Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Lisa Happ, a certified divorce coach, narcissistic abuse recovery coach, and trauma-informed practitioner working with high-achieving women navigating high-conflict divorces. Lisa shares her powerful personal and professional journey—from years in mental health and running a successful wellness and Pilates studio, to experiencing her own divorce, surviving coercive control, and rebuilding her life after profound loss. These experiences became the foundation for her work helping women reclaim clarity, safety, and agency during some of the most destabilizing moments of their lives.

The conversation explores how Lisa supports clients through complex divorces involving narcissistic abuse, manipulation, and trauma, blending nervous-system regulation, somatic healing, and strategic preparation. She explains why her work is deeply high-touch, why one-on-one support matters in cases of coercive control, and how she’s thoughtfully expanding her practice by training additional coaches and building community-driven experiences beyond traditional group programs. Lisa also reflects on visibility, intuition-led growth, sustainable success, and the importance of prioritizing self-care as both a founder and healer.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by Dustin Beasley, founder of Career Renovators. Dustin shares his transition from a 15-year career in telecommunications leadership into entrepreneurship, where he became the go-to advisor for professionals navigating promotions, pivots, and career reinvention. What began as a side venture focused on resume writing evolved into a comprehensive career support practice, shaped by shifting job markets, widespread layoffs, and a growing demand for modern career strategy.

The conversation explores how Dustin helps professionals—particularly high-performing mid-career leaders and executives—clarify their career narratives, position their experience effectively, and build confidence in interviews and long-term career planning. He discusses the evolution from resume writing to holistic career coaching, the importance of authenticity and trust in a crowded market, and his intentional approach to sustainable growth. Dustin also reflects on building a referral-driven business, balancing scale with personalization, and his long-term vision for expanding impact without sacrificing quality.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Faith Ellis, founder of The Kettlebell, a women-centered fitness brand built around kettlebell training, nutrition, mindset, and community. Faith shares her journey from over a decade in personal training and marketing to launching The Kettlebell as a scalable online business, including pop-up events, digital products, and a newly launched app designed to simplify fitness for women in an industry full of noise and conflicting advice.

Faith dives into how she structures her high-touch coaching model, why she chose to build an all-in-one app experience, and how human connection continues to be the core differentiator in her brand. She also discusses balancing accessibility with scalability, building trust without relying heavily on social media aesthetics, and her goals for 2026—including brand growth, client retention, and launching her first in-person retreat. This episode offers an honest look at building a values-driven fitness business rooted in consistency, community, and sustainable change.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Dylan Moscovitch, a former Olympic figure skater turned transformational guide and founder of Journey Into Yourself. Dylan shares his powerful transition from representing Canada on the world stage to facing the abrupt end of his athletic career—a moment that sparked a profound identity shift and initiated a deep inward journey. Drawing from years of elite competition, Indigenous wisdom studies, and lived experience, Dylan reframes life’s transitions as initiations rather than breakdowns.

Throughout the conversation, Dylan explores the philosophy behind his work with individuals navigating uncertainty, thresholds, and major life changes. He discusses building offerings rooted in humility over 

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we’re joined by John Pyron, widely known as The Business Doctor and founder of Kingdom Impact Consulting Group. John shares his powerful journey from homelessness, addiction, and dropping out of high school to building and exiting multiple multimillion-dollar companies. Through decades of experience in sales mastery, systems, and leadership, he reveals how mentorship, discipline, and repeatable frameworks transformed not only his businesses—but his life.

The conversation dives deep into why founders themselves often become the bottleneck to growth, the importance of systems over hustle, and how CEOs must eventually “get out of the way” to scale sustainably. John also explains his shift toward faith-centered leadership, the creation of a global ecosystem of coaches and specialists, and his mission to help entrepreneurs build aligned businesses without being consumed by them. This episode is a candid, high-impact discussion on redemption, leadership clarity, and building companies that run with purpose.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Felipe Zimmer, founder of ClientWins.io and a high-performance coach helping service-based founders break growth ceilings. Felipe shares his journey from immigrating from Brazil to the U.S. and selling door-to-door solar to becoming a high-ticket closer, client success manager, and eventually building his own coaching business. His path highlights resilience, adaptability, and the mindset shifts required to transition from operator to strategic founder.

Felipe breaks down how ClientWins.io supports coaches, consultants, and agencies through one-on-one coaching, sales skill development, offer clarity, and team growth. The conversation dives into diagnosing business bottlenecks, building confidence on sales calls through role-play and feedback loops, and choosing the right growth channels—starting with organic outreach before scaling with paid ads. Felipe also reflects on hiring, fulfillment systems, and his goals for 2026, including scaling through Meta ads and building a fulfillment team so the business can grow without sacrificing performance or freedom.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Traci Wise, instructor, coach, and consultant at Elevate Training Services. Traci shares her journey from a career in finance to building a purpose-driven business in learning and development, shaped by layoffs, career pivots, and leading large-scale workforce training during COVID. Her experience creating and delivering impactful programs—often under intense pressure—sparked a mission to help people regain confidence, clarity, and direction during moments of professional uncertainty.

Throughout the conversation, Traci breaks down how Elevate Training Services supports job seekers, career pivoters, entrepreneurs, and small business owners through interactive workshops and structured one-on-one coaching. She discusses her 90-day inside-out approach to growth, the importance of accountability, emotional intelligence in today’s job market, and healing from toxic workplace experiences. Traci also shares her philosophy on discipline over motivation, why consistency matters more than resolutions, and her 2026 goal of expanding her impact through education, volunteering, and community—helping people build fulfilling careers with confidence and intention.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Chris Voutsas, a health consultant and educator best known online as The Mito Papi. Chris shares his deeply personal journey into holistic health, shaped by a lifetime of severe asthma, autoimmune reactions, food allergies, eczema, and chronic illness that conventional medicine struggled to resolve. Originally on the path to medical school, Chris experienced a turning point when independent research into circadian biology, nutrition, and environmental health brought him more healing than years of specialist visits—prompting him to step away from the traditional system and build a new path focused on root-cause recovery.

The conversation explores Chris’s physiology-first approach to healing, emphasizing circadian rhythm, light exposure, nutrition, nervous system regulation, movement, and personalized blood chemistry analysis. Rather than chasing symptoms, Chris focuses on optimizing foundational systems—mitochondrial health, gut function, metabolic markers, and lifestyle alignment—to create long-term resilience and sustainable health. Zach and Chris also discuss authenticity in health education, building trust through long-form content, and why true healing is a lifelong process rather than a short-term protocol. It’s a thoughtful, science-driven discussion on redefining health, agency, and what it means to truly thrive.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Steve Galley, co-founder of Create, Transform, Become, certified high-performance and mental performance coach, longtime educator, and former head basketball coach. Drawing from over three decades in education and athletics, Steve shares how his journey as a coach, teacher, and parent shaped his mission to help teen athletes, high-achieving families, and performers build joyful, meaningful transformation through intentional high-performance habits.

Steve opens up about the evolution of his work with business partner Nate Crandall, the origins of their Stop Parenting and Start Coaching podcast, and why they focus on deeply customized, relationship-driven coaching rather than mass programs. The conversation dives into their signature tools—especially the Question-Only Conversation (QOC)—designed to help parents strengthen connection, communication, and performance without falling into lecture or “fix-it” mode. Steve also shares insights from his upcoming book, The 3 Hourglass Questions, reflecting on personal growth, perspective, and what truly matters when time and clarity are put into focus.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we’re joined by Shobit Nagam, a Shopify e-commerce expert and founder of Turnaround. Shobit shares his journey from working across sales, fintech, SaaS growth, and product leadership to building a Shopify-focused agency that helps brands overcome operational bottlenecks and scale efficiently. After years as a full-time freelancer, he officially launched Turnaround in 2024 to move beyond project-based work and provide end-to-end strategic and implementation support for serious DTC and enterprise brands.

The conversation dives into why Shopify has become a game-changer for scaling e-commerce businesses, particularly for brands migrating from complex platforms like Magento or Salesforce. Shobit explains how reducing technical dependency, streamlining operations, and prioritizing post-migration optimization can unlock faster growth and better conversion outcomes. He also shares insights on building a 30+ person team, structuring fixed-price service models, qualifying serious founders, and setting an ambitious goal to reach Shopify Platinum Partner status. It’s a practical discussion on scalable systems, founder-led growth, and what it takes to build a high-impact Shopify agency in a rapidly evolving e-commerce landscape.