Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Myriam Hauterville, the founder of Bryanmind. Myriam shares her unique journey from working as a bank advisor in France to moving to Canada and building a leadership and mindset coaching company. She discusses how her background as a gymnast and powerlifter provided the foundation for her work, drawing direct parallels between the mental pressures faced by high-performance athletes and the challenges encountered by entrepreneurs.

Myriam details how Bryanmind has evolved from physical training into offering specialized one-on-one and group coaching programs for semi-professional athletes and women entrepreneurs. She explains the distinct value of each offering, from the deep, confidential work of private sessions to the power of community and shared stories in her group programs. The conversation also covers her marketing strategies, which blend targeted outreach to sports organizations with organic social media engagement, and her vision for the future, which includes expanding her team and launching in-person events.

n this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we are joined by Karen Ann of Karen Ann Wellness. Karen shares her profound personal journey from battling anorexia and navigating a high-pressure corporate leadership career to discovering the transformative power of somatic awareness and nervous system regulation. She explains how her own healing journey, which moved beyond mental work to incorporate the body, became the foundation for her mission to help high-achievers and leaders break cycles of burnout and perfectionism.

Karen delves into the core of her business, detailing her one-on-one coaching containers and corporate workshops designed to build sustainable resilience. She discusses how she helps clients move from a state of constant reaction to one of calm confidence, thereby expanding their capacity for both personal and professional growth. The conversation also explores the challenges and philosophies behind marketing a transformative, somatic-based practice and Karen's intentional approach to scaling her business in a way that aligns with the very principles of regulation and ease she teaches.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we are joined by Kaelyn Marie, the founder of KMVA Virtual Assistant Agency. Kaelyn shares her decade-long journey to entrepreneurship, which included roles in network marketing, real estate, and a personal assistant position at a nonprofit ministry. After being unexpectedly laid off from what she thought was her dream job, she used her 30-day notice period to pivot, discovering the world of virtual assistance. She launched her own VA business and scaled it to six figures in under a year before transitioning into an agency model to serve a broader client base.

Kaelyn details how KMVA operates as a boutique agency with a team of six U.S.-based virtual assistants who serve multi-six-figure female entrepreneurs and content creators. She emphasizes that her agency differentiates itself by offering a strategic partnership, where her team takes initiative and provides business feedback, rather than just completing tasks. Kaelyn also discusses her hands-on role in sales and marketing, her approach to slowly and intentionally scaling her team, and her ambitious goals to hit seven figures by expanding her team's specialized services and leveraging paid advertising for the first time

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we are joined by Neilen Mayani, an e-commerce entrepreneur who transformed his life from a university dropout working a minimum-wage warehouse job to selling his Amazon FBA brand, Proxynova, for a life-changing sum by age 27. Neilen shares his powerful journey, which included a profound personal low point that became a catalyst for relentless action and research, ultimately leading him to discover the world of selling online. He details how he built Proxynova into a 7-figure business over four years, allowing him to achieve semi-retirement and financial freedom through strategic property investments.

Neilen now channels his expertise into a one-on-one coaching business, the FBA Academy, where he guides a select group of eight clients every two months through a comprehensive, module-based program. He explains his unique "concept, demonstration, implementation" teaching method designed to take complete beginners from finding their first product to scaling a profitable Amazon business to £10,000 per month. He also breaks down his organic marketing strategy, which relies on delivering high-value content across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram to build trust and attract his ideal clients—often parents seeking to build a business from home on a flexible schedule.

In this episode of Founders Future, host Milan Kohut sits down with Aneta Ardelian Kuzma, the CEO and founder of Ardelian Kuzma Group, LLC. Aneta shares her journey from a 25-year corporate career, where she followed the traditional path to success only to find herself burnt out and unfulfilled in her mid-40s. This pivotal moment led her to hire a coach, ask herself what she truly wanted, and ultimately take the leap to start her own coaching and consulting business seven years ago, focusing on helping high-achievers find purpose and peace.

Aneta details her multi-faceted approach to wellness coaching, which includes one-on-one executive coaching, corporate wellness programs, international retreats, and her podcast. She provides a masterclass in building a business with diverse revenue streams, explaining why group coaching hasn't resonated with her senior-level clientele and how she strategically delegates to a small team to maintain efficiency and focus on profit. The conversation also delves into her current phase of intentional simplification and her goals for future growth through improved marketing and sales systems.

In this episode of Founders Future, host Zach Young sits down with Frank Zaccari, a seasoned business consultant, bestselling author, and U.S. Air Force veteran. Frank shares his unplanned journey from a military medic tasked with running a pediatric clinic at 21 to a corporate CEO specializing in turning around distressed companies. He reveals how the foundational leadership principles he learned in the Air Force—collaboration, delegation, and the importance of explaining the "why" behind the work—became the bedrock of his success in the high-stakes tech world and beyond.

Frank delves into the critical lessons he now imparts as a mentor, emphasizing that the key to entrepreneurial success isn't asking "how" but "who"—strategically aligning with advisors who have been where you want to go. He powerfully breaks down common startup failures, from neglecting the "who cares test" of market need to the pitfalls of underfunding a venture. Frank's wisdom culminates in his core philosophy: business is not about you, but about making your customers' lives better, a lesson he exemplified by helping high-end restaurants innovate and thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this episode of Founders Future, host Zach Young sits down with Suraj Ethirajan, the founder of Grow You Now and a tech industry veteran with experience at Intel and Samsung. Suraj shares his journey from a circuit designer and global leader in the semiconductor industry to entrepreneurship, driven by his desire to live the American dream. He reveals the pivotal moment in 2021 when he decided that if he was the product, the variables for success were fewer, leading him to leap into leadership coaching.

Suraj delves into the two core pillars of Grow You Now: transforming high-performing but often difficult-to-manage tech executives through a 12-week coaching program, and helping laid-off tech professionals land new jobs. He explains his unique approach, which combines his technical acumen with psychological tools and conflict resolution techniques. A passionate innovator, Suraj also details how he is building AI agents to scale his expertise, using tools like Numerous.ai to "clone" himself and create a future where his guidance is accessible to all, with the ultimate goal of providing livelihoods and creating opportunities for others.

In this episode of Founders Future, host Zach Young sits down with Sasha Eburne, a business coach who made a dramatic leap from a 20-year career in hotel management to building a multi-six-figure virtual assistant business in just two weeks after the COVID-19 pandemic decimated the hospitality industry. Sasha shares her powerful origin story, from being a corporate ladder-climber traveling the world to a moment of reinvention sparked by a conversation with a friend who was earning more as a virtual assistant than in her hotel job.

Sasha delves into her current mission: empowering women, particularly virtual assistants, coaches, and service-based entrepreneurs, to break free from the 9-to-5 and build businesses that offer financial freedom and flexibility. She explains her unique 12-month coaching framework that blends business strategy with deep mindset work, drawing on her certifications in neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and hypnotherapy. The conversation also covers her highly effective, community-driven marketing strategies, her philosophy on building a mission-aligned team, and her goals to expand her impact through global speaking engagements and a forthcoming book.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we are joined by Adam Stadius, an actor-based speaking coach who is translating his 20 years of experience training actors into a powerful coaching business for professionals. Adam shares his journey from a theater kid and graduate of the prestigious Royal Central School of Speech and Drama to identifying a gap in the market for the communication tools he had mastered. He explains how he is leveraging his expertise in techniques like the Meisner method—which focuses on getting out of one's head and connecting authentically with an audience—to help technically brilliant, senior-level professionals communicate with the clarity and charisma needed to advance into C-suite roles.

Adam details his flagship program, "Act With Confidence," an 8-week journey that begins with a communication audit and includes personalized vocal warm-ups, six online sessions covering storytelling, voice, and improvisation, and lifetime access to a community for ongoing practice. He discusses his current marketing strategy, which is centered on building genuine, one-on-one relationships through strategic LinkedIn outreach, viewing his content as a trust-building proof point rather than a primary lead generator. With a clear goal of building a six-figure business that allows him to be a present father, Adam is methodically laying the groundwork to eventually transition from his 9-to-5 job and scale his impactful work.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Maria Fernanda Mollo, the founder of Chama, a digital marketing agency based in Sydney. Maria shares her extensive journey, which began in 2011 in Brazil where she became a business partner in a boutique agency. After seven and a half years, she sought new challenges, leading her to Australia where, after gaining local experience, she launched Chama in 2025. The agency's name, meaning "flame" and a "call to action" in Portuguese, reflects her mission to ignite strategic growth for her clients by first building a solid marketing foundation.

Maria explains that Chama specializes in helping startups and small businesses that feel lost after investing in marketing without seeing results. She identifies common gaps where companies lack a clear mission, point of difference, or a coherent strategy, making performance marketing ineffective. Her approach is to first work on these foundational elements—creating tangible, sustainable plans aligned with business goals—before moving to execution. Maria discusses her focus on one-on-one consulting to ensure strong client relationships and her vision to grow Chama sustainably, prioritizing her values of freedom and ethical service over rapid, high-pressure scaling