Learn from diverse perspectives on work-life balance and leadership
- Get inspired by the visions and strategies of successful founders
Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, an aspiring founder, or simply curious about the world of business, the Founders Future podcast offers valuable insights and inspiration for anyone looking to drive growth and innovation in their field.
Tune in to Founders Future, powered by Closers.io, and join us on a journey of discovery, learning, and inspiration from the brightest minds in the business world.
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In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Amy Blackburn, founder of Blackburn Boutique Coaching, shares how her background in outside sales and leadership shaped her transition into coaching. A defining experience with executive coaching changed how she viewed performance, mindset, and success, ultimately inspiring her to help others unlock the same clarity and confidence. Amy dives into her work with solopreneurs, emphasizing action over theory, discipline over perfecti...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Lena Elkhatib, founder of Avid Intimacy, shares how her background in advertising led her to redefine her purpose through relationship and sex therapy. After witnessing the emotional toll of high-pressure work and widespread relational burnout, Lena shifted careers to address what she saw as a cultural failure to support intimacy, sexuality, and connection. Lena explains how Avid Intimacy helps couples and relationship units rebu...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Vin Infante, a licensed psychotherapist, mental performance coach, and former FDNY firefighter turned full-time entrepreneur. Vin shares his unconventional journey through the mental health system—first as a client, then as a clinician—and why his personal struggles led him to believe the traditional therapy model was fundamentally broken. His experiences across hospitals, shelters, private practice, and emergency resp...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Dr Jen Draper, a former medical doctor of nearly 30 years who made the bold decision to walk away from clinical practice after experiencing burnout and deep disillusionment with the traditional healthcare system. Dr Jen shares her journey from lifelong doctor to founder of Wellbeing Holistic, explaining how she came to view symptoms not as problems to suppress, but as signals pointing to unresolved emotional and nervo...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Trish Gower, founder of Messy-Minded Magic, to explore her unconventional journey into entrepreneurship and coaching. Trish shares how recognizing her own ADHD—and seeing other neurodivergent women struggle in traditional business programs—sparked her mission to help “messy-minded” women build businesses that work with their brains, not against them. Drawing from her experience scaling and selling a successful e-comme...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Alice Rose—a coach, writer, speaker, and advocate working at the intersection of women’s leadership, business, and reproductive health. Alice shares her journey from a creative career in media production and BBC programming to building a purpose-led business shaped by her own lived experience as an IVF mother. What began as a deeply personal transformation evolved into a mission to support women through compassion-led ...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Stephen Strumos, founder of Strumos Fitness and creator of the Pain Free Project. Stephen shares how his journey into fitness and rehabilitation began with a personal battle against a debilitating disc herniation in his early 20s—an experience that exposed the gaps in traditional pain treatment and ultimately reshaped his career. What started as a passion for movement and health evolved into a mission-driven practice f...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by May Hohman, a mindset and healing coach who supports people living with anxiety, depression, and unresolved trauma. May shares how her work emerged from years in the mental health field and graduate-level therapy training, where she began questioning the limitations, rigidity, and lack of clear outcomes in traditional therapeutic models. That experience inspired her to design a coaching-based approach that blends modern...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Paul Nam, a veteran fitness entrepreneur, studio owner, and author with decades of experience in health, wellness, and strength training. Paul shares how his journey began with competitive bodybuilding at just 17 years old and evolved through martial arts, functional training, and multiple business ventures. With a background that includes over 25 competitions and ownership of several businesses, Paul explains how his ...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Bri Heron, founder of Heron Fitness and a fat loss coach for high-achieving women over 35. Bri shares her journey from teaching group fitness classes in 2008 to building a fully online coaching business after the disruption of COVID, all while navigating motherhood and completing her master’s degree in exercise science. Her story highlights the evolution from in-person training to scalable online coaching and the mindse...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Natasha Wiebe, founder of Fix Your Life Solutions. Natasha shares how her unconventional path—from years of bartending and observing relationship dynamics firsthand to growing up around neurodiverse family members—shaped her deep understanding of communication, values, and emotional patterns. These early experiences inspired her coaching work, where she helps individuals and couples challenge limiting beliefs, rebuild c...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Bill Wilson—founder of Pace Pricing—shares his journey from building and exiting multiple SaaS companies to specializing in one of the most misunderstood growth levers in software: pricing. After exiting his SaaS startup SalesRight in 2020, Bill recognized a recurring pattern in conversations with founders—deep uncertainty around pricing, packaging, and value. That insight led him to build Pace Pricing, where he now helps B2B SaaS ...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Joni Korhonen—founder of WVT Media—shares his journey from working in construction, sales, and marketing in Finland to building a location-independent business while living abroad. Joni opens up about his desire for freedom, his early work running a marketing agency, and how relocating first to Bali and later to Spain reshaped his priorities. A near-fatal scooter accident in Bali became a turning point, forcing him to reassess his ...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Victor Straw—U.S. Marine Corps veteran, former gym owner, and founder of Victory Driven—shares his nearly three-decade journey in health, fitness, and leadership. Raised on a dairy farm and shaped by military discipline, Victor reflects on how his background laid the foundation for his mission: helping individuals and organizations build resilience, discipline, and sustainable well-being in an increasingly demanding world. Victor d...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, Macey LaMark shares her deeply personal founder journey—from growing up in a troubled household shaped by addiction to becoming an intimacy coach dedicated to helping women and couples reconnect with themselves and each other. Through years of personal healing, spiritual exploration, and psychological study, Macy discovered that true transformation begins with vulnerability, self-trust, and the courage to reclaim one’s voice. Her work...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, Michaela Winsley shares her journey from studying law and working in international merchandising to becoming a strength and fat-loss coach dedicated to women over 40. After stepping away from traditional career paths and navigating motherhood, Michaela found fitness as a way to rebuild her confidence and identity—eventually turning that passion into a long-term coaching career that evolved from in-person personal training into a growi...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Erin Warner—founder of Head and Heart Studio—shares her journey of integrating ambition and intuition, logic and creativity, into a purpose-driven coaching practice. Erin reflects on a nonlinear path that spans studying social change, working in public interest law, corporate leadership coaching, and personal healing, ultimately leading her to build a business centered on alignment, self-awareness, and authentic human connection. E...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Kai Law—founder of Coach Kai Consulting—shares his journey from being retrenched as an Amazon marketing team lead to building a career in high-ticket sales and coaching. Born out of necessity and real-world experience, Kai explains how he identified a major gap in the industry: talented people learning sales skills but struggling to land strong offers, navigate interviews, and position themselves confidently in the job market. Kai ...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we’re joined by Romilly Golding, a relationship recovery coach, author, and former communications agency founder with an international career spanning Switzerland, France, Italy, and the UK. Romilly shares her journey from co-founding one of Switzerland’s first English-language copywriting agencies, to retraining as a teacher during a midlife career pivot and ultimately returning to entrepreneurship by following her deeper calling ...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Sarah Wellington, founder of Your Marketing Mate. Sarah shares her journey from feeling unseen in traditional education to building a people-first marketing business rooted in connection, mateship, and straight-talking strategy. From childhood lemonade stands to leading a full-service digital agency, her story highlights how early entrepreneurial instincts and a love for human connection shaped her approach to business....
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