The Founders Live Podcast

In this Founders Live Conversation with a live audience, Nick and Julie cover Julie's journey into entrepreneurship, why she decided to go out on her own, the purpose behind her new book The 7 Forms Of Respect and lessons of how to work 7 Forms of Respect into your own company. They also take questions from a small group of viewers. Julie Pham, Ph. D. is the Author of the #1 Amazon Best Selle...

Nick Hughes is joined by Scott O’Neil, one of America’s most admired sports executives, author and investor. Scott is one of the most recognized, connected and dynamic executives in the sports and entertainment industry today. He has more than 25 years of experience leading NBA, NHL and NFL teams and leagues, including the National Basketball Association, Philadelphia 76ers, New York Knicks, New J...

In this episode,  Mindset Coach David Nurse Joins Founders Live Center Stage Live from Houston, Texas to talk about optimal mindset for success in business and athletics. Founders Live CEO Nick Hughes, special guest host Rob Turbin from Turbo Talk along with David discuss how athletes as well as entrepreneurs can find the optimal mindset, realign with things fall down, and other success and leader...

Nick Hughes is joined by Fred Joyal, a speaker, author and executive coach from Los Angeles, CA. Fred co-founded the most successful dentist referral service in the country, 1-800-DENTIST, which, in his 30 years as CEO, generated over $1 billion in revenue. Along with this achievement, he has also been awarded the Conrad Hilton Distinguished Entrepreneur Award by Loyola Marymount University. He ha...

Nick Hughes is joined by Andy Paul, who is an author, speaker and podcast host from San Diego, CA.   Andy's hit "Accelerate Your Sales" podcast was acquired by Revenue.io in 2020. Since re-named "Sales Enablement with Andy Paul", the show continues to inspire thousands of sales professionals each week. Andy has also written two award-winning sales books, "Zero-Time Se...

Nick Hughes is joined by Liam Martin, CMO and cofounder of Time Doctor and runningremote.com, from Montreal Canada. Liam is a co-founder of a remote-first company that grew 8 figures with people in 43 different countries and no office. Remote work has been our way of working for more than 10 years, yet Liam observed that almost 99% of new remote companies during the pandemic could not figure out o...

Nick Hughes is joined by Chris Maeda is currently the CTO and co-founder of the chatbot company Botco.ai, from Toronto, Ontario in Canada. Botco.ai, a conversational marketing platform that helps marketers convert prospects into customers by engaging them in authentic, helpful and informative conversations. While he’s got a PhD from Carnegie Mellon, Chris’s knowledge of AI, ML and NLP goes way bey...

Nick Hughes is joined by Jesse Harless, an author, professional facilitator and coach, and founder of Entrepreneurs in Recovery, LLC from Concord NH.  Jesse started Entrepreneurs in Recovery® in 2017 to transform the lives of 5000 men and women in addiction recovery through one-on-one coaching, facilitation and speaking. He's expanded his work into communities, certified addiction recovery co...

Nick Hughes is joined by Alec Hanson, SVP Production Loan Depot, from Orange County, CA. Alec has funded countless mortgages over his 17-year career, in 2010 alone, he lent over $1 Billion to customers. He has received several awards & achievements, but most recently he received HouseWire's Rising Star award in 2017 and 2019, and has been named to the Top 40 under 40 achievers for the Nat...

Nick Hughes is joined by Sarah Miller, CEO Of Axis Entertainment and host of Media Mavens Podcast who joins us from Los Angeles, CA. Sarah has over 15 years of experience creating leaders and defining markets through strategic public relations and marketing within the Tech, Entertainment, Sports, and Lifestyle Industry. The episode starts with Nick and Sarah jumping right into a dynamic and fun co...

Nick Hughes is joined by Dr. Chandler Chang , a clinical psychologist and the Founder of Therapy Lab from Los Angeles, CA. In her effort to rethink how we access and utilize therapy, Dr. Chandler became an entrepreneur to change the way we look at mental health by developing new systems for receiving mental health support. She realized that she’d need to dive into her entrepreneurial side and deve...

Nick Hughes is joined by Nik Tsoukales, founder and chief strategist of Realtop, from Boston MA. Nik is a 3-time inc. 5000 winner and the founder of Realtop , one of the fastest-growing digital marketing agencies in North America that currently has $30 million in marketing dollars managed.   As the episode starts, Nick and Nik jump into the conversation around his founder journey and why choose en...

Nick Hughes is joined by Bryan Clayton, CEO and co-founder of GreenPal from Nashville, TN. GreenPal an online marketplace that connects homeowners with local lawn care professionals, and has been called the “Uber for lawn care” by Entrepreneur magazine with over 200,000 active users completing thousands of transactions per day.  As the episode starts, Nick and Bryan quickly jump into the conversat...

Nick Hughes is joined by Tiffani Higgins, Founder of Stay at Home Bookkeeper Academy from Houston, TX.  Tiffani started her career out as a CPA working 60 hours a week during tax season, feeling guilty for “choosing” her career over her family.  She realized 80% of what she was doing in bookkeeping data entry could be done from anywhere, so why was she working for a corporation away from her famil...

Nick Hughes is joined by Bobby Marhamat, CEO of Raydiant from San Francisco. Bobby is the co-founder and CEO of Raydiant — a brick and mortar technology startup that helps brands manage and deliver experiences at their physical locations. To date the company has raised over $20M from investors such as 8VC, Atomic, and actor Mark Walhberg. As the episode starts, Nick and Bobby jump into the discuss...

Nick Hughes is joined by Julia Arndt of Peak Performance Method from Lake Tahoe, CA.  Julia Arndt is a stress management trainer, sought-after international speaker, and the founder of the Peak Performance Method. Julia is a perpetual high performer— top of her class and having landed her “dream job” at Google. Long hours, long drive and too many cups of coffee later, Julia found herself experienc...

Nick Hughes is joined by Brianna Dickey, founder and CEO of CropConex from San Francisco, CA.  CropConex connects agriculture supply chains on the all-in-one platform for collaborative commerce. List your products and services on CropConex and develop lasting customer relationships on the platform that’s humanizing global trade. As the episode starts, Nick and Brianna start by talking about Her jo...

Nick Hughes is joined by Ansley Fender of CEO and Founder Atlas Solutions of Bloomington, Indiana. Atlas is building seamless and collaborative funding management software to disrupt the $4T grant funding and federal contract industry. As the episode starts, Nick and Ansley start with hearing more about her background and early days / journey. Ansley talks about humble beginnings and how she got s...

Nick Hughes is joined by Jimmy St Louis, Founder of Franchise123 joining us from Tampa, FL. Jimmy is the founder of Franchise123 and just released a new book. He's also a former tight end for the NFL's Tennessee Titans and a member of the 2016 United States Rowing Team. Franchise123™ is your start-to-finish platform for franchise success! You’ll find everything you need to discover the r...

Nick Hughes is joined by Ashleigh Wilson, Founder and CEO Auditmate from San Francisco. AuditMate has raised over 2.5 Million in funding and is managing hundreds of elevator portfolios for clients like Nuveen, CBRE, JLL, Stanford Health, and more.  Ashleigh is on a mission to educate and empower building owners and managers to get the most of their elevator contracts while keeping passengers safe....

Nick Hughes is joined by Rodwell Tambade of Two Brothers Inn from Harare, Zimbabwe. Rodwell is a long time supporter and member of Founders live.  He also has been busy growing Two Brothers Inn, which is a fast food outlet in Zimbabwe. Nick and Rodwell quickly dive into a fun conversation around entrepreneurship and what it means to two people on different sides of the world. We start by hearing a...

Nick Hughes is joined by Yael Joffe, Founder and Chief Science Officer of 3X4 Genetics from Seattle, WA. 3X4 Genetics is a venture-backed genetics testing company that helps doctors and dietitians integrate genetics into their practice.  As the episode starts we hear Nick and Yael quickly jump into an engaging conversation first learning  her background and why she chose entrepreneurship. What was...

Nick Hughes is joined by Genevieve Brazelton, a Portland, OR native and the CoFounder and CMO of The Bitter Housewife where the best drinks are made with real ingredients, exactly how you like them, regardless of the rules. Nick and Genevieve jump into a very fun and engaging conversation starting with the start to her journey and how she dove into entrepreneurship. We ask her, "why jump into...

Nick Hughes is joined by Brian Will, an entrepreneur and author from Atlanta, Georgia. Brian is a serial entrepreneur who has spent the last 35 years building and operating 6 different companies across 4 different industries. Now he is a high-performance sales and management consultant and owns a growing chain of restaurants in Atlanta, Georgia. He also just released a new book called The Dropout...

Nick Hughes is joined by Craig Goodwin,  COO and cofounder of Cyvatar and joins us from the UK.  Craig is the co-founder of Cyvatar.ai, a game-changing cybersecurity firm that makes cybersecurity simple for businesses by providing fully managed, customer-centric security solutions. Cyvatar is the first member-based cybersecurity as-a-service provider (CSaaS) in the industry. Craig also leads Cyvat...