Founders and Startups Podcast
The Founders and Startups Podcast brings you candid conversations with entrepreneurs who transformed their ideas into reality. Lisa Conners Vogt, ACC, CPC, Executive Coach to Founders and Visionary Leaders, brings you the inside story of how founders achieved significant growth in revenue, employees or overall impact. Listen, learn and feel the roller coaster of emotions as we explore each guest's entrepreneurial journey. Go to everbetteru.com to learn about working with Coach Lisa.
Episodes
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Abby Walker, Founder and CEO, Vivian Lou
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This podcast was recorded on May 15, 2020 while quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Abby Walker is the Founder and CEO of Vivian Lou, the exclusive worldwide distributor for Insolia, weight-shifting insoles that al...
“Sometimes the secret to your life is hidden within unsolicited advice.” – Sarah Shaw, Founder and CEO, Sarah Shaw Consulting
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Sarah Shaw, CEO Sarah Shaw Consulting (full discussion)
Marketing Products During and After COVID (highlight video)
Benefit From Unexpected Opportunities and Advice (highlight video)
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This discussion with Peter Mellen, Founder of Netcito, was recorded on March 19, 2020, when many areas of the U.S. were in the early stages of quarantine and the term “social distancing” was just beginning to creep into our daily conversations.
Peter is a lifelong entrepreneur who lives in the Washington, D.C. area. Listen in on our discussion about how our work habits and lives were evolving, how COVID-19 might impact the investme...
“Having the right co-founder is the best thing you can do for your business.” - Laura Early, Co-Founder, WISE Advise + Assist
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Laura Early, Co-Founder, WISE Advise + Assist (Full discussion)
Managing a 100% Virtual Workforce
Creating Community Among Remote Employees
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“If it makes your heart happy, go for it! You didn’t fail if you’re still trying.” - Barbie the Welder
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Barbie the Welder: Artist, Speaker, Groundbreaker (Full discussion)
Surreal Opportunities Following Years of Fear
Future Vision: Action Figures, a TV Show, Masterpieces and Passive Income
Barbie the Welder is a self-ta...
“Be really aware that you don’t know what you don’t know.” – Mike Koch, President and Co-Founder, FireFly Farms
“You have to realize you can’t do everything.” – Pablo Solanet, Creative Director and Co-Founder, FireFly Farms
Mike Koch and Pablo Solanet are co-founders of FireFly Farms, known for their award-winning goat cheeses. They operate a friendly retail store and cheese production facility in Accident, MD near Deep Creek Lake...
Yuni Sameshima co-founded Chicory with Joey Petracca while they were both students at Colgate University. Yuni and Joey met their freshman year and now, 10 years later, they are running a company of 36 employees. In 2019 Chicory facilitated $25 Million in grocery orders and generated $6 Million in revenue. Yuni and Joey were recently named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
During our discussion, Yuni shared key moments from his life ...
“The number one thing you can do when you start something is to make sure you’re building it in a way that it works without you.” – Anne Mahlum
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Anne Mahlum is an entrepreneur who creates and builds with purpose. She is Founder, Owner and CEO of [solidcore], a rapidly-growing fitness company. Starting with one D.C. location in 2013, there are now 66 [solidcore] studios with many more coming soon!
Anne is driven to help people ...
Marcus Bullock is Founder and CEO of Flikshop. Marcus radiates optimism and a sense of purpose that is reflected in the Flikshop mission, to keep families and communities connected and to ultimately reduce recidivism.
After being convicted of carjacking when he was 15 years old, Marcus spent the next 8 years of his life in a maximum security prison. During that time, Marcus says that getting a flik, or a picture, was like winnin...
In 2017, Jaime-Alexis Fowler set out to answer the question: "How can we better support people at work?" Jaime-Alexis had often been sought out as a confidante and mentor by individuals who were navigating challenging work situations, and she was drawn to the challenge of creating a robust resource accessible to all who needed it.
Through extensive research and a pilot project, Jaime-Alexis identified a huge gap at critical work ...
"You don't get anywhere in life without taking risks."
- Eufora Co-Founder and CEO, Beth Bewley
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Founded in 1997 by Don and Beth Bewley, Eufora is truly a family business!
As CEO, Beth is leading this beauty and business education company into the future with active involvement from two of their three children. Sadly, Don passed away in 2015. However, his vision for the company and the three foundational values that Euf...
Welcome to the first Founders and Startups Podcast Broadcast from Lisa Conners Vogt, ACC, CPC!
This a Podcast Broadcast because it first started out as a YouTube Live event before this podcast was created from the audio of that video.
Here's what you can expect from future Founders and Startups shows...
I'll be bringing you insightful interviews with founders of for profit companies and non-profit organizations...individuals who'v...
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