85 episodes
Founder to Mentor Mike Fata
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5.0 • 33 Ratings
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Mike Fata is an entrepreneur with multiple nine figure exits, and a passion for health and mentorship. Join Mike on a journey where he connects with world class founders to inspire your personal and professional growth.
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Tara Bosch: Founder of SmartSweets
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In this episode, Mike is joined by Tara Bosh, founder of SmartSweets on a mission to “kick sugar, keep candy”.
Tara founded SmartSweets in 2016 after realizing the detrimental impact that sugar was having on her health. Eating less sugar only led to stronger candy cravings, and that is how the idea for SmartSweets began!
Throughout this episode, Tara talks about the early stages of the business, how she financed SmartSweets, the crazy adventures of entrepreneurship she has experienced, the power of women founders putting themselves out there, and so much more.
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Seth Goldman: Chief Change Agent at Eat the Change
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In this episode, Mike is joined by Seth Goldman. Seth is the Chief Change Agent at Eat the Change, Co-Founder at PLNT Burger, Chair of the Board at Beyond Meat.
Seth co-founded Honest Tea and continued to lead the company after it was acquired by the Coca-Cola Company in 2011. After finishing his time with the Coca-Cola Company at the end of 2019, Seth stepped down from Executive Chair to Chairman of the Board of Beyond Meat. He is also the author of the book, Mission in a Bottle, a book that details the journey of building Honest Tea.
Throughout this episode, Seth talks about scaling Honest Tea, how running the business changed after joining the Coca-Cola company, what he is doing differently now building Eat the Change, his process writing Mission in a Bottle, one of the craziest things that has happened to him as an entrepreneur, what mentorship means to him, and so much more.
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Seth’s Book: Mission in a Bottle -
Lily Harper: 9 year old Founder of Lily Lou’s Aromas
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In this episode, Mike is joined by the youngest guest on Founder to Mentor, Lily Harper. At just 9 years old, Lily is the founder of her candle company, Lily Lou’s Aromas.
Lily and her mother loved to relax and unwind by watching a TV Show together with a candle lit. However, Lily began to notice that the aroma from the candles would give them headaches and discovered that the candles they were using had toxins in them. That’s how the idea for Lily Lou’s Aromas came to be and the business has gone viral online for it’s great product and young leadership.
Throughout this episode, Lily shares her journey to entrepreneurship at 9 years old, who helps her run the business, who inspires her, her passion for public speaking, who her mentors are, and more.
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David Karr: Co-Founder of Guayaki Yerba Mate
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In this episode, Mike is joined by David Karr. Co-Founder of Guayaki Yerba Mate.
David and four other friends decided to launch a company that would bring the South American drink, yerba mate, to American consumers. They lived out of a fan, touring around the country to different natural food stores, and gradually built the company to huge success. Guayakí Yerba Mate’s mantra is “COME TO LIFE,” which they say is “an invitation to personal, social, ecological and cultural regeneration”.
Throughout this episode, David talks about how the idea for Guayaki Yerba Mate came to be, building the business with his friends, different times they thought the business was going under, building a personal brand, and so much more.
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Sean Kelly: Chairman at Caroo and General Partner of The Family Fund & Founder Community
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In this episode, Mike is joined by Sean Kelly, Chairman at Caroo and General Partner of The Family Fund & Founder Community.
Sean has co-founded three eight figure companies and three seven figure companies since he began his entrepreneurship journey. Tapping into his passion for health and wellness, Sean’s first company was HUMAN (Helping Unite Mankind And Nutrition), an award-winning and socially-responsible franchisor of automated retail businesses focused on increasing access to healthier foods through healthy vending machines, micro markets and snack delivery services. This was the start of Sean’s serial entrepreneurship, he went on to found 6 companies afterwards. Today, Sean is also a general partner of The Family Fund & Founder Community, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on pairing with new, high-growth consumer brands and technology companies that are solving problems for today’s wellness conscious consumer.
Throughout this episode, Sean shares what led him to stop pursuing medical school and become an entrepreneur, how he grew his first companies, what he learned from starting a franchise model business, how The Family Fund was created, what qualities he looks for when investing in a company, and more.
Connect with Sean Kelly on LinkedIn
Check out The Family Fund -
Annette Verschuren: CEO at NRStor Inc.
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Annette Verschuren accelerated the commercialization of energy storage technologies through planning and development of energy storage parks around the world. Throughout this episode, Annette takes us through how she started her career in the coal mining business in Sydney, Nova Scotia to founding her own innovative energy storage solutions. Annette was president of The Home Depot Canada. She oversaw the growth of the company’s Canadian operations from 19 to 179 stores from 1996-2011. After Home Depot, she took a year off and travelled around the world. During this time, she saw energy as a global issue with an enormous business opportunity.
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Check out NRStor
Customer Reviews
Amazing resource for entrepreneurs and leaders
Mentorship, community, connection, thought leadership and support for mass entrepreneurs and leaders. The power of this podcast achieves that and more. Thank you Mike and all those brave enough to put yourself out there. It’s working.
I can’t get Dionne Laslo-Baker’s episode out of my head!
I am a huge fan of the founder to mentor podcast and this particular episode left such an indelible mark on me. I felt like I could empathize with so much of this story and it has truly inspired me and motivated me to continue to push forward. For entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs this podcast offers so much insight.
Unique & Practical
I’m loving learning about all the unique journeys that these successful companies in the natural space have been on. The Q&A is a great feature of this podcasts as really facilitates a deeper dive into the specifics and practical aspects of building a business. Overall, great for entrepreneurs as well as for folks like myself who have a keen interest in helping Natural-focused SME’s with their marketing game - gives great insight as to what they go through and how best to contribute. Def recommend.
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