The Founders Live Podcast
The Founders Live Podcast tells stories of unique and inspiring entrepreneurship from around the world.
Episodes
267 episodes
267 - Exploring Greatness Ep 12: How Nick and Founders Live Learned To Be One-of-One
In this conversation, Luis and Nick get into an engaging conversation around the importance of being "one-of-one" and where Nick first observed this in the world. Music? Entertainment? How is it that simply observing the great one's from our pa...
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Season 5
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Episode 267
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46:28
266 - Exploring Greatness Ep 11: Why Nick Decided 99-Seconds Was The Next Big Thing
In this conversation, Luis and Nick jump into a fun discussion on the backstory of how and why Nick determined 99 Seconds was the exact time limit for his new pitch competition emerging out of Seattle. This seemly small detail and decision in 2...
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Season 5
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Episode 266
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39:48
265 - Exploring Greatness Ep 10: Why Thinking in Decades Sets You Up For Success
In this conversation, Luis and Nick discuss his time in Oslo and why it was this city he circled around the 10 Year Vision concept. Nick details what was going through his head at the time, how he originally discovered the methodolgy of thinkin...
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Season 5
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Episode 265
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39:24
264 - Exploring Greatness Ep 9: The Backstory of How We Started a Global Movement From a Google Doc
In this conversation, Luis interviews Nick on the transition and how Feature Friday turned into a global movement called Founders Live. Nick details how he intuitively knew this little pitch competition that was happening each month in Seattle ...
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Season 5
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Episode 264
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46:58
263 - Exploring Greatness: What It Feels Like Walking Around The Ancient Ruins of Athens, Greece
In this conversation, Luis interviews Nick all about his experience in Athens, Greece during his 2024 Europe Tour, and filming this specific epsiode of Season 1 of Exploring Greatness. Nick describes what it feels like walking around the histor...
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Season 5
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Episode 263
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30:57
262 - Exploring Greatness Ep 7: Nick's Backstory Interviewing Founders in Croatia and Portugal
In this conversation, Nick and Luis dive into Nick's experience interviewing Founders across Europe during his 2024 tour. Out of the gate, Nick shares a surprise insight of where the episode voiceover actually originated. Hint, it was written m...
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Season 5
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Episode 262
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30:36
261 - Exploring Greatness Ep 6: The Secrets Behind The Secrets of How Founders Live Started
In this conversation, Nick and Luis get very personal about the beginnings of what eventually became Founders Live. Luis shares his experience of attending one of the first Feature Friday events (that was the name of the event in the begg...
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Season 5
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Episode 261
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42:36
260 - Exploring Greatness Ep 5: Nick's Biggest Takeaway From Visiting Amsterdam, Netherlands
In this conversation, Nick and Luis chat about the stories and behind the scenes energy of Episode 5 of Exploring Greatness, which is mostly set in Amsterdam, Netherlands. "Wait, you floated around the city?!" Hear the story of how Nick jumped ...
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Season 5
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Episode 260
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29:20
259 - Exploring Greatness Ep 4: The One Reason For Entrepreneurial Equality Around The World
In this conversation, Nick and Luis discuss behind the scenes of episode 4 of the new series Exploring Greatness. Nick describes why he climbed to the top of a mountain to watch a sunset and share some emotional words with the viewers. He then ...
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258 - Exploring Greatness Ep 3: Cambridge, England Beautiful History and Innovation
In this conversation, Nick and Luis talk all about Cambridge, the historic and innovative city in the UK. Nick shares his experience visiting the city during his 2024 Tour, and we go behind the scenes on why he captured so much of the Universit...
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Season 5
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Episode 258
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28:35
257 - Exploring Greatness Ep 2: Tallinn, Estonia and the impact of Carpe Diem on Entrepreneurship
In this discussion, Nick and Luis cover the backstory of Episode 2 of Exploring Greatness including Nick's experience in Tallinn, Estonia, what he thought of the city and why the episdode was titled Carpe Diem. It's fun to hear Nick describe hi...
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Season 5
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Episode 257
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32:26
256 - Brian Button: 4 Steps to Build a Brand that Turns Heads
How do the most recognizable brands find their voice and establish an unforgettable brand experience? Brian Button of Your Business Needs a Brand joined us to walk through the steps the best brands in the world take to identify their u...
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255 - Exploring Greatness Ep 1: The beginings, how it was filmed and what to expect in Season 1
In this discussion, Nick and Luis talk about how they concieved of the idea for the travel show, Nick's experience as he and professional videographers shot scenes across the 23 cities in 17 countries during 2024 Europe Tour. They also touch on...
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Season 5
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Episode 255
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40:38
254 - Saransh Hasija of Envo: Sustainability Starts With You, Me and Our Companies
During his Exploring Greatness tour stop in Dublin, Ireland sat down with local founder Saransh Hasija of Envo. Nick and Saransh discuss his background, interest in entrepreneurship, why he started Envo, the biggest challenges in sustainability...
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Season 4
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Episode 254
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41:38
253 - Matt Luensmann of MJL Recruiting & Consulting: Finding and Hiring an All-Star Startup Team
Hosted by Nick Hughes and Matt Luensmann from MJL Recruiting & Consulting, this conversation covers the basics of how to think about your recruiting and hiring process, what to look for in early candidates, and how to land high-quality tale...
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57:26
252 - Bohdan Yatsyna of Stane: Creating Security in a World of Uncertainty
In this Founders Live Conversations episode, Nick Hughes interviews Bohdan Yatsyna of Stane, in Edinburgh, Scotland during Nick's 2024 Europe Tour for the new show Exploring Greatness.
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28:27
251 - Alexander Fahie of Taisk: Saving Humans From AI, Robots and Job Loss
In this Founders Live Conversations episode, Nick Hughes interviews Alexander Fahie of Taisk, in Edinburgh, Scotland during Nick's 2024 Europe Tour for the new show Exploring Greatness.
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38:07
250 - Keith Harrison of CF Closers: Ramp Your Sales Process to Win More Business
This Founders Live Conversations was Hosted by Keith Harrison “Coach K” from CF Closers, and the conversation covers the basics of how to think about sales, and how your sales process directly impacts your close rate, aka the amount of b...
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Season 4
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Episode 250
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55:23
249 - Joël Wurtz of Venture Pals: How Accountability Improves Your Success By almost 100%
During his visit to Amsterdam, Nick sat down with local founder Joël Wurtz of Venture Pals who is building a unique startup that provides a system where people can find and connect with partners that become accountability pals. Nick and J...
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248 - Thane Ringler of Appello Partners: The Number 1 Skill To Elevate Team Leadership
In this Founders Live Conversations discussion, Nick Hughes and Thane Ringler talk about the main skill of emotional intelligence and how it will elevate any leader and your team. They also touch on quality communications, healthy organizationa...
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Season 4
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Episode 248
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48:19
247 - Cyrus Richardson of 12 Stones Productions: How To Produce World Class Content
In this conversation, Gary Malcolm and Cyrus Richardson of 12 Stones Productions talk about his startup journey, as well as what he is building in Columbus, Ohio. You will hear more about his experience at Founders Live, as well as his advice t...
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Season 4
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Episode 247
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26:50
246 - Bill Sablan of NOW CFO: Tips and Adjustments for a Mid-Year Financial Check-In
Hosted by NOW CFO, this online conversation covers financial tips, strategies, and best practices for startups looking to evaluate their year so far and tips on how to adjust mid-year.You will learn:How to utilize a year-long fi...
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Season 4
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Episode 246
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50:19
245 - Weston Baker of Morphic: Tips and Tricks for Creating a Top-Performing Website
Weston Baker of Morphic joined us for a discussion about how founders can use the latest tools and resources to create awe-inspiring websites and apps.You will learn:Trends in low and no-code apps to build new websitesWhat d...
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Season 4
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Episode 245
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1:02:13
244 - Georg Rute of Grid Raven: The Future of Renewable Energy Interview from Tallinn, Estonia
Nick Hughes interviews Grid Raven CEO, Georg Rute, in Tallinn, Estonia, during Nick's 2024 Europe Tour for the new show Exploring Greatness.
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37:38
243 - Fireside Chat: Nick Hughes talks Vision, His Europe Tour & Exploring Greatness Show in Tallinn Estonia
Nick Hughes was interviewed by Founders Live Tallinn city Leader Jaanika Umalas in a fireside chat at Lift99 in Tallinn, Estonia on May 27. They cover topics such as the 99-second pitch, how Founders Live started, the ultimate vision for ...
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Season 4
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Episode 243
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1:10:22