Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we meet Mitchel Diwar, the founder of Diwar Training. Mitch shares his unique journey from in-person fitness training to creating his online coaching business, which is centered on his "Momentum Method." He explains his mission to help men, particularly those over 30, achieve a flat stomach and sustainable health without the comm...

his episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Mike Reardon, the founder of bEffective , a business consulting firm dedicated to empowering small and medium enterprises. Mike shares his journey from his early days in sales, where a "liquid lunch" with top performers taught him the value of a results-oriented work culture, to launching his own practice. He explains that Be...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Beatrice Vladut, a personal branding strategist and LinkedIn content coach who grew her own following from 1,000 to over 60,000 followers in just over two years. Beatrice shares her journey from freelance copywriter to in-demand expert, explaining how she transitioned into her current role after her organic content growth led to inb...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we meet Risper Ondijo, a transformational brand strategist and coach. Risper shares her journey from working in sales, marketing, and customer service to launching her faith-based coaching business, which she describes as a process of preparing herself for entrepreneurship. She explains that her work is dedicated to helping high-achieving,...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Dr. Darian Parker, the founder of Parker Personal Training. Darian shares his unique journey from a collegiate athlete and academic to an award-winning fitness professional with over two decades of experience. He reveals that his primary motivation was never just exercise, but rather the profound opportunity to build deep, commi...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Kelley Herring, the founder of Meal Genius and Healing Gourmet. Kelley shares her personal health journey that began in college when, after falling ill and receiving no answers from numerous doctors, she discovered the profound impact of diet on well-being. This experience ignited her passion, leading her to blend her background in...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Marama Carmichael, the founder and CEO of Oracle Tree, a digital strategy and marketing agency with a deeply human-centric approach. Marama shares the powerful catalyst for her business—a house fire that destroyed her previous natural therapy center, forcing a moment of reckoning about what truly mattered. This experience shaped Ora...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we meet Alex Smith, a seasoned entrepreneur and founder of the SaaS platform Leadeth. Alex shares his journey from growing up in a family printing business to launching his own successful e-commerce venture, which he later exited. This deep-rooted entrepreneurial background led him to identify a common pain point for business owners: the d...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Victoria Maurer, a former PwC consultant who traded in her corporate career to become a breathwork and mindset specialist. Victoria shares her pivotal moment during a late-night Zoom call in the early days of COVID, where she realized the partner's life she was striving for was not what she truly wanted. This sparked an identit...

n this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut , divorce and life transitions coach Sue Horwitz shares her remarkable journey from running a successful 26-year publishing firm to guiding women through one of the most emotionally complex decisions of their lives. Sue reflects on her personal evolution as an entrepreneur, her shift into coaching, and the powerful insights she gained wo...

n this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we meet Mimi Bland, an executive mindset strategist. Mimi shares her profound journey from overcoming personal challenges and a career in Montessori teaching to becoming a guide for high-achieving founders and CEOs. She reveals how her own path of self-discovery, through various healing modalities and a deep spiritual journey, led her to de...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we meet Narinder Sheena, a chronic pain and mindset coach who turned her own debilitating health crisis into a powerful mission to help others. Narinder shares her journey from a high-powered corporate lawyer to the founder of Map Coach, revealing how a sudden, unexplainable chronic pain condition became her "gift"—a catalyst tha...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Jill Kaufman, a therapist and the founder of Divorce Coach Jill. Jill shares her powerful journey from a career in finance to becoming a guiding light for individuals navigating the tumultuous process of divorce. Her own difficult experience with divorce became the catalyst for her business, driving her to create a support syste...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Shehzaad Shams, the founder of Rononiti and the visionary behind the Eclectic Leadership Movement. Shehzaad shares his journey from a 20-year corporate career in project management and operations across various global industries to becoming an entrepreneur. He describes the transition as both "liberating" and "sca...

n this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Alicia Teltz, a former Global Client Executive at LinkedIn and the founder of The Hype Department. Alicia shares her journey from being a "hypocrite" advisor—teaching massive corporations how to leverage LinkedIn while never posting herself—to becoming a top LinkedIn creator. Her decision to publicly commit to growing her o...

In this episode of Founders, Future with host Milan Kohut, we are joined by Benjamin Friedman, the founder of Build, Scale, Grow. Benjamin shares his journey from a career in nonprofits to becoming "addicted to startups" after his first role at a rapidly scaling e-commerce company led to a successful acquisition. He explains how this experience revealed the cyclical nature of startup wor...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Isobel Lepist, the founder of At the Millpond. Isobel shares her journey from a 25-year corporate career in HR and talent management to becoming an ADHD coach and neuro-inclusive workplace consultant. Driven by her own late diagnosis, she explains her passion for creating environments where neurodivergent individuals can move fr...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Emilia Lujan, the founder of MindfulBody Productions. Emilia shares her journey from working in traditional PR, where she felt a misalignment with her values, to discovering her purpose in the holistic health space. She discusses how her passion for meaningful impact led her to become an entrepreneur, creating a global...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Holly Mandel, the innovative founder of iiMERGENCE CORPORATE IMPROV. Holly shares her unique journey from performing and teaching improv at famed institutions like The Groundlings to translating those skills into a powerful tool for corporate and personal development. She reveals how the principles of improvisation—such as prese...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we are joined by Susana Ritto, the founder of Rise of Women. Susana shares her powerful journey from a high-achieving executive in the Luxembourg financial sector, where she outwardly projected confidence while internally grappling with self-doubt. She reveals how her quest for a solution led to a groundbreaking discovery: women are wir...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Rina Winston, a life and leadership coach who specializes in deep, transformative work with purpose-driven leaders and entrepreneurs. Rina shares her journey from a background in project management and business operations to coaching, driven by the realization that her clients' core struggles weren't a lack of strategy, bu...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Coach G (Genet) , the founder of GFIT Performance Training. She shares her journey from a collegiate track athlete whose career was cut short by injury to discovering her passion for coaching while working at her campus gym. This path led her to internships working with NFL athletes and eventually to founding GFIT in 2017. Based in...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we are joined by Dan Collins, the founder of Franchisee First Advisors. Dan shares his 40-year journey in the franchising world, which began with managing franchised restaurants in college and led him to work with industry legends and major brands like Arby's. His extensive background spans every facet of the industry, from training an...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we are joined by Dena De Piazza, the Program Director and owner of Pain Coach Academy. Dena shares her deeply personal journey into the world of pain coaching, which began over two decades ago when her husband, a police officer, was injured in the line of duty and medically retired in their early 20s. Navigating the limitations of tradition...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Daniel Raz, a certified personal trainer and online fitness coach specializing in helping men over 40 sustainably lose weight. Daniel shares his journey from studying exercise and nutrition at the University of British Columbia to launching his online coaching business in 2020. He discusses the importance of finding a meani...