Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Ammar Elm, we sit down with Dianne Flory Intal, founder of Success Matcher, a recruitment agency specializing in aligning businesses with top talent across industries like healthcare, engineering, and finance. Dianne shares her inspiring journey from personal loss to building a thriving business, emphasizing the importance of human connection in recrui...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Ammar Elm, we sit down with Great Akudo, founder of Moniphy a fintech platform revolutionizing short-term business funding through merchant cash advances (MCA) and credit lines. Great shares his journey from insurance agent to finance entrepreneur, detailing how he identified the urgent funding needs of small businesses and built a system to deliver ca...

In this episode of Founders, Future, host Ammar Elm sits down with Dylan Vergara, founder of the Serial Sales Community, a high-ticket membership helping sales professionals transition into lucrative remote closing roles. Dylan shares his unconventional journey from introverted roofing sales rep to building a 5M agency (which he later sold) and now running a thriving community that combines job pl...

In this episode of Founders Future, host Ammar Elm sits down with Phil Masiello, founder and CEO of Crunch Growth, a leading performance-based agency specializing in scaling e-commerce and digital marketing for consumer brands. Phil shares his incredible entrepreneurial journey—from early failures in the restaurant and retail industries to building and exiting multiple successful consumer product...

In this episode of Founders Future , with host Ammar Elm, we sit down with Jake Schaefer , Founder of Renewed Minds Consulting , an organizational leadership consultancy that helps businesses strengthen mission, improve operations, and build powerful cultures. Jake shares his unconventional journey from behavioral health clinician to entrepreneur, revealing how his frontline experience treating wo...

In this episode, Mishal Saeed sits down with Kirill Samarits, founder and CEO of Terramak—a boutique advertising agency redefining marketing through a unique blend of high-quality production and scalable content creation. Kirill shares his journey from photographer to agency leader, tackling the modern marketing challenge of delivering both exceptional quality and quantity in content. Based betwee...

In this episode of Founders Future , host Ammar Elm sits down with Lida Citroën, internationally recognized personal branding expert and founder of LIDA 360 and Career Launch Navigators . With 17 years of experience in reputation management, Lida shares her journey from corporate marketing to entrepreneurship, detailing how she built two impactful companies—one helping executives craft their perso...

In this episode of Founders Future , host Ammar Elm sits down with Gary Wilson , founder of Heads Up Leading, L.L.C. , a leadership development organization helping businesses build thriving, human-centered cultures through a Christ-centered leadership framework. With decades of experience spanning military command, corporate leadership, and faith-based ministry, Gary shares his unique journey—fro...

In this episode of Founders Future , host Ammar Elm sits down with Ginger Johnson , founder of Ginger Johnson LLC , a powerhouse in human connection and communication. With a diverse background spanning teaching, firefighting, corporate leadership, and entrepreneurship, Ginger shares how her "golden thread" of education and service led her to become a sought-after keynote speaker and con...

In this episode of Founders Future , host Ammar Elm sits down with Jennifer DiMotta , co-founder of Uprisors , a leadership and transformation company dedicated to helping e-commerce founders scale their businesses strategically. With over 20 years of experience growing multi-billion dollar omni-channel brands like Hayneedle (sold to Walmart) and Sports Authority, Jennifer shares her journey from...

In this episode of Founders, Future , host Jae Encarnacion sits down with Brice Wheeler, founder of Launchlab, a full-service digital marketing agency empowering small businesses and entrepreneurs. Brice shares his journey from launching a rapidly scaling property management company to founding Launchlab, driven by a passion for helping businesses authentically grow their online presence. He dives...

In this episode of Founders, Future , host Jae Encarnacion sits down with Greg Cucino, a key figure at Infinix IQ , a cutting-edge AI solutions company revolutionizing practical business applications—from order-to-cash automation to AI-enhanced NetSuite integrations. Greg shares how his frustration with "pilot purgatory" in the AI industry led him to build Infinix IQ , focusing on deploy...

In this episode of Founders, Future , host Jae Encarnacion sits down with Chris Kolenda , retired Army Colonel, West Point graduate, and founder of Chris Kolenda, LLC —a leadership consultancy transforming how CEOs, NFL coaches, and public sector executives build unshakable business endurance . Chris shares his extraordinary journey from leading 800 paratroopers in Afghanistan (and persuading insu...

In this episode of Founders, Future, host Jae Encarnacion sits down with Matt Marciante, founder of Pretty Decent Marketing, who’s flipping the script on traditional agencies with his anti-agency approach. After burning tens of thousands on ineffective agency retainers for his own footwear brand, Matt took marketing into his own hands—mastering email, paid ads, and CRO to save his business. Now, h...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Mishal Saeed , we sit down with Michael Gansl, co-founder of Voice of Reason Consulting and seasoned entrepreneur with 25+ years of experience scaling businesses. Michael shares how he and partner Matt transitioned from running a $18M tech firm to advising "accidental business owners"—first-time entrepreneurs who lack operational frameworks b...

In this episode of Founders Future , host Ammar Elm sits down with John Chapman , founder of The Marketing Chap , a full-service consultancy helping small-to-medium businesses with strategic marketing, brand transformation, and revenue growth. John shares his decade-long journey from corporate marketing to launching his own agency, emphasizing the importance of balancing SEO, social media, and pai...

In this episode of Founders Future, host Ammar Elm sits down with Stephen Nikolaos Michael, founder of Propel Earth, a global venture studio and social network empowering impact-driven startups to scale solutions for humanity's greatest challenges. At just 22, Stephen shares his journey from NYU student to social entrepreneur, driven by the urgent countdown of the Climate Clock and his vision...

In this episode of Founders Future , host Ammar Elm sits down with Joshua B. Lee , founder of StandOut Authority , to explore his radical journey from monetizing billions in ad spend (including early work with Myspace) to building a human-centered marketing revolution. Joshua shares his raw entrepreneurial story—how he walked away from a 9-figure business empire at 36, gave everything to his famil...

In this episode of Founders Future , host Ammar Elm sits down with Chuck Shaver , founder of CS Sales Consulting , to explore how he's transforming B2B sales through LinkedIn mastery. With decades of hands-on sales experience and early adoption of LinkedIn (thanks to his brother, a LinkedIn pioneer), Chuck reveals his 3-pillar framework for social selling success: profile optimization (fixing...

In this episode of Founders Future , host Ammar Elm sits down with Rob Lion , CEO and Co-Founder of Black River Performance Management , to explore his unique approach to organizational development and leadership consulting. With over 20 years of experience in academia and human behavior research, Rob shares how he transitioned from teaching in the classroom to helping Fortune 100 companies, start...

In this episode of Founders, Future, with host Jae Encarnacion, we sit down with Gregory Perine, CEO and Co-Founder of Pholeo, a revolutionary event and hospitality management platform. Gregory shares his journey from managing high-end events to solving the inefficiencies of spreadsheets with Pholeo’s unified platform for budgeting, scheduling, and inventory management. He discusses the evolution...

In this episode of Founders Future , host Ammar Elm sits down with Matt McCabe, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Axia Growth Partners , to explore the world of search funds and strategic acquisitions. Matt shares his journey from management consulting to launching Axia, detailing their unique self-funded search model and how they identify, evaluate, and acquire niche businesses—particularly in e...

In this episode of Founders Future, host Jae Encarnacion sits down with John Matthews, President and CEO of Great Cat Enterprises, a retail consulting firm with over 20 years of transforming brands like Little Caesars, Jimmy John’s, and Deluxe. John shares his journey from corporate leadership to entrepreneurship, driven by his father’s advice to "gather knowledge and go out on your own.&quot...

In this episode of Founders Future, host Jae Encarnacion sits down with Vidur Nayyar, founder of Upchange AI and co-founder of Vedra AI, to explore how he's bridging the gap between AI innovation and real-world business transformation. With a decade of experience at McKinsey's QuantumBlack AI unit, Vidur shares his journey from consulting to entrepreneurship, revealing why he built Upcha...

 In this episode of Founders Future, host Jae Encarnacion sits down with Eric Elkins, CEO and founder of WideFoc.us, a social media agency that’s been transforming B2B and B2C marketing since 2007. With over 20 million engagements under their belt, Eric shares how he pivoted from journalism and startups to building a full-service social media powerhouse—back when brands still asked, "Can’t th...