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Finding Founders

A podcast about vulnerability and entrepreneurship — learn from the life stories of founders 🚀, activists ✊, and even drug lords 💊 Our aim is to inspire you and let's face it... you aren't inspired when you hear about success. Real inspiration comes from hearing someone's lowest moment, and rising with their success. Using music, sfx, and voiceover, we interview the founders of companies, movements, and even drug cartels to reveal vulnerability so you can learn from victory. I’m your host, Samuel Donner, and together with my team we aim to inspire and educate a global community of leaders.

How a GMAT Tutoring Video Led to 9M Subscribers- #157: Marina Mogilko | Creators

38 mins; May 01, 2023

From 37 Rejections to Over 40M Books Sold and a Hit Netflix Show - #156: Daniel Handler / Lemony Snicket | A Series of Unfortunate Events

55 mins; April 20, 2023

Heroin, Punk Rock and the Trainspotting Origin Story - #155: Irvine Welsh | Creators

38 mins; April 13, 2023

Creating France's #1 Song, Billions of Streams, and Becoming YouTube's Most Influential Electronic Musician - #154: Christian Buttner | Creators

66 hours 51 mins; April 06, 2023

How an Attorney Became a NYT Best-Selling Author…With a Cookbook- #153 Joanne Molinaro | Creators

59 mins; March 30, 2023

His Face on Every Billboard in London and a 2.6M+ Strong Cooking Empire- #152: Ben Ebbrell | Creators

43 mins; March 23, 2023

Psychic Powers, Haunted Dolls and Becoming TikTok's Biggest Medium- #151: Kelsi Davies | Creators

28 mins; March 16, 2023

How To Get Retweeted By Kim Kardashian- #150: Adorian Deck | Creators

31 mins; March 09, 2023

How One Photographer Changed Instagram Forever- #149: Tati Bruening | Creators

29 mins; February 27, 2023

How Inventing a Drinking Game Almost Bankrupted This Creator- #148 Ali Spagnola | Creators

20 mins; February 23, 2023

How a Magic Trick got 21M Followers- #147: Sean Sotaridona | Creators

32 mins; February 16, 2023

How a 15 Year Old Gained 100k Followers a Day - #146: Nathan Triska | Creators

25 mins; February 09, 2023

How One Photo Traveled Around the World - #145: Brenton Kelly | Quail Springs

48 mins; February 02, 2023

You Have 30 days to Make it in the Film Industry- #144: Inga Lam | Creators

57 mins; January 26, 2023

How to Create a Best-Selling YA Series with No Money- #143: Kimberly Derting | Creators

43 mins; January 19, 2023

Why 20 subs is Enough to Quit Your Job And Pursue YouTube- #142: Hunter Williams | Creators

35 mins; January 12, 2023

How This Dad Had 4.3M Kids- #141: Rob Kenney | Creators

27 mins; January 05, 2023

From Being Blacklisted to an Emmy Nomination- #140: Flame Monroe | Comedian

41 mins; December 29, 2022

How Priorities Shift When Your Child’s Life is Threatened - #139: Jeff Snyder | Inspira Marketing

30 mins; December 22, 2022

How to Win an Academy Award (Almost) - #139: Frank Donner | BLKBX Creative Group

68 hours 3 mins; December 17, 2022

From Posting Prank Videos on Youtube to Gaining 25k Subs Overnight- #138: Isaiah Shepard | Steezy Kane

65 hours 57 mins; December 08, 2022

How a TIME's Best Invention Can Help You Get 8 Hours of Sleep- #137: Alexandra Zatarain | Eight Sleep

31 mins; December 01, 2022

10M+ Subs in a Year & Film School for the Digital Age - #136: Zack Honarvar | Creator Now

66 hours 39 mins; November 24, 2022

Why A Famous Comedian Still Bags Groceries - #135: Josh Johnson | Comedian

55 mins; November 18, 2022

The Psychedelic Explosion - #134: Ronan Levy | Field Trip Health

52 mins; November 10, 2022

Making a Living Watching Movies - #133: Michael Tucker | Lessons from the Screenplay

65 hours 27 mins; November 04, 2022

How a 'Disney Kid' Wrote With George Lucas & Steven Spielberg - #132: Stu Krieger | Film Writers

65 hours 15 mins; October 28, 2022

Farming in the Middle of Downtown LA- #131: Eric Tomassini & Ali Greer | Avenue 33 Farm

19 mins; October 21, 2022

How Africanized Bees & 'Consorting With The Devil' Created a Buzzing Business- #130: Ruth Askren & Phoebe Piper | The Hive Tribe

34 mins; October 13, 2022

How The Pandemic Created The Next Generation of Fashion YouTubers - #129: Mina Le | Creator

29 mins; October 07, 2022

From Bus Boy to Making $1.2M a Year in Fashion - #128: Ram Sareen | TukaTech

15 mins; September 29, 2022

From The Best Female Gamer in the World to Esports CEO- #127: Tricia Sugita | FlyQuest

21 mins; September 22, 2022

Inheriting Pakistan's Athleisure Empire, Rejecting it, And Starting Fresh - #126: Ammar Belal | One432

22 mins; September 15, 2022

How to Make The Best Bed & Breakfast - #125: Don Martine and Cassandra Hazen | CABBI

26 mins; September 09, 2022

Unmasking the 100M+ View Superheroes of YouTube - #124: Jeremy Le | Ismahawk

25 mins; September 01, 2022

Every City Needs a Community Garden - #123: Jen Levy | Beverly Hills Community Farm

20 mins; August 25, 2022

Life After Disney Stardom - #122: Nina Lu

18 mins; August 18, 2022

When You Accidentally Create a Hit Comedy Podcast - #122: The Judgies | Josh, Christian, and Erika

28 mins; August 12, 2022

Drop Your Career, Start Beekeeping - #121: Adam Novicki & Therese McLaughlin

32 mins; August 04, 2022

Using Psychedelics to Cure Depression & PTSD, the Grateful Dead & Acid, The Rave Scene & MDMA - #120: Dr. Cole Marta

55 mins; July 28, 2022

Wes Anderson X-Men & Becoming a YouTube Film Critic - #119: Patrick Willems

62 hours 24 mins; July 21, 2022

The Runway, $150,000 for 10 Minutes, & Redefining LA Fashion Week: Art Hearts Fashion - Erik Rosete #118

47 mins; July 14, 2022

How Broke Actors Created LA’s Most Famous Market: The Melrose Trading Post - Pierson Blaetz & Whitney Weston #117

28 mins; July 07, 2022

#116: When The Marijuana Outlaw Goes Legal - Andelain Roy | Humboldt Weed (3 of 3)

55 mins; June 30, 2022

#115: Cartel Deals, DEA Raids, & The Fight to Grow Weed - Tommy & Karen Hessler | Humboldt Weed (2 of 3)

41 mins; June 23, 2022

#114: The Original Marijuana Outlaw - Douglas Fir | Humboldt Weed (1 of 3)

65 hours 21 mins; June 16, 2022

#113 Adam Amaral - Skate Videos, Self Driving Fighter Jets, & How to be an Artist

51 mins; June 09, 2022

#112 Marta Miller - How Armed Peruvian Guards Inspired a LA Clothing Factory | The Fashion Series

34 mins; June 03, 2022

Protecting the Right to Die: Founder Wisdom #082 - Myra J Christopher

25 mins; May 26, 2022

#111: Kyle Bergman - His Path from a Cracked Skull to Shark Tank & Sweatpants Overalls | Swoveralls

45 mins; May 19, 2022

"Getting out of the Hood" through South Central Yoga: Founder Wisdom #081 - Rita Ortiz Contreras

18 mins; May 12, 2022

#110: Erik Huberman - How 6,000 Shirts Kickstarted a $100M Dollar Marketing Company | Hawke Media

47 mins; May 05, 2022

Escaping Office Politics Through Bali & Meditation: Founder Wisdom #080 - John Quirk

23 mins; April 28, 2022

#109 Alisha Flecky - How a Trip to India Became a Lifestyle, a Business, and a Spiritual Rebirth | The Fashion Series

51 mins; April 21, 2022

Modernizing Meditation: Suze Yalof Schwartz - Founder Wisdom #079

18 mins; April 14, 2022

#108: Vince Ning - The Amazon of Cannabis | Nabis

49 mins; April 07, 2022

A Multi-Million $$$ Company in a Gym Parking Lot: Jacob Saldana - Founder Wisdom #078

19 mins; March 31, 2022

#107 - Larry Fitzgibbon: The Birth of Internet Video, 300M+ Followers, & the Art of Tastemade

55 mins; March 24, 2022

How to Make a Billion Dollars Selling Cups: Founder Wisdom #077 - Mike Beckham

19 mins; March 17, 2022

#106 Ege Tutuncu - How to Collab with a Supermodel by Chucking a Package Over Her Fence | The Fashion Series

30 mins; March 10, 2022

The Death of a Guru: Founder Wisdom #076 - Alisha Flecky

27 mins; March 03, 2022

#105: Jason Y. Lee - The Disney of Empathy | Jubilee Media

53 mins; February 24, 2022

Dissecting Humans to Understand Humanity: Founder Wisdom #075 - Gil Hedley

16 mins; February 17, 2022

Escaping Gangs through Animation & Storyboards: Founder Wisdom #074 - Jay Oliva

24 mins; February 11, 2022

Slow Fashion and Radically Inclusive Clothing : Founder Wisdom #073 - Hanna Baror-Padilla

22 mins; February 08, 2022

Slow Fashion and Radically Inclusive Clothing : Founder Wisdom #073 - Hanna Baror-Padilla

22 mins; February 07, 2022

From Hand Painting Clothes in His Mom's Garage to Teaching the Next Generation of Fashion: Founder Wisdom #072 - Manuel Jackson

14 mins; February 03, 2022

Are Introverts Better at Selling?: Founder Wisdom #071 - Tom Alaimo

16 mins; February 01, 2022

The Curse of Being Too Early: Founder Wisdom #070 - Stephane Roulland

13 mins; January 28, 2022

9 Figures for a Business Started in an Apartment: Founder Wisdom #069 - Jonathan Skogmo

22 mins; January 25, 2022

#104: Laura Osuri - Finding an Afghan Refugee a Home | The Afghanistan Series

34 mins; January 21, 2022

Founding the University of Cannabis 🍁: Founder Wisdom #068 - Kevin Greene

19 mins; January 18, 2022

#103 How a Mammogram Converted a Pastor to a Nudist - Jeff & Judy Bowman | Alternative Communities

54 mins; January 13, 2022

Disrupting the Fast Beauty Industry: Founder Wisdom #067 - Liah Yoo

25 mins; January 10, 2022

#102: Marnie Gustavson - Falling for Afghanistan Before the Fall | The Afghanistan Series

47 mins; January 07, 2022

How to Get Rich Without Being Lucky: Founder Wisdom #066 - Eric Jorgenson

20 mins; January 04, 2022

#101 David Pulcifer - A Castle in a Forest: A Dream in Progress | Alternative Communities

49 mins; December 30, 2021

Antarctica, Zoom Interviews, & Dropping Everything: Founder Wisdom #065 - Andrew Warner

24 mins; December 27, 2021

#100 Joe Saavedra: NFTs, $69M jpgs, & Infinite objects

47 mins; December 23, 2021

Foraging for Fungi in Firepower Filled Forests: Founder Wisdom #064 - Giuliana Furci

25 mins; December 21, 2021

#99 Lori Kay: A Weekend at a Nudist Lodge | Alternative Communities

59 mins; December 18, 2021

21st Century Students & The Classrooms of the Future: Founder Wisdom #063 - Elyse Burden

12 mins; December 13, 2021

#98: Forrest Garvin - How To Survive Anything: Y2K, Financial Crises, & Pandemics | Alternative Communities

41 mins; December 09, 2021

Finding Your Ice Cream Sundae: Founder Wisdom #062 - Eric Molinsky

19 mins; December 06, 2021

#97 Daisy Luther - Preparing for the Worst, Freezing to Death, & Dumpster Groceries | Alternative Communities

48 mins; December 02, 2021

Work From Anywhere, Skydiving Midday, & The Importance of Free Time: Founder Wisdom #061 - Chris Bello

17 mins; November 29, 2021

#96: John Basset - Elves, Knights, and Gnomes: How Fantasy Shapes Our Reality | Alternative Communities

46 mins; November 25, 2021

Bullying in Africa, The Nobel Peace Prize, & Turning down $400k: Founder Wisdom #060 - Christina Catalano

20 mins; November 22, 2021

#95 Hala Taha - Hot 97, The MTV Show that Never Was, and Accidentally Making $2 Million

41 mins; November 18, 2021

How to Start a 6-Figure Coaching Business From Scratch: Founder Wisdom #059 - Maxwell Nee

23 mins; November 16, 2021

#94: Erick Brimen - Founding a City, Arrest Threats, and Solving Poverty | Alternative Communities

52 mins; November 12, 2021

The Battle Against "Big Pasta" Takes Shape: Founder Wisdom #058 - Dan Pashman

20 mins; November 09, 2021

#93: My Grandma - The Co-Founder of My Family

46 mins; November 06, 2021

Education in Afghanistan is a Human Right: Founder Wisdom #057 - Navid Seyedali

16 mins; November 01, 2021

#92: Jay Clue - How Escaping Jail Time and Dropping a Ph.D. Led to Baja Conservation | The Cabo Series

50 mins; October 29, 2021

How a Gambling Lesson Won the Game of Debt Management: Founder Wisdom #056 - Jason Saltzman

29 mins; October 25, 2021

#91: Karen Bradfield - How a Ruptured Appendix and a Dead Man On a Plane Turned an Engineer into a Divemaster | The Cabo Series

50 mins; October 21, 2021

Accidentally Insulting Mark Cuban: Founder Wisdom #055 - Samuel Donner

19 mins; October 19, 2021

#90: Philipp Moser - Surviving a Tsunami and Finding New Life in the Ocean | The Cabo Series

65 hours 51 mins; October 14, 2021

Using Her Last $3000 to Buy Turmeric: Founder Wisdom #054 - Sana Javeri Kadri

15 mins; October 12, 2021

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