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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:

451: Burnout, Scaling, and Going Global: Nathan Chan on Foundr's 10-Year Anniversary Mar 17, 2023

Show notes

Ten years ago, Nathan Chan started Foundr Magazine to discover what it takes to build a successful business. A decade on, he’s learned the sacrifice, victories, and obstacles that it takes to create a company of value for a global community of students. In this special episode, foundr’s contributing editor, Luke Ferris, puts Chan on the hot seat to reflect on the 10-year anniversary of foundr.

Listen to Luke and Nathan discuss:

Nathan’s childhood and first jobs
The origins of foundr
Discovering a feeling of euphoria with foundr
How he overcame burnout
Memorable interviews over the decade
What he’s learned from foundr students
How he’s changed as a person and leader
What’s next for foundr
And more founder advice…

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450: Write Your Own Rules with Kathryn Finney of Genius Guild Mar 10, 2023

Show notes

Kathryn Finney started her first business at age nine, selling friendship bracelets to her older brother’s friends. She’s a Yale graduate and started and exited multiple media companies, including her groundbreaking The Budget Fashionista. Even with her resume of accolades, Finney faced prejudice in the startup world just because of her gender and race. So in 2020, she used her two decades of entrepreneurship experience to start Genius Guild. This venture fund invests in black entrepreneurs building scalable businesses that serve black communities and beyond. Finney is also the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Build the Damn Thing: How to Build a Successful Company When You’re Not a Rich White Guy. In addition, she was the first black woman business author at Portfolio/Penguin Books.

Listen to Nathan and Kathryn discuss:

Making $75 per week selling bracelets as a 9-year-old
What her rugby career taught her about building teams
Building and exiting her fashion blog during web 1.0
How digitalundivided served as the MVP of Genius Guild
How the pandemic and George Floyd’s death led to Genius Guild
What she looks for in potential founders
Building your own rules of entrepreneurship
How to go through periods of adversity
And much more advice for founders…

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449: Moving Beyond “That Brand on Instagram” with Jess Hatzis of frank body Mar 03, 2023

Show notes

Jess Hatzis is the co-founder of frank body, the world's leading coffee-based skincare company, and ad agency Willow & Blake. In 10 years, Jess has built frank body from “that brand on Instagram” to a global beauty brand with over 6 million customers. Learn the origins of the #frankeffect brand voice, starting a business with friends, and shifting from ecommerce to retail.

Listen to Nathan and Jess discuss:

Quitting her job and starting Willow & Blake with her best friend
Starting frank body as a case study
Creating the first-person #frankeffect brand voice
Does influencer marketing still work?
The challenge of adapting to TikTok
Mixing business and friendships
When Ariana Grande copied them
Moving from the “Instagram brand” stereotype
Advice for working founder moms
Copywriting fundamentals
And much more beauty business advice…

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448: Create a Brand People Can Trust with Brian Littlefield of JOCKO FUEL Feb 24, 2023

Show notes

Brian Littlefield is the co-founder and chief product officer of JOCKO FUEL, which creates nutritional supplements and beverages in partnership with retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink. Littlefield and his business partner first met Jocko through their business, Origin US, which was planning to launch a line of health supplements. Jocko wanted in. Learn how Littlefield led the product development process and created a standout supplement business around Willink’s powerful personal brand.

Listen to Nathan and Brian discuss:

How obesity changed his life
His first impressions of Jocko Willink
How to make business partnerships work
Building a business around a personal brand
Dealing with the crazy growth of Jacko Fuel
How to advertise health supplements
Why you shouldn’t put value in follower count
Why he embraced the “mad scientist” label
Skills from jiu-jitsu that translates to business
How to develop a strong mentality
And much more product development advice…

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447: How Suneera Madhani Trusted Her Intuition and Built Stax into a Unicorn Startup Feb 17, 2023

Show notes

Suneera Madhani is the CEO and founder of the all-in-platform transaction platform Stax. She’s listed on Fortune’s prestigious 40 Under 40 list, a recipient of EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year award, and host of CEO School, a top 25 entrepreneur podcast with a 300,000 female-listener community. Last year, Stax became a unicorn startup with a billion-dollar valuation. But for Madhani, it’s not about milestones–it’s the journey. Learn about her incredible journey from the daughter of immigrants to a CEO breaking barriers in a male-dominated fintech startup industry.

Listen to Nathan and Suneera discuss:

Her upbringing with entrepreneurial immigrant parents
What she learned from working at her family businesses
Her subscription pitch getting rejected by her bosses
Starting a business with family and friend's capital
Proving out a hypothesis with a scrappy MVP
Fundraising in a male-dominated fintech community
Her “3 minds” for decision making
Mentorship and building a trusted team
Starting her podcast and supporting female founders
And much more fintech and startup advice…

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446: How to Use SEO for Ecommerce with Ronnie Teja of Branzio Feb 10, 2023

Show notes

Is advertising spending sucking your business dry? Ronnie Teja knows the feeling. He is a self-taught digital marketer, entrepreneur, and founder of Branzio watches. In 2018, Teja lost $2 million because of a freeze on his advertising accounts. So, he quickly learned to divest his business and developed an organic SEO framework that, within 2 years, boosted website visitors from zero to 2 million per month.

Listen to Nathan and Ronnie discuss:

From picking blueberries to the managing ad campaigns
The unexpected journey of starting Branzio watches
When PayPal banned his accounts
The 30-30-30 divestment strategy
Demystifying SEO for ecommerce
Why SEO strategy isn’t instant gratification
Why Reddit is a secret SEO tool
Direct-response vs. brand marketing
The importance of first-party data
Burnout and imposter syndrome
And much more SEO strategies…

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445: How to Build a Phenomenal Team with Garie Dooley Feb 03, 2023

Show notes

Leadership doesn’t have to be complicated. Garie Dooley has over 15 years of experience helping founders and business leaders build phenomenal teams. After a career in education and corporate leadership, Garie discovered his passion for creating environments with high levels of trust and clarity of purpose that deliver sustainable success. He’s worked with Amazon, Redcape, Cricket NSW, AFL clubs, Foxtel, Johnson and Johnson, and our team at foundr. So if you’re looking for strategies to move your business from surviving to thriving, this episode is for you.

Listen to Nathan and Garie discuss:

The early days of his career leading business teams
Working with sporting teams and corporations
Are great leaders naturally born?
Where to start if you want to become a leader
What a phenomenal team looks like
Winning deep, not shallow
How to build a high sense of trust
Identifying talent internally and externally
Thinking differently about difficult conversations
And much more leadership advice…

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444: How to Become a Full-Time YouTube Creator with Aaron DeBevoise of Spotter, Inc. Jan 27, 2023

Show notes

Aaron DeBevoise used to count YouTube views by hand. Now he’s helping creators like Mr. Beast, Dude Perfect, and Jordan Matter have the financial freedom to grow their businesses. After a disappointing start to his career in investment banking, DeBevoise launched the programming brand Machinima during the early days of YouTube. In 8 years, he grew Machinima into one of the most successful gamer channels on the platform. But he saw an opportunity to help creators become enterprises, so in 2019, he created Spotter, Inc. to provide capital and knowledge to creators so they can change the world. Spotter tailors investments to meet the unique needs of each creator they partner with, giving them the freedom to create without compromise.

Listen to Nathan and Aaron discuss:

The “starving artist” days of early YouTube
The danger of doing too many things
Why YouTube creators need capital at scale
Getting Spotter off the ground
The investment model of Spotter
The challenge of creating a new category
Bringing together Mr. Beast and Dude Perfect
How to become a full-time YouTube creator
And much more YouTube creator advice…

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443: Why Simon Sinek Says There’s No Winning in Business Jan 20, 2023

Show notes

Meet the business behind the name. In 2009, Simon Sinek gave a TED Talk that has since become one of the most-watched videos of all time on TED.com, with 37 million plus views. His talk spurred NY Times best-selling books, speaking engagements, consulting gigs with globally-recognized brands, a podcast, a publishing arm, and viral quotes shared across social media. And it all started with the question–why?

Listen to Nathan and Simon discuss:

What he learned from growing up internationally
Why he fell out of love with his first business
Finding his why concept and sharing it with others
How his time with military leaders inspired Leaders Eat Last
Why there’s no such thing as “winning business”
Why optimism
Building a business around a personal brand
What’s the most important thing for an entrepreneur
And much more advice on purpose…

To learn more about Sinek’s principles, check out his books, or visit simonsinek.com.

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442: How to Lead a Mission-Driven Business with KeepCup Co-Founder Abigail Forsyth Jan 12, 2023

Show notes

After running a small cafe chain for over a decade, Abigail Forsyth experienced firsthand the amount of packaging waste used in the food and beverage industry. So, in 2008 she co-founded KeepCup and created the world’s first barista standard reusable cup. In the last 15 years, she built KeepUp into a multi-million dollar brand with reusable cups and bottles sold in 65 countries worldwide. Learn how she’s built a mission-driven business and adapted to the changing nature of sustainable products.

Listen to Nathan and Abigail discuss:

Bringing KeepCup to life while running her cafes
Getting her first B2B order using a shoebox
Why behavioral change is the hardest thing to do
The challenge of having B2B and B2C customers
Scaling internationally and managing a growing team
Becoming one of the first Australian B Corporations
When a TV program doubled orders overnight
The impact of Coivd-19 on the reusable industry
How to deal with copycats
And much more on mission-driven business…

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