The Daily Grind
The Daily Grind is a weekly goal-driven podcast hosted by Midwest native Kelly Johnson, motivating YOU on your ‘daily grind.' Every episode she sits down with a startup founder, business owner, sports professional, industry expert, or social media influencer giving you everyday tips and key takeaways to reaching your goals. Make every day count and as always, keep up the grind! #dailygrind
Episodes
“Find some kind of moxy in yourself” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Molly Brubaker. Molly is the Founder, Owner, and Lead Instructor of Baby Booty, a community for parents to workout, socialize and find support! With 2 locations in Portland, ME and Dedham, MA, Baby Booty® was created as a way to prepare for the physical demands of parentho...
“Left foot, right foot” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Brook Shepard. Brook is the founder and CEO of Mason Interactive. Mason Interactive is a premier digital marketing where data, design and strategy come together to drive exceptional results for clients. With over a decade of experience driving measurable results, Brook has established ...
“Resilience. Whatever life throws at you, whatever challenges you have to overcome, thinking in a way I’m going to come out of this so much stronger. Overcoming these things will make me better prepared for the future!” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Emma Grome @emmagrome. Emma is a recent grad & now alum of the University of Kentucky’...
“Don’t boo yourself offstage” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Chad Frick @chadfrck. Chad is an independent artist based in Nashville, TN who only recently quit his job to focus on music full-time. Chad’s authentic, soulful sound and his honesty and sincerity will easily leave you wanting more. He sings on his personal experiences of home, f...
“Game over, game on!” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Jeff Sauer! Jeff is the co-founder of Measure Holdings Group LLC, the brains behind MeasureU.com, ProfitSchool.com, and MeasureSummit.com. He's a business coach, award-winning blogger, and former owner of a five-time Inc 5000 award-winning agency. When he's not empowering markete...
“How can I drive a positive change?” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guests Zac and Emily Yensen, part of the leadership team of Balsall Creek @balsallcreek. Balsall Creek is a family owned and operated vineyard in Newberg, OR.
S7 Episode 5: 4/15/2025
Featuring Kelly Johnson with Special Guests Zac and Emily Yensen
Audio Credit Intro and Outro: Dani...
“What you know is always easier than what you don't know” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Weston Zimmerman. Weston is the Co-Founder and CEO of SynkedUP, an award-winning landscaping business management software that helps contractors know their numbers, systematize their pricing, and cut estimating time by up to 90%, resulting in predi...
“Do the right thing” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Dana Samuelson. Dana is the founder and president of American Gold Exchange (AGE), a leading national precious metals and rare coin company specializing in dealer-to-dealer trading and direct-to-consumer sales. He has been active in the physical gold and silver markets for 43 years and is...
“Are you living a life true to yourself?” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Dmitry Dragilev. Dmitry is the founder of Topic Ranker. TopicRanker is a software company based in New Hampshire. We believe that high-quality keyword research should be based on actual weak spots in SERP.
S7 Episode 2: 04/03/2025
Featuring Kelly Johnson with Special Gu...
“Authenticity, that always wins” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guests Matt Barkoff, Skip Wilson, Mollie Engelhart, and Kathya Irias.
Matt Barkoff is the President & CEO of Cold Bear Plunge. Cold Bear Plunge offers cutting-edge, high-quality Cold Plunge Systems that are designed to meet the needs of those looking to use Cold Plunging as a way...
“One word. Ownership. Be able to own what you do each and every day” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Danny Chung-A-Fung. Danny is a current student at the University of Maryland and Podcast Production Lead for the Daily Grind Podcast. Kelly Johnson is the founder of the Kelly Johnson Foundation and Host of the Daily Grind Podcast.
S7 Bonus E...
“Believe in yourself” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Nikita Bykadarov, founder of Maildoso, a B2B sales SaaS that hit close to 2M in revenue in <1.5 years (aiming for 5M by the end of next year). Instead of sending hundreds of emails from a single domain, send them out from dozens of domains. Maildoso automates domain setup, mailbox cre...
“Believe in yourself” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Anya Cheng. Anya is founder and CEO of Taelor @taelor.style, an AI platform that uses AI to help people choose outfits, and rent them, a mentor at ‘500 Startups,’ and Adjunct Lecturer of Product Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University.
S6 Episode 49: 03/18/2025
F...
“Adversity should drive you and define you” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Darius Ross, a pro arbitrager, business consultant, and motivational speaker with 30+ years of entrepreneurial experience behind him. He recently co-authored Leadership DNA, an anthology in which experts share their extensive insights into the art of leadership and ...
“Try to do your best” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Dr. Salvatore Forcina, a retired general, vascular, and trauma surgeon who served as the Chief of Surgery at two North Jersey hospitals for years and treated thousands of patients. He is also the author of The American Doctor, an inspiring memoir that chronicles his extraordinary journey...
“It takes only one action to become a better person” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Kasper Pihl Tornoe, B2B SaaS co-founder or QuestionBase.com @questionbase_team helping companies with 11-50 employees achieve zero-effort documentation by seamlessly documenting as they communicate.
S6 Episode 46: 02/25/2025
Featuring Kelly Johnson with Spe...
“If you love the work, it's not really a grind” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Cameron Bishop, managing director of Raincatcher, an Award-Winning National Business Broker and Mergers & Acquisitions Firm. Cameron has over 40 years of experience in executive-level business and has overseen a broad array of business scenarios involvin...
“Sky’s the limit” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Juan Ruiz, the co-founder of Universal Coffee. Universal Coffee is an unique walk-up window coffee shop located in the city of Beaverton OR, serving the best espresso drinks and champurrados in the area. This episode was part of our Coffee & Conversation virtual event with Universal Coff...
“Time is a finite commodity and you have to figure out how to navigate to achieve all that you want in life” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Alicia Jessop, the founder of Ruling Sports. Ruling Sports is a media brand cultivating a community of excellence by examining the success of athletes, executives and entrepreneurs beyond the game. Ali...
“Be resilient” on the Daily Grind ☕️, your weekly goal-driven podcast. This episode features Kelly Johnson @kellyfastruns and special guest Stefanie Frank, co-founder of Frankly Good Coffee, a small coffee roaster in Boulder City, Nevada, whose mission is to provide customers with high quality, not your run-of-the-mill coffee.
S6 Episode 42: 01/28/2024
Featuring Kelly Johnson with Special Guest Stefanie Frank
Audio Credit Intro an...
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