Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Philippe Genois, Co-Founder and CEO of InputKit, to explore the realities of building — and rebuilding — as a young SaaS entrepreneur. From launching video games on the App Store at just 17 to creating multiple startups that didn’t quite work out, Philippe shares the trial-and-error journey that shaped him into the founder he is today. After navigating failed ventures, legal challenges, and the steep learning curve of sales, he eventually built InputKit into a growing customer experience platform serving clinics and service businesses.

Philippe dives into how InputKit helps SMBs automate customer feedback, improve Google reviews, and protect their reputation as they scale. He also opens up about transitioning from technical founder to sales leader, building a team of SDRs and account executives, and expanding beyond Quebec into the U.S. and Middle East. His key lesson? Business is a numbers game — and success comes from getting out of your comfort zone, trusting the process, and taking consistent action.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Dawn Pick Benson, founder of Globe Story, to explore how a midlife pivot led to an entirely new path as a travel coach. After years working as a magazine editor, content strategist, and marketing consultant, Dawn found herself in the midst of divorce and questioning what she truly wanted for the next chapter of her life. A solo journey to Kosovo became the catalyst for transformation — and ultimately inspired her to help other women in life transitions design intentional, healing travel experiences of their own.

Dawn shares how she built her BRAVE framework — a six-month small group coaching program that guides women through self-discovery, releasing old stories, facing fears, and planning deeply intentional trips that foster clarity and growth. From launching retreats in the Balkans to building a global community of women navigating divorce and reinvention, Dawn opens up about entrepreneurship in midlife, creating a business that aligns with lifestyle values, and the courage it takes to keep going — even when the path ahead isn’t fully mapped out.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we’re joined by Carissa Konrad, founder of Radiant Mom Routine. Carissa shares her journey from a background in education and full-time motherhood to building a wellness brand designed specifically for women navigating exhaustion, hormonal shifts, and burnout after having children. Through lived experience and close observation of the women around her, she identified a major gap—not motivation, but implementation—and set out to create a system that closes the gap between effort and results.

In the conversation, Carissa explains how Radiant Mom Routine helps women reclaim energy, confidence, and sustainable weight loss through a physiology-first approach paired with structure, accountability, and deep personal support. She opens up about intentionally building a lean business, handpicking clients through webinars and assessment calls, and prioritizing depth of transformation over rapid scale. This episode explores redefining productivity in motherhood, building a business aligned with family values, and creating lasting change without sacrificing presence, health, or the season of life you’re in.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Patrick Alexander Meijer, holistic health coach and founder of Functional Health Coaching. Patrick shares his unconventional journey from recreational Thai boxing in Thailand to veganism, raw veganism, and eventually transitioning to a functional carnivore approach that transformed his energy, recovery, and overall vitality in midlife. After experiencing joint pain, brain fog, and declining recovery in his 30s and 40s, he began questioning mainstream nutrition advice — ultimately rebuilding his health through animal-based nutrition, functional movement, and intentional recovery.

Today, Patrick works primarily with men and women over 40 through self-paced programs, small-group coaching, and one-on-one mentorship. His philosophy centers on three pillars: functional nutrition, functional exercise, and functional rest. Beyond business growth, Patrick emphasizes quality over quantity, organic marketing, and building a lifestyle-aligned business that prioritizes impact, longevity, and personal freedom over aggressive scaling.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Kat McEwen, hairdresser, educator, and founder of Hair by KMAC and Coach by KMAC. After nearly two decades in the hair industry — navigating employment, self-employment, salon leadership, and motherhood — Kat experienced a devastating setback that led to losing her entire business during pregnancy. Instead of staying in that chapter, she rebuilt from the ground up, transforming her experience into a mission to help hairdresser moms and women in the industry build financial stability and confidence.

Today, Kat coaches predominantly women in hairdressing through online programs, group coaching, and her Pathway to 8K framework, helping them shift their mindset, master the unglamorous backend business fundamentals, and increase their monthly income sustainably. Known online as “the anti-hairdresser,” Kat is unapologetically direct about leadership, pricing, delegation, and refusing to play small — empowering women to step into ownership, authority, and long-term success.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Tarek Taha, a leadership coach who helps engineering leaders and high-performing professionals clarify their purpose and design their next meaningful career move. After spending 30 years climbing the corporate ladder in engineering and business leadership roles, Tarek experienced a life-altering health emergency in 2018 that forced him to re-evaluate success, ambition, and what truly matters. That turning point shifted his focus from achievement alone to impact, significance, and legacy.

Today, Tarek guides senior leaders who feel “trapped by success” — accomplished on paper but sensing something deeper is missing. Through mastermind groups, one-on-one coaching, and purpose-centered frameworks, he helps clients uncover their authentic calling, align their strengths with meaningful impact, and take structured steps toward their next chapter — all without burning down their current career prematurely. His philosophy centers on consistency, courage, and the belief that everyone was born to do something great.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Fatima Khan, founder of LinkedIn Tea and co-founder of the AI Creators Club. After beginning her career in corporate HR at Shell, Fatima realized she was climbing the “wrong ladder” and made a bold pivot into marketing, personal branding, and entrepreneurship. What started as building visibility on LinkedIn quickly transformed into a six-figure consulting business, allowing her to leave corporate and fully step into helping B2B founders become visible, attract inbound leads, and monetize their expertise online.

Fatima shares how she scaled organically through content instead of cold outreach, her structured LinkedIn content funnel (reach, nurture, and sales campaigns), and why community-based models are the future of creator-led businesses. From launching a 60-member paid community in just weeks to building systems for scalability, this episode dives deep into inbound marketing, personal branding leverage, and designing a business that prioritizes impact, freedom, and sustainable growth.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we’re joined by Nora Fahmy, founder of Well With Nora, a functional health coach helping women resolve long-standing gut and hormone issues through a root-cause, sustainable approach. Nora shares her journey from a decade-long career in interior design to entrepreneurship, explaining how her own struggles with IBS, hormonal imbalances, and digestive dysfunction sparked a career pivot into functional health and wellness coaching.

The conversation explores Nora’s personalized one-on-one coaching model, where she supports women dealing with chronic bloating, gut discomfort, fatigue, and hormonal irregularities through nutrition, lifestyle changes, and habit-based implementation. She discusses the importance of simplifying health, moving away from restrictive diet culture, and creating long-term systems that clients can realistically sustain. Nora also reflects on building a business organically through Instagram, navigating mindset challenges as a solo founder, and her vision for scaling through workshops, masterclasses, and in-person experiences while staying true to her mission of helping women feel informed, empowered, and confident in their health.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we’re joined by Kerry Farrell, founder of Kerry Farrell Coaching, a UK-based breakup and divorce coaching practice. Kerry shares her transition from a 20-year career in waste management account management into entrepreneurship, inspired by her own traumatic divorce in 2020 and a deep desire to help others avoid feeling as lost and unsupported as she once did.

The conversation explores Kerry’s highly personal, one-to-one coaching approach—primarily supporting men through separation, emotional abuse, and divorce. She discusses the shock, identity loss, and emotional toll her clients face, as well as her structured “Rebuild Program,” which provides ongoing support from the moment a divorce begins through to rebuilding confidence and moving forward. Kerry also reflects on the challenges of entrepreneurship, the importance of trust and authenticity, the power of LinkedIn as her primary platform, and her evolving vision to expand into group-based and community-led support models in the future.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Kristen Hrabcsak, founder of Khrab Marketing & Design, a consultancy helping growing small-to-mid-sized businesses build scalable marketing systems. With roots in creativity and business strategy, Kristen shares how she evolved from graphic design and full-service marketing into a more strategic consulting role. Today, she focuses on auditing marketing efforts, identifying operational gaps, and building structured systems that align with real business objectives—not just what founders assume they need.

Kristen dives into her three-step framework—audit, build, implement—and explains why she’s shifting toward retainer partnerships and fractional CMO work to ensure long-term impact. She also discusses the challenges of lead generation in the B2B space, the importance of customer discovery, and navigating AI adoption in modern marketing. Her biggest lesson? Don’t be afraid to pivot. Growth often requires refining your positioning, adjusting your strategy, and evolving alongside your clients.