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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 Milan Kohut, Jared Markiewicz, founder of FIT Legacy, shares his journey from personal trainer to gym owner and community fitness leader. Inspired by his parents’ work ethic and dedication to helping others, Jared began his career coaching clients one-on-one before realizing he wanted to expand his impact. This vision led him to launch FIT Legacy in Madison, Wisconsin, creating a coaching-driven gym model that allows him and his team to help hundr...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, Lori Bertoni, Master NLP Practitioner and Coach, shares her journey from working in the fitness industry to building a coaching practice focused on deep mindset transformation. After years helping clients with physical health and wellness, Lori discovered that many people struggled not because of a lack of knowledge, but because of hidden mental patterns and self-sabotaging beliefs that prevented real change. Today, Lori works with su...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, Shelby St. Clair, a 6-Figure Business Coach & Energetic Strategist, shares her journey into entrepreneurship and the mindset shifts that shaped her approach to building a successful business. Growing up in a restrictive environment that emphasized conformity, Shelby eventually chose a different path—launching her first business right after college and learning the foundations of entrepreneurship through trial, experimentation, and...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Natalie Borovska, Sarah Ennor, founder of Growth Counsel, shares her journey from a successful legal career in Canada’s major financial institutions to becoming an entrepreneur and speaker focused on neurodiversity in the workplace. After years working as a securities lawyer, Sarah found herself increasingly challenged by the politics and structure of large organizations. Eventually stepping away from corporate law, she took time to travel and ref...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Natalie Borovska, Megan Hines, integrative health practitioner and founder of Functional Wellness by Meg, shares her journey from molecular biology research and teaching to building an online health coaching business. After experiencing repeated burnout—from graduate school to teaching and later running a juice bar—Megan realized that the lifestyle she believed was “healthy” was actually harming her wellbeing. This turning point led her to apply h...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, Shiraz Baboo, reality interventionist and founder of Energetic Magic, shares the unconventional story of how his business began with a simple bet. After experimenting with mindset and energy techniques to overcome personal challenges, Shiraz began helping friends and family transform their lives. What started as a hobby quickly turned into a real business when people began paying for his work, eventually leading him to leave his corpo...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, Chris Schneider, founder of QuixSpec and a bar business coach, shares his journey from growing up in the restaurant industry to becoming an entrepreneur helping bar owners improve profitability and operational efficiency. After years of owning and running bars himself, Chris transitioned into consulting and coaching, using his experience to help hospitality businesses uncover financial blind spots, optimize systems, and build more pre...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Jacob Kendall, founder of 4D Aging, shares his journey from academia to entrepreneurship and how his background in social work and global health shaped his multidimensional approach to problem-solving. After stepping away from a traditional academic path following major life events—including health challenges and personal transitions—Jacob embraced entrepreneurship as a way to apply his interdisciplinary thinking across multiple ve...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Christopher Lins, founder of The Lins Company, shares how his 36-year career in high-tech sales and leadership evolved into building a leadership advisory firm focused on driving growth through people, not just strategy. What began as helping a friend navigate challenges within a private equity portfolio company quickly turned into a larger realization—that many organizations don’t suffer from poor strategy, but from gaps in leader...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Jowi Witt, founder of World of Entrepreneurship, shares his unconventional path from studying forestry and outdoor education to building a platform focused on helping founders develop identity, discipline, and long-term success. After an initial business idea centered around outdoor experiences for families didn’t gain traction, Jowi discovered a deeper demand—entrepreneurs seeking guidance on business growth and personal developme...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Nick Cicciari, we sit down with Tammy Magnuson, a stress and neuro-performance coach specializing in helping entrepreneurs overcome deep-rooted emotional patterns that impact their health and performance. Tammy shares her deeply personal journey—from navigating a high-stress custody battle and personal health crisis to discovering powerful mindset and neuroscience-based techniques that transformed her life. These experiences led her to explore and...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Danielle McGeough, founder of Simply Bold Lab, shares her journey from aspiring academic to professor and entrepreneur focused on helping high-achieving women pursue meaningful goals without losing themselves in the process. After working tirelessly to earn her PhD and achieve her dream role as a professor, Danielle realized that professional success alone did not bring the fulfillment she expected. During a major life transition—w...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, Michelle Ghassemi, founder and CEO of MMG Enterprises, shares her journey from spending nearly two decades in the salon industry to building and scaling a seven-figure organic salon business—and ultimately exiting to help other entrepreneurs grow. After repeatedly turning struggling salon locations into profitable businesses, Michelle realized her true strength lay in operations, financial strategy, and leadership. This led her to bui...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Nick Cicciari, we sit down with Edwin Bernal, founder of Central Link Media, to explore how he built a digital agency by starting from the ground up—literally going door-to-door to understand what small businesses truly need. From his early days as a college student pursuing a pre-law path to launching his first venture and navigating a partnership fallout, Edwin shares how those experiences led him to rebuild stronger with a clearer mission: help...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Nick Cicciari, Joe Seeman, founder of Apex Gainz, shares how his journey into entrepreneurship was driven by a desire to align his career with his competitive bodybuilding lifestyle. Starting as an in-person trainer, Joe quickly realized the limitations of trading time for money and transitioned early into online coaching—long before it became mainstream—allowing him to pursue his professional bodybuilding career while building a flexible business...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Tiffany Cooley shares her journey from serving as a Chief Marketing Officer in the retail and DTC space to launching her own consultancy focused on helping founder-led brands scale sustainably. With a career spanning multiple growth stages and industries, Tiffany built deep expertise in brand strategy, customer acquisition, and retention—ultimately leading her to create Brand & Growth Co. to support early-stage and high-growth ...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, Dawn McGruer shares her journey from launching her first business at just 21 to building a multi-faceted global enterprise. As an ICF-certified coach, author, and founder of Enigma Wealth Global, Dawn dives into how her early passion for marketing and business psychology evolved into a powerful ecosystem of agency services, education, and scalable licensing models. She highlights the importance of mastering lead generation systems, un...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Kellina Powell, founder of Kellina Empowerment, to explore her inspiring journey of launching a business at just 22 years old. Driven by her personal experiences growing up deaf and navigating mental health challenges, Kellina shares how she turned adversity into purpose—building a platform dedicated to empowering individuals, especially within the disability community, to embrace their identity, build confidence, ...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Becky Spence, founder of Checkpoint Advising, to explore her journey from working in healthcare to building a business focused on helping service-based entrepreneurs gain clarity and control over their finances. Becky shares how her own frustration—growing revenue without seeing increased profit—led her to uncover the importance of tax strategy and financial systems, ultimately inspiring her to pivot and support ot...
In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Sana Javed, founder of Success Strategist, to explore her transition from a 17-year career in HR leadership to building a coaching business focused on clarity, confidence, and transformation. Sana shares how her experience working closely with executives and organizations shaped her understanding of performance, leadership, and human behavior—ultimately leading her to support professionals navigating pivotal career...
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