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The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Hear the stories, learn the proven methods, and accelerate your growth and future through entrepreneurship. Welcome to The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan.

About the show:

For over a decade, The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan has been a leading entrepreneurship podcast for open-book conversations with, by, and for founders. Whether you’re starting, building, or dreaming about your business, The Foundr Podcast is where you can access experienced founders who’ve been in your shoes to learn their proven methods, lessons from failure, and inspirational stories.

Past guests include Emma Grede, Mark Cuban, Neil Patel, Kendra Scott, Alex Hormozi, Trinny Woodall, Tim Ferriss, Sophia Amoruso, Simon Sinek, Tony Robbins, Amy Porterfield, Ed Mylett, Michelle Zatlyn, Reid Hoffman, Scooter Braun, Dany Garcia, Marc Lore, Ariana Huffington, Pat Flynn, Lewis Howes, Jordan Harbinger, and many more.

About the host:

Nathan Chan is the CEO of Foundr and the creator of The Foundr Podcast. Chan literally started from knowing nothing. He was just an average guy working in a 9-5 job he utterly hated. He knew nothing about entrepreneurship, nothing about startups, nothing about marketing, and nothing about online or how to build a business. In the past decade, Chan’s built Foundr into a global leader in entrepreneurial education, helping tens of thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs start and scale their businesses.

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Latest Episodes:

461: Adrian Grenier’s Evolution from Movie Star to Social-Impact Entrepreneur May 26, 2023

Show notes

Adrian Grenier was a rebellious artist before he was known for his acting roles in Entourage, Devil Wears Prada, and Clickbait. Now he’s a rebellious entrepreneur, investor, and activist. Learn how Grenier’s disenchantment with fame and wealth led him to start and support social impact businesses through DuContra Ventures and Earth Speed Media with co-founder and co-CEO Bia Carminati.

Listen to Nathan and Adrian discuss:

His trajectory from punk rebel artist to movie star
How mortality drives our need to keep achieving
How to let go of your business to let it grow
Ba Minuzz, the business mind behind DuContra Ventures
Building trust with business partners
What he learned from his failed beer company
Why sometimes you need to let go of a dream
The mission of Earth Speed Media
And much more social impact business advice…

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460: 4 Stories. 4 Founders. 4 Lives Changed. May 19, 2023

Show notes

For ten years, we've interviewed hundreds of elite entrepreneurs who’ve started and grown the world's most successful businesses. The reason we connect with these dynamic founders is to break down their wisdom, experience, and inspirational stories to help accelerate your growth as an entrepreneur. In this episode of The Foundr Podcast, we're instead sharing the stories of everyday founders like you who are students in our foundr+ community. Foundr+ is our comprehensive platform designed to equip founders with everything they need to start and grow successful businesses.

Listen to these student stories to learn:

How Maddison Danforth left her full-time job to start a social media agency servicing small businesses.
How Mia Dickson used TikTok organically to build a loyal and diverse customer community.
How Mark Boxer's camera rig hack became a coveted product by content creators worldwide.
About Nicole Gaviria, the winner of the 2022 foundr startup challenge.
And what Nathan Chan’s learned from a decade of student success stories at foundr.

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459: Forging Meaningful Business Partnerships with Jean Oelwang of Virgin Unite May 12, 2023

Show notes

Partnerships can be tricky, especially when you’re starting a business. For Jean Oelwang, creating meaningful partnerships has been her focus for nearly 30 years. Oelwang is the founding CEO and President of Virgin Unite, an entrepreneurial foundation that builds collectives, incubates ideas, and re-invents systems for a better world. She’s worked with partners like Richard Branson and Peter Gabriel, Archbishop Desmond and Leah Tutu, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Ben and Jerry, and the co-founders of AirBnB. In her new book Partnering: Forge the Deep Connections That Make Great Things Happen, she shares six principles that have forged 60 extraordinary partnerships and collaborations.

Listen to Nathan and Jean discuss:

Pitching Richard Branson on the concept of Virgin Unite
What’s it like to work with Richard Branson
Why business partnerships fail
How she chooses partners to invest into
Why co-founders can provide joy
How to set up a board of advisors
The six principles of meaningful partnerships
The fear of a partnership not working
Examples of meaningful partnerships
And much more partnership advice…

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458: Break One Rule and Break It Hard: David Lester of OLIPOP PBC May 05, 2023

Show notes

David Lester learned a lot from his first venture. After spending a decade in the beverage marketing industry, he teamed up with his co-founder Ben Goodwin to work on formulating a soda that’s good for you. After three years, they sold their first business but didn’t feel they’d gotten the product correct. So, they returned to their research for two years and discovered the right product market fit. In 2016, Lester and Goodwin launched OLIPOP PBC–a new kind of soda with the benefits of plant-based fiber and prebiotics. OLIPOP started in 24 independent stores in Northern California and now is stocked in 20,000 stores nationally and endorsed by celebrities like Camilla Cabello, Gweynth Paltrow, Nick Jonas, and Priyanka Chopra.

Listen to Nathan and David discuss:

What he learned from his first venture Obi Probiotic Soda
Starting over to make a better product in OLIPOP
How humility can give you confidence as a founder
Spending two years perfecting the formula with academic research
The manufacturing process for beverage startups
Why you should start with independent retailers first
The break one rule and break it hard method
Authentic connection with celebrity partnerships
Why product market fit is more important than marketing
And much more beverage startup advice…

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457: Why This Generation Will Be the Strongest Founders with David Shein of OHF Ventures Apr 28, 2023

Show notes

David Shein was an entrepreneur before it was in vogue. For over three decades, he’s founded, mentored, and invested in exceptional startups. He sold his first company, COMTECH, for over $1 billion–arguably Australia’s first tech unicorn. In 2021, he published his first book, The Dumbest Guy at the Table: How I Founded Australia’s First Unicorn, drawing on his experience and providing valuable advice to anyone looking to start a company.

Listen to Nathan and David discuss:

Leaving a stable job in 1987 to start a business
Why this current generation of founders will be the strongest
The defining people in any business
Finding a pathway to profitability
How to hire for attitude
Identifying the right business partners
Why your actions have to match your words
How to make tough decisions
Red flags when investing in startups
And more lessons for founders…

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456: How to Build an Unbeatable Business with Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey Apr 21, 2023

Show notes

Jim McKelvey was a glassblower when he created the idea for the payment platform Square (now Block, Inc.). He was furious that he couldn’t accept certain credit cards as an artist and contacted a former colleague and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey to solve the problem. What took three weeks to build became a three-year journey of creating Square into a banking disruptor inspired by McKelvey’s frustrations. In the 15 years since McKelvey teamed up with Dorsey, Square has grown into a billion-dollar business and beat the world’s best company at absorbing startups—Amazon.

Listen to Nathan and Jim discuss:

Hitting it off with Dorsey when he was his summer intern
Realizing how many laws they were breaking with Square
Convincing the banking industry to accept Square
Taking on Amazon and winning
Researching unbeatable companies throughout history
Why he wrote the book The Innovation Stack
How to pitch a product
Why it’s better to copy than innovate
His new foundr course
Plus, excerpts from our live community event
And much more innovation advice...

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455: How to Use the Metaverse for Your Business with Kirin Sinha of Illumix Apr 14, 2023

Show notes

Kirin Sinha never wanted to run a startup. She was on a secure path in academics when her research into augmented reality (AR) showed her a vision of the future. So, at 25 years old, Sinha launched Illumix, an AR technology and media company focused on developing immersive experiences for mobile. To date, Illumix has secured $31M in venture capital funding, including investment from acclaimed director Michael Bay. In this episode, you’ll learn how to invest in the metaverse and lead a business with a vision toward the future.

Listen to Nathan and Kirin discuss:

Why Illumix is “metaverse insurance”
How Star Wars inspired her research
Getting accepted into Disney’s accelerator
Creating a Fright Night at Freddy’s prototype
The hype cycle around the metaverse
Why you should invest in 3D assets over 2D
How digital twins can help ecommerce businesses
How director Michael Bay became an investor
Why she thinks of fundraising as dating
Framing goal setting as learning
Why you should give your opinion last
And much more metaverse business advice…

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454: How Founders Can Buy Back Time with Dan Martell of SaaS Academy Apr 07, 2023

Show notes

Have you felt the pain yet? Eventually, all founders face a battle with burnout or anxiety. So, where do you go when the momentum is drained? How do you stop treading water every day? In this episode, Nathan Chan and Dan Martell open up about the pain they’ve experienced trying to build successful businesses. Martell is an entrepreneur, angel investor, thought leader, and founder of SaaS Academy, the No. 1 coaching program for SaaS companies. He’ll teach you healthy strategies from his new book BUY BACK YOR TIME, so you can learn to integrate your work and life.

Nathan and Dan discuss:

How a rehab program saved his life
How he first got into SaaS
The three levels of time trades
Work/life integration and emotional shrapnel
How to build a perfect week
How to work through burnout
The “buyback” principle and loop
4 ways to create leverage in your time
The 1-3-1 method
And much more advice on founder health...

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453: How to “Biohack” a Supplement Business with Roland Peralta of Nutrafol Mar 31, 2023

Show notes

Roland Peralta was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 2010. So, he researched a botanical that could keep his symptoms at bay and inadvertently improved his hair quality. Over dinner, future co-founder and friend Giorgos Tseti shared his hair loss struggles and that he was looking for an organic solution. Their initial research turned into a 10-year relationship that’s built Nutrafol into the #1 dermatology-recommended hair growth supplement in America.

Listen to Nathan and Roland discuss:

The challenges of his businesses in fashion and beauty
What is “biohacking,” and using it for Nutrafol
How stress became the problem and solution for Nutrafol
Self-funding Nutrafol by eating beans and rice
Why one vulnerable article 10x Nutrafol’s monthly sales
Developing a seeding strategy with health professionals
Why conferences are the best place to get product endorsements
How to temper the expectations of the customers
Fiscal responsibility as a startup
And much more clinical product advice…

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452: Growing a Sustainable Business (and Relationship) with Great Wrap Co-Founders Jordy and Julia Kay Mar 24, 2023

Show notes

How can you build a sustainability-driven business? By solving a global problem. Jordy and Julia Kay’s former careers in winemaking and architecture led to recognizing plastic waste’s impact on the planet. In 2019, the couple launched Great Wrap, working with Monash University to create the only compostable stretch wrap made from food waste. In 2022, they received $24 million in series A funding to help reach their 10-year vision of a world where plastic doesn’t exist.

Listen to Nathan discuss with Jory and Julia about:

Falling hard into a personal and business relationship
Partnering with a university for commercial product research
How licensing and partnering helped Great Wrap scale faster
Building a pilot factory from scratch
The benefits of being both a B2B and DTC business
The risk and reward of being an impact-driven business
Advice for going into business with a significant other
How to raise funding as a manufacturing startup
And much more impact-driven business advice…

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