Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Natalie Blinova, the founder and CEO of blinova.digital. Natalie shares her inspiring journey from heading social media departments for major brands in Ukraine to taking the courageous leap into entrepreneurship after moving to Canada. She opens up about the pivotal moment she realized she needed to build her own boutique agency to fully apply her creativity and strategic expertise, leading to the birth of blinova.digital.

Natalie delves into her unique, strategy-led approach to social media, emphasizing that it's not just about creating content but about integrating platforms like Instagram into a brand's entire marketing and sales funnel. She discusses the importance of working with clients who understand the value of social media and shares her vision for scaling her agency by building a dedicated team and partnering with larger brands to create even more impactful results.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Marlow Hicks Jr., the founder and CEO of Fortify Fitness Collective. Marlow shares his journey from working in early-stage wellness startups to creating a high-performance coaching brand dedicated to helping people become the best versions of themselves. He delves into the core of Fortify Fitness, which blends personal training, nutrition, and mindset work to help clients fortify their bodies, confidence, and resilience, emphasizing that "our goals are your goals."

Marlow discusses the multifaceted approach to his business, which includes in-person group training, one-on-one coaching, and online offerings. He opens up about the challenges of scaling, including capturing short attention spans with humorous social media reels and maintaining client momentum through the inevitable plateaus of a fitness journey. Looking ahead, Marlow reveals his vision for an autonomous business "machine" and weighs the potential for expansion into new locations or a stronger online presence, all while staying true to his core philosophy of trusting his gut as an entrepreneur.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Sam Aramando, we sit down with Rabbi Josh Zebberman, a counselor, speaker, and educator dedicated to empowering individuals and couples. Rabbi Josh shares his unique journey from rabbinical school and academia to founding a practice focused on helping people uncover their best selves and build resilient relationships. He delves into the core philosophy of his work, which centers on solution-focused therapy—shifting the emphasis from problems to desired outcomes and helping clients rediscover their own strength and hope.

Rabbi Josh opens up about the entrepreneurial side of his business, discussing the current challenges of client acquisition through speaking engagements, LinkedIn, and email newsletters. He candidly shares his vision for the future, which includes expanding into corporate speaking and creating digital courses to scale his impact. This is a raw and authentic look at the early stages of building a purpose-driven business, the importance of believing in your mission, and the mindset required to navigate the uncertainties of entrepreneurship.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Andy Smith, the founder of SoberinSeven. Andy shares his powerful journey from a high-achieving corporate executive in the healthcare sector, whose success was fueled by alcohol abuse, to creating a groundbreaking coaching program. He reveals how his personal struggle led him to develop a unique, neuroscience-based 7-stage process that helps individuals reprogram their subconscious mind and break free from alcohol dependency for good, moving beyond the endless cycle of willpower and restriction that characterizes traditional methods.

Andy delves into the current state of SoberinSeven, detailing his one-on-one coaching and program offerings designed for high-functioning, high-achieving individuals who feel an internal conflict between their success and their coping mechanisms. He discusses the challenges of marketing in a sensitive space, his multi-platform strategy, and his mission to shatter the stigma around sobriety by framing it as a positive, life-changing decision. Finally, Andy outlines his ambitious plans for scaling his impact by training more coaches to help the thousands of people seeking a sustainable, empowered path to freedom.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we are joined by Georgie Collinson, Australia's leading anxiety therapist and best-selling author. Georgie opens up about her personal journey with anxiety and how it fueled her mission to help high-achieving women overcome high-functioning anxiety. She provides a candid look at the evolution of her business, sharing why she recently pivoted from a high-ticket coaching model to a more scalable, community-focused membership to create a wider impact while achieving better work-life balance for herself.

Georgie delves into the core principles of her signature Anxiety Reset Method, a unique blend of naturopathy, clinical hypnotherapy, and mindset coaching. She explains why it's crucial to stop demonizing anxiety and instead see it as a "loving alarm bell" calling you to reconnect with yourself. Listeners will gain invaluable insights into fostering a safe community culture and learn a simple, powerful breathing technique—the physiological sigh—to instantly dial down anxiety and reclaim control.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Nicole Holdaway, a Melbourne-based salon coach and master stylist. Nicole shares her incredible journey from being a car service advisor to buying her first salon with 10 staff just after becoming a qualified hairdresser. She opens up about the "traumatic" yet transformative early years of salon ownership, navigating HR issues and leadership without a guide, which ultimately led her to her true calling: coaching new salon owners through the challenging first three years of business.

Nicole delves into her unique coaching methodology, which prioritizes a "mindset audit" before tackling business strategy, explaining that sustainable growth in profit, pricing, and systems can only happen after shifting internal blocks. She also discusses her marketing strategies, the surprising impact of AI on the hair industry with clients bringing in AI-generated inspiration photos, and her future goals of hosting in-person retreats for salon owners to complement her virtual coaching practice.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we meet Melanie Starr, a holistic well-being coach who specializes in guiding women through the profound life transition of divorce. Melanie shares her own powerful story of her long marriage ending, which was compounded by her daughter's severe illness, leading to a personal crisis where she experienced the neurological impacts of trauma firsthand, such as losing her ability to read. She explains how this inspired her to shift from her career in communications to helping other professional women and founders navigate divorce without losing years of their lives, their financial stability, or their business momentum.

Melanie delves into the science behind trauma, explaining how it shuts down critical brain functions like the prefrontal cortex and language processing, leaving individuals in a risk-averse, reactive state that is detrimental to running a business. She distinguishes her somatic, body-based "therapeutic coaching" approach—using techniques like EFT tapping and EMDR—from traditional talk therapy, emphasizing how her methods help regulate the nervous system to resolve deep-seated trauma without re-traumatization. The conversation also covers her mission to build supportive communities for women and her future goal of expanding into preventative work to help couples "divorce-proof" their marriages by learning to manage their emotions and heal past traumas.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we are joined by Ana Christian, a relationship expert and host of the "Wind in Her Hair" podcast. Ana shares her powerful journey from enduring toxic relationships, church shaming, and addiction to discovering her purpose in helping others heal. She opens up about how her personal pain became the foundation for her coaching, which focuses on the core principle that the most important relationship you will ever have is the one with yourself.

Ana delves into the specifics of her work, detailing her coaching programs—from 6-week virtual resets to intensive in-person immersions—where she uses her "7 Pillars of Life" framework. She explains how she helps clients strengthen their physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, sexual, financial, and professional pillars to become content and whole on their own, thereby attracting healthy, aligned partnerships. Ana also discusses her multi-faceted approach to spreading her message, including her upcoming book "Unavailable," her "Magnetic Blueprint" online course, and her foray into country music songwriting.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Taylor Allen, the dynamic founder of The TAC Agency. Taylor shares her unique journey from the world of luxury fashion on Savile Row to becoming the go-to marketing and strategic partner for luxury small businesses. She delves into her agency's unique, all-encompassing approach, where she acts as an integrated part of her clients' teams—handling everything from Google Ads and social media to high-level business consulting—so they can focus entirely on their craft, whether that's baking sourdough or developing new skincare products.

Taylor opens up about her vision for scaling her agency by focusing on a specialized, condensed team rather than a large network of freelancers, emphasizing the immense value of trust and deep client relationships. She also gets candid about the emotional rollercoaster of entrepreneurship, offering raw and inspiring advice for newer founders on pushing through the scary and lonely moments to reach the incredibly rewarding peaks of building your own business.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we are joined by Suzanne Longstreet, founder of Success & Clarity Leadership Academy. Suzanne shares her incredible journey from being unexpectedly let go from her corporate career to becoming a renowned entrepreneurial coach. She opens up about the five-year period of self-doubt and undercharging that preceded her breakthrough, which finally came from a single, unexpected email that launched her coaching business and set her on the path to helping others.

Suzanne specializes in using Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) and hypnosis to help female entrepreneurs in service-based businesses break through deep-seated traumas and limiting beliefs. She explains how these powerful techniques can rewire the brain in as little as one session, leading to dramatic shifts in confidence and financial results, including clients who have 10x their revenue. Suzanne also discusses her goals for greater visibility, including her bestselling book, "The Millionaire Codes," and her upcoming release, "The Millionaire Brain."