Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we are joined by Dr. Emily Kiberd, a chiropractor and the founder behind Thyroid Strong. Dr. Kiberd shares her journey from building a successful multi-disciplinary, 7-figure brick-and-mortar clinic in New York City to discovering her own Hashimoto's diagnosis after the birth of her first child. This personal health crisis became a professional turning point, leading her to fuse her expertise in functional medicine with strength training to create a unique, holistic program designed to help women with autoimmune conditions reclaim their energy and strength.

Dr. Kiberd details her current business, which centers on a high-touch, 6-month, one-on-one coaching program priced at $6,600. She explains how she provides a deeply personalized experience, acting as a combined functional medicine doctor, nutritionist, and trainer to address root causes like gut health, hormones, and environmental factors. She also discusses her marketing mix of organic content, paid ads for lead magnets, and her strategic approach to scaling while intentionally maintaining a lean operation that allows her to focus on her clients and family, sharing her vision for refining her messaging and hiring a closer to systematize growth.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Ari Mike, the founder behind E-Legal Counsel. Ari shares his journey from a traditional corporate lawyer, feeling trapped in a Montreal office and limited to a few weeks of vacation, to becoming a digital nomad and founder. The shift to remote work during COVID was the catalyst that made him realize a location-independent legal and coaching business was possible, allowing him to build a life where he could work from anywhere in the world, from South Florida to Armenia.

Ari details his dual-focused business model, which splits between providing traditional legal counsel to businesses and his passion for coaching other lawyers and professionals. He guides them on how to escape the billable-hour trap and build remote, fulfilling businesses that grant them geographic and financial freedom. He discusses his marketing strategy, which relies heavily on organic content and his global network, and shares his vision for the future, which includes authoring a book and moving into speaking to impact a wider audience, all while maintaining a lean, impactful operation.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we are joined by Julien J. Marion, founder of The Julien Marion Group. Julien shares his powerful journey from immigrating to the U.S. and working three jobs to co-founding a million-dollar dance studio with his wife. He opens up about the profound personal cost of entrepreneurial ambition, including a period where his family had to sell their home, which led him to a critical realization: many high-achieving men unintentionally hurt their families by bringing a competitive, performance-driven mindset home. This experience, combined with his own struggles with identity and belonging, became the catalyst for his mission to help married entrepreneur dads lead effectively in both business and family life.

Julien delves into his unique coaching philosophy, "Gentle Rage"—a concept of a controlled fire that forges rather than burns. He explains his three-stage framework: "Release It," where men let go of old resentments and belief systems; "Be Seen," the acceptance of one's full energy and identity; and "Don't Hide," which focuses on showing up authentically during life's storms instead of shrinking away. He works one-on-one with clients to hold a mirror to their actions, break cycles of lying and omission, and provide the immediate accountability needed to move from analysis paralysis to powerful action, ultimately helping them build trust, reclaim their power, and achieve harmony at home and in business.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Wilson Moreira, the founder behind The Profitable Leader. Wilson shares his incredible journey from immigrating to the U.S. from Cape Verde at 16 with no English skills to becoming a leadership transformation coach. He delves into how his experiences forged his resilience and shaped his mission to help leadership and executive coaches unlock their full potential, scale their businesses, and build powerful personal brands to stand out in a crowded market.

Wilson details his coaching methodology, which ranges from one-on-one sessions to scalable group coaching, emphasizing the power of community in fostering growth. He breaks down his client avatars, from beginners to established coaches making seven figures, and outlines the practical strategies he uses to help them define their niche, find ideal clients, and achieve sustainable growth. The conversation also explores Wilson's marketing mix, focusing heavily on organic content and paid ads to drive visibility, and his ambitious vision to impact a thousand leaders globally in the coming year.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Liam Sandford, a personal brand strategist and public speaking coach who uniquely balances his entrepreneurial venture with a full-time marketing career. Liam shares his powerful origin story, which began 13 years ago with a paralyzing fear of public speaking in a university lecture hall. This experience drove him to develop actionable frameworks, like the "Nano Speech," designed to help introverts and professionals build confidence through low-pressure, daily practice, transforming everyday conversations into opportunities for growth.

Liam delves into his philosophy of "meeting people where they're at," explaining how he guides clients from overcoming speaking anxiety to strategically building a powerful personal brand that attracts opportunities. He offers a refreshingly honest perspective on entrepreneurship, challenging the common narrative of quitting a 9-to-5 job. Liam advocates for finding a day job you enjoy, using it as a stable foundation to test business ideas without financial pressure, and ultimately designing a life where work is important but never the most important thing.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Syed Asadulla, the founder and CEO of Project E Agency, a Melbourne-based Amazon-specialized firm that helps e-commerce brands launch and scale globally. Syed shares his journey from an accounting graduate to an e-commerce expert, which began with his first job managing logistics for a supplement brand and leading their Amazon launch back in 2016. This hands-on experience revealed the immense potential of the marketplace and sparked his passion for helping multiple brands, ultimately leading to the creation of his full-service agency.

Syed provides a deep dive into his agency's client-centric approach, working primarily with small to medium-sized businesses on everything from product research and launch strategies to international expansion into markets like the US, UK, and Canada. He emphasizes the importance of building a lean, passionate team and a culture of continuous innovation, where every team member has a monthly KPI to implement one new efficiency—no matter how small. With a remarkable 95% client retention rate and a focus on building scalable systems, Syed outlines his deliberate growth strategy for the year ahead, aiming to thoughtfully double the agency's client base while maintaining their high standard of service.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Monica Beazley, the passionate founder of Monarch Management. Monica shares her powerful origin story from two decades in the sports industry, where a pivotal moment of being denied a promotion explicitly for being a woman ignited her mission to champion female leadership. This personal experience, combined with witnessing the systemic inequities and lack of support for female athletes and administrators, drove her to found Monarch Management with the specific purpose of creating systemic change within Australian sport.

Monica details her ambitious, three-pronged strategy to reshape the sporting landscape: developing bespoke leadership programs for women to bridge them into paid roles, creating "Inclusive Club" initiatives to ensure sporting environments are safe and welcoming, and designing transition programs for elite athletes to thrive beyond their playing careers. She reveals her long-term, relationship-driven approach to partnering with national sporting bodies and government agencies, emphasizing that her goal is not just individual transformation but a fundamental, nationwide shift in how sport supports and values women.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Natalie WagnerWillis, founder of Vital Financials. Natalie shares her unique philosophy on money, reframing it not as a set of cold numbers to be managed, but as a dynamic cycle of value that starts and ends with the self. She delves into her "Money Value Cycle" model, explaining how our internal energy and talents create external value, which in turn should be used to nourish our lives in meaningful, non-financial ways—challenging the notion that money's sole purpose is for transactional exchange.

Natalie discusses her deeply personal inspiration, drawn from her father's pioneering work in human-centric financial planning and her own background in socio-philosophy. She outlines her practical coaching approach, which blends financial counseling with meditation and value-based exercises to help individuals and couples build authentic, empowering relationships with their finances. The conversation is a powerful exploration of how to align our financial actions with our core selves to achieve true financial wellness and peace of mind.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we are joined by Carmelle Jean-Francois, the founder of cFIT Coaching LLC. Carmelle shares her powerful personal journey from a pre-diabetic diagnosis with high cholesterol and fatty liver disease to completely reversing these conditions in just a few weeks by adopting a whole-food, plant-based, sugar-free lifestyle. This life-changing experience propelled her to pivot her business from general fitness training to a holistic wellness practice that combines plant-based nutrition coaching with fitness, focusing on helping individuals, particularly women over 40, reverse chronic conditions and architect a new, sustainable lifestyle.

Carmelle details her signature 16-week program, "Sugar Free by Design," which provides clients with comprehensive support, from kitchen cabinet raids and grocery store guidance to addressing sleep, stress, and relationship dynamics. She also discusses her expansion into the corporate wellness space, aiming to help healthcare teams and other professionals combat burnout and chronic illness by transforming their workplace environment and habits. Carmelle's mission is to empower people to move from feeling overwhelmed by their health to becoming capable and confident in their wellness journey.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Leon Vartanian, founder of Vartanian Capital LLC, who has guided nearly 500 individuals toward financial independence through Amazon FBA. Leon shares his entrepreneurial origin story, from a car-obsessed junior high student to a college dropout who tried his hand at various jobs and online platforms before finding his breakthrough with a sustainable Amazon business model that replaced his income in 2020.

Leon pulls back the curtain on his unique, inventory-free wholesale approach, which focuses on selling established, everyday name-brand products instead of the conventional—and often problematic—route of private-label sourcing from China. He demystifies how his students can win the coveted "Buy Box" on Amazon listings without relying on ads, explaining how this method leverages existing customer demand for a lower-risk, higher-margin business. The conversation also tackles common myths about competing with Amazon directly and highlights Leon's mission to provide ethical and policy-compliant mentorship in a space filled with misleading advice.