Founders Future

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Neel Singh, the founder and principal of Tropoly. Neel shares the nonlinear journey that led him from being a key executive in a startup's hyper-growth phase to going public, to founding his own brand strategy consultancy. He opens up about the evolution of Tropoly, which now offers fractional CMO services, strategic advisory, and specialized workshops to help CEOs and founders build, implement, and scale their marketing foundations to drive real business growth.

Neel provides a transparent look into the operational side of Tropoly, detailing their 30-60-90 day client onboarding roadmap, their philosophy on sustainable growth over quick wins, and how they leverage a core team and a trusted network to deliver exceptional value. The conversation gets philosophical as Neel reflects on the entrepreneurial journey, offering a powerful piece of advice for his younger self and for all founders: to embrace the messiness of their own unique path, as true, tacit knowledge is gained only through personal experience and cannot be shortcut.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Aileen M. Edwards, a certified leadership coach and the founder of AME Consulting & Leadership Coaching. Aileen shares her journey from a 40-year career in corporate human resources, often mired in the negativity of labor disputes, to launching her own coaching practice focused on positivity and empowerment. She delves into her mission to guide women, particularly women of color and Black women in mid-career, helping them navigate corporate spaces, build executive presence, and achieve their professional goals through personalized, one-on-one coaching.

Aileen outlines the structure of her work, which begins with a discovery call and typically involves a minimum six-month engagement to ensure meaningful, lasting change. She discusses the challenges of starting her business in 2020 and her current strategies for growth, primarily through LinkedIn and referrals. Looking ahead, Aileen shares her goals to expand her clientele, explore public speaking, and potentially bring on a partner to continue her impactful work of empowering women to excel in spaces that weren't originally built for them.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we sit down with Mary Southern, the founder of Resume Assassin. Mary shares her journey from working in higher education and recruiting to discovering her passion for resume writing and launching her own business. She discusses the gap she saw in the market for personalized, impactful resume strategies that make job seekers feel like the "badasses" they are, rather than just another generic service.

Mary delves into the core of her business, explaining how she helps everyone from entry-level candidates to C-level executives craft standout resumes and optimize their LinkedIn profiles. She details her efficient 5-7 day turnaround process and her vision for the future, which includes scaling through digital courses and AI tools via her other company, ResumeSidekick.io. Mary also provides a wealth of marketing wisdom, highlighting the power of word-of-mouth referrals, a consistent LinkedIn presence, and the one thing she wishes she'd started a decade ago: an email list.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Marquetta Jackson, the founder of MJ Life Coaching. Marquetta shares her journey from a career in sales and marketing to founding her own coaching practice, driven by a core desire to help people find value and purpose in their lives. She discusses her focus on guiding women to tap into their creative, feminine energy, build self-worth, and overcome the fear of expressing their authentic selves in a world that often demands perfection.

Marquetta outlines her current business model, which includes one-on-one coaching and the development of her "Grounded Manifest Her" community, a hub for women to find support and celebration. She also details her plans for future growth, which involve expanding her message through webinars, YouTube content, and eventually reaching a male audience by adapting her frameworks to help everyone connect with their inner wisdom and leadership identity.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Milan Kohut, we are joined by Vevian Vozmediano, a trauma-informed mental health coach. Vevian shares her profound journey from being one of the first healthy recipe influencers on Instagram to her deep dive into trauma work, psychedelic-assisted therapy, and hosting transformative retreats in Costa Rica. She details her specialization in helping women, particularly those from dysfunctional families or with histories of sexual abuse and religious trauma, to peel back the layers of their pain, reconnect with their authentic selves, and break free from the cycles of seeking external validation.

Vevian explains the core of her work: helping clients separate their own identity and voice from that of their emotionally unavailable parents, especially their mothers. She discusses her current one-on-one coaching packages, her high-ticket retreats that utilize plant medicine for deep subconscious healing, and her upcoming 8-week program, "Healing from Emotionally Unavailable Mothers." The conversation also explores the challenges of marketing a deeply personal practice on social media authentically and her goals to scale her impact through digital products and more retreats in the coming year.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Tracey Cousineau, the founder of The Divorce Copilots. Tracey shares her journey from a 28-year career in enterprise IT sales to launching a business that provides a unique, collaborative approach to divorce. She discusses how her own difficult divorce experience revealed a critical gap in support, leading her to create a service that empowers individuals with knowledge, emotional resilience, and practical tools to navigate the process confidently and avoid common, costly mistakes.

Tracey delves into the core of her business model, explaining how she acts as a "co-pilot" to help clients stay grounded and informed, often working with both spouses to facilitate communication. She outlines her vision to disrupt the traditional family law industry by making empowered support accessible to everyone. Looking ahead, Tracey shares her ambitious plans for scaling The Divorce Copilots, including developing a certification program to expand her team across Canada and leveraging AI to provide broader access to essential divorce guidance.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Siah Fried, a pioneering parent and family health coach. Siah brings over 30 years of public health experience to her mission of helping families break generational cycles of unhealthy coping mechanisms, particularly around eating disorders and emotional challenges. She discusses her unique 7-step coaching model designed to help parents foster resilience, emotional intelligence, and wellness at home, moving beyond therapy to provide actionable strategies for creating a healthier family dynamic.

Siah shares powerful insights into the common roots of family struggles, often tied to societal pressures and perfectionism. She emphasizes the critical role parents play and offers her core advice for raising healthier, happier children:be truly present and provide unconditional love and support. The conversation also covers her impactful workbooks, "Redefining Success for Every Child" and "This Stops Now," which provide practical frameworks for parents to tune out external noise and focus on their family's unique values and definition of success.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we sit down with Shawn Freeman, the founder of Impactful MSP. Shawn shares his journey from building and successfully exiting his own Managed Service Provider (MSP) business to now dedicating himself to coaching other MSP owners. He delves into the common challenges tech professionals face when transitioning into business leadership and explains how his two-tiered mastermind and community groups provide the essential systems, strategies, and peer support to help them scale effectively without sacrificing their people, purpose, or sanity.

Shawn discusses the importance of building a strong foundation through standardized processes and relationship-driven growth. He offers invaluable advice on avoiding the pitfalls of overcomplication, the critical role of a CRM, and why starting small and iterating is the key to sustainable growth. This conversation is a masterclass in leveraging hard-won experience to help others accelerate their success in the competitive IT services industry.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Paden Hughes, a 7-figure entrepreneur who transitioned from scaling a successful fitness brand to becoming an intuitive mentor and coach. Paden opens up about her journey from consultant to co-founder of Gymnazo, revealing the unsustainable hustle that led to her physical and emotional burnout. She shares the pivotal moment she realized that being skilled at something didn't equate to loving it, and how this awakening forced her to step back and heal, ultimately redefining her path.

Paden details her current mission: helping high-achieving female founders and executives who feel trapped by their own success. She discusses how she guides these women to leverage their powerful stories, delegate effectively, and integrate AI to create space for their next chapter—all without burning down their profitable existing businesses. The conversation delves into her unique content strategy on platforms like TikTok, the inspiration behind her bestselling book, and her excitement for the future of AI in empowering leaders to operate from a place of authenticity and abundance.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Zach Young, we sit down with Kyle Davies, a chartered psychologist and the creator of Energy-Flow Coaching. Kyle shares his unique journey from working in management consulting and treating chronic fatigue syndrome to developing his pioneering mind-body approach. He discusses the critical, often overlooked connection between well-being and performance, and how his methods help executives and individuals move from a state of burnout and overthinking to one of authentic alignment and flow.

Kyle delves into the core principles of Energy-Flow Coaching, explaining how he helps clients reconnect with their inner wisdom by shifting from an "outside-in" to an "inside-out" perspective. He contrasts his transformational, long-term approach with the transactional nature of much of the modern coaching industry and outlines his vision for bringing his unique blend of psychology and somatic awareness to a global audience to address the growing crisis of workplace burnout and disconnection.