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The Journey

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It only takes one idea or one story to change the whole trajectory of your life, career, and work. In each episode, we talk to entrepreneurs of all stripes, so you can prime yourself with th...

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Venturing into Solopreneurship with La Vaca Founder and CEO Emily Vaca

Emily Vaca , Founder & CEO of LA VACA Designhouse , talks about having a one-in-a-million idea, designing the iconic MINNIDIP pool, and what...

00:18:46Mar 30, 2022

What Does Resiliency Look Like? With Steve Denton, CEO of Ware2Go

Steve Denton didn’t grow up knowing how to be accountable, he had to learn that skill throughout his life. Along the way, accountability tur...

00:23:21Mar 23, 2022

Solving the Unsolvable Problem with Tini Lux Founder & CEO Jackie Burke

Jackie Burke wasn’t interested in being an entrepreneur. As an engineer, she was very risk-averse. But when her own skin allergy had her sea...

00:14:43Mar 16, 2022

The Advantages of Adapting with Richer Poorer Founder & CEO Iva Pawling

To be an entrepreneur is to be constantly adapting. In a world where the market is ever-changing, it’s important to be able to shift, to ref...

00:18:21Mar 9, 2022

Standing Out in a Crowded Market with Paume’s Founder & CEO Amy Welsman

Any entrepreneur is going to face competition – it’s the nature of the game. All you can do is make your product the best it can be and hope...

00:13:23Mar 2, 2022

Building Hydro Flask and Finding Purpose in Entrepreneurship with Travis Rosbach

The road to entrepreneurial success is long. It’s tedious. And there are points where it might make more sense to cut losses than it would b...

00:16:14Feb 23, 2022

Disrupting the Beauty Binary with Matthew Herman of Boy Smells

The world often wants to put people into boxes, to sift everyone into categories. It just seems easier sometimes: rich or poor. Successful o...

00:15:10Feb 16, 2022

Following Passion to Unexpected Places, with Raili Clasen, Owner of Raili CA Design

When Raili Clasen ’s interior designer left just a week into the job, Clasen was left looking at a massive project that seemed daunting. But...

00:13:07Feb 9, 2022

Solving Everyday Problems with Innovative Solutions with Kelly Higney, Founder of Bug Bite Thing

When Kelley Higney moved to Florida, she knew she’d face some challenges: She was a young mother in a new state. She was in a new house in a...

00:15:58Feb 2, 2022

The Best Leaders Can See the Big Picture and Small Details All at Once with Francois Kress of Feelmore Labs

If you’d asked Francois Kress what he thought he was going to be when he grew up, he probably would have told you that he was going to be a...

00:20:48Jan 26, 2022

Pivoting to Progress with Nadine Fonseca, Co-founder, Mighty Kind

Plot twits might be fun to read about in a story, but when it’s your life that’s getting upended or dramatically changed, you might not like...

00:17:37Jan 19, 2022

To Have Success, The Choice Needs to Be Yours with Hilary Coles, Co-founder of hims and hers

When we’re growing up, we’re always told that we can be what we want, we can do what we love, and we can have anything as long as we work fo...

00:15:44Jan 12, 2022

Using the Creator Economy to Your Advantage with Patricia Santos, Founder of Volition Beauty

The world of innovation is full of many unique challenges and conundrums, but perhaps none so painfully true as this: those who have access...

00:22:02Jan 5, 2022

What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Risk Aversion with Julian Reis, CEO and Founder of SuperOrdinary

In finance, there’s a term commonly used when analyzing different investment options called “opportunity cost.” Opportunity cost is what bus...

00:20:09Dec 29, 2021

Building a Brandless Business with Jeremy Cai, CEO at Italic

The 10,000 hour rule, popularized by author Malcom Gladwell, states that it takes about that many hours of dedication in order to achieve ma...

00:17:55Dec 22, 2021

Don't Be Afraid of Feedback with Andrew Suzuka, Founder of Otamot Foods

Have you ever been sitting around a campfire with friends, or riffing with your partner about some great business idea you had when you were...

00:19:15Dec 15, 2021

Testing for Business Viability with Adam Callinan, Co-founder and President of BottleKeeper

Here are three words that might ring a bell: The scientific method. In its most basic form, the scientific method follows these steps: First...

00:19:41Dec 8, 2021

How Paul Rathnam Made Millions by Saying "Yes"

You might have heard someone tell you to “protect your yes.” Meaning, you should not feel obligated to agree to do things, participate, or t...

00:21:17Dec 1, 2021

Building a Nationally-Distributed Brand with No Industry Experience with Rod Johnson, Co-founder of BLK & Bold

We’ve seen it time and time again — entrepreneurs build a business driven by an existing passion for a product or service. They then leverag...

00:18:43Nov 24, 2021

Authenticity Over Everything with Michael Chernow, Founder of Kreatures of Habit

In a book there are chapters that, together, create not just a story, but an entire world or reality that you can transport yourself into. E...

00:21:59Nov 17, 2021