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Kayvon Olomi is a successful self-funded startup entrepreneur who has decided to stay close to home even when others said “It can’t be done.” He shares his experience of bootstrapping three startups that are in very different markets within the “tech company” arena. Listeners will appreciate Kayvon’s thoughts on raising capital and what it takes to be successful. Nugget of Wisdom “You shouldn’t use venture funding to build your rocket. You should use venture funding and investment dollars to fuel your rocket.”

David Welch is a freelance marketer and branding consultant who brings his 12 years of experience and knowledge to the FOREFOUNDERS table. David discusses how marketing is broken and traditional methods of telling customers what they want just don't work anymore.

Jacob Johnson is the co-founder of Gitwit Creative. In addition to providing world-class creative work and strategy consulting to both household brands and small companies, Gitwit is also a startup incubator. Jacob shares his experience of building a business that is constantly thinking like a startup, even after seven years of stable success. We also get into topics of hiring employees, knowing your niche, and why you should view your attorney as a relationship and not just a business expense. Nugget of Wisdom The beauty is found in the process between starting and where you end up. LINKS Gitwit Creative Dan Fisher Ideo Studio Blue Anomaly Behance BOOKS Finite and Infinite Games - Carse Presented by: LINDSEYfirm Subscribe in iTunes FOREFOUNDERS Add to Your Favorite Podcatcher Feed Link Follow the Conversation on Twitter #FOREFOUNDERS

Tom McCabe is the founder of McCabe Resource Group. With over 25 years of experience in operations, accounting, financing, and administration, Tom serves as a resource for early stage ventures, startups, and venture investors. He shares his experience from both sides of the table. Tom is a real professional, and this interview is a crash course in making sound financial decisions regarding your business.

Kinda Wilson is an author, speaker, teacher, designer and Travel Chick. She shares her perspective on the pitfalls of publishing, writing books that reveal something about the author and her experience running a travel website for women. Kinda also sheds light on what it means to be a little bit weird and her desire to set an example for women entrepreneurs.

Dick Rubin has over 40 years of business experience that ranges from large multinational corporations to his startup incubator and consulting service, Entrepôt. Dick shares his perspective on starting a business from scratch, the Tulsa entrepreneurial landscape, and lessons learned over his long career.

Along with his co-founders, Sergey Golimbievsky and Ntuna Ekuri, Alex Golimbievsky is out to change the way employers and job applicants find a good fit by using JobPact.com. In addition to explaining what sets Job Pact apart, Alex discusses the importance of a co-founding team, family support, and his motivation for becoming an entrepreneur.

Scott Taylor is the owner and operator of Colorpop, amnong many other things. An artist with an eye for business, Scott shares how he has developed his creativity into a business that creates touchstones for memories and invites his clients to share in the creative process.

Barron Ryan joins Zac to discuss how he arrived at his very personal and unique business: playing concerts for people in their homes. More than just background music, Barron guides his audience on an intimate journey through the tunes he chooses, composers he honors and questions he fields during the concert. His story is one of trial, error, innovation and identity.

In this inaugural episode of FOREFOUNDERS, Dustin Curzon of Narrable.com sits down to discuss his journey from working in a photo studio to founding Narrable, a storytelling platform for children. Links for this episode: Narrable.com 1 Million Cups Tulsa Presented by LINDSEYfirm. To find out more, go to LINDSEYfirm.net.