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A Final Episode and Reflections on the Past Year with Dr. Melissa Parks
Feb 20, 2024
7m 43s
Self-Care for Autistic Entrepreneurs and Coping with Autistic Burnout with Kelly Redmon Loo
Feb 6, 2024
1h 23m 17s
Cultivating an Entrepreneur Mindset and Revolutionizing the Freelance Industry with Karl Swanepoel
Oct 17, 2023
36m 43s
An Exited Founder on Staying Optimistic and Resilient on the Entrepreneur Rollercoaster with Aaron Chatterley
Oct 3, 2023
58m 22s
How Founders Taboo is Disrupting the Startup Ecosystem’s Approach to Entrepreneur Mental Health with Janos Barberis and Annabelle Cameron
Sep 19, 2023
58m 50s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 2/20/24 |  A Final Episode and Reflections on the Past Year with Dr. Melissa Parks | “You can do anything, but you can’t do everything.” I was reminded of this quote towards the end of last year and made the incredibly difficult decision to end this podcast. Last year was a challenging year for me with lots of collisions between my personal life and entrepreneur life happening behind the scenes. This podcast was an important source of inspiration for me during that time and I honestly don’t know how I would have gotten through the year without it. However, I’ve realized I nee... | 7m 43s | ||||||
| 2/6/24 |  Self-Care for Autistic Entrepreneurs and Coping with Autistic Burnout with Kelly Redmon Loo | In this week’s episode I’m delighted to introduce you to Kelly Redmon Loo, a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) specializing in Autism. We dive into how Kelly developed her passion for working with autistic clients, as well as her journey towards being diagnosed as AuDHD (autism and ADHD). We’ll talk about masking and unmasking, how autism, particularly in women, often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed due to its unique manifestations. Kelly also shares insights on why neurodi... | 1h 23m 17s | ||||||
| 10/17/23 |  Cultivating an Entrepreneur Mindset and Revolutionizing the Freelance Industry with Karl Swanepoel | In this episode I’m delighted to introduce to you an inspiring founder who is working to revolutionize the freelance industry and improve the working conditions and ultimately help prevent burnout amongst freelancers around the globe. Karl Swanepoel is the CEO & Founder of Revolancer Beta, a platform that aims to help independent professionals and freelancers exchange their skills to build their service businesses. Karl's entrepreneurial journey began at a young age when he encountered th... | 36m 43s | ||||||
| 10/3/23 |  An Exited Founder on Staying Optimistic and Resilient on the Entrepreneur Rollercoaster with Aaron Chatterley | In this episode I’m excited to introduce you to Aaron Chatterly, an exited serial founder who, having sold his beauty retailer to Sephora in 2021, is living the dream so many founders aspire to when they start their companies. However, in this episode we’re going to be talking not only about the highs, but also some of the lows he’s experienced along the way and what’s helped him stay optimistic and resilient through it all. Aaron co-Founded beauty retailer feelunique in 2005. feeluniq... | 58m 22s | ||||||
| 9/19/23 |  How Founders Taboo is Disrupting the Startup Ecosystem’s Approach to Entrepreneur Mental Health with Janos Barberis and Annabelle Cameron | Founders Taboo is a UK-based startup working to increase awareness, access, and affordability of support for startup founder mental health and well-being. They aim to solve the problem of founder well-being at scale in order to disrupt the entire startup ecosystem’s view on this topic. They’re building the world’s largest online community and resource hub offering psychoeducation, online support, and connections to providers specialized in offering treatment and crisis support specifically fo... | 58m 50s | ||||||
| 9/5/23 |  Harnessing Her Passion for Women’s Health to Overcome Obstacles as a Non-Technical Femtech Founder with Olivia Orchowski | In this episode, I’m introducing you to an inspiring femtech founder, Olivia Ochowski. In a previous chapter, Olivia worked as personal trainer, women's health coach, and doula. Today, as the founder and CEO of Femtek, Olivia introduces the first Basal Body Ring designed for women's menstrual health; all while they sleep. I absolutely loved Olivia’s story because it’s not the typical startup founder story, and it’s certainly not the typical story of a tech founder. Olivia’s entrepreneur story... | 1h 01m 19s | ||||||
| 7/25/23 |  Reflections on Half a Year of Episodes | Your host, Melissa Parks, shares her reflections on the first 24 episodes of the Founders' Fears & Failures podcast. She shares some common themes guests have spoken about, lessons she’s learned as the host of this podcast, and a sneak peak at some of the guests to look forward to in future episodes. The Founders' Fears & Failures podcast will be taking a short break in August 2023, but will be back on September 5, 2023 with more weekly episodes. If you’re an ambitious entrepreneur wh... | 6m 49s | ||||||
| 7/18/23 |  Exited Founder and Author of “Founder Therapy” on Successful Entrepreneurship without Burnout with Mike Buonaiuto | This week on the show I’m introducing you to Mike Buonaiuto, exited founder and author of the recently released book, Founder Therapy. Mike is a philanthropic business leader and performance coach, who founded, scaled and exited Shape History, the award-winning social impact agency. He's currently a senior advisor; helping companies nurture their people, navigate growth and negotiate pivotal moments of transformation. His book Founder Therapy was published June 2023 and explores why founder... | 49m 49s | ||||||
| 7/11/23 |  Normalizing Entrepreneur Mental Health Differences with a Leading Researcher in the Field, Dr. Michael Freeman | Nearly 40% of entrepreneurs have one or more diagnosable mental health condition, 3% of entrepreneurs had made suicide attempts and 1.7% had a history of psychiatric hospitalization. It’s essential that we continue to destigmatize entrepreneur mental health vulnerabilities so that entrepreneurs feel less alone and that treatment options continue to grow. This week on the show I’m honored to share with you my conversation with a leading researcher on the topic of entrepreneur mental health. ... | 49m 22s | ||||||
| 7/4/23 |  A Startup Executive Psychologist On Navigating Cofounder Conflict with Dr. Matthew Jones | Successfully navigating cofounder conflict is an important, yet often overlooked, topic which directly impacts the success and sustainability of startups. When conflicts arise between cofounders, it can disrupt the entire organization's functioning and hinder progress. Startups are already operating in high-pressure environments, with limited resources and tight timelines. In such circumstances, the presence of unresolved conflicts among cofounders can exacerbate stress levels, create a toxic... | 47m 04s | ||||||
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| 6/27/23 |  The Importance Of Creativity and Community for Entrepreneur Well-Being with Tova Safra | What role does creativity have in your life as a founder? Do you make sure you find ways to protect and prioritize it? In this week’s episode I’m introducing you to Tova Safra, a solopreneur turned tech startup co-founder. In this episode we dive into the importance of creativity in her life, why she thinks entrepreneurs should embrace shiny object syndrome, and the importance of having a social infrastructure when you’re working alone. Tova is Cofounder & Chief Design Officer (CDO) a... | 53m 10s | ||||||
| 6/20/23 |  A Trailblazer In The Field Of Entrepreneur Mental Health On The Human Experience Of Building A Business with Kristin Darga | This week’s guest is a trailblazer in the field of entrepreneur mental health. She started working to shift the conversation on this important topic nearly a decade ago, when no one else was talking about, and despite receiving some pushback around it which she shares about in the interview. Kristin Darga, is the CEO and founder of Black Label Coaching and Impact Founder. She’s a keynote speaker, award-winning author, and health, performance, global incident response, crisis, executive and r... | 51m 25s | ||||||
| 6/13/23 |  You Can't Stop the Waves: Dealing with the Uncertainty of Entrepreneur Life | Entrepreneur life is full of uncertainty and things that are outside of our control. Being a successful founder requires to you to find ways to thrive amidst this inevitable chaos. In this week’s episode, I’m introducing you to some of the tools that I’ve found incredibly helpful for my clients, and myself, in learning how to cope with this uncertainty - mindfulness and self-compassion. Some people are turned off when they hear about mindfulness or self-compassion, which is understandable, ... | 43m 08s | ||||||
| 6/6/23 |  You're Not Alone: Normalizing Imposter Syndrome | This week on the show we’re mixing things up and instead of interviewing someone else I’ll be speaking on one of my favorite topics to talk about - imposter syndrome. It’s one I’m very familiar with after helping many clients to overcome it, and having dealt with it myself which I share more about in this episode. Imposter syndrome is a deep feeling of self-doubt, very often in spite of having an impressive resume. When you’re dealing with imposter syndrome, it doesn’t matter how much you... | 20m 09s | ||||||
| 5/30/23 |  How Therapy Made Me a Better Founder With Ryan Schwartz | Too often we think about therapy as something to seek out as a last resort, when we’re in crisis and have exhausted all our other options. Even if you suspect that it might help you to pursue therapy proactively, too many of us view it as something optional. Especially when you’re a founder who is acutely aware of how you’re spending your time and money. My guest this week is here to talk about why he believes therapy is essential for founders, why it’s so helpful to seek out a therapist ... | 46m 38s | ||||||
| 5/23/23 |  Creating The Product He Needed: The Story Of A Firefighter Turned Mental Health App Founder with Andrew Douglas | In this week’s episode I’m introducing you to Andrew Douglas, a firefighter turned mental health app co-founder. This episode is an intense one and I want to warn you that there is mention of suicide as well as a traumatic event that contributed to Andrew’s PTSD while working as a firefighter. However, all this serves to highlight the importance of his company’s mission and I hope you’ll feel as inspired as I did about the work he’s doing to share with the world the mental health app that he ... | 53m 55s | ||||||
| 5/16/23 |  Making Sure Your Business Isn’t Your Life from a Tech Startup Founder turned Solopreneur with Neha Gunnoo | In this week’s episode, I’m introducing you to Neha Gunnoo, a former tech startup co-founder who stepped away from her startup after realizing how much it was harming her mental health. Neha is now the founder & senior content strategist of Luova Digital Ltd specializing in digital content strategy and marketing with clients and partners globally including the US, Europe and Mauritius. Neha was previously the co-founder and CMO of LeFinTech Ltd – a startup in Mauritius specializing in cha... | 48m 33s | ||||||
| 5/9/23 |  A Serial Entrepreneur On Recovering From Burnout & Living A Life Aligned With Your Values with Melani Gordon | In this week’s interview I’m introducing you to Melani Gordon, a founder who realized at the height of her company’s success that she was experiencing burnout. Melani is a highly respected serial entrepreneur and business coach, with a decade-long track record of mentoring and coaching over 200 startup founders via Techstars and Founders First Capital. Melani offers a range of services to ambitious founders, leaders and their teams, including CEO coaching, co-founder alignment, team off-sites... | 52m 14s | ||||||
| 5/2/23 |  Destigmatizing Mental Illness in the Startup World with Micah Baldwin | The rates of mental illness amongst founders are incredibly high. Research out of UC Berkeley found that 72% of entrepreneurs are affected by mental illness. This same study found that entrepreneurs are: 2x more likely to suffer from depression6x more likely to suffer from ADHD3x more likely to suffer from substance abuse10x more likely to suffer from bipolar disorderMany of these entrepreneurs are likely suffering in silence, or feeling like they’re the only one. It’s essential that we have ... | 44m 00s | ||||||
| 4/25/23 |  Knowing When It’s Time to Call it Quits as a Startup Founder with Kat Brendel | What if you realize that the day-to-day of bringing the vision of your startup to life requires you to ignore parts of yourself that are incredibly important? What if you’re still passionate about the mission behind your company, but realize that life as a startup founder/operator is not the way you want to bring it to life? Today I’m introducing you to a former co-founder who struggled with these same questions. Kat Brendel, was the co-founder of Cowomen, a coworking space and community ... | 52m 03s | ||||||
| 4/18/23 |  A Serial Founder and Investor on the Importance of Asking for Help with Erik Halvorsen, PhD | In this week’s episode I’m sitting down with an investor who has been a founder or co-founder himself multiple times for a candid conversation about the importance of not going it alone as a founder. We also discuss the traits that he as an investor is often looking for in the founders of startups he’s considering investing in, how he makes space for his mental health and family life despite his demanding job, and the personal story that fuels his passion for supporting innovations in healthc... | 48m 12s | ||||||
| 4/11/23 |  A Silicon Valley Veteran on the Importance of Founder Mental Health with Janice Fraser | TW: mention of suicide in this episode In this week’s episode we’re going deep. My guest, Janice Fraser, is a Silicon Valley veteran with decades of experience in the startup world. She’s also no stranger to mental health struggles, and in this interview she candidly shares about her own experience managing anxiety, depression, and complex PTSD, including the types of treatment and support that have most helped her along her journey towards healing and becoming a more effective in all of he... | 53m 38s | ||||||
| 4/4/23 |  Crafting a Successful Business from Scratch with Adam Higginbotham | In this episode, we do speak about alcohol consumption as it relates to the company founded by this week’s guest. This could be triggering for anyone who struggles with alcohol use so please choose wisely if this is the right episode for you. In this episode, I’m introducing you to Adam Higginbotham, one of three co-founders of Liber & Co. Essential Cocktail Syrups based in Austin, TX. Liber & Co. is a leading manufacturer of premium quality cocktail syrups for professional beverage p... | 54m 28s | ||||||
| 3/28/23 |  Overcoming Fears & Prioritizing Mental Well-Being As A Minority Female Founder with Jiaming Ju | TW: In this episode, we briefly discuss a hate crime on the AAPI community that happened around the time of this interview. Entrepreneur life is full of mental and emotional challenges, but when you’re female, especially a minority female founder, like today’s guest, you’ll have additional obstacles to overcome. In today’s episode, I’m introducing you to Jiaming Ju, the founder of Kun Health, a wellness startup that combines Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with modern data science to optim... | 52m 00s | ||||||
| 3/21/23 |  Coping with Fears and "Failures" - Lessons from an Exited Founder with Kate Berski | When you’re in the thick of things as a founder you often start questioning whether or not it’s still worth it. Our guest in this week’s episode is an exited founder who isn’t shy about her experience with this but actually puts a positive spin on her frequent desire to throw in the towel. She credits the mantra she and her husband, her co-founder, shared - “We’ll Just Work Until the End of the Day” - for helping them to survive some of the more challenging days on their entrepreneurial journ... | 43m 56s | ||||||
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