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The Real Secret Behind Entrepreneurial Success – Brad Swineheart – S6 – E5

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ The Real Secret Behind Entrepreneurial Success – Brad Swineheart – S6 – E5 What happens when everything you’ve built disappears overnight? In this episode of A Founder’s Life, Bradley Swineheart shares the deeply personal story of rebuilding after a hurricane destroyed his family home,  and how that experience reinforced the

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How Saying “Yes” Built a 16-Year Business – Scott Leff – S6 – E4

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ How Saying “Yes” Built a 16-Year Business – Scott Leff – S6 – E4 In this episode of A Founder’s Life, Scott Leff shares the honest, unfiltered journey of building a B2B content agency over 16 years, from freelancing without a plan to leading a 28-person team serving global clients.

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Tokyo Marathon: Two Majors Down, Five to Go

I was standing in the start corral in Shinjuku with 39,000 other runners, running on two nights of four hours’ sleep and three weeks removed from the worst tonsillitis-flu combination I’ve had in years. Not exactly the preparation I’d planned. But I was there, and I was ready. The target was to beat my Berlin time of 3:44 — illness or not, I wasn’t lowering the bar. My watch had

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The Army Lesson That Built My Career – Darren Lauda – S6 – E3

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ The Army Lesson That Built My Career – Darren Lauda – S6 – E3 In this episode, Darren Lauda shares his unconventional path from joining the U.S. Army after high school to building a successful career in enterprise software and launching his AI forecasting company, Outset. Darren opens up about

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When Your First Business Fails – Lindsay Gorrill – S6 – E2

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ When Your First Business Fails – Lindsay Gorrill – S6 – E2 In this episode, Lindsay Gorrill shares his remarkable journey from chartered accountant to mining entrepreneur, building multiple mines around the world and navigating the extreme highs and lows of entrepreneurship. Lindsay talks about starting his first company with

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Building Wealth Without Losing Your Soul – Ken Salazar – S6 -E1

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Building Wealth Without Losing Your Soul – Ken Salazar – S6 -E1 Ken Salazar is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years in payments and fintech. From investment banking during the tech bust to scaling and exiting a payments business and later buying it back, Ken shares hard-earned lessons about

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What Startup Failure Taught Me About Fear – Brad McGinnity – S5 – E18

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ What Startup Failure Taught Me About Fear – Brad McGinnity – S5 – E18 What happens when your career in SaaS, your faith, your marriage, and your health all collide in real life? Brad McGinnity, Chief Revenue Officer at Tithely, shares his journey from stumbling into startup sales to leading

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Building Trust, Media, and Community at Scale – Jeffrey Hayzlett – S5 – E17

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Building Trust, Media, and Community at Scale – Jeffrey Hayzlett – S5 – E17 What happens when an entrepreneur stops chasing plans—and starts building momentum instead? In this episode, Jeffrey Hayzlett, Chairman of the C-Suite Network, former Fortune 100 CMO, media executive, and serial entrepreneur, shares his unfiltered journey from

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How to Build Businesses That Last Generations – Tim Metzner – S5 – E16

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ How to Build Businesses That Last Generations – Tim Metzner – S5 – E16 What does balance actually look like when you’re building companies and raising a family at the same time? In this episode, Tim Metzner, serial entrepreneur, ecosystem builder, and co-founder of FireRode, shares his journey from early

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Building a Career Without Burning Your Life – Jim Zipursky – S5 – E15

Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Podcast A Founder’s Life: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Family, Health, & Fun​ Building a Career Without Burning Your Life – Jim Zipursky – S5 – E15 In this episode, Jim Zipursky, Managing Director of Corporate Finance Associates Omaha and Chairman & CEO of CFA Worldwide, shares his unconventional path into investment banking, growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, navigating bankruptcy, building

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