Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Melanie Starr, a holistic well-being coach who specializes in guiding women through the profound life transition of divorce. Melanie shares her own powerful story of her long marriage ending, which was compounded by her daughter's severe illness, leading to a personal crisis where she experienced the neurological impacts of tra...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Nicole Holdaway, a Melbourne-based salon coach and master stylist. Nicole shares her incredible journey from being a car service advisor to buying her first salon with 10 staff just after becoming a qualified hairdresser. She opens up about the "traumatic" yet transformative early years of salon ownership, navigat...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we are joined by Georgie Collinson, Australia's leading anxiety therapist and best-selling author. Georgie opens up about her personal journey with anxiety and how it fueled her mission to help high-achieving women overcome high-functioning anxiety. She provides a candid look at the evolution of her business, sharing why she recently p...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we are joined by Suzanne Longstreet, founder of Success & Clarity Leadership Academy. Suzanne shares her incredible journey from being unexpectedly let go from her corporate career to becoming a renowned entrepreneurial coach. She opens up about the five-year period of self-doubt and undercharging that preceded her breakthrough, which f...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Taylor Allen, the dynamic founder of The TAC Agency. Taylor shares her unique journey from the world of luxury fashion on Savile Row to becoming the go-to marketing and strategic partner for luxury small businesses. She delves into her agency's unique, all-encompassing approach, where she acts as an integrated part of...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Mary Southern, the founder of Resume Assassin. Mary shares her journey from working in higher education and recruiting to discovering her passion for resume writing and launching her own business. She discusses the gap she saw in the market for personalized, impactful resume strategies that make job seekers feel like the &...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Neel Singh, the founder and principal of Tropoly. Neel shares the nonlinear journey that led him from being a key executive in a startup's hyper-growth phase to going public, to founding his own brand strategy consultancy. He opens up about the evolution of Tropoly, which now offers fractional CMO services, strategic...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Aileen M. Edwards, a certified leadership coach and the founder of AME Consulting & Leadership Coaching. Aileen shares her journey from a 40-year career in corporate human resources, often mired in the negativity of labor disputes, to launching her own coaching practice focused on positivity and empowerment. She delves...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Marquetta Jackson, the founder of MJ Life Coaching. Marquetta shares her journey from a career in sales and marketing to founding her own coaching practice, driven by a core desire to help people find value and purpose in their lives. She discusses her focus on guiding women to tap into their creative, feminine energy, build sel...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we are joined by Vevian Vozmediano, a trauma-informed mental health coach. Vevian shares her profound journey from being one of the first healthy recipe influencers on Instagram to her deep dive into trauma work, psychedelic-assisted therapy, and hosting transformative retreats in Costa Rica. She details her specialization in helping women...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Siah Fried, a pioneering parent and family health coach. Siah brings over 30 years of public health experience to her mission of helping families break generational cycles of unhealthy coping mechanisms, particularly around eating disorders and emotional challenges. She discusses her unique 7-step coaching model designed to...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Tracey Cousineau, the founder of The Divorce Copilots. Tracey shares her journey from a 28-year career in enterprise IT sales to launching a business that provides a unique, collaborative approach to divorce. She discusses how her own difficult divorce experience revealed a critical gap in support, leading her to create a servic...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Shawn Freeman, the founder of Impactful MSP. Shawn shares his journey from building and successfully exiting his own Managed Service Provider (MSP) business to now dedicating himself to coaching other MSP owners. He delves into the common challenges tech professionals face when transitioning into business leadership and...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Kyle Davies, a chartered psychologist and the creator of Energy-Flow Coaching. Kyle shares his unique journey from working in management consulting and treating chronic fatigue syndrome to developing his pioneering mind-body approach. He discusses the critical, often overlooked connection between well-being and performance,...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we are joined by Nadine Zeinoun, MCC, an executive coach and emotional intelligence expert. Nadine shares her powerful journey from growing up during the Lebanese Civil War to becoming an award-winning marketer and sales leader, revealing how her early experiences with conflict shaped her mission to create harmony and understanding in the w...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Natalie Stavola, a multifaceted mindset and performance coach, speaker, and film producer. Natalie opens up about her unique journey from studying psychology and criminology to navigating the worlds of coaching and Hollywood. She reveals how her own experiences with burnout and personal challenges led her to a powerful meth...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Paden Hughes, a 7-figure entrepreneur who transitioned from scaling a successful fitness brand to becoming an intuitive mentor and coach. Paden opens up about her journey from consultant to co-founder of Gymnazo, revealing the unsustainable hustle that led to her physical and emotional burnout. She shares the pivotal moment...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we meet Laura Besenyi, a certified holistic health coach and founder of Inner Power Health Coaching. Laura shares her fascinating journey from a career in corporate finance to her mission of empowering busy professionals and women in transition to reclaim their vitality. She reveals how the 2020 lockdowns were a catalyst, sparking her pass...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Abdo Mazloum, the founder and CEO of WebTmize. Abdo shares his journey from a computer science graduate and web developer to becoming a seasoned marketing expert and agency owner. He delves into the pivotal moments in his career, including being laid off, which ultimately pushed him to take the leap into entrepreneurship....

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Taireez Niswander, the Chief AI Officer and creator of the Automation Goldmine platform. Taireez shares her incredible journey from becoming a US citizen to building an AI-driven business with a mission to empower small businesses. She opens up about her unique approach to automation, which focuses on identifying manual, r...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we dive into the journey of Dr. Tracy King, a clinical psychologist and mindset coach. Dr. Tracy shares her non-linear path from fashion buying and corporate communications to founding her own practice, driven by a profound passion for understanding the human mind and a need for a career that fit her life. She opens up about the immense...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Polly Watt, the founder of WattNext. Polly shares her journey from a long career in Learning & Development to launching a cutting-edge consultancy that uses AI to diagnose organizational health. She explains how her proprietary tool, Vivo Pulse, conducts confidential, agentic AI-powered interviews to identify alignment issue...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we are joined by Gem Garcia, the founder of Corporate in COLOUR Consulting. Gem shares her powerful 25-year journey through the world of talent acquisition, from the exhausting grind of agency recruiting to finding her true calling as a career coach and strategist. She opens up about the pivotal moment she decided to demand her worth, a dec...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Chris M. Walker, the founder of Superstar SEO and Legiit. Chris shares his incredible journey from working a job he disliked in tech support to building a multi-faceted digital empire. He recounts the early days of taking client calls in the office bathroom and working late to send cold emails, all to pay off debt and escap...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Holly Lasky, MA, CMP, PCC, a Master Certified Hypnotherapist and founder of AOVC Coaching. Holly shares her unique journey from a professional concert pianist and composer to a highly-specialized coach. She explains how her background in music, with its discipline and dedication to practice, provided an unexpected but perfect founda...