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FFTC is in the top 1% of all podcasts according to ListenNotes! We offer over 400 Founder interviews with over 200 hours of mistake, misconception and mishap stories from their journeys scaling their companies.

Here are some of our favorite Founding CEO interviews!

Podcast Summary: Patience. That’s what Joah needed to develop more as he and his team built Localeur. It’s the type of trait that was challenging for him to develop based on his past. But, it’s what he developed as he raised significant amounts of capital to launch, build, and now…

Podcast Summary: Determination, integrity, and kindness…these are the characteristics that I think of when I think about Paul Becker. Paul has tackled a challenging problem – make art more accessible by helping thousands of art buyers pay for their art. Paul talks about how learning to be himself has helped…

Podcast Summary: Elena’s passion for excellence will inspire you. She has grown her company on the premise that the company’s actions will mirror the values it espouses to its clients. I especially like her thoughts on freeing up your time as Founder and CEO to think through things such as…

Podcast Summary: This is Kyle’s second time on the show. When he published his new book, I know I had to bring him back on. We had a great discussions about three key points from Chapter 12 of his book: How to confront difficult conversations with employees Give the vision…No…

Podcast Summary: “Better, Not Bitter” is this Founder’s motto. If you are feeling down, overwhelmed, exhausted, or just feel like giving up the Founder game…listen to Cashmere and email me and tell me you still feel the same way. Cashmere’s strength and tenacity will remind you that we all go…

Podcast Summary: Imagine you are from a foreign county and you are in the United States growing your startup. All of a sudden the city seizes your office space and a major recession hits and you have to lay off a large portion of your company. What would YOU do?…

Podcast Summary: I share a common mistake that many Founders make and what you can do about it. Hint…it has to do with change. 🙂

Podcast Summary: Who among us Founders has not had one of those time periods when someone says something to us that just stops us in our tracks and makes us think more deeply about ourselves? This happened to 2 x Founder Tom Bradbury. He not only shares how he used…

Podcast Summary:   Happy New Year! To kick off the New Year I wanted to help you with a problem that has increasingly made it onto my radar screen…co-founder conflict. In my experience, a large number of startups and scaleups fail because co-founders can’t get along, harbor resentment, and generally…