Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we meet Lynne Wadsworth, the founder of Holistic Health and Wellness LLC. Lynne shares her transformative journey from a high-stress corporate career in the legal field to becoming a board-certified holistic health practitioner. This pivot was sparked by her own health crisis involving debilitating daily migraines, which led her to discover the power of holistic and nutritional changes. After experiencing dramatic personal results, including getting off medication, she founded her business nearly 14 years ago with a mission to help others achieve similar life-changing wellness transformations.

The conversation delves into how Lynne's business has evolved to focus specifically on guiding women through the challenges of perimenopause and menopause with natural, holistic solutions. She offers both 6-week group programs for community support and a more intensive, flexible 12-week one-on-one coaching model that addresses mindset, nutrition, sleep, and stress. Lynne discusses her organic, relationship-driven marketing strategy, which leverages her long-running podcast "Living Life Naturally," active social media engagement, newsletters, and networking to build the trust necessary for women to invest in their health journey.

 Connect with Lynne Wadsworth:
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnewadsworth

his episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Mike Reardon, the founder of bEffective , a business consulting firm dedicated to empowering small and medium enterprises. Mike shares his journey from his early days in sales, where a "liquid lunch" with top performers taught him the value of a results-oriented work culture, to launching his own practice. He explains that Be Effective was built to address the core business "pet peeves" he observed throughout his career, focusing on three key pillars: redefining strategy as a set of deliberate choices, implementing systems to achieve goals, and tackling the critical issue of employee disengagement by training managers to influence rather than control their teams.

The conversation explores Mike's hands-on approach to consulting, which includes a mix of virtual meetings, on-site visits, and tailored workshops to diagnose issues like operational misalignment and unclear processes. He discusses the unique challenges and opportunities of working with different generations, particularly Gen Z, whose innate problem-solving skills and authenticity he sees as major assets when properly channeled. Looking ahead, Mike reveals his ambitious goal to scale his business to $2 million by productizing his services and transitioning from a consultant to a fractional executive role in 2026, aiming to build a team to help him execute his vision directly. 

 Connect with Mike Reardon:
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikepcreardon/

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we meet Risper Ondijo, a transformational brand strategist and coach. Risper shares her journey from working in sales, marketing, and customer service to launching her faith-based coaching business, which she describes as a process of preparing herself for entrepreneurship. She explains that her work is dedicated to helping high-achieving, purpose-driven women who excel in their careers but find their personal lives—particularly in relationships and friendships—stagnant or unfulfilling, preventing them from reaching their full potential.

Risper details her 3-month, one-on-one coaching program that helps clients dismantle toxic patterns and build a new, Christ-centered identity, culminating in a personalized brand identity package. She discusses her marketing strategy, which includes sharing her personal story on TikTok and Instagram, using a free lead magnet workbook, and beginning to experiment with paid ads to find her ideal client. Looking ahead, Risper's goals for the next year include working with five clients at a time, hiring support for video editing and marketing, and expanding her vision to create a holistic platform for women's personal development.

 Connect with Risper Ondijo:
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/risperondijo

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Beatrice Vladut, a personal branding strategist and LinkedIn content coach who grew her own following from 1,000 to over 60,000 followers in just over two years. Beatrice shares her journey from freelance copywriter to in-demand expert, explaining how she transitioned into her current role after her organic content growth led to inbound requests for help. She details her primary focus on "founder-led growth," offering a done-for-you ghostwriting service that handles everything from profile optimization to content creation and engagement, allowing time-strapped founders to build a powerful personal brand without adding to their workload.

The conversation dives into Beatrice's content philosophy, emphasizing the importance of authentic, valuable messaging over perfectly polished posts. She reveals her proprietary AI tool, designed not to create generic "AI slop" but to learn a client's unique "voice DNA" and generate content that sounds genuinely human. Beatrice also outlines her ambitious goals to scale her agency to seven figures by centralizing her client management system and expanding her service offerings, all while continuing to rely on the powerful, relationship-driven inbound leads generated by her own standout LinkedIn presence.

 Connect with Beatrice Vladut:
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beatricevladut/ 

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Kelley Herring, the founder of Meal Genius and Healing Gourmet. Kelley shares her personal health journey that began in college when, after falling ill and receiving no answers from numerous doctors, she discovered the profound impact of diet on well-being. This experience ignited her passion, leading her to blend her background in biology and chemistry with culinary science to create Meal Genius—a personalized meal planning program that moves beyond one-size-fits-all diets by tailoring nutrition to an individual's unique genetics, metabolism, and microbiome.

The conversation delves into the innovative technology behind Meal Genius, including its AI-powered quiz series, Diet Decode, which helps users identify the best dietary approach for their specific health conditions. Kelley outlines her dual B2C and B2B strategy, aiming to partner with doctors who can prescribe the platform to their patients. With an eight-year development journey behind her and a lean team, Kelley reveals her ambitious vision for a quiet launch to her existing customer base, with plans to scale significantly in 2026 and ultimately pursue an IPO by 2030.


 Connect with Kelley Herring:
🔗 LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelley-herring-3257a6a

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Dr. Darian Parker, the founder of Parker Personal Training. Darian shares his unique journey from a collegiate athlete and academic to an award-winning fitness professional with over two decades of experience. He reveals that his primary motivation was never just exercise, but rather the profound opportunity to build deep, committed relationships and help people become "better human beings" through the vulnerable and authentic platform of personal training. This philosophy, backed by his doctorate in sports education leadership with an emphasis on behavior modification, became the core of his business, focusing on functional health and longevity for his clients, who are primarily professionals in their 40s to 60s.

The conversation explores Darian's strategic pivot in 2017 to a 100% live virtual training model, a move he made years before the pandemic to reclaim his time and improve his work-life balance. He discusses his highly effective, referral-based marketing strategy, which relies on fostering long-term client relationships—some spanning nearly two decades—rather than social media or traditional advertising. Darian also opens up about his contentment with his business size, his focus on adding value through partnerships, and the important lesson of overcoming the societal "shame" sometimes associated with being a lifelong personal trainer.

 Connect with Dr. Darian Parker:
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darianparker

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we meet Alex Smith, a seasoned entrepreneur and founder of the SaaS platform Leadeth. Alex shares his journey from growing up in a family printing business to launching his own successful e-commerce venture, which he later exited. This deep-rooted entrepreneurial background led him to identify a common pain point for business owners: the difficulty of generating consistent leads. His solution was to create Leadeth, a "hybrid SaaS" that combines an AI-powered LinkedIn automation tool with his personal coaching to help clients set appointments and build relationships with their ideal customers.

Alex delves into the core of his business, explaining that his unique value proposition lies in the personalized, consultative approach he takes with each client, from onboarding to ongoing campaign optimization. He discusses his multi-channel, primarily organic, marketing strategy that leverages his own platform, content creation, and masterclasses to build trust. Looking ahead, Alex's goals are to increase revenue, reduce client churn, and eventually build an internal team, with the biggest challenge being the allocation of his own time as he balances ambitious business growth with his commitment to his young family.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Marama Carmichael, the founder and CEO of Oracle Tree, a digital strategy and marketing agency with a deeply human-centric approach. Marama shares the powerful catalyst for her business—a house fire that destroyed her previous natural therapy center, forcing a moment of reckoning about what truly mattered. This experience shaped Oracle Tree's core DNA: a fully remote team that prioritizes flexibility and family, helping clients build a business that supports the life they want to live, not just a career.

Marama delves into her "strategy-first" methodology, explaining how Oracle Tree acts as a trusted guide for established small business owners, particularly in service-based industries and trades. She uses the analogy of a "marketing tree" to describe their holistic approach, which encompasses brand awareness, lead generation, and sales support, focusing on what will deliver the most impact for a client's specific budget and goals. Looking ahead, Marama is focused on building channel partnerships for reliable referrals and navigating the integration of AI with a philosophy of "cautious optimism," ensuring it enhances rather than damages the authentic client relationships she has built her business on.

🌐 Connect with Marama Carmichael

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maramacarmichael

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Victoria Maurer, a former PwC consultant who traded in her corporate career to become a breathwork and mindset specialist. Victoria shares her pivotal moment during a late-night Zoom call in the early days of COVID, where she realized the partner's life she was striving for was not what she truly wanted. This sparked an identity crisis and a journey of self-discovery that led her from New York to Australia, and through explorations in neuro-linguistic programming and holistic coaching, ultimately culminating in her founding The Balanced Corporate after a transformative breathwork experience cracked her open to a new path.

Victoria delves into her unique methodology, which blends transformational breathwork with Internal Family Systems (IFS) parts work to help high-performing leaders and entrepreneurs break through limiting patterns. She explains how she works with clients through intimate group courses, one-on-one coaching, and retreats to help them get out of their own way, find mental clarity, and connect with their authentic desires beyond societal and familial pressures. Looking ahead, Victoria's primary goal is to scale her business online to support her nomadic lifestyle between Australia and Europe, creating a consistent lead generation system that isn't reliant on her physical presence for workshops and spin classes.

🌐 Connect with Victoria Maurer

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-maurer-84b88434/

n this episode of to Founders, Future, with host Milan Kohut, divorce and life transitions coach Sue Horwitz shares her remarkable journey from running a successful 26-year publishing firm to guiding women through one of the most emotionally complex decisions of their lives. Sue reflects on her personal evolution as an entrepreneur, her shift into coaching, and the powerful insights she gained working within a law firm as she helped clients navigate divorce across all ages and situations. With compassion and clarity, she explains how she developed her focus on supporting “gray divorce” — women ending long-term marriages later in life — and the unique emotional and logistical challenges they face that younger families do not.

Sue also opens up about her one-on-one coaching structure, the delicate decision-making phase many clients sit in for years, and her commitment to helping women manage both the emotional and strategic sides of divorce with dignity. She shares her plans for expanding into group programs in 2026, the marketing shifts she’s making away from overstimulated social platforms, and the importance of visibility, privacy, and trust in her work. Grounded, insightful, and deeply human, Sue’s story reveals a coaching practice built on empathy, clarity, and the belief that every woman deserves a thoughtful path forward — whether they stay or they go.

🌐 Connect with Sue Horwitz

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suehorwitz/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suehorwitz/
• Website: https://suehorwitzcoaching.com/