Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Nedra Rezinas, founder of Nedra Rezinas Consulting, to explore how her background in web design naturally evolved into deeper consulting and coaching work. After spending more than 15 years building websites, Nedra began noticing a recurring pattern—clients wanted more than just a digital presence. They were seeking clarity, guidance, and someone they felt safe opening up to about the bigger challenges inside their businesses.

Throughout the conversation, Nedra shares how she now supports empathy-driven, introverted entrepreneurs who struggle with visibility, authenticity, and masking who they truly are. She discusses helping clients uncover and tell the stories they’ve been holding back, aligning business strategy with personal values, and building trust through thoughtful communication. The episode also touches on sustainable growth, the power of email marketing, showing up intentionally, and why “good enough” is often better than waiting for perfect.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Zac Palmer, sales and persuasion strategist and co-founder & CEO of Exclusivity Agent Network. Zac shares his unconventional entrepreneurial journey, beginning with taking over a struggling family business at 19, navigating debt, the 2008 financial crisis, and ultimately discovering the transformative power of mentorship and self-education. His path led him to work alongside industry leaders such as Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi, shaping his philosophy around leadership, value creation, and sustainable growth.

Throughout the conversation, Zac breaks down the vision behind Exclusivity Agent Network—a national referral network and mastermind designed for top real estate agents seeking collaboration, integrity, and long-term success. He discusses the importance of quality over scale, building trust-driven referral ecosystems, and leveraging masterminds to harness collective intelligence. The episode also explores leadership through vulnerability, momentum through action, and why slowing down to build the right foundation is essential for creating a network designed to thrive well beyond short-term gains

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Shobana Devarajan, founder of Sho Solutions. Shobana shares her unexpected journey from a senior cloud developer earning a six-figure salary to building a fast-growing B2B marketing agency during the COVID era. What began as an internal newsletter to stay connected with colleagues reignited her passion for writing and creativity, eventually leading to freelance work, early client wins, and the bold decision to leave corporate life and pursue entrepreneurship full-time.

Throughout the conversation, Shobana breaks down how Sho Solutions evolved from ghostwriting into a full growth-partner model, embedding deeply into clients’ businesses to drive positioning, content strategy, lead generation, and operational alignment. She discusses scaling a specialized global team, navigating founder-led sales, and niching down to SaaS founders through relationship-driven outreach and genuine product engagement. The episode also explores adapting quickly in an AI-driven landscape, removing founder bottlenecks, and why sustainable growth comes from understanding the entire business—not just posting content.

In this episode of Founders Future, host Milan Kohut sits down with Charlette Pomme, a movement therapist, functional health coach, and emotional intelligence specialist, and co-founder of Unaggi Coaching. Charlette shares her powerful journey from executive burnout and chronic illness to full recovery, explaining how listening to—rather than pushing against—the body led her to develop The Pomme Method, an integrated approach combining movement therapy, neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and nervous system regulation.

The conversation explores how Unaggi Coaching helps individuals, leaders, and organizations understand the deep connection between the brain, body, and emotions. Charlette discusses the role of fascia, the vagus nerve, and subconscious emotional wiring in shaping performance, well-being, and decision-making. This episode highlights why emotional intelligence is foundational to sustainable health, leadership, and growth—and how learning to work with the nervous system can make life, work, and goals feel more aligned and achievable.

In this episode of Founders Future, host Milan Kohut sits down with Brandi Russell, a brand strategist, entrepreneur, and website designer who helps founders turn big ideas into clear, compelling, and profitable brands. Brandi shares the origin of her entrepreneurial journey, which began at her kitchen table when her son struggled with an uncomfortable athletic cup—an everyday problem that led to the creation of Comfy Cup. What started as a simple solution grew into a six-figure business under Coffee Cup LLC, earning national recognition from USA Today and achieving over 200% year-over-year growth through sales on Amazon and Walmart.

As the conversation unfolds, Brandi explains how building and scaling a physical product brand revealed her natural strengths in branding, storytelling, and marketing—ultimately guiding her into her current work with entrepreneurs, executives, and nonprofit leaders. She discusses her human-centered branding approach shaped by her background in occupational therapy, the challenges of niching down and scaling a service-based business, and the balance between passion projects and revenue-driven offers. Looking ahead, Brandi shares her vision for refining her brand positioning, launching scalable programs and digital products, and building a team that allows her to focus more deeply on strategy, impact, and long-term sustainability.

In this episode of Founders Future, host Zach Young sits down with Nadja Fromm, founder and CEO of Fromm Consulting, to explore what it really takes to build a business that works for your brain, your life, and your goals. With over 20 years of experience leading global brands and launching products across startups and multinational corporations, Nadja shares her journey from agency life to corporate leadership—and ultimately breaking up with corporate for good after repeated burnout.

The conversation dives into the intersection of neuroscience, mindset, and marketing, and why so many former corporate professionals struggle when they step into entrepreneurship. Zach and Nadja unpack how hustle culture, poor messaging, and overcomplication create invisible businesses, while clarity, consistency, and human connection drive real growth. Nadja also shares why in-person networking is making a strong comeback, why she’s chosen a bespoke one-on-one model, and how she plans to expand her impact through workshops and small group experiences—without sacrificing sustainability or well-being.

In this episode of Founders Future, host Zach Young sits down with Adam Gray, a fat loss and health coach who helps busy women reclaim their energy, lose weight, and build sustainable habits—without extreme dieting or endless gym sessions. Adam shares his journey from earning a degree in exercise physiology to nearly a decade of in-person coaching before transitioning fully online in 2022. He explains why his core clients are women aged 35–55, often busy moms and professionals who prioritize everyone else before their own health, and how that shaped his coaching philosophy.

The conversation dives into Adam’s personalized, one-on-one virtual coaching model that blends strength training, practical nutrition, accountability, and mindset work designed for real life—not rigid meal plans. Zach and Adam also explore the business side of coaching, from building trust and authority through organic social media relationships to scaling a service-based business. Adam opens up about hiring his first virtual assistant and DM setter, navigating growth challenges, and his long-term vision to expand his team while maintaining quality and impact.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, Brandon Johnson—known as Coach Brandon—shares his journey from a long career in the mobile phone industry to becoming a specialist in women’s metabolic and hormonal health. After losing 90 pounds himself and earning multiple fitness and coaching certifications, Brandon was naturally drawn into coaching women ages 35–55, many of whom were struggling with PCOS and perimenopause and feeling unseen by traditional approaches.

Brandon explains how his work evolved into building personalized metabolic blueprints that go far beyond workouts and meal plans. Through his Purpose and Peak Longevity Collective, he integrates monthly blood work analysis, peptide therapy, resistance training, nutrition, and faith-based accountability to help women address root causes rather than just manage symptoms. His approach is highly individualized—no two clients receive the same plan—allowing women to regain energy, hormonal balance, and long-term resilience.

The conversation also explores Brandon’s role as the “architect” of his programs, how he’s building a multidisciplinary team to better serve clients, and his vision for scaling impact while maintaining deep, one-on-one care. This episode is a powerful listen for founders, coaches, and women seeking clarity, structure, and sustainable health strategies rooted in both science and purpose.

In this episode of Founders Future, host Zach Young sits down with Michele Perron, PhD—an alcohol moderation expert, addiction counselor, and coach who helps executives, professionals, and high achievers regain control of their drinking without necessarily quitting altogether.

Michele shares her deeply personal journey into this work, shaped by lived experience, years of clinical addiction counseling, recovery nutrition, and positive psychology. After spending nearly a decade working in traditional brick-and-mortar treatment settings, she transitioned into online coaching—eventually building and leading a successful moderation-based program that challenged the abstinence-only model that dominates the industry.

The conversation explores Michele’s highly personalized, one-on-one coaching approach, where she works not only with individuals but often with spouses and families to shift mindset, uncover root causes, and create sustainable change. She explains why moderation is a viable—and often life-saving—alternative for many people, especially those in high-visibility careers who need privacy, discretion, and flexibility.

Zach and Michele also dive into the business side of coaching: building a referral-driven practice, navigating failed paid-ads experiments, embracing podcasting and real-time conversations as her most natural growth channels, and recovering from major life transitions—including grief, burnout, and rebuilding after a corporate merger.

This episode is a must-listen for founders, executives, and professionals seeking a healthier relationship with alcohol—and for coaches building service-based businesses rooted in trust, depth, and human connection.

In this episode of Founders Future, host Zach Young sits down with Dora Kurimay, a mental performance consultant, former U.S. Open table tennis champion, and sports psychology expert who helps athletes and high performers master their inner game.

Dora shares her journey from competing at the highest levels of international table tennis—including representing Hungary’s national team—to earning advanced degrees in psychology and sports psychology in the United States. Drawing from both lived competitive experience and academic training, Dora explains why mental skills are just as critical as physical training—and how the mind, like the body, must be trained consistently.

The conversation explores Dora’s personalized coaching approach, where she works one-on-one with athletes, parents, and executives to build confidence, emotional control, focus, and resilience under pressure. She breaks down the most common challenges athletes face—performing well in practice but struggling in competition, confidence issues, distraction, motivation, and the growing impact of social media on young athletes.

Zach and Dora also discuss the business side of performance coaching: working with parents and coaches, packaging sessions into structured programs, using social media and partnerships for growth, and expanding into new projects—including mental toolkits for injured athletes, parent-focused education, and collaborations that help athletes leverage social media for recruitment.

This episode is a must-listen for athletes, parents, coaches, and founders who want to understand how mastering the mental game leads to better performance—not just in sport, but in life.