Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Natasha Wiebe, founder of Fix Your Life Solutions. Natasha shares how her unconventional path—from years of bartending and observing relationship dynamics firsthand to growing up around neurodiverse family members—shaped her deep understanding of communication, values, and emotional patterns. These early experiences inspired her coaching work, where she helps individuals and couples challenge limiting beliefs, rebuild confidence, and navigate relationships with greater self-awareness and clarity.

The conversation dives into Natasha’s coaching philosophy, which blends individualized work wit...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Stephen Strumos, founder of Strumos Fitness and creator of the Pain Free Project. Stephen shares how his journey into fitness and rehabilitation began with a personal battle against a debilitating disc herniation in his early 20s—an experience that exposed the gaps in traditional pain treatment and ultimately reshaped his career. What started as a passion for movement and health evolved into a mission-driven practice focused on helping people who often “fall through the cracks” of the healthcare system.

Ste...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Bill Wilson—founder of Pace Pricing—shares his journey from building and exiting multiple SaaS companies to specializing in one of the most misunderstood growth levers in software: pricing. After exiting his SaaS startup SalesRight in 2020, Bill recognized a recurring pattern in conversations with founders—deep uncertainty around pricing, packaging, and value. That insight led him to build Pace Pricing, where he now helps B2B SaaS leaders rethink how they structure offers, position value, and align pricing with customer psychology.

Bill breaks down why pricin...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, Macey LaMark shares her deeply personal founder journey—from growing up in a troubled household shaped by addiction to becoming an intimacy coach dedicated to helping women and couples reconnect with themselves and each other. Through years of personal healing, spiritual exploration, and psychological study, Macy discovered that true transformation begins with vulnerability, self-trust, and the courage to reclaim one’s voice. Her work is rooted in lived experience, guiding clients to move beyond self-doubt, people-pleasing, and emotional burnout.

Macey explains how her 12-week group prog...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Victor Straw—U.S. Marine Corps veteran, former gym owner, and founder of Victory Driven—shares his nearly three-decade journey in health, fitness, and leadership. Raised on a dairy farm and shaped by military discipline, Victor reflects on how his background laid the foundation for his mission: helping individuals and organizations build resilience, discipline, and sustainable well-being in an increasingly demanding world.

Victor dives into his transition from in-person gyms to corporate wellness and leadership development, explaining why true performance starts with culture, mindset, and holi...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Joni Korhonen—founder of VVT Media—shares his journey from working in construction, sales, and marketing in Finland to building a location-independent business while living abroad. Joni opens up about his desire for freedom, his early work running a marketing agency, and how relocating first to Bali and later to Spain reshaped his priorities. A near-fatal scooter accident in Bali became a turning point, forcing him to reassess his purpose and ultimately transition from agency work into coaching and consulting for other coaches.

Joni explains how...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Kai Law—founder of Coach Kai Consulting—shares his journey from being retrenched as an Amazon marketing team lead to building a career in high-ticket sales and coaching. Born out of necessity and real-world experience, Kai explains how he identified a major gap in the industry: talented people learning sales skills but struggling to land strong offers, navigate interviews, and position themselves confidently in the job market.

Kai dives into the mindset and mechanics behind successful sales interviews, reframing them as two-way conversations rather than one...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Erin Warner—founder of Head and Heart Studio—shares her journey of integrating ambition and intuition, logic and creativity, into a purpose-driven coaching practice. Erin reflects on a nonlinear path that spans studying social change, working in public interest law, corporate leadership coaching, and personal healing, ultimately leading her to build a business centered on alignment, self-awareness, and authentic human connection.

Erin unpacks her approach to self-love and empowerment through her signature LOVE framework, highlighting the power of words, self-talk, and intentional action in creating mean...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, Michaela Winsley shares her journey from studying law and working in international merchandising to becoming a strength and fat-loss coach dedicated to women over 40. After stepping away from traditional career paths and navigating motherhood, Michaela found fitness as a way to rebuild her confidence and identity—eventually turning that passion into a long-term coaching career that evolved from in-person personal training into a growing online business.

Michaela breaks down how she supports midlife women through menopause with personalized training, nutrition guidance, mindset coaching, and daily ac...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we’re joined by Romilly Golding, a relationship recovery coach, author, and former communications agency founder with an international career spanning Switzerland, France, Italy, and the UK. Romilly shares her journey from co-founding one of Switzerland’s first English-language copywriting agencies, to retraining as a teacher during a midlife career pivot, and ultimately returning to entrepreneurship by following her deeper calling into life and relationship coaching. Her story highlights the power of reinvention, intuition, and aligning professional work with personal purpose.

The conversation expl...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Leonard Kim, founder of InfluenceTree, for a refreshingly honest conversation about entrepreneurship born out of necessity rather than ambition. Leonard shares his early struggles with low-paying jobs, long commutes, and financial pressure, and how those challenges pushed him to take a chance on content creation and marketing. What started as writing to improve his own life quickly scaled into millions of readers and positioned him as a respected voice in SEO, growth marketing, and digital strategy.

The...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Bryan Reeves, a relationship coach, author, and former U.S. Air Force captain who shares his unconventional journey from military service and music management to building a purpose-driven coaching business for men. Bryan reflects on feeling disconnected early in his career, the personal relationship struggles that sparked deep self-inquiry, and how years of blogging and writing—beginning in the late 2000s—organically evolved into a coaching practice centered on truth, vulnerability, and authentic connection.

The conversation explores Bryan’s current...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Shannon Vit, a mental performance consultant and transition coach specializing in high-performing athletes—particularly hockey players. Shannon shares her powerful personal journey, beginning with a life-altering car accident in her early twenties that left her with grim medical predictions. Through mindset training, visualization, and mental discipline, she defied those expectations, an experience that became the foundation of her belief that mindset can either limit or unlock human potential. This pivotal moment ultimately led her away from traditional therapy roles and toward tran...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Josh Thompson, founder of Kindred Coaching and co-founder of WorkSelf. Josh shares their non-linear journey from working inside innovation agencies and global organizations to building purpose-driven ventures rooted in curiosity, resilience, and human connection. Along the way, they reflect on how early exposure to strategy, systems thinking, and organizational design shaped their desire to create meaningful impact beyond traditional corporate paths.

The conversation focuses on the evolution and vision behind WorkSelf—a consumer-focused platform designed to e...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Niall McAlinden, founder of Thrive With Niall, a mental health and mindset coaching practice based in Northern Ireland. Niall shares his deeply personal journey with anxiety, low confidence, and loss of control in his early adult years, and how discovering the Thrive Programme transformed his life. What began as personal healing evolved into a calling—helping others understand their minds, regain emotional control, and build lasting psychological resilience.

During the conversation, Niall breaks down his structured, evidence-based appr...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Edward Plant, founder of The Business League. Edward shares his powerful transition from a 17-year career in the Australian Army—where he led complex engineering and infrastructure missions around the world—into entrepreneurship. After navigating burnout, divorce, and the loss of his father in a short period of time, Edward re-evaluated success, values, and purpose, ultimately deciding to build a business centered on alignment, relationships, and sustainable impact.

Throughout the conversation, Edward unpacks how The Business League evolve...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Antony Draper, founder of Chaos to Clarity. Antony shares his unconventional journey from serving 11 years in the Royal Navy—working in one of the most high-risk, high-discipline operational environments in the world—to navigating a failed business, financial hardship, and eventually building deep expertise inside major global organizations such as HP, Deloitte, EY, and PwC. His early exposure to extreme operational clarity shaped his belief that chaos itself isn’t the problem—unmanaged chaos is.

In the conversa...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, Katie Henricks shares her deeply personal journey from being a credentialed teacher to becoming a leading women’s relationship and intimacy coach based in Los Angeles. What began as her own experience with heartbreak and feeling unequipped for modern relationships evolved into powerful inner work around self-worth, communication, and emotional intimacy. Katie explains how her lived experience became the foundation of her work, guided by the belief that “the hole you crawl out of becomes the medicine you serve,” and why relationships are an art that must be lea...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Andrea Arezzo, founder of Arezzo Advertising, to unpack her journey into entrepreneurship and digital marketing. Andrea shares how an early interest in marketing, combined with a strong desire to become her own boss, led her to build a full-service advertising agency focused on helping established coaches consistently attract premium clients. Growing up without entrepreneurial role models, she followed instinct, resilience, and curiosity to carve out her own path—eventually relocating from Norway to Spain while scaling her business internationally.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we’re joined by Will Steel, a former Royal Air Force pilot turned high-performance and transformational coach. Will shares his unconventional journey—from military aviation and the airline industry to spending over two decades leading large-scale transformational and leadership programs across the globe, impacting tens of thousands of people. After the pandemic brought live programs to a halt, Will made the decision to fully step into coaching as an independent founder, choosing to work with individuals who are committed to making meaningful impact beyond financial succ...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we’re joined by Marica Gaspic Piskovic, a pharmacist-turned gut health coach and founder of Gut Wellness by Marica. Marica shares her personal journey of living with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) for most of her life and how her years in the healthcare system revealed a critical gap in education, support, and long-term solutions for people struggling with digestive issues. That realization ultimately led her to step away from traditional pharmacy and into coaching, with a mission to help women better understand their bo...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, Tonia Koss shares her unique founder journey—from teaching and sales to ministry, and ultimately building Preisle, a pre-marriage coaching business designed to help engaged couples create strong, intentional foundations before they say “I do.” Drawing from over 30 years of marriage and deep experience in communication and education, Tonia explains how her “Commitment Conversations” guide couples through self-awareness, core desires, and the often-avoided topics of money, intimacy, and spirituality.

Throughout the conversation, Tonia opens up about building a values-driven, service-based business as a solopreneu...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Gina Blundell, an accredited trauma-informed and certified financial coach, and the founder of Gina B. Gina shares her deeply personal founder journey—from a career in accountancy and years as a stay-at-home mum, to leaving a long-term emotionally and financially abusive marriage and rebuilding her life from the ground up. Her lived experience became the catalyst for a purpose-driven business focused on helping midlife women reclaim safety, confidence, and independence during and after divorce.

The conversation explores how...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Anna Lundberg, strategist and mentor for quietly driven founders and solopreneurs building sustainable, life-first businesses. Anna shares her unconventional path from studying philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford to a decade in FMCG marketing at Procter & Gamble, before leaving corporate life in 2013 to work for herself. What began as consulting evolved organically into coaching and mentoring, as people sought guidance on designing businesses that offer autonomy without burnout. Along the way, Anna experimented with multiple business models, offers, and programs—even...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Alexander Kharadi, founder and CEO of MIE Coach, a London-based health and performance coaching practice. Alexander shares his unconventional founder journey, shaped by a multicultural upbringing, a deep sports background, and a life-altering spinal injury that forced him to challenge traditional healthcare and performance models. His experiences led him to question what health and well-being truly mean—and how lasting change can be built through intentional daily actions rather than reactive treatment.

The conversation dives into how MIE...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Laura Armstrong, a wealth mastery and money mindset strategist based in Toronto, Canada, and the founder of ANKB and Wealth Strategy with Laura. Laura shares her extraordinary journey from becoming a three-time world martial arts champion and coaching elite athletes to working in high-pressure corporate trading environments as the only woman on the desk. After experiencing a toxic corporate culture and a major career turning point, Laura made a defining decision to build a life centered on...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Anne Hill, a certified executive coach and founder of Ann Hill Coaching, whose journey from microbiology and medical science to executive leadership and coaching offers a powerful perspective on transformation. Anne shares how her early career as a scientist during the height of the HIV pandemic shaped her understanding of people beyond data, ultimately pulling her out of the lab and into leadership, business transformation, and coaching. Working with senior leaders, executives, and high-performing women, Anne recognized a re...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Daya Naef, a former practicing attorney turned legal business strategist, coach, and AI leader. Daya shares her journey from law and serial entrepreneurship into consulting with small and mid-sized law firms, where she helps leaders navigate growth, culture, and operational change. Drawing on more than two decades of business leadership experience, she explains how her work evolved from people and talent strategy into integrating artificial intelligence as a practical teammate inside traditionally run law firms.

The conversation explores...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Vladyslav Kriulin, founder of Article Alchemy, an SEO specialist helping e-commerce brands scale through revenue-focused organic search strategies. Vladyslav shares his journey from copywriting to content marketing and ultimately SEO, explaining how spotting widespread industry gatekeeping and underperformance motivated him to build an agency centered on real, measurable results rather than vanity rankings. He walks through how his SEO practice evolved from generalist work to a focused e-commerce niche, delivering full-stack SEO strategies that blend technical optimization, content...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Steph Ward, a multi-award-winning entrepreneur, founder of The Evergreen Academy, and director of Ford Business Solutions. Steph shares her journey from years in the corporate world — including roles at major organizations like McDonald’s and Siemens — to building and scaling her own businesses. After leaving corporate life in search of greater freedom, Steph and her husband built a property business from the ground up, learning hard lessons along the way that shaped her resilience, business acumen, and pass...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Lauren Smit, a mindset and marketing coach for female entrepreneurs, creatives, and service-based founders. Lauren shares her journey from graphic design to coaching, including the pivotal moments that led her to seek deeper fulfillment during motherhood, relocation, and the uncertainty of COVID. Through her own experience with business coaching, she discovered the transformative power of mindset work and how inner awareness can radically change not only business outcomes, but daily life itself.

Lauren explains how her work centers...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, launch strategist and fractional project manager Elisa Boogaerts, founder of Launch Partner Pro, shares her journey from 15 years in corporate project management to becoming the behind-the-scenes partner helping established coaches execute high-performing launches. Elisa explains how discovering coaching during her time in London and later reassessing her career during COVID led her to build a business that blends her strengths: structured planning, operational clarity, and strategic execution. She breaks down why seasoned coaches — even those earning multi-six figures — still struggle with overwhelm, diso...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Linda Bartholme, founder of Be Thriving Moms Today, to explore her journey from educator to transformational coach for ambitious mothers. Linda shares the deeply personal experiences that inspired her work — from navigating pregnancy and illness while caring for her family to supporting a child through time in the NICU — and how intentional habits, mindset tools, and self-compassion helped her show up as the best version of herself during life’s most challenging moments.

Linda explains how Be Thr...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Jem Scragg, founder and head coach of Nervu, a performance health coaching company supporting busy, high-achieving professionals. Jem shares his journey from competitive athletics and studying sports performance at the University of Bath to building a coaching practice rooted in long-term wellbeing. Drawing from his experience as an athlete, personal trainer, and coach, Jem explains how his work naturally evolved as he began supporting professionals whose careers were thriving while their health, energy, and mindset were quietly suffering.<...

In this episode of Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, transformation coach and founder of Revolve Coaching, Mhairi Todd shares her compelling journey from a high-pressure commercial director role in London’s beauty industry to building a purpose-driven coaching business in Scotland. After years of climbing the corporate ladder, Mhairi realized the titles and salary weren’t creating the fulfillment she expected. A series of life-changing events — including moving back home for maternity leave and the sudden loss of her mother — pushed her to reevaluate everything she thought success was supposed to look like. Th...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Francisco Mora, founder of Rustiq Fitness, a unique functional fitness and well-being facility set on a family farm in Winsley. Drawing from his lifelong athletic background and journey from Venezuela to Spain and eventually the UK, Francisco shares how his passion for movement evolved into a mission-driven business focused on tackling physical inactivity. Inspired deeply by his own family's health struggles, he built Rustiq Fitness to help real people — from kids to grandparents — improve their health through coached grou...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Nicci Ashby — founder of Evolutive — shares her journey from social work, teaching and community-building for FIFO families to becoming a transformational mentor for high-performing women in business. Nicci describes how an early mentor unlocked her entrepreneurial path and how that thread of service evolved into deep, psychology-informed coaching: helping women identify and untie childhood conditioning and cultural patterns that keep them playing small, frozen by fear of judgment and perfectionism.

Nicci walks us through what working with her looks like — intensive 6–12 month one-on-o...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Francesca Moi — founder and CEO of Empowering Virtual Solution — shares her 15-year founder journey from life and business coaching into building a VA agency that started with just $120 and scaled to a multi-million business serving 80+ owners and saving clients ~22,000 hours weekly. Francesca breaks down the hands-on systems she uses to match values and skills (personality tests, task-based internships and a “meet & greet” handover), how she built a specialist-powered team across Australia and the Philippines, and why strong delegation and time boundaries (her 11–4 workday) are the real levers of founder fr...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, divorce survival coach Arabella Paul shares her deeply personal and professional journey from investment banking to headhunting and ultimately to launching her coaching practice that supports individuals navigating separation and divorce. Drawing from her own lived experience and formal coaching training, Arabella reveals why early emotional and strategic support is crucial, how she helps clients make grounded decisions before contacting solicitors, and why the divorce process requires far more than legal guidance. She explains the common emotional freeze points, the financial and logistical blind...

In this episode of Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons we speak with Hiba Sarwar, founder of Hiba Holistic Coaching, who shares how a personal health struggle led her from a legal career into holistic health. Hiba explains how mainstream medicine failed to address the root causes of her fatigue and burnout, and how discovering holistic practices transformed her life — inspiring her to help high-achieving women reclaim energy, clarity, and balance.

Hiba walks through who she serves (ambitious women experiencing burnout and chronic fatigue), her one-to-one coaching approach focused on mindset, lifestyle and de...

 In this episode of Founders, Future, with host Zach Young,we sit down with Samantha Sadighi, founder of Easy Sleep Solutions, who turned a personal parenting sleep crisis and a psychology degree into a full-time sleep-specialist practice. Samantha shares the moment on maternity leave that sparked her pivot, her training in infant/toddler sleep and CBT-I for adults, and how her methods blend evidence-based therapy with practical, personalised coaching.

Samantha walks through what working with her looks like — mostly one-to-one programmes (adult plans typically run about six sessions), bespoke plans for children up to...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Yianni Tsatas, founder of Raw In Recovery, a recovery coaching, intervention, and sober companion service dedicated to helping individuals break free from addiction with honesty, structure, and accountability. Yianni shares his powerful transformation—from his own 90-day stay in treatment, to working in a flawed rehab system, to discovering that many facilities prioritize full beds over real healing. Witnessing this first-hand pushed him to pursue formal education in addiction counseling and multiple certifications, ultimately leading him to build Raw In...

In this episode of Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Christian Elliott, co-founder of Healing United and a holistic health coach with over 20,000 hours of one-to-one coaching experience. Christian shares how his journey began by trying to solve his own declining health in his 20s — a path that led him outside the traditional medical model and toward mentors who helped him understand detoxification, nourishment, and the deeper root causes of chronic health issues. What started as personal exploration transformed into a decades-long mission to simplify true healing, question conventional sy...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Ada Mazurek, founder of Pitch Deck Studios, to dive into her journey from film production to becoming one of the most sought-after experts in investor pitch decks, strategic storytelling, and high-end business presentations. Ada shares how working on film sets in Europe and Southeast Asia unexpectedly led her to designing pitch decks for studios, producers, and later, startups. As demand grew, she transformed from a consultant into the founder of a global hybrid studio-consultancy that now serves over 3,000 clients—in...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Erika Ettin, founder of A Little Nudge, an online dating consulting service built on data, strategy, and behavioral insight. Erika shares her unexpected leap from a stable finance career into the world of online dating guidance, inspired by her early fascination with dating apps long before they were mainstream. Armed with an economics background—and a spreadsheet tracking her own dating metrics—she discovered how patterns, probabilities, and small behavioral tweaks could transform dating outcomes. That realization, combined with her...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Sarah Levinger, consumer behavior strategist and founder of Tether Insights, to explore her unconventional journey from generalist marketer to one of the most respected voices in psychology-driven advertising. Sarah shares how a decade spent studying neuromarketing, brain processes, and emotional cues—much of it self-taught from library books—laid the foundation for her signature approach to understanding why people buy. From early days building WordPress sites and running lead-gen for hotels to mastering e-commerce advertising during the COVID boom, Sara...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Gurjit Rana, founder of Marriage Expert Coaching, to explore her remarkable journey from corporate brand marketing to becoming a leading relationship and marriage coach. Gurjit opens up about her early life navigating cultural expectations, arranged introductions, and the emotional challenges of dating in a changing digital world. Her personal experiences—from engagement and divorce to rediscovering her independence at 30—shaped her deep understanding of love, identity, and connection. A pivotal encounter with a life coach introduced her to NLP, pers...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Olivia sits down with Mita Begum, founder of Glowing Beyond Consulting, to trace Mita’s transition from financial advisor and professional makeup artist to trauma-informed mindset coach. Mita shares how her own healing from an abusive relationship led her to blend emotional recovery, practical mindset work, and beauty services to help women reclaim identity, confidence, and agency after toxic relationships or divorce.

They discuss how Mita delivers transformation (in-person and online coaching, 30-day challenges, one-on-one sessions), how she currently attracts clients (word of...

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with John Ribeiro, founder of Thriving Humans, to explore his transformation from a 22-year corporate career in Canadian telecommunications to becoming a high-impact business and leadership coach. John shares how early exposure to personal development, mentors like Tony Robbins and Robin Sharma, and a lifelong desire for deeper impact drew him into coaching. After years of leading large teams in IT, he realized that the corporate environment—despite career success—could not offer the level of personal transformation and influence he w...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Zach sits down with Radhika Lakhan, founder of Consciousness with Rad, to explore her transition from a 15-year career as a family lawyer to becoming an empowerment educator, mediation teacher, and conscious-leadership coach. Radhika shares the personal turning points—homelessness as a teen, the loss of a child, and building a legal practice—that pushed her toward teaching mindful conflict-resolution and relationship work. She explains how small practices (meditation, clarity work, reframing) helped clients move faster through divorce and co-parenting challenges, and how that led to sign...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Zach sits down with Bryce Badgley, co-founder of Owner Finance Freedom and a leader in the growing movement of transforming rental properties into owner-financed homeownership opportunities. Bryce shares his path from stock trading, wholesaling, flipping, and holding rentals to discovering a deeper purpose: helping landlords exit the stress of low-cash-flow rentals while enabling hard-working immigrant families to finally become homeowners. With over 70 owner-financed homes sold and more than 200 total real estate transactions under his belt, Bryce explains why this model creates immediate upfront profit...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Olivia speaks with Belinda Riley, founder and CEO of Beyond the Barriers Academy, about her journey from social work and child protection to leading cultural transformation at EY and then founding a business that blends systemic strategy with neuroscience. Belinda explains how her clinical hypnotherapy and RTT training combine with frontline social insight and corporate experience to dismantle workplace barriers, rewire limiting beliefs, and help people (especially high-performing women and under-represented talent) move from self-doubt to confident leadership.

Belinda walks through how...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Olivia speaks with Isabel Theissen, founder of Coaching for Modern Mothers (Isabel Theissen Coaching), about her move from senior marketing roles in fashion to helping high-achieving mothers reclaim identity, set boundaries, and design a life that honors both ambition and family. Isabel explains her four-stage Revive Your Well-Being framework (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual/identity), how she works 1:1 in 3–12 month containers, and why many clients renegotiate roles rather than completely change careers after parenthood.

They also discuss how Isabel acquires clients (organic Instagram, Li...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Zach talks with Lynn Hidy, founder of Up Your Telesales, about three decades in inside sales and the pivot from corporate leader to solopreneural coach. Lynn walks through how she builds buyer-focused telesales teams, why inside-sales leaders need modern playbooks (not one-size-fits-all scripts), and how she blends practical coaching with targeted processes to lift the middle 68% of performers and create consistent quota-hitting teams.

They also dig into the future of telesales — where AI helps speed research and improve personalization (but won’t replace human sell...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, health and performance coach Sean Martin, founder of Optimize Health Performance, shares his journey from crypto communities and appointment setting to becoming the go-to health optimizer for closers and high performers. After years working inside major sales organizations — including 7th Level with Jeremy Miner — Sean hit his own breaking point: burnout, hormonal imbalances, and total physical exhaustion. That rock-bottom moment pushed him into a deep pursuit of health, leading him to develop a data-driven coaching model focused on sleep, stress regulation, hydration, nutrition, and daily performance habits tailored to t...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Olivia talks with Lola Omoworare — founder of Social Server — about how a college assignment and a curious plunge into social media during COVID turned into a thriving digital agency. Lola walks us through her start as a social media manager, the lessons that shaped her approach to content and audience psychology, and why she moved from monthly retainers to deeper quarterly and annual partnerships to deliver real growth and revenue for product- and service-based businesses.

Lola also shares how she acquires clients (organic Instagram grow...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Olivia speaks with Natalie Cooke — founder of Natalie Cooke Coaching — about how a personal crisis led her from building businesses with her husband to founding a divorce and separation coaching practice. Natalie shares the raw experience of betrayal, the practical steps she took to rebuild her life, and how those lessons inform her empathetic, action-oriented coaching for people navigating separation and domestic-abuse recovery.

Natalie explains who she helps (midlife women and men blindsided by separation), how she combines one-to-one coaching with community support and grou...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Zach sits down with Shaun A. Hadsall, widely known as “Ripped Grandpa,” a transformational fitness and performance coach who has mentored over 10,000 high achievers. Shaun shares his origin story—how a global Body for Life transformation contest changed the trajectory of his life during a custody battle, and how he discovered the cascading impact that focused fitness has on faith, family, finances, and overall fulfillment. From bodybuilding magazines in the late ’90s to scaling a digital fitness brand to millions in revenue, Shaun recounts the less...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, Milan sits down with Sean Hegarty, founder of Men Forge Forward, to trace a powerful journey from frontline healthcare to men’s well-being leadership. Sean opens up about his early life of service, his career as a paramedic and healthcare manager, and the personal “dark place” that forced him to reimagine how he lives and works. He describes how that experience birthed his mission to support men—moving from one-to-one coaching into an online community where honest conversation, mindfulness, and modern masculinity replace old “man up” myths.

Sean expla...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, Milan sits down with Isabella Venour, founder of MindStyle, to explore her journey from marketing agency director to business strategist and mindset coach. Isabella shares how her fascination with psychology and her training in NLP led her to blend strategic business advisory with mindset work—helping wellness practitioners and service-based founders navigate the “messy middle” of entrepreneurship. She opens up about redefining her business after maternity leave, the challenges of evolving her offers, and the importance of creating sustainable success that aligns with personal values.

Isab...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Olivia sits down with Coach Rob Campbell, founder of SuperFit, a fitness and wellness coaching brand dedicated to helping everyday people transform their health through personalized training, mindset work, and sustainable lifestyle change. Rob shares his powerful journey from serving in the U.S. Marine Corps to finding his footing in the fitness industry, eventually discovering his passion for helping people who lack access to proper guidance and accountability. A pivotal moment—losing his father to health complications—shaped Rob’s mission to focus on preventative wellne...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Ankita Pandey — CEO and founder of Aug Within — shares her profound personal transformation from years of self-doubt, confusion, illness, and emotional struggle to discovering the mindset, identity shifts, and internal practices that rebuilt her entire life. Ankita opens up about how meditation, self-awareness, and daily discipline helped her completely rewrite her identity within one year, leading to newfound confidence, opportunities, meaningful relationships, and a powerful sense of purpose. Her internal awakening became the blueprint that organically drew thousands of women to her, seeking the same clarity and...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, public speaking coach and founder of Be Well Speaking, Gerard Barwell, shares his lifelong journey from being a shy 13-year-old in a junior Toastmasters club to becoming a communication expert who helps professionals speak with clarity and confidence. Gerard reflects on how public speaking shaped his corporate career, why he believes communication is a life skill that should be taught earlier, and how he now works with ambitious leaders, founders, and professionals who want to advance their careers, build authority, and communicate powerfully on...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Alan Watts (The Love Engineer) walks us from a career as a motor-vehicle engineer to founding a relationship coaching practice that helps high-performing professionals design partnerships that support — rather than undermine — their success. Alan explains his ideal client (mostly successful women stuck in repeating relationship patterns or over-controlling the partnership), his mindset of balancing masculine/feminine energy, and how he moves clients from control toward authentic partnership using tailored one-on-one work and deep emotional systems coaching.

The conversation covers practical delivery and growth: typical engagements run 8–12 weeks...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Nadine Salina — founder of Nadine Salina Coaching — walks us through her journey from an 11-year psychology and frontline support career into building a high-touch coaching business that helps online coaches and service providers build freedom-based, high-ticket businesses through organic content and strong sales skills. Nadine explains the three-part framework she teaches — CEO foundations (brand, niche, offers), organic content that attracts soul-aligned clients, and confident sales conversations — and shares how that approach took her from virtual assistant beginnings to a €200K business and consistent, inbound clients without paid ads.

The c...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, Arian Radmand — CEO and President of IgnitePost — shares the journey that began with his first startup, CoachUp, and ultimately led him to build a category-defining company that helps brands create authentic connections through robotically handwritten, real pen-and-ink notes at scale. Arian walks through how the seed of IgnitePost was planted by observing the deep bonds formed between athletes and coaches, and his desire to recreate that emotional connection in the business world. He explains how IgnitePost blends automation, robotics, personalization, and strategic touchpoints to help sales and...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, David Birtwistle — founder and CEO of Endeavour Life Limited — shares his journey from working as an in-person strength and conditioning coach to building a holistic online coaching company that integrates training, nutrition, mindset, sleep, and recovery. With over 18 years of experience in the fitness industry, David explains why traditional personal training often fails to deliver long-term results and how Endeavour Life was built to support high-performing individuals, especially women ages 25–50, who struggle to balance fitness with demanding careers, family life, and stress.

David breaks down t...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Hannah Conkey — founder and CEO of MindPilot — shares her journey from banking and organisational design into building a neuroscience-led advisory and coaching company. Hannah explains why understanding how the brain and body work matters for leaders, and how her background in people strategy and wellness shaped MindPilot’s mission: to help executives think, feel, and be better by designing brain-smart, biology-aligned ways of working.

Listen for concrete examples of MindPilot’s work — from neuroscience-informed people strategies and neuro-inclusive workplace design to partnering with architects and neurotech providers...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Angela Allan — founder of Mads Collective Group — walks us through her transformation from journalist to growth marketing consultant and conversion copywriter. Angela explains how she leveraged early content and community work into a boutique consultancy that drives revenue with sharp copy, chat marketing, and content strategy, and why getting inside the customer’s language is the secret to conversions.

Listen for practical stories from her agency days (including scaling teams and running ManyChat automations), how she approaches high-impact copy that lifts conversions, and how she’s retoolin...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Rosina McAlpine — founder and CEO of Win Win Parenting — walks us through her evolution from academic researcher to creator of an evidence-based workplace parenting education company. Rosina shares the moment that launched her mission, how she translated parenting research into practical programs, and how Win Win Parenting helps employers support working parents through interactive workshops, recorded resources, and long-term 6– and 12-month partnerships that create sustained change.

Listen for Rosina’s simple, research-backed tips (stop, empathize, educate), how COVID pushed the business from face-to-face to scalable online delivery...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Rebeca Perea Ibanez — founder of Aligned With Love — shares her journey from personal healing to building a relationship coaching and therapy practice with her partner Matt. Rebeca explains the deep, often hidden roots of recurring relationship patterns (including surprising work with family constellations), how she and Matt combine coaching, NLP and intensive formats to help couples on the brink of divorce, and why their Relationship Breakthrough Program leans on 2–3 day intensive work plus ongoing accountability to create fast, lasting shifts.

You’ll hear how they wor...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Melissa Manning — serial entrepreneur, real estate investor, and founder of Audacious Founder — shares the story behind a decade of business-building: from her first rental at 23 to 13 companies in 10 years (coffee shops, yoga studio, restaurants, co-living, retail and more). She explains why real estate holds a special place for her, which business models she found most rewarding (and which were the hardest), and how COVID prompted a strategic shift toward coaching, wealth strategy, and helping other founders build diversified, meaningful income streams.

Melissa breaks down the Audacious Foun...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Trevor Blosser — founder of Splendor Coaching and Creating — opens up about his unexpected path into coaching, from early dreams of becoming a counselor to a corporate career at Walmart, to eventually stepping into his calling after a powerful moment at church and years of witnessing transformation within men's groups and ministry work. Trevor shares how he and his wife combined their strengths to build a coaching practice centered around deep emotional healing, relationship restoration, and personal transformation. Together, they guide individuals, couples, and families thro...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Karen Price — founder of Beyond the Wall Coaching — walks us through her journey from HR and corporate finance into a purpose-led practice that helps women create lasting health and wellbeing. Karen shares the moment her own fitness and nutrition turnaround clicked, how she built a sustainable approach to fat loss, and why she moved beyond diet culture to focus on mindset, habit design, and real-life practicalities that quietly sabotage progress. Her story is rooted in empathy and lived experience: once a yo-yo dieter herself, she now comb...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Amanda Hart — intuitive consultant, global mentor, and best-selling author — shares the unexpected path that led her from an early dream of interior design into a life of deep healing work. Amanda explains how personal crisis and recovery launched her into intuitive coaching, writing and media; today she works mainly one-on-one (with retreats and group work sprinkled in) helping burned-out professionals and purpose-driven leaders rewrite the subconscious patterns that keep them stuck. She walks through typical timelines (often a 3–4 month life-shift), the kinds of breakthroughs clients experience, and why referr...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Olivia sits down with Darion Rae, founder of Darion Rae Consulting, to uncover his journey from studying audio engineering to becoming a sought-after strategist helping leaders, creatives, and service providers turn LinkedIn into a predictable client-acquisition engine. Darion shares how a chance conversation with a professor-turned-ghostwriter sparked his entry into online business, eventually leading him from copywriting and ghostwriting into coaching. He reveals the foundational struggles many entrepreneurs face—irregular lead flow, lack of systems, unclear messaging—and explains how his Identity & Income Blueprint solves these bott...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Olivia sits down with Gary Magor, founder behind several emerging men’s wellbeing initiatives including The Transported Man, Funkhauser, and Conversation Labs. Gary shares his powerful journey from three decades in high-pressure kitchens to discovering the emotional patterns, coping mechanisms, and hidden struggles men experience under stress. Living with ADD and navigating his own emotional breaking points, he became deeply curious about psychology, micro-expressions, body language, and the unspoken ways men communicate — or don’t. His lived experience ultimately shaped a mission to help men re...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Olivia is joined by Angie Martin, founder of The Growth Manager — a business growth mentoring agency helping small and medium business owners rediscover clarity, rebuild their foundations, and scale sustainably without burnout. Angie shares her remarkable entrepreneurial journey, beginning with launching her first clothing brand at just 12 years old, and later building a diverse skill set across fashion, sales, marketing, bookkeeping, and business development. A serious accident in 2022 left Angie with chronic pain and limited working hours, forcing her to rethink how she worked — ulti...

In this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Zach Young, Zach sits down with Douglas Pudney, founder of My Coach in a Box, to unpack three decades of hands-on business coaching and the new AI-powered strategic operating system Douglas is bringing to SME owners. Douglas traces his journey from early consulting and advisory work through Outcomes Business Group and Capital Bridge Studios, and explains how decades of proven frameworks inspired an “expert model” that packages elite coaching into an always-available assistant for clarity, rhythm, execution and exit readiness.

The conversation dives into the product: My...