Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we’re joined by Sukhi Gill, founder of Sukhi Gill Nutrition, a nutrition coach dedicated to helping midlife women navigate hormonal changes, rebalance their health, and regain energy through personalized, science-led nutrition strategies. Sukhi shares how her passion for health and wellbeing began during her university years and eventually led to a career in healthcare, where she spent over 15 years working in various roles. After being made redundant during the COVID-19 pandemic, she took the opportunity to reevaluate her path and return to her original passion—nutrition. Her personal experience navigating perimenopause became a defining moment that inspired her to launch her own coaching practice and help other women who were struggling with similar challenges.

Sukhi explains how her coaching approach focuses on understanding each client’s unique lifestyle, habits, and health history to create sustainable changes rather than quick fixes. Through discovery calls, personalized consultations, food diaries, and ongoing support, she works closely with clients to uncover the root causes behind symptoms and guide them toward long-term wellbeing. Currently balancing her coaching business alongside teaching food and nutrition at a secondary school, Sukhi shares her vision for expanding her impact in the coming years by introducing group programs, community-based support models, and automated systems that will allow her to reach and help more women while maintaining the quality and personalization of her coaching.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Emma Archard, certified menopause coach and founder of Embrace the Menopause. After spending more than 25 years in education as a teacher and school leader across the UK and internationally, Emma’s passion for making a difference in people’s lives led her to a new mission—supporting women through menopause. Her journey began after experiencing unexpected symptoms herself, including severe brain fog that initially made her fear she was developing Alzheimer’s. Through extensive research into women’s health and menopause, Emma realized how little education and support exist around this stage of life, inspiring her to launch a platform dedicated to empowering women with knowledge, tools, and community.

During the conversation, Emma explains how Embrace the Menopause helps women better understand and navigate perimenopause and menopause through coaching, community support, and educational resources. Her offerings include one-on-one coaching, group programs, weekly newsletters, and a growing online community where women can openly discuss their experiences and learn practical strategies related to nutrition, movement, mindset, and hormonal health. Looking ahead, Emma plans to expand her impact through online courses, creative wellness programs, and corporate partnerships that support women’s health in the workplace—helping more women reclaim confidence, wellbeing, and purpose during midlife.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we’re joined by Rachael Davila, founder of Extra Hands Virtual Assistance, a business dedicated to helping overwhelmed entrepreneurs streamline operations and reclaim their time through effective virtual support systems. Rachael shares how her journey began in theater as a stage manager—essentially the administrative backbone of productions—before discovering the world of virtual assistance while supporting her father’s traveling sales business. What started as a natural love for behind-the-scenes organization evolved into a career helping small business owners manage administrative and operational tasks so they can focus on their zone of genius.

During the conversation, Rachael reflects on the evolution of the virtual assistant industry, from a time when most people didn’t understand the role to today’s growing demand for strategic support. She discusses her recent pivot toward coaching entrepreneurs on how to properly prepare their businesses before hiring a virtual assistant—an often overlooked step that includes mindset shifts, clear systems, and defined expectations. Rachael also shares insights about building strong working relationships with VAs, emphasizing that the right partnership is about alignment and collaboration rather than simply outsourcing tasks. Through her work, she aims to help founders build sustainable businesses supported by the right people, processes, and partnerships.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Natalie Borovska, we sit down with Kassie Purpura, founder of Kassie Purpura Wellness and creator of the Alcohol-Free Reclamation Method. Kassie shares her journey from a 16-year career in property management to building a successful catering company in Austin, Texas, which she ran for over a decade before the COVID-19 pandemic brought it to an unexpected close. Losing her business also meant losing a core part of her identity, leading her into a challenging period where alcohol became a coping mechanism—until she chose to rebuild her life with intention and purpose.

Through her transformation, Kassie created a 90-day coaching framework designed to help women navigate midlife transitions, burnout, and identity shifts. She walks us through her process of stabilization, regulation, and reclamation, empowering clients to break free from unhealthy patterns and reconnect with themselves. Kassie also shares how she is building a purpose-driven business through authentic relationships, social media, and intentional growth—creating a model that supports both her clients’ well-being and her own life.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we’re joined by Alpha Mshihiri, founder of I Am Awaken, a communication and relational strategy platform dedicated to helping individuals transform the way they connect, communicate, and navigate emotionally charged conversations. Alpha shares his powerful personal journey—from building a successful mortgage and real estate business to facing a life-altering legal battle that ultimately led to a period of imprisonment. During that difficult chapter, he began a deep process of self-reflection and personal transformation that reshaped his perspective on identity, relationships, and purpose. What started as a moment of crisis became what he calls his “awakening,” ultimately inspiring the creation of his company.

During the conversation, Alpha explains how his work focuses on helping people—particularly those grounded in faith—recognize the emotional patterns and memories that influence how they show up in relationships. Drawing from both spiritual insight and behavioral understanding, he developed frameworks designed to help individuals rebuild trust, communication, and personal clarity. Alpha also discusses his shift from one-on-one coaching to scalable systems that allow him to reach more people through automation, digital programs, and structured frameworks. Looking ahead, his vision is to expand his impact globally by adapting his teachings across cultures and languages while maintaining authenticity in a world increasingly saturated with automated content.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we’re joined by Jenn Kinder, leadership strategist, executive coach, and founder of Jen Kinder Consulting. Jenn shares how her entrepreneurial journey began in the 1990s with a bookkeeping service that gradually evolved as clients asked for broader support with business challenges. Over two decades, her work expanded from bookkeeping into fractional controller responsibilities and eventually into operations strategy and leadership consulting. Through this evolution, Jenn discovered that many growing businesses struggle not because of finances alone, but because of misaligned systems, unclear processes, and founders becoming the bottleneck in their own companies.

During the conversation, Jenn explains how her consulting approach focuses on helping founders build sustainable systems across strategy, marketing, operations, and finance so their businesses can grow without relying entirely on them. Rather than creating long-term dependency, her goal is to teach clients how to run these systems themselves—eventually helping them reach a stage where they can hire a full-time COO and no longer need her consulting support. Jenn also discusses the challenges of transitioning from a referral-based business to modern marketing channels like SEO, social media, and lead magnets, while maintaining a boutique consulting model focused on delivering meaningful transformation for each client.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we’re joined by Wayne Herring, founder of Business Builder Camp, a coaching ecosystem designed to help entrepreneurs grow their companies, strengthen leadership, and build fulfilling lives. Wayne shares how his career began in civil engineering within the construction industry before a pivotal opportunity led him to join his father’s family business in a sales and marketing leadership role. That experience exposed him to the broader world of business growth, private equity, and leadership development—ultimately inspiring his transition into business coaching after the company was sold.

During the conversation, Wayne explains how Business Builder Camp evolved from traditional one-on-one coaching into a community-driven ecosystem that includes mastermind groups, virtual “campfire” conversations, and in-person retreats designed to foster meaningful connections between business owners. His work focuses primarily on founders and entrepreneurs from traditional industries—builders, contractors, healthcare professionals, and other small business leaders—who want clarity, community, and intentional growth. Wayne also discusses his boutique approach to building a coaching practice, relying heavily on relationships and referrals rather than large-scale marketing, while creating powerful experiences where entrepreneurs can share challenges, exchange insights, and grow together.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with John Francis, widely known as Johnny Franchise, a franchise executive coach, advisor, and speaker with over three decades of experience in the franchising industry. Johnny shares how growing up in a family-run hair salon franchise shaped his entrepreneurial mindset, giving him early exposure to the realities of scaling businesses, leadership transitions, and the evolution of franchise systems.

Johnny reflects on the lessons he learned from witnessing his family’s franchise grow to over 1,000 locations before being sold, as well as his own journey working as a franchisee, franchisor, developer, and consultant. Today, through Johnny Franchise, he advises founders and franchise brands on how to scale effectively, transition from founder to CEO, and solve the complex leadership and decision-making challenges that often arise as businesses grow.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Kelsey Malkowski, Founder and Lead Strategist of Clicks By K, LLC, a boutique digital marketing agency focused on helping businesses turn advertising spend into measurable growth. Kelsey shares how her career in digital marketing began right out of college, where she learned the fundamentals of Google Ads while working in corporate and agency environments before eventually building the confidence and expertise to launch her own business.

Kelsey reflects on how the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic first pushed her to experiment with freelancing, which later evolved into launching Clicks By K, LLC in 2023. Today, she works with businesses across multiple industries to manage Google Ads, SEO, and paid advertising strategies that drive real leads and revenue. She also discusses the importance of focusing on results rather than vanity metrics, leveraging referrals and platforms like Upwork for client acquisition, and learning to remove herself as the bottleneck in order to scale her agency.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Liz Marsland, Founder and Lead Coach of LM Fit, a holistic fitness and wellbeing brand focused on helping adults—especially women over 40—build strength, confidence, and sustainable movement habits. Liz shares her journey from studying sport and exercise science and traveling the world coaching sports, to spending several years in South Africa working with communities, schools, and athletes before eventually transitioning into personal training and holistic coaching.

Through LM Fit, Liz now works with clients both in person and online, blending physical training with mindset coaching, mobility work, and community support. Her mission is to help people rediscover the joy of movement and build long-term habits that support both physical and mental wellbeing. Liz also discusses the evolving fitness industry, how she uses platforms like Instagram and word-of-mouth referrals to grow her business, and her vision to expand into corporate wellbeing programs that support healthier workplaces.