Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Keith Gelhorn, the founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of ADDvocacy. Keith shares his powerful personal journey of struggling through school and various careers before being diagnosed with ADHD in his 30s. This discovery led him to found ADDvocacy, a neurodiversity coaching and consulting company that is 100% neurodivergent-owned and operated. He delves into their remarkable success in helping post-secondary students, particularly female perfectionists prone to burnout, achieve a 95% graduation rate by providing the peer support and executive function coaching they need to thrive.

Keith also discusses the exciting future of ADDvocacy, which includes leveraging generative AI to create scalable, barrier-free coaching tools, making support more accessible to those who need it. He expands on his passion for coaching entrepreneurs and his latest legacy project, Big Bears Enterprises, a social enterprise aimed at helping Indigenous and marginalized youth build resilience and explore entrepreneurship. This episode is a profound look at turning personal struggle into a mission of empowerment and innovation.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Turiya Hodge, a master brand storytelling trainer and the founder of Myabah Consulting Services, LLC. Turiya shares her powerful journey from corporate burnout to entrepreneurship, revealing the pivotal health scare that forced her to reevaluate her life and discover the transformative power of social media and authentic storytelling.

Turiya delves into her unique methodology for helping purpose-driven women coaches and consultants move beyond generic marketing. She explains how to identify "divine clients," leverage personal stories to build deep connections, and shift from a reactive to a proactive social media strategy. Her insights focus on creating quality engagement that makes ideal clients feel seen and heard, ultimately building a loyal community and a sustainable business aligned with one's purpose.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, Alex Drachnik offers a transparent look into the inner workings of Drax Social, his full-service social media agency. He breaks down how his team handles every step of the content engine—from strategy and production to editing and community management—allowing clients to stay focused on leading their businesses. Alex also shares what makes a great fit for his agency, emphasizing trust, creative freedom, and the importance of letting experts own the creative process.

He also opens up about his unique positioning in the market as a founder who built his own audience and produced viral content before doing it for others. Alex discusses how this credibility fuels growth, the role of organic social and networking in his acquisition strategy, and how he's laying the groundwork to scale by building out the right team, systems, and creative infrastructure for the future.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Benjamin Seer, the founder of blitz. Benjamin shares his journey as a serial entrepreneur, tracing his path from his first university ventures and a successful healthy breakfast subscription business to the founding of his current performance marketing agency. He reveals how discovering the power of data-driven paid social strategies was a pivotal moment, leading him and his co-founder to start Blitz Growth with a mission to help other e-commerce and app-based businesses scale effectively.

Benjamin dives into the core of Blitz Growth, explaining their ideal client profile and their unique, entrepreneurial approach to client service that shuns the traditional agency model. He outlines their successful marketing strategies, including a specific focus on high-performing partnership ads, and discusses the company's ambitious goal to double revenue in the next 12 months. The conversation also covers the importance of finding "performance marketing unicorns" for his team and his commitment to maintaining a high-quality, hands-on service as the company scales.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Tim Jeffries, the founder of Smooth Ops Consulting and Australia's only certified Notion consultant. Tim shares his unique journey from working at the intersection of people, systems, and technology in the dot-com bubble and non-profit sectors to discovering his passion for helping scaling businesses. He reveals the origin story of his company, which began when he helped a law firm triple in size by implementing clear operational systems, and how that success paved the way for his consulting business.

Tim delves into the core of his work, explaining how he helps SMEs that are scaling so quickly their operations can't keep up. He emphasizes that his approach is different from typical "Notion builders"; he first helps clients step back and map their entire digital operating system before building tailored solutions. The conversation also covers the challenges of scaling a bespoke service business, his reliance on word-of-mouth and strategic partnerships with Notion, and his future goals to structure his business to serve more clients by building a team, moving beyond the current model where he and his wife handle everything.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we meet Ariel Faulkner, an integrative registered dietitian and the founder of Ariel Eve Wellness. Ariel shares her powerful, personal journey from a family history of disordered eating and personal health tragedy to becoming a practitioner who helps women heal their metabolism, balance hormones, and overcome emotional eating. She reveals the critical flaws in the traditional dietetics and wellness industry, explaining why quick fixes and shame-based approaches fail and how her method of "root cause healing" focuses on science, soul, and self-trust to create sustainable, long-term transformation.

Ariel details her unique one-on-one coaching process, which often begins with a deep, 90-minute intake to understand each client's entire history—both physical and emotional. She emphasizes that true healing starts by mending the relationship with food and oneself before any metabolic or weight loss protocols can be successful. We also discuss her vision for the future of Ariel Eve Wellness, which includes expanding her reach through a YouTube channel, a planned podcast, and community building, all with the core mission of empowering women to achieve body sovereignty and break free from the toxic cycles of diet culture.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we meet Judy Tsuei, a certified NLP coach, leadership mentor, and founder of a personal branding agency. Judy shares her journey from a creative in a traditional "tiger parent" household to helping high-achieving founders and leaders overcome the "arrival fallacy"—the feeling of emptiness after achieving external success. She delves into her unique methodology, which uses Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to identify and reprogram the unconscious patterns and limiting beliefs that hold people back, often achieving in a single "breakthrough weekend" what clients describe as "10 years of therapy."

Judy explains that her work focuses on uncovering the "greater problem" beneath surface-level issues, allowing for rapid transformation by aligning a person's unconscious mind with their conscious goals. She also discusses her multi-faceted business model, from AI-powered assessments and high-ticket one-on-one coaching to in-person retreats and training for other practitioners. The conversation explores her marketing strategies, which heavily leverage community and high-level networking, and her future goals, which include finishing her book, "How to Disappoint Your Parents in 10 Shameless Steps," and scaling her impact by training others in her powerful modalities.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we meet Nadine Hanna, the founder of The Balanced Journey Coaching AB. Nadine shares her powerful personal story of being part of the "lost generation" of women who received a late-in-life ADHD diagnosis after experiencing burnout. This journey inspired her to create a coaching business dedicated to helping female leaders and entrepreneurs reframe their ADHD, not as a limitation, but as a unique superpower. She discusses her mission to help high-achieving women unlock their potential and optimize their performance without sacrificing their well-being, enabling them to build a lifestyle aligned with their true potential.

Nadine delves into the specifics of her one-on-one coaching process, a 6-month "rooting" journey that focuses on building a solid personal foundation before scaling performance. She also opens up about the current stage of her business, the challenges of building it alongside a 9-to-5 job, and her ambitious yet heartfelt goals for the future. These goals include transitioning to her business full-time and expanding her impact through group coaching and community building, all while staying true to her core values of balance and alignment.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Paul Baluch, an executive advisor, investor, and fractional COO specializing in the home services sector. Paul shares his incredible journey of scaling companies like 1-800-GOT-JUNK to a billion dollars in revenue and ShackShine to 150 locations. He delves into the core of his current business, explaining how he helps emerging and established home service brands break through growth plateaus and achieve operational excellence through fractional COO services, project work, and strategic advising.

Paul offers a masterclass in authentic business development, emphasizing the power of "childlike curiosity" over salesy tactics. He reveals how genuine relationship-building on LinkedIn and a steadfast "It's All About People" philosophy have been the cornerstones of his success. Listeners will gain invaluable insights on strategic scaling, the importance of hiring for culture fit, and the mindset required to build a impactful consulting practice from a place of deep industry experience.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we dive into the journey of Annette Bacon, a business leadership coach and culture champion with over 30 years of experience. Annette shares her powerful story of transitioning from corporate leadership roles, where she faced toxic work environments, to founding Transforming Minds Coaching. Driven by the mission to ensure people can go to work and come home physically and mentally healthy, she explains her pivot from aiming for B2B cultural transformation to focusing on empowering professional women through B2C coaching, mentoring, and her new TV show, "Her Secret Success."

Annette details her current business model, which is evolving from one-on-one coaching to include her bespoke 90-day "Confidence Catalyst" program, group mentoring, and future online courses. She also reveals her multi-faceted marketing strategy, which leverages LinkedIn, masterclasses, and her upcoming TV show to build authority and global connection. Looking ahead, Annette outlines her exciting goals for the next 12 months, which include launching her TV show, publishing a co-authored book, and building a thriving global community for women to connect and support each other in their leadership journeys.