The Founders' Pod

Brandon and Jordan speak with Terry Scali. Terry isn't your average insurance broker. He instead works to build groups of insurance agencies, using his experience and expertise to help them succeed.

Brandon and Jordan speak with Janessa White , owner of Simply Eloped. Janessa has built an amazing business helping couples have their ideal destination wedding.  But this isn't what she planned on doing. Hear how she ended up where she is now in today's episode. Simply Eloped  

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with husband and wife Michael and Meredith Marlin. They have owned the Garbonzo's Pizza in Meridian, Idaho for 12 years now. It's a great story to hear the decisions that went in to them making a massive career change in order to be able to do something during a down economy. Garbonzo's Pizza - https://www.garbonzospizza.com/meridian.aspx

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Brian Elliott. Brian is the co-founder (with his wife, Scottie) of the software as a service product, Gather. It's a great story about perseverance pays off even when others don't believe in your product. Gather - https://gatherit.co/

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak today with Kevin Hulsey. Kevin is a physical therapist who actually hasn't practiced in the last 19 years. But with his experience in business and physical therapies, he's opened more than 38 health clinics. US Healthcare Partners - https://ushppartners.com/

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak today with Brian Phillips. Brian has an amazing story, including spending 15 years living in China. There he developed relationships that have allowed him to launch his own business of manufacturing and importing furniture.

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak today with Adam Anderson. Adam is a founding partner of Reach , a company that helps eCommerce companies increase their market share on Amazon. Adam has done many things, though, including medical goods sales and opening a chain of markets in Peru. His story is fascinating and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Tim Snooks for the second time.  This is the first guest that we have had two times. After hearing some of the great stories from Tim's youth we knew we had to have him on again. You'd never expect this computer salesman to have done logging or worked in a mine. 

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak today with Philip Alexander. Philip owns LinkMink , a software as a service company that helps other companies manage their referral program. Jordan personally has used it himself and it's a great company for affiliate marketing. Hear his awesome story of learning to do startups in a garage but still without any intention of running his own...

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Denny Wagstaff. Denny currently owns all of the Idaho Costa Vidas and Blaze Pizza restaurants. Hear his amazing story that took him from owning 80 KFCs to where he is today.

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Christine Minert. Christine is a German national who we were lucky to have in the studio today. We talk about her journey as a high-income business consultant and how she gave it all away to do direct sales to her friends and neighbors. And how it made her happier than she could have imagined.

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Tim Snooks. Tim is a serial entrepeneur who has started many different businesses. It's fascinating listening to how he eventually learned that what he really loved doing is what he was doing at his full time job. So he just turned that into his own business!

Today is a special episode where Brandon (@brandonminert) speaks with someone in the trucking industry. Chad Porter runs a trucking company called "Porter Hauling" and has been running it for 17 years. It's a great story and we know you're enjoy it!

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Ashley and Michael Choates, the owners of Blush Creek Specialty Event Rentals. As husband and wife business partners, they are the definition of a family business. They've turned what was once Ashley's hobby and pivoted it into something that has turned into a great business that allows them to live the lifestyle they want. Learn more h...

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) talk with Adam Koontz. From college dropout to owning his own agency that does digital marketing and web design, it's an inspiring story. Adam is the kind of guy who is going to learn what he needs to know regardless of the cost. Learn more about his company, SEMbyotic, here - https://sembyotic.com/

Today Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Kenton Lee. Kenton is a great guy and was a pleasure to speak with. He's a keynote speaker, TED speaker, and someone that wants to build businesses that make the world a better place. Learn more about Kenton at his website - https://kentonlee.com/ Learn more about his non profit, Because International - https://becauseinternationa...

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Jenn Arnold. Jenn has an amazing life story where she shows serious grit. Athletic through high school and college, she had a life changing event that prevented her from working out for years. Listen as we hear about what she did to overcome these challenges and even to start her own CrossFit Gym. Camp Rhino - https://camprhinoboise.com...

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Chad Woolner. Chad owns Align Integrated Medical Clinic (https://www.alignmeridian.com/) and has a fascinating story. He's not the typical chiropractor. He's not scared of trying new things and as a result has done amazing things that any business person or chiropractor can learn from.

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Brett Hughes. Brett owns Boise Premier Real Estate, one of the biggest brokerages in the treasure valley. He's worked incredibly hard and had highs and lows to get to where he is now. Listen to his story as his talks about going through the real estate crash of 2009 and making the decision to change his brokerage's very icon name, Boise...

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Ken Firmage. Ken first had experience learning to sell as a 9 year old with a paper route. His love of people helped him through many different industries, including food sales and real estate. Hear his inspiring tale of being in the heart of the real estate market during the crash of 2009.

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Brian Hansen. Brian always dreamed of building airplanes. Well, this episode we talk about how while that exact dream didn't manifest, he was able to leverage his engineering abilities to run a fantastic business that allows him to fly his own plane regulary.

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Jake Overall. Jake owns and runs CodeWorks (https://boisecodeworks.com/), a local to Boise coding bootcamp. They have three months cohorts and if you are interested in learning how to code, this is definitely a place to you should check out. In this episode we hear Jake's story, where he started as a nurse with a techie side and turned...

Note: This was our first experience recording a podcast episode all in a "studio". As a result there is some minor echo at the beginning of the podcast. We did try and clean it as best as possible with our audio engineer. Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Adam Zickgraf. From an early age Adam knew how to work hard and get things done. Learn how Adam sustained his family...

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Lane Ranstrom, someone who had entrepreneurship instilled into him from a very young age. Lane has a very interesting story that just highlights how he sees opportunities where others may not. It highlights the work ethic he learned as a child and took forward with him. He did the things that others would not, like sitting in open house...

Brandon (@brandonminert) and Jordan (@jordbhansen) speak with Ryan Minert, a local to Boise, Idaho. Ryan was a fresh college graduate when he started working at Arthur Andersen...only about a year before the Enron scandal. His professional life takes an amazing journey from there and all of those ups and downs have helped him create the amazing business that he has for himself today.