Life of a Founder Podcast

Is this the end? Maybe. Maybe not.

https://lifeofafounder.com/21-final-episode/

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Father Justin Mathews is a leader in the Social Venture arena in the Kansas City Area. Currently serving as the CEO of Reconciliation Services and spearheading the creation of Thelma’s Kitchen pay-it-forward restaurant and catering company, he has blurred the lines between capitalism and charity.

Listen Here:
https://lifeofafounder.com/20-justin-mathews-reconciliation-services-and-thelmas-kitchen/

https://www.thelmaskitchen.org/⁠
⁠https://www.rs3101.org/

Reconciliation Services
Thelma's Kitchen

After moving to the US from Brazil to play basketball in college, Thiago eventually started working in lawn care. After losing his job, his family made the decision to start their own business. His company New Lawn is less than a year old. Hear how he started and what he is doing to grow his new business.

https://lifeofafounder.com/19-thiago-guilherme-new-lawn/

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After spending years as a plumber working for someone else, the opportunity arose for Lance Pollard to go out on his own. After 18 months in a van by himself, he began growing his team. Just a few short years later, he’s running a team of around 24 employees and beginning to expand into other regions across the country.

https://lifeofafounder.com/18-lance-pollard-iplumbkc/

IPlumb KC

Corey is only 30 years old, and in 3 years he has grown a healthcare company that employs 50 people and is beginning to expand into new states through acquisition.

Listen to his piece of advice for someone starting a business and what skills he thinks it takes to be successful.

https://lifeofafounder.com/17-corey-craig-monarch-hospice/

Monarch Hospice & Palliative Care

After dipping his toes into academia, Josh decided to join the small family mailing business and over the years has helped transform it into a full service marketing and fulfillment firm. Listen to his story.

ERO Media Group

https://lifeofafounder.com/16-josh-orwig-ero-media-group/

Chris started real estate on his own as a side-gig, transitioning into a team to learn the skills he needed to eventually create his own team. His team now does around $60 million in sales per year and he has begun to expand into rental real estate.

https://lifeofafounder.com/15-chris-austin-austin-home-team-and-keller-williams-realty/

Austin Home Team - of Keller Williams Kansas City Metro

I continue my conversation with Alex (MudGear). We discuss how he calculates COGS (Cost of Goods Sold), how he measures success in his business, how the pandemic affected his sales and how he pivoted to survive.

https://lifeofafounder.com/14-alex-thrasher-mudgear-part-2-of-2/

Alex Thrasher saw a need in the obstacle racing community and decided to take a chance on creating a new product. It paid off and has blossomed into a thriving business with 14 employees and several different product lines.

MudGear

https://lifeofafounder.com/13-alex-thrasher-mudgear-part-1-of-2/

Abby got the original spark in her mind to become a wedding planner when she was only 11 years old. Listen to where she is now and what her plans are for the future. She explains what it takes to manage a couple's most important day of their lives.

A Wedding Come True

#12- Abby Church – A Wedding Come True – Life of a Founder Abby got the original spark in her mind to become a wedding planner when she was only 11 years old. Listen to where she is now and what her plans are for the future. She explains what it takes to manage a couple’s most important day of their lives. ⁠https://www.aweddingcometrue.com/⁠ ⁠A Wedd...

Listen to the mistake that I made this week and why this is not an interview with Rick Boxx of
Unconventional Business Network.

https://lifeofafounder.com/not-an-interview-with-rick-boxx-of-unconventional-business-network

https://unconventionalbusiness.org

I continue my conversation with Jeremy (Fluesbrothers Chimney Service) as we discuss other business ideas and the time that he met a jolly fat fellow in the place that you'd most expect to. Part 2 of 2.

https://lifeofafounder.com/11-jeremy-biswell-fluesbrothers-chimney-fireplace-part-2-of-2/

Have you ever met a real life Chimney Sweep? Listen to hear how Jeremy Biswell went from flipping pancakes to running a company of 15 employees without any debt. Fluesbrothers Chimney Service was just voted Kansas City’s best chimney sweep for 2023. Part 1 of 2.

https://lifeofafounder.com/10-jeremy-biswell-fluesbrothers-chimney-fireplace-part-1-of-2/

Dev took the leap from a 9 to 5 job to owning his own business. He bartended at night while he built his clientele to the point that his business could support him. Listen to the most surprising discovery that he ever made in a house.

Golden Home Inspections

https://lifeofafounder.com/9-devereaux-van-dyne-of-golden-home-inspections/

Episode #8

Abe Eller went from printing t-shirts as a side hustle in his cousin’s basement to launching and running a successful floor coating business, ETEK Custom Coatings. Now he’s developing the next steps to grow his company nationally.

Episode #8 – Abe Eller – ETEK Custom Coatings – Life of a Founder Abe went from printing t-shirts as a side hustle in his cousin’s basement to launching and running a successful floor coating business. Now he’s developing the next steps to grow his company nationally. https://www.etekcustomcoatings.com/ Spotify Podcasts Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Amazon Po...

https://lifeofafounder.com/episode-7-ibrahim-ayub-movig

Listen to how Ibrahim is helping creators land deals with brands and automating that process. Also find out about his unusual hobby.

Movig

Listen to how Mark McKelvey helps businesses use data to make smart decisions and how his company operates under a partnership structure. Learn how he handles large projects as the sole employee in his business.

https://lifeofafounder.com/episode-6-mark-mckelvey-stacked-analytics/

Recording yesterday in my "studio". We had some audio technical problems, but I'll figure it out...

The show must go on.

Alexa Curtis has spent most of her life as an entrepreneur, starting at the age of 12 when she started her first blog! Hear about how she went from those first steps to hosting a radio show with Disney and now running live summits for young professionals who are looking to be fearless.

https://lifeofafounder.com/episode-5-alexa-curtis-of-be-fearless-inc/

Life of a Founder – Stories from business founders Episode #6 – Mark McKelvey – Stacked Analytics 0 Comments Listen to how Mark helps businesses use data to make smart decisions and how his company operates under a partnership structure. Learn how he handles large projects as the sole…

So apparently having YouTube videos without video is a thing??? My daughters convinced me to start adding my episodes there as well, so here it goes. No TikTok yet...

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Chris started his career as an attorney and realized that it wasn’t his passion. Learn the tactics he is now using to obtain millions of dollars in financing to open multiple restaurants in the coming years.

https://lifeofafounder.com/episode-4-chris-howard-of-culvers/

Will Mears is the founder of Mears Lawn & Landscape (https://mearslawn.com), a full service lawn & landscape company. Listen to how he started mowing lawns at 11 and has turned it into a thriving business.

https://lifeofafounder.com/episode-3-will-mears-of-mears-lawn-and-landscape

Regan Ervin is the founder of Capital E Advisors, a registered investment advisory practice. Listen to how his business has grown over the last several years since he started the company.

https://lifeofafounder.com/episode-2-regan-ervin-of-capital-e-advisors/

Just finished recording with Regan Ervin from
Capital E Advisors. New podcast episode releasing soon. See all of our episodes on lifeofafounder.com.

https://www.facebook.com/CapitalEAdvisors?mibextid=ZbWKwL

Episode 1:
Justin is the founder of Armor Security. They provide nationwide installations, service & monitoring of CCTV, alarms & software integrations. Listen to how his business has grown over the last 20 years since he started the company.

https://lifeofafounder.com/index.php/2023/08/20/episode-1-justin-morris-of-armor-security/