The Founders Live Podcast Founders Live

Nick Hughes is joined by Christy Serrato who is the founder of Pair Anything from San Francisco, California. PairAnything is the WOC-founded technology company helping businesses connect customers to the right food and beverage pairings to increase sales.
The episode starts with Nick and Christy chatting about her background and journey into startups, and why she chose entrepreneurship. We (founders) are unique and every entrepreneur chooses this path for a different reason. Christy has a very touching story of how she ended up founding her startup. They then talk more about her experience Pitching at Founders Live SF, and winning the event! Christy shares Pitching Tips for other founders and how to go about preparing for the event experience. Next up, we hear about how Pair Anything was born and what problem Christy saw in the word that needed to be solved. "PairAnything provides the only recommender on the market that can pair wines for any dish from any cuisine." Nick asks about the Pandemic impact and how they navigated things during that time, as well as the Future of local commerce and the 10 year visions for what Pair Anything is creating.  They end the conversation with challenges to overcome and her advice to early stage entrepreneurs. This is an inspiring interview with an exciting up and coming startup entrepreneur, we hope it helps you today.

https://www.pairanything.com

Nick Hughes is joined by Taryn Watts founder The Mind Rebel Academy and Shawn Watts  founder and CEO of Corfix from Ottawa, CAN. Taryn Watts and Shawn Watts truly want their kids to see the hard days where they're sad or when they have negative emotions. They don't want their children to think life is easy, so that whenever they become adults, they'll be able to move through fears in a healthy way because they've seen their entrepreneur parents do it while crafting their dreams.  
The episode starts with Nick asking the couple about their background and journey into entrepreneurship. We learn why they started down this path and their frustrating thoughts of mediocrity and just a stable paycheck. They also talk about both being entrepreneurs within the couple and the pros and cons of that experience. They then shift to parenting in today’s world, and Encouraging entrepreneurship? How do they raise mindful children and show them the realities of the ups and downs of entrepreneurial life. They talk about how it's normal to feel like an imposter sometimes, but also showing them now to move past that and into truth will set them up for success in the future. We then hear a bit about each other's businesses and then they end the conversation with their Advice to early stage entrepreneurs. This is a fun inspiring interview with a hard charging family of entrepreneurs, we hope it helps you today.

Mind Rebel Academy https://www.themindrebel.com - helps people develop the skills and tools it takes to step into their life's work as a world-class coach.
Corfix https://www.corfix.com/ - Project management, timekeeping, and health & safety documentation – united in one easy-to-use software.

Nick Hughes is joined by Eddy Connors who is cofounder and CEO of Goodie Bag and who joins us from Boulder, CO. Goodie Bag is a marketplace solution for retail food shops' surplus food; connecting customers to perfectly good food at a discounted price for pickup.
The episode starts with Nick and Eddy talking about his background and journey, with some interesting early experiences learning the value of travel. Eddy discusses his experience in Indonesia and the lesson of 'Being different" which still greatly influences him and his businesses today.  We learn Why is he drawn to entrepreneurship and why did Eddy choose to start a company?  

Also, Eddy is the Founders Live Denver winner from Dec 2022.   We hear about his Founders Live event experience and his tips for 99 Second pitch! Then they talk about what problem did he see in the world, and why he started Goodie Bag. Eddy and his team are tackling Food waste and food insecurity, and we hear about the vision of the company of how they see improving food waste and food insecurity not just in the US but around the world. Closing out the conversation Eddy describes the challenges they have overcome and their advice to early stage entrepreneurs. This is a fun inspiring interview with an exciting up and coming startup entrepreneur, we hope it helps you today.

https://www.goodiebag.co/

Nick Hughes is joined by Nick Hill, Cofounder of MyCoversation, from Birmingham, England. Nick Hill is a sales & marketing expert, consultant, and co-founder of MyConversation - a managed service paired with software that effectively starts more authentic conversations with new prospective customers. 
The episode starts with Nick asking Nick Hill about his journey into startups and entrepreneurship.  They discuss "Why entrepreneurship?" and we learn how Nick Hill became an entrepreneur & business coach. The discuss how Life/Business Coach Mentorship, why is this so important to the personal development - and the difference between the two? They also touch on the Problems that Nick see's right now that have been around for a while in B2B marketing, as well as where the future of B2B marketing heading as we look out 5-10 years. As the conversation winds down they talk about how to leverage partnerships to quickly scale your business as well as closing thoughts and advice to early stage entrepreneurs like yourself. This is a very interesting conversation with an knowledgeable entrepreneur and business coach, we hope it helps you today.

https://www.myconversation.ai/

Nick Hughes is joined by Alane Boyd, who is cofounder of Arvo from Nashville, TN. Arvo is a software platform for creating visual documentation for teams and their customers.

The episode starts with Nick and Alane discussing her background and journey into entrepreneurship. Alane was the Founders Live Nashville winner Nov 2022. She her experience pitching as well as some tips for others who are considering pitching at a future Founders Live event. Then they talk about Arvo, and what problem did Alane and her team see in the world. They saw challenges around how companies document their processes and people, and went about fixing them! Alane suggests when i’s time to replace things like Google Docs or other free resources and how to get started with Arvo. This conversation ends with Alane and Nick sharing advice to early stage entrepreneurs. This is a fun and enjoyable interview with an exciting up and coming entrepreneur, we hope it helps you today.

https://askarvo.com/

Nick Hughes is joined by Irina Gheorghiu of ZIM Connections from London, UK. 
ZIM is an eSIM marketplace where you can browse and purchase affordable eSIM data plans from over 120 countries.

The episode starts with Nick and Irina talking about her background and journey into entrepreneurship and how she started the company.  We learned about ZIM Connections, an eSIM marketplace where you can browse and purchase affordable eSIM data plans from over 120 countries. We hear how she discovered the challenge of travel and connectivity in different countries and the ultimate vision of the company. Irina is also a Founders Live London winner, and her and Nick talk about 
the event and pitching experience Founders Live London. She shares her pitching tips as well as other pieces of advice to early stage entrepreneurs. This is a fun conversation with an very inspiring entrepreneur , we hope it helps you today.
https://www.zimconnections.com/