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From $3 Billion Firm to Serial Entrepreneur – Ted Jenkin – S4 – E10

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ The Discipline Behind Success – Ted Jenkin – S4 – E10 Ted Jenkin has built and sold three companies, including a $3 billion wealth management firm, and today helps founder-led and family-owned businesses maximize their value while minimizing stress. In this episode of A Founder’s Life, Ted opens up about

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How to Build a Life That Matters – Joan Garry – S4 – E9

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ How to Build a Life That Matters – Joan Garry – S4 – E9 From MTV to the fight for marriage equality, Joan Garry has spent her life building communities and organizations that make the world more fair, just, and beautiful. In this episode of A Founder’s Life, Joan shares

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Why Asking for Help Makes You a Better Leader – Sean Shanks – S4 – E8

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Why Asking for Help Makes You a Better Leader – Sean Shanks – S4 – E8 What does it look like to take over a business you didn’t start — and make it your own? For Sean Shanks, it meant stepping into leadership at just 26 years old, learning through

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How to Redefine Balance as a Founder – Melissa Washington – S4 – E7

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ How to Redefine Balance as a Founder – Melissa Washington – S4 – E7 What happens when a Navy veteran, laid off during the 2009 recession, decides to create her own opportunities? For Melissa Washington, it led to teaching LinkedIn workshops at her dining room table, joining LinkedIn itself, and

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Why Great Leaders Don’t Need All the Ideas

Sometimes the best leadership comes from shutting up and letting others shine. It’s a lesson I learnt at university that took me years to properly understand — and one that’s changed how I work with people ever since. When I was at university, I was close to the head of the management department — what they call the business school today. I was treasurer of the Management Society, which unlike

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How to Turn Accidents into Entrepreneurship – Jose Nava – S4 – E6

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ How to Turn Accidents into Entrepreneurship – Jose Nava – S4 – E6 What happens when an architect stumbles into branding by accident — and builds a global agency out of it? For Jose Nava, it led to the creation of Levie Branding, a design and branding firm with offices

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Why Getting Fired Was the Best Thing That Happened – Mac Frederick – S4 – E5

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Why Getting Fired Was the Best Thing That Happened – Mac Frederick S4 – E5 What happens when Google fires you for building a side hustle? For Mac Frederick, it was the push that launched him into full-time entrepreneurship. Mac is the founder of Momentum Digital, a Philadelphia-based digital agency

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The Power of Presence in Business & Family – Dusty Holcomb -S4 -E4

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ The Power of Presence in Business & Family – Dusty Holcomb -S4 -E4 What happens when a seasoned CEO leaves the corporate world to build something new? For Dusty Holcomb, it meant rediscovering leadership as service and learning to distill what matters most in business and life. In this episode

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Why Conviction Beats Everything in Entrepreneurship – Daniel Saks – S4 – E3

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Why Conviction Beats Everything in Entrepreneurship – Daniel Saks – S4 – E3 What do you do when your 100-year-old family business shuts down at the height of the Great Recession? For Daniel Saks, it was the spark to build a new generation of digital entrepreneurship. Daniel is the co-founder

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Why Family Is the Engine of Entrepreneurship – David Mink – S4 – E2

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Why Family Is the Engine of Entrepreneurship – David Mink – S4 – E2 What do custom mattresses, thyroid cancer, and a 50-person marketing agency have in common? In this episode of A Founder’s Life, David Mink, CEO of Avalaunch Media, shares his incredible journey from building one of the

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