My First Overnight Success

In this episode of My First Overnight Success, Grant Van Cleve, a global entrepreneur, angel investor, and ecosystem builder known for catalyzing world class companies worldwide, from early stage investing and venture capital to real estate development and cross border business building across the Balkans, MENA, and Southern California, shares his journey from real estate to startup ecosystems, hi...

In this episode of My First Overnight Success, we sit down with Sergey Sundukovskiy, Ph. D., Co-Founder, CTO, CMO, and Chief Product Officer at Salesmsg, to unpack what it really takes to build and scale a SaaS company from the ground up. Sergey's path started in electrical and mechanical engineering before he immigrated to the United States and reinvented himself as a computer scientist, working...

In this special solo episode of My First Overnight Success Podcast, host Lillian Victoria Ng, TEDx speaker, author of Own Your Path, and leadership coach to CEOs and Fortune 500 executives, delivers a masterclass on what it truly takes to build a high-performing team and lead like a CEO. Most companies do not fail because of bad product. They fail because of bad leadership. Lillian has seen it fir...

In this episode of My First Overnight Success Podcast, we sit down with OG Arabian Prince, founding member of the legendary group NWA, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist, lifelong technologist, futurist, and venture investor. Long before the tech founder became a popular identity, Arabian Prince was blending music, creativity, and entrepreneurship: from running teen clubs in Compton at 15, to makin...

In this episode of My First Overnight Success Podcast, Scott Bogdan, Co-Founder and COO of CloneForce AI, takes us through nearly three decades of entrepreneurship: from his first venture at age 10, to building DMARC Broadcasting with a deliberate "sell to Google, Yahoo, or Microsoft" strategy, to closing a $1.2 billion acquisition with Google, to now building the future of AI-powered work. In thi...

In this episode of My First Overnight Success Podcast, Victor Macias gets raw about building the world's first keto cookie from scratch, scaling it to 7 figures, landing a deal on ABC's Shark Tank, and then watching it all fall apart. Victor breaks down the financial collapse that followed the show, the 9 months he and his co-founder didn't pay themselves, and the dark period that made him questio...

In this episode, Idean Moslehi, the founder of Frowg Systems, Inc., creator of Forge Cascade , a decentralized knowledge operating system designed to make AI safer and reduce hallucinations, shares his unconventional journey from competitive gaming and a viral Solana meme coin to building infrastructure for the emerging AI agent economy. He explains how concepts like ISNAD lineage tracking, trust...

In this 4th episode of My First Overnight Success Podcast, George Carpenter, Founder/CEO of multiple biomed startups with an aggregate exit value over $1 billion. Current President of TCA Venture Group OC , shares his journey from entrepreneur to investor, highlighting key lessons on startup turnaround, the impact of AI, and building resilient teams. Discover how experience, curiosity, and strateg...

In this episode, Lillian Victoria Ng, TEDx speaker, author of Own Your Path, founder of Awesomeness Lifestyle, and a leadership coach , shares her journey from startup founder to leadership coach, emphasizing the importance of public speaking, embracing failure, and building high-performing teams. She discusses her upcoming podcast, her insights on leadership, and how to turn setbacks into comebac...

 This episode is a fireside chat recorded live at Survivor 13 , featuring Steve Kost, CRO of CloneForce AI , interviewed by fireside host, Tony Crisp, TCVN President, where we unpack the fast-moving world of AI, exploring the rapid evolution of agentic AI, strategies for market differentiation, and the future of AI workforce transformation. We dive into: The rapid rise of agentic AI How companies...

In this episode of My First Overnight Success , we sit down with Wing Lam , co-founder of Wahoo’s Fish Taco, to uncover the real story behind one of Southern California’s most iconic lifestyle brands. From immigrant family grit and restaurant roots to surf culture, rapid expansion, franchise lessons, pandemic survival, and community-driven reinvention, Wing shares what it truly takes to build some...

Welcome to My First Overnight Success , presented by TCVN . In this introduction episode, Lillian Victoria Ng shares what this show is all about: uncovering the truth behind success. Not the highlight reel — the hard lessons, pivots, failures, grit, and breakthroughs that shape every real journey. You’ll also meet co-hosts Tony Crisp and Michael Sawitz as we kick off a series designed for founders...