ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator

🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/adhdtime-management-tool ____________________________________________________ Welcome to the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator Podcast. Host Steve August is joined by Hannah Underwood ,...

🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/adhdtime-management-tool ____________________________________________________ Welcome to the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator Podcast! Host Steve August , Founder of ADHD Entrepreneur...

🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/adhdtime-management-tool ____________________________________________________ Welcome to the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator Podcast. Host Steve August is joined by Jennifer Adelhardt...

🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/adhdtime-management-tool ____________________________________________________ Welcome to the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator Podcast. Host Steve August , Founder of ADHD Entrepreneur...

🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/adhdtime-management-tool ____________________________________________________ Welcome to the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator Podcast! Host Steve August , Founder of ADHD Entrepreneur...

After 98 episodes, The Rocket Ship Founder Podcast is coming to a close—but this is just the beginning of something new. In this final episode, I reflect on my journey as a late-diagnosed ADHD entrepreneur and how embracing my ADHD has transformed my approach to business and life. I share: ✅ Why getting diagnosed at 54 changed everything for me ✅ How I transitioned from working with startup foun...

I've been a bit hesitant to push send on this one. You see, there's been a number of research studies* showing that ADHD brains are, depending on the study, between 2x and 5x more likely to become entrepreneurs. I often cite this research in things I put out in my content. But there's one question that I consistently get back, that deserves an answer: "Does ADHD make you a great entrepreneur?" Bas...

Key Takeaways from This Episode: • Core Idea: Customers don’t buy our product or service—they buy our offer . An offer is a promise to solve an urgent pain within a specific timeframe for a specific cost. Products and services? They’re just the tools we use to deliver on that promise. • Your Business as a Stack of Offers: A thriving B2B business only needs three key offers: 1. Core Offer – The cor...

Episode Title: Thriving in a Tough Market: The 3 Keys to Business Growth When Money’s Tight Episode Description: In today’s episode, we’re tackling a challenge many entrepreneurs are facing: “People aren’t buying, and the ones who do are taking longer to decide.” It’s something I’ve been hearing across the board – from clients, fellow coaches, and entrepreneurs. The business environment has change...

It's been a minute or two since my last new Rocket Ship Founder podcast episode. During the podcast hiatus, I've been leaning in to my journey as a late diagnosed ADHD entrepreneur. Over the past two months, I've been reshaping my coaching practice. After focusing on helping Seed Stage to Series A Founders for the past seven years, I'm evolving my practice to supporting ADHD entrepreneurs and solo...

This week, two of my past clients announced their companies were being acquired. Together they mark the 11th exit of Founders I’ve coached over the past seven years. I certainly can’t take credit for the outcomes of the clients I’ve coached. After all, they did the work. But I can say I’ve been part of the story in helping people along the path that got them to their exits. I learn something from...

Episode Summary: In this episode, we explore the difference between marketing to niches and tribes, and why understanding this distinction can shape your entrepreneurial approach. After a provocative listener response to a previous episode on founder anxiety, I realized the importance of identifying your tribe—those who share your values and vision. Key Takeaways: • Niche vs. Tribe : A niche targe...

In this week’s Rocket Ship Founder Podcast, we dive into a common yet perplexing scenario many founders face: having a great network and product, yet struggling to convert meetings into sales. Through a real-life example and personal insights, we explore the root causes and provide practical strategies to overcome this challenge. Episode Highlights: • A founder’s dilemma: great network, positive c...

In this week’s Rocket Ship Founder Podcast, we tackle a pressing question that resonates deeply with every entrepreneur: “Does Founder anxiety ever end?” Inspired by a thought-provoking article shared in my 2X Accelerator community, we dive into the persistent nature of anxiety in the founder journey. Despite achieving significant milestones, the anxiety doesn’t seem to fade, but there are ways to...

In this week’s episode, I share a personal story about surviving a plane crash. But don't worry, it’s not what you might think – this crash involved my remote-controlled airplane, a birthday gift that quickly became a learning experience. Episode Highlights: The Gift : Received a remote-controlled airplane for my birthday in June. Excitement of flying it for the first time at age 56. The First...

In this week's episode of the Rocket Ship Founder Podcast, Steve dives deep into the topic of business re-creation. With the economic shift that began at the end of 2022, many founders and business coaches are finding the need to re-create their businesses to adapt to the new normal. Drawing from his extensive experience through multiple economic cycles, Steve shares his insights and practical...

In this special episode of the Rocket Ship Founder Podcast, we mark a significant milestone: the 10th anniversary of my first startup exit. Join me as I share the emotional rollercoaster of that momentous day and reflect on the journey of exiting a business. Exits can be life-changing, but they are rarely "you changing" Understand that while a successful exit can bring financial transfor...

In this episode of the Rocket Ship Founder Podcast, we delve into one of the most common and frustrating challenges for businesses: the revenue plateau. Every business encounters these moments where growth seems to stall, and getting to the next level becomes an uphill battle. But often, the key to breaking through a plateau isn't doing more of the same—it's about doing something different...

Episode Summary: Steve shares his thoughts inspired by the Amazon series "Fallout" and an interview with actor Walton Goggins. Goggins' journey and advice resonate with the founder's journey, emphasizing persistence and the cumulative effect of consistent effort. Key Points: The Struggle of Success: Walton Goggins' career journey and his breakthrough role in "Fallout.&qu...

Episode Summary: In this episode of the Rocket Ship Founder Podcast, Steve addresses a common frustration among Founders: knowing what to do but struggling to take action. During a recent Office Hours session with the 2X Accelerator Community, one member voiced this sentiment, echoing a challenge many entrepreneurs face. Steve delves into the reasons behind this inaction and offers practical strat...

Episode Summary: In this episode of the Rocket Ship Founder Podcast, Steve dives into the unique challenges and strengths that ADHD Founders experience on their entrepreneurial journey. Drawing from personal experience and recent conversations with other ADHD entrepreneurs, Steve shares three essential techniques that can help not only ADHD Founders but also anyone looking to optimize their produc...

To be a Founder is to be constantly (and often frantically), up-skilling yourself. If you are a Technical, Expert or Visionary Founder, you’ve been spending most of your working life creating amazing things - tech, services, methods solutions. But you likely never took a formal marketing class. Or worked in a sales or marketing role. Yet, here you are playing that CMO role because you need to get...

This week I was having a session with one of my private clients. I've been working with this Founder for a couple of years since their original Seed funding. It's been a long journey to product market fit, with many a twist and turn. But in this session, this Founder reported that the signals were finally turning green: - Customers signing deals - Partners eager to integrate their offering...

Recently of the Founders in my 2X community reported a great win. We had supported her on refining her offer around helping CEO's stand up a weekly podcast that can help drive business. She committed to sending out an email to her list to see who in her world might be interested. Me and the 2X group helped her tune the email, which essentially described the offer, who it was for and simply ask...

This week I've been digging in deep with with private clients and the members of my 2X Accelerator community on the biggest leverage point in their businesses. It's not their product or service, though a brilliant product/service is essential. It's not their team, though great teams will move mountains. It's not their brand, marketing or funnels. So if not any of the above, what&#3...