Founded Connect

Cee Cee Huffman and Mark Meyer, Cofounders of Wavestream Media, join us for a deep dive into all things podcasting (and some unrelated hot takes). 

Learn more about when to start your podcast as a small business, what our podcast pet peeves are, the fictional characters we think would have the best podcasts, and our opinions on cream cheese in sushi. 

Wavestream is a partner of Founded Communities! Learn more about their offerings – from podcast and video production to studio setup at wavestream.media! 

Connect with Cee Cee | Connect with Mark | Learn more about Wavestream | Follow Wavestream on Instagram!

David Baxter and Jesse Jones join us for an aptly spooky episode all about the scary (and silly) experiences of being an entrepreneur. Dive into their most ridiculous customer interactions, mistakes early-stage startups should avoid, how to (and how not to) employ AI as it relates to law, and SO many hot takes. 

Fourscore is offering Founded Connect members an exclusive $500 discount on their Startup Package. View the free startup toolkit and schedule a consultation here.

Connect with David | Listen to BIZ/DEV | Learn more about Big Pixel | Watch Big Pixel on YouTube 

Connect with Jesse | Get the Startup Toolkit |  Learn more about Fourscore |  Watch Fourscore on YouTube

Majela Fonseca and Gabriel González join special guest host Dayanna Gutierrez for an episode exploring Hispanic heritage, effective and genuine marketing towards historically marginalized communities, a hot take about the problem with extreme wellness, and more! 

Connect with Majela | Learn more about Hutchison PLLC | Learn more about the Carolina Climate Founders Forum

Connect with Gabe | Follow Casalú | Find Casalú near you! 

Maggie Kane and Jess Porta graciously allow us to eavesdrop on their conversation, covering everything from treating employees correctly to accountability within a community. Dive into their views on parenthood, leadership, humanitarian work, and more! 

Connect with Jess | Learn more about International Focus | Learn more about Green Places

Connect with Maggie | Learn more about  A Place at The Table 

Guest host and Executive Director Lauren Romer is joined by her friends Homayoon and Brandon for an aptly-chosen podcast all about friendships and dating as an entrepreneur! Dive into what we think about relationships with non-entrepreneurs, opinions on working in corporate, and more! 

Connect with Homayoon | Learn more about Jabin 

Connect with Brandon | Learn more about TRAKID

Dive into B-Corp, what sustainability looks like for businesses of all sizes, corporate sustainability roles, and more with Rachel Haynes, Taylor Vandek Hoek, and Kaley Cross Warner! 

Connect with Rachel | Connect with Taylor | Connect with Kaley 

Shop with Glove Collaborative | Check out the B Local Triangle Events 

Guest host David Williams is joined by Sawyer Stone, Cody Vaughn, (and ally-guest Lauren Romer) for a deep dive into protests, drag kings, staying true to your values as a business, and everything queer in between! 

Connect with Sawyer | Follow Unhinged Coffee Co. | Connect with David

Shop Touchstone Essentials | Learn more about Unhinged Coffee Co. 

In this episode, we were joined by the co-founders of Monday Wellness, Merrill Wood and Ashley Emmons, for a deep dive into workplace culture, showing up as your 'favorite self' at work, the myths surrounding productivity, and more!

Connect with Merrill | Connect with Ashley | Visit Monday Wellness!

-- Founded Connect is a podcast where we bring together people immersed in the Triangle’s entrepreneurial ecosystem to discuss their work and a hot take about their fields.

Welcome to Founded Connect, a podcast where we bring together people immersed in the Triangle’s entrepreneurial ecosystem to discuss their work and a hot take about their fields. This week, we’re joined by:

• Christina Marie Noel, Founder and CEO of better made easy, Founder & Principal of Noel & Co. 
• Lauren Romer, Executive Director of Founded Communities 

We discussed FYSO and Raleigh-Durham Startup Week, advice for women navigating entrepreneurship, changing tides around DEI for small businesses, and more! 

⁠Connect with Christina | ⁠Learn more about better made easy! 

⁠Connect with Lauren | Table at our career fair! | Attend our career fair!

Welcome to a special-edition episode of Founded Connect, where we paired two Founded entrepreneurs together to discuss the past, present and future of the Triangle’s ecosystem for our 2024 Innovators Guide. In this episode we’re joined by:

• Rachel Thompson, CEO & Strategic Director at Daring Studios 

• Brittaney Robinson, Founder of Our Backyard 

Rachel and Brittaney dive into some nerdy facilitation theory, how it looks to prioritize wellness as an entrepreneur, the distinction between solopreneurs and startup founders, and more!

Connect with Rachel | Learn more about Daring Studios!

Connect with Brittaney | Learn more about Our Backyard!