1487: A SPECIAL collab episode where founders leave a voicemail for their former selves... (LOTS of lessons in this one!)

About this episode

In this episode, eight founders share personal voicemails to their younger selves, reflecting on their journeys and lessons learned.

In this special Collab Week episode of Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur, eight founders answer one deeply personal question: What would you say in a voicemail to your younger self? You’ll hear from Lisa Larson, Jane Alexander, Nate Hebbert, Nicholas Cook, Mike Gross, Leslie Hemedes, Shawn Sundsvold, and Stephen Custer as they look back on the earlier versions of themselves — the ambitious ones, the scared ones, the grieving ones, the overthinking ones, the waiting ones, and the ones who had no i...

People in this episode

Host: Brian Lofrumento

Guests: Lisa Larson, Jane Alexander, Nate Hebbert, Nicholas Cook, Mike Gross, Leslie Hemedes, Shawn Sundsvold, Stephen Custer

Topics covered

• founders
• voicemail
• personal growth
• entrepreneurship
• self-reflection
• life lessons

Keywords

• founders
• voicemail
• younger self
• life lessons
• entrepreneurship
• personal growth
• self-reflection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur

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