Passage to Profit Show - Road to Entrepreneurship

Discover entrepreneurship, innovation, business growth, scaling, and intellectual property strategies from successful founders and industry leaders. Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of the Passage to Profit Show interview Dima Negodiuk from Negodiuk AI.

What happens when AI becomes your workforce? Dima Negodiuk, Founder of Negodiuk AI, reveals how entrepreneurs can use AI agents to automate customer service, invoicing, marketing, sales, and other repetitive business tasks—helping businesses operate 24/7 and scale without constantly adding employees. Dima also shares how he built his own AI call center, created a digital AI clone, uses virtual “boards of directors” to make business decisions, and went from being a non-technical entrepreneur to building AI-powered businesses. Discover practical AI automation strategies, the future of work, and why entrepreneurs who start using AI now may have a powerful competitive advantage. Read more at: https://negodiuk.ai/

Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, startup founder, inventor, or small business owner, the Passage to Profit Show is a leading podcast for insights on entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property and business strategy. Hosted by Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, the show features industry leaders, investors, and founders who share real-world lessons on scaling companies, protecting ideas, building generational wealth, and navigating today’s evolving business landscape. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest episodes, expert interviews, and resources designed to help you grow, protect, and profit from your ideas.

Discover entrepreneurship, innovation, business growth, scaling, and intellectual property strategies from successful founders and industry leaders. Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of the Passage to Profit Show have this conversation with Dima Negodiuk from Negodiuk AI, Delphine Le Grand from Protocole and Business Coach Drea Lynn, Author of Smart Quit.

Entrepreneurs reveal the pivotal decisions that changed the trajectory of their businesses in this candid New Business Journey conversation on Passage to Profit Show. Dima Negodiuk shares how arriving in the U.S. from Ukraine with almost nothing forced him to embrace AI and learn a completely new technology to rebuild his entrepreneurial career. Drea Lynn explains how deciding not to fear failure gave her the courage to take risks and succeed, while Delphine Le Grand reveals why choosing the right co-founder made building a company more rewarding. Elizabeth and Richard Gearhart also share hard-earned lessons about technology investments and the importance of hiring the right business development talent.

Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, startup founder, inventor, or small business owner, the Passage to Profit Show is a leading podcast for insights on entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property and business strategy. Hosted by Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, the show features industry leaders, investors, and founders who share real-world lessons on scaling companies, protecting ideas, building generational wealth, and navigating today’s evolving business landscape. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest episodes, expert interviews, and resources designed to help you grow, protect, and profit from your ideas.

Discover entrepreneurship, innovation, business growth, scaling, and intellectual property strategies from successful founders and industry leaders. Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of the Passage to Profit Show interview Sonia Satra from Moticise, Noah Fleischman from iHeartRadio and Lisa Lane, Co-Founder and Lauren Lane, Operations Manager at Rinseroo.

What if the biggest thing holding you back from entrepreneurial success is your own brain? In this inspiring conversation, Sonia Satra, founder of Moticse, keynote speaker, actress, author and mindset coach, explains how entrepreneurs can overcome limiting beliefs, fear and mental blocks to become more creative, focused and confident. Sonia shares why movement can unlock better ideas, how writing a book can establish credibility and create business opportunities, when to take small steps versus a bold leap, and why aligning your mind, body and spirit can help you find greater clarity, energy and purpose. She also reveals practical strategies for getting unstuck, building momentum and turning mindset into a competitive advantage. Read more at: https://www.soniasatra.com

What does it take to create great radio and compelling content when audiences are overwhelmed by endless choices? In this special Passage to Profit conversation, longtime radio professional and Passage to Profit producer Noah Fleishman reveals what happens behind the scenes of producing a successful show, from guest preparation and authentic conversations to deciding what makes the final cut. Noah and Richard and Elizabeth Gearhart explore the evolution of radio, podcasts, television and streaming, the growing “war for attention,” information overload, narrowcasting and why great storytelling still depends on something surprisingly simple: making people want to listen. Read more at: https://passagetoprofitshow.com/noah-fleischman/

How do you turn a simple idea into a successful product business? Lisa Lane and Lauren Lane of Rinseroo share the inspiring entrepreneurial journey behind their patented slip-on hose, from a shower-time idea and DIY prototype to Shark Tank’s coveted Golden Ticket from Lori Greiner. They reveal how they learned patents, manufacturing and marketing from scratch, leveraged Shark Tank, TikTok and media exposure to grow sales, battled copycats and intellectual property challenges, and built a family business designed to create a lasting legacy. Read more at: https://rinseroo.com/

Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, startup founder, inventor, or small business owner, the Passage to Profit Show is a leading podcast for insights on entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property and business strategy. Hosted by Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, the show features industry leaders, investors, and founders who share real-world lessons on scaling companies, protecting ideas, building generational wealth, and navigating today’s evolving business landscape. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest episodes, expert interviews, and resources designed to help you grow, protect, and profit from your ideas.

Discover entrepreneurship, innovation, business growth, scaling, and intellectual property strategies from successful founders and industry leaders. Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of the Passage to Profit Show interview Dima Negodiuk from Negodiuk AI, Delphine Le Grand from Protocole and Business Coach Drea Lynn, Author of Smart Quit.

What happens when AI becomes your workforce? Dima Negodiuk, Founder of Negodiuk AI, reveals how entrepreneurs can use AI agents to automate customer service, invoicing, marketing, sales, and other repetitive business tasks—helping businesses operate 24/7 and scale without constantly adding employees. Dima also shares how he built his own AI call center, created a digital AI clone, uses virtual “boards of directors” to make business decisions, and went from being a non-technical entrepreneur to building AI-powered businesses. Discover practical AI automation strategies, the future of work, and why entrepreneurs who start using AI now may have a powerful competitive advantage. Read more at: https://negodiuk.ai/

GLP-1 medications like Ozempic have sparked worldwide interest in peptides—but that's only the beginning. Delphine Le Grand, Co-founder of Protocole, explains what peptides are, how they may support recovery, weight management, sleep, cognitive performance, healthy aging, and regenerative wellness, and why personalized treatment is essential. Learn why working with knowledgeable clinicians matters, how peptide therapy differs from supplements and traditional medications, and what the future of personalized health could look like as peptide research continues to expand. Read more at: https://theprotocole.com/

Thinking about leaving your corporate job to become an entrepreneur? Drea Lynn, Founder of The Smart Shift System, Keynote Speaker, Business Coach, Author of Smart Quit, and Certified EOS Implementer, shares the lessons she learned after leaving a successful six-figure career only to find herself six figures in debt before rebuilding an even stronger business. In this episode, she explains why aspiring entrepreneurs need more than passion—they need preparation, the right network, strategic timing, and an owner's mindset. Learn how to know if you're truly ready to start a business, avoid common startup mistakes, build resilience through failure, and create a successful transition from employee to entrepreneur without launching in panic. Read more at: https://www.drealynn.co/ and at: https://www.howtosmartquit.com/

Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, startup founder, inventor, or small business owner, the Passage to Profit Show is a leading podcast for insights on entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property and business strategy. Hosted by Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, the show features industry leaders, investors, and founders who share real-world lessons on scaling companies, protecting ideas, building generational wealth, and navigating today’s evolving business landscape. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest episodes, expert interviews, and resources designed to help you grow, protect, and profit from your ideas.

Discover entrepreneurship, innovation, business growth, scaling, and intellectual property strategies from successful founders and industry leaders. Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of the Passage to Profit Show have this discussion with Leah Solivan from Taskrabbit and Precedent.vc, Nate Amidon from Form100 Consulting and Lauren Hidalgo from Aware House.

Success in entrepreneurship rarely looks like having all the answers. In this segment of Secrets of the Entrepreneurial Mind on Passage to Profit Show, our panel of entrepreneurs reveal the secrets behind building a successful business: embracing humility and curiosity, developing grit through failure, consistently doing the mundane work, expanding beyond your professional expertise, and putting yourself in your customers’ shoes. From surviving the frustrating early years of entrepreneurship to learning marketing, finance and technology after leaving corporate life, this candid conversation offers practical lessons on resilience, consistency, leadership, customer experience and what it really takes to build a business.

Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, startup founder, inventor, or small business owner, the Passage to Profit Show is a leading podcast for insights on entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property and business strategy. Hosted by Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, the show features industry leaders, investors, and founders who share real-world lessons on scaling companies, protecting ideas, building generational wealth, and navigating today’s evolving business landscape. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest episodes, expert interviews, and resources designed to help you grow, protect, and profit from your ideas.

Discover entrepreneurship, innovation, business growth, scaling, and intellectual property strategies from successful founders and industry leaders. Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of the Passage to Profit Show interview Lauren Hidalgo from Aware House.

What if the future of online shopping isn't bigger marketplaces—but smarter ones? Lauren Hidalgo, Founder of Aware House Shop, shares how she built a curated marketplace that helps consumers discover exceptional products from American small businesses while promoting transparent supply chains, sustainability, and authentic craftsmanship. She explains why she chose slow, organic growth over aggressive scaling, how abandoning paid advertising actually improved her business, and why trust, quality, and personal relationships may be the greatest competitive advantages for entrepreneurs in today's marketplace. Read more at: https://awarehouseshop.com/

Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, startup founder, inventor, or small business owner, the Passage to Profit Show is a leading podcast for insights on entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property and business strategy. Hosted by Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, the show features industry leaders, investors, and founders who share real-world lessons on scaling companies, protecting ideas, building generational wealth, and navigating today’s evolving business landscape. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest episodes, expert interviews, and resources designed to help you grow, protect, and profit from your ideas.

Discover entrepreneurship, innovation, business growth, scaling, and intellectual property strategies from successful founders and industry leaders. Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of the Passage to Profit Show interview Nate Amidon from Form100 Consulting.

As AI accelerates the pace of business, strong leadership has never been more critical. In this episode, Nate Amidon, Founder and CEO of Form100 Consulting, explains why military-trained leaders are uniquely equipped to help organizations navigate rapid technological change, improve communication, and build high-performing teams. Discover how veterans bring integrity, trust, mission-focused execution, and proven leadership into enterprise technology organizations—and why these skills can help businesses of every size avoid costly mistakes while scaling faster. Read more at: https://www.form100consulting.com/

Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, startup founder, inventor, or small business owner, the Passage to Profit Show is a leading podcast for insights on entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property and business strategy. Hosted by Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, the show features industry leaders, investors, and founders who share real-world lessons on scaling companies, protecting ideas, building generational wealth, and navigating today’s evolving business landscape. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest episodes, expert interviews, and resources designed to help you grow, protect, and profit from your ideas.

Discover entrepreneurship, innovation, business growth, scaling, and intellectual property strategies from successful founders and industry leaders. Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of the Passage to Profit Show interview Leah Solivan from Taskrabbit and Precedent.vc.

What does it take to leave the security of a corporate career and build a company that changes how millions of people work? TaskRabbit founder Leah Solivan shares the entrepreneurial mindset that helped her challenge convention, create one of the world's leading technology marketplaces, and ultimately sell the company to IKEA. Now a venture capitalist investing in AI-native startups, Leah explains why outsider thinking fuels innovation, how AI agents are transforming productivity, what founders should know about the future of work, and why the greatest entrepreneurs focus on building lasting impact—not just successful exits. This inspiring conversation is packed with practical insights for entrepreneurs, startup founders, business leaders, and anyone navigating the rapidly changing world of artificial intelligence. Read more at: https://www.leahsolivan.com/

Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, startup founder, inventor, or small business owner, the Passage to Profit Show is a leading podcast for insights on entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property and business strategy. Hosted by Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, the show features industry leaders, investors, and founders who share real-world lessons on scaling companies, protecting ideas, building generational wealth, and navigating today’s evolving business landscape. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest episodes, expert interviews, and resources designed to help you grow, protect, and profit from your ideas.

Discover entrepreneurship, innovation, business growth, scaling, and intellectual property strategies from successful founders and industry leaders. Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of the Passage to Profit Show have this discussion with Leah Solivan from Taskrabbit and Precedent.vc, Nate Amidon from Form100 Consulting and Lauren Hidalgo from Aware House.

What is the one decision that can completely change the trajectory of your business? In this segmet of Your New Business Journey on Passage to Profit Show, Leah Solivan, founder of TaskRabbit, reveals why cashing out her IBM pension to fund her startup became the turning point that launched a global company. Alongside Nate Amidon, Lauren Hidalgo, and the Gearharts, the conversation explores leaving secure careers, validating business ideas before taking the leap, betting on yourself, recognizing your strengths, building the right team, and how branding should evolve as your business grows. Whether you're launching your first startup, considering a career pivot, or looking to scale an established company, this episode delivers practical entrepreneurial lessons on calculated risk, business growth, leadership, branding, and long-term success.

Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, startup founder, inventor, or small business owner, the Passage to Profit Show is a leading podcast for insights on entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property and business strategy. Hosted by Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, the show features industry leaders, investors, and founders who share real-world lessons on scaling companies, protecting ideas, building generational wealth, and navigating today’s evolving business landscape. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest episodes, expert interviews, and resources designed to help you grow, protect, and profit from your ideas.

Discover entrepreneurship, innovation, business growth, scaling, and intellectual property strategies from successful founders and industry leaders. Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, co-hosts of the Passage to Profit Show interview Leah Solivan from Taskrabbit and Precedent.vc, Nate Amidon from Form100 Consulting and Lauren Hidalgo from Aware House.

What does it take to leave the security of a corporate career and build a company that changes how millions of people work? Taskrabbit founder Leah Solivan shares the entrepreneurial mindset that helped her challenge convention, create one of the world's leading technology marketplaces, and ultimately sell the company to IKEA. Now a venture capitalist investing in AI-native startups and and founder of Precedent.vc, Leah explains why outsider thinking fuels innovation, how AI agents are transforming productivity, what founders should know about the future of work, and why the greatest entrepreneurs focus on building lasting impact—not just successful exits. This inspiring conversation is packed with practical insights for entrepreneurs, startup founders, business leaders, and anyone navigating the rapidly changing world of artificial intelligence. Read more at: https://www.leahsolivan.com/

As AI accelerates the pace of business, strong leadership has never been more critical. In this episode, Nate Amidon, Founder and CEO of Form100 Consulting, explains why military-trained leaders are uniquely equipped to help organizations navigate rapid technological change, improve communication, and build high-performing teams. Discover how veterans bring integrity, trust, mission-focused execution, and proven leadership into enterprise technology organizations—and why these skills can help businesses of every size avoid costly mistakes while scaling faster. Read more at: https://www.form100consulting.com/

What if the future of online shopping isn't bigger marketplaces—but smarter ones? Lauren Hidalgo, Founder of Aware House, shares how she built a curated marketplace that helps consumers discover exceptional products from American small businesses while promoting transparent supply chains, sustainability, and authentic craftsmanship. She explains why she chose slow, organic growth over aggressive scaling, how abandoning paid advertising actually improved her business, and why trust, quality, and personal relationships may be the greatest competitive advantages for entrepreneurs in today's marketplace. Read more at: https://awarehouseshop.com/

Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, startup founder, inventor, or small business owner, the Passage to Profit Show is a leading podcast for insights on entrepreneurship, innovation, intellectual property and business strategy. Hosted by Richard Gearhart and Elizabeth Gearhart, the show features industry leaders, investors, and founders who share real-world lessons on scaling companies, protecting ideas, building generational wealth, and navigating today’s evolving business landscape. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest episodes, expert interviews, and resources designed to help you grow, protect, and profit from your ideas.