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Forward Obsessed

Pete Sena and David Salinas

Get into the minds of breakthrough business leaders and entrepreneurs to explore their unique stories and ideas for the future. From devastating pitfalls to life-changing aha moments, hosts...

Episodes

20 of 65 episodes

Melissa Cash: Designing Pok Pok & the Digital Playroom Revolution // 65

Melissa Cash isn’t just reshaping children’s screen time—she’s redefining the future of learning and creativity. In this deeply insightful e...

62:49Jan 29, 2026

Katelyn Bourgoin: Why Buyer Psychology Is the Real Growth Hack // 64

What happens when your dream startup fails, you lose everything—including other people’s money—and you still choose to build again? In this...

51:41Sep 25, 2025

Tanay Kothari: Building the Next Generation of Personal AI // #63

What if your voice could replace your keyboard—and be smarter than Siri ever dreamed of? Meet Tanay Kothari, the CEO and co-founder of Wispr...

67:47Apr 3, 2025

Sean Busch: Lessons from Bootstrapping to Big-Box Retail // #62

What does it take to scale a business from a $20,000 launch to over $100 million in revenue? In this episode of Forward Obsessed, entreprene...

85:47Mar 7, 2025

Mike Lloyd: Building Resilience, Distribution, and Cyber Insurance Innovation // #61

Mike Lloyd’s entrepreneurial story began with a simple childhood side hustle—burning CDs for friends in his small Michigan hometown. That sp...

103:11Feb 4, 2025

Anthony Ng Monica: From Bootstrapping to Breakthroughs in E-Commerce // #60

In this episode of Forward Obsessed, we sit down with Anthony Ng Monica, a visionary entrepreneur whose journey from humble beginnings to le...

105:09Dec 5, 2024

We Are Taking A Summer Break

As we approach the summer, the Forward Obsessed podcast is taking a brief but much needed break from creating new entrepreneurial content fo...

12:26Jun 13, 2024

Sam Parr: Founder Of The Hustle, Hampton And My First Million Podcast

Sam Parr, the founder of The Hustle and the host of the My First Million podcast, shares his entrepreneurial journey from his humble beginni...

82:43May 30, 2024

Hacking A Startup From Idea To Exit With Ben Lamson

Ben Lamson is the Head Of Revenue at Paperspace, a GPU cloud and software stack for machine learning and artificial intelligence developers,...

105:46May 16, 2024

Transforming Data Ownership Into A Connective Force With Aaron Lyles

Aaron Lyles is the Founder and CEO of CommonAlly, a company that builds two-sided marketplaces to connect organizations with hard-to-reach c...

78:56May 2, 2024

Founding 21Seeds Tequila With Kat Hantas

Kat Hantas is the co-founder of 21 Seeds, an infused tequila brand that was acquired by Diageo for $160 Million after just three years in bu...

92:48Apr 18, 2024

From Startup To Selling To Starbucks With Peter Thum

Peter Thum is the Co-Founder and CEO of Muse, an AI-powered website builder and collaboration platform. He was previously the Founder of Eth...

129:56Apr 4, 2024

Changing The Game Of Alcohol Delivery With Lindsey Andrews

Lindsey Andrews is the founder of Minibar, an on-demand alcohol delivery service that was acquired by Reserve Bar in 2021. Andrews is now th...

92:22Mar 21, 2024

The Future Of Venture Funding With Jason Kirby

Jason Kirby is the Founder of Thunder.VC, an AI-powered investment bank that helps startups navigate the fundraising process. Previously, he...

112:56Mar 7, 2024

Life Begins At The End Of Your Comfort Zone With Jess Lynch

Jess Lynch is currently the Cofounder and Founding Partner at Raiz Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm using data and community to...

74:01Feb 22, 2024

From Pioneering Facial Recognition to Apple Acquisition With Adi Eckhouse Barzilai

Adi Eckhouse Barzilai is the Co-Founder and CEO of RealFace, a facial recognition software company that was acquired by Apple Inc. She was p...

93:52Feb 8, 2024

Betting On Blockchain: The Future Of Sports Betting With Alex Dubin

Alex Dubin is the Founder and CEO of BettorOff, a sports betting platform designed to bring transparency and integrity to bettors through bl...

101:37Jan 25, 2024

Breaking Barriers For Women In Tech With Beverly Parenti

Beverly Parenti is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and cofounder of The Last Mile, a nonprofit providing technology training to incarcerate...

84:33Jan 11, 2024

Best Of Forward Obsessed - 2023 Holiday Recap

This year, we had 25 incredible interviews. 25 deep dives into the rollercoaster experience of building a company - taking an aha moment, nu...

33:18Dec 28, 2023

From Startup To Selling For Half A Billion With Ben Kartzman

Ben Kartzman is the COO of Mediaocean, a multi-billion dollar ad tech company. He was previously the CEO and co-founder of SpongeCell, an ad...

99:22Dec 14, 2023