Founder's Story

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Founder’s Story” by IBH Media isn’t just a show—it’s a mission. We spotlight extraordinary, iconic, and undiscovered entrepreneurs who’ve built, scaled, and led with purpose. From tech titans to tenacious underdogs, every episode dives deep into the resilience, creativity, and grit that define true leadership.You’ll hear from household names like Gary V, Codie Sanchez, Rob Dyrdek, and Tom Bilyeu—but just as often, you’ll meet the unheard founders doing remarkable things the world needs to know.This is where raw conversations meet real impact. This is Founder’s Story—where the heart of entrepreneurship beats. Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/founders and get started with a 30 day free trial.

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    Burning Icons, Building Rails: How “Burnt Banksy” Made Crypto Disappear | Ep 264 with Burnt Banksy Founder of XION

    As an NYU student, Anthony mined ETH until the dorms “asked him not to come back,” collected early NFTs, and—after a lucky GameStop options win—bought a $95K Banksy print with two friends for one reason: to burn it and sell the moment as an NFT. The plan was part dare, part experiment, not a get-rich scheme. What followed was a week of whiplash: Vice photos, Forbes first coverage, BBC calling for comment and publishing a slam thirty minutes later, a Toyota Camry breakdown on the Van Wyck with a Banksy in hand, and a final sale near $400K. The hate was real; the lesson was bigger. Being anonymous forced him to let action speak, and the public’s confusion exposed a harder truth: crypto, as used by normal people, was unusable. That’s the seed of Xion—make crypto disappear behind experiences people already understand. Key Discussion Points: Anthony unpacks how the Banksy burn wasn’t destruction but translation: moving value from paper to a new medium and testing whether culture would accept it. Half the crowd called it idiotic; the other half called it genius—and he admits he didn’t know which it would be. The post-burn months became a proof loop: dozens of Clubhouse NFT launches, a window into how attention compounds when the product is simple and the story is clear. He contrasts that with today’s Web3 friction—seed phrases, bridges, gas, Metamask—and makes the case that Xion exists to remove all that: walletless by default, mobile first, sign-in with familiar IDs, and rails that let products ship without forcing users to learn crypto. We drift into the value of anonymity as an innovation unlock—embarrassment becomes cheaper, experiments get bolder—and the double edge of social media, the most potent dopamine machine in history and the new gatekeeper of distribution. On AI, he’s pragmatic: it’s a calculator for creativity—an amplifier, not a replacement—shrinking the menial so people can actually say something. He loves the mischief brand of guerrilla making and hints that once the platform is ready, the provocations will return—this time at scale, powered by Xion. Takeaways: Attention is today’s currency, but utility is tomorrow’s moat. The Banksy burn proved that narrative can vault a new medium into relevance; the years after proved that unless crypto feels like nothing—no wallets, no jargon, no hurdles—most people will never cross over. Xion is built around that thesis: hide the chain, surface the value, meet users where they already live (their phone and their existing login), and let developers build products people touch without noticing the rails. Anonymity can catalyze audacity; simplicity sustains it. Closing Thoughts: Anthony’s arc reads like a thesis: provoke to reveal the seams, then engineer them away. If Guernica turned pain into picture, Burnt Banksy turned a picture into protocol—and Xion is the rails that make the protocol disappear. If you see him at Korea Blockchain Week, ask about the next stunt; odds are, the art will be the interface and the chain will be invisible. Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/founders and get started with a 30 day free trial. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    33 мин.
  2. 23 СЕНТ.

    "I Met Andy Warhol—and He Bored Me to Death" | Ep 263 with Charles Edelman

    We begin with the question people rarely ask an artist directly: what does an artist’s life actually look like? Charles Edelman answers with a life-in-stories—New York studios, MoMA walkabouts, and a candid aside that meeting Andy Warhol was “boring.” He frames his practice at Charles Edelman Masterpieces as a “mental gym,” a place where discipline, curiosity, and play keep boredom at bay and skill compounding. His book Crashing Waves of Passions threads through the conversation: Van Gogh’s legend (including “the ear”), Susan Valadon’s overlooked power beside Toulouse-Lautrec, and a time-travel tableau that situates these spirits in modern rooms to explain the disabilities they navigated and the work they made. He rejects the doom story that artists only matter after death—he’s lived well, taught at Dartmouth, trained in a gifted program at Yale, and painted twelve-hour summer days by choice. The episode pivots to purpose: inspired by Picasso’s Guernica, he’s raising support for a ten-by-thirty-foot mural that does the opposite—an explosion of joy, love, and light—arguing that beauty can heal as forcefully as outrage can indict. Key Discussion Points: Charles traces how early memories of light became a lifelong motif, and how quiet places—Belize jungles, Cusco skies, Cozumel shores—strip away noise until people find themselves. He argues that creativity is teachable; a seventy-something student gave up golf because making art felt truer. Corporate teams, too, can be rewired: give them constraints, history in forty-five minutes, and a playful brief, and they’ll surprise themselves—just like his billionaire students tasked with designing family-friendly paintings for a Central Park restaurant. He tells a lineage story through Marcel, the eighty-three-year-old master printer for Picasso and Dalí, who looked at Charles’s work and said, “He would love it.” There are gallery-wall brags and grounded details—charity projects, low pricing for collectors who return for ten to fifteen pieces, a recent New York Weekly profile—and there’s a standing invitation: he believes one painting can change how we see, maybe even lift a tragedy’s weight. Takeaways: Art isn’t mysticism; it’s method. Show up early, work long, keep it fun, and your eye will catch more light. The myths about artists suffering to matter are lazy; a sustainable life is possible with craft, community, and a clear offer. Inspiration multiplies in silence; go somewhere quiet and your hand gets honest. Great teaching unlocks dormant makers—whether they’re executives, students, or “not creative” friends. And if Guernica proved painting can channel horror, a monumental counter-image of joy can be just as world-shaping. Closing Thoughts: Charles Edelman’s stories make the studio feel less like a pedestal and more like a train you can board. If you want on, start with one page, one sketch, one hour—then repeat. To see the work, commission, or study, visit CharlesEdelmanMasterpieces.com or find Crashing Waves of Passions on Amazon. Ditch the other hiring sites, and let ZipRecruiter find what you’re looking for — the needle in the haystack. Try it FOR FREE at this exclusive web address: ZipRecruiter.com/WORK. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    19 мин.
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    Why 95% of People Live Like Victims—And How to Reclaim Your Life | Ep 262 with Dr. Stoyana Natseva Founder of Happy Life Academy

    We open with the question everyone secretly asks: can a life really change that much? Dr. Stoyana Natseva answers with names and outcomes, not platitudes. Through Happy Life Academy, she’s watched Tatiana Markova move multiple sclerosis into remission, rebuild family bonds, and buy her first home, and Tsetsa Dimitrova outlive a one-month cancer prognosis to become a holistic therapist who now mentors others. Those stories anchor her thesis: when mind, emotion, and habit align, health and circumstance can follow. She dismantles the “I’ll be happy when…” script—more money, more success, more love—and insists that happiness isn’t deferred; it’s practiced now. Social comparison and cultural conditioning (the “matrix,” as she calls it) train us to chase what’s missing; her work re-trains attention toward gratitude, abundance, and authorship. The entrepreneur in her is direct: treat happiness as a skill. Start with awareness and acceptance, then do the reps daily—writing, meditation, loving action, community. Key Discussion Points: The conversation stays close to the real lives behind her frameworks. We explore how labels like “I’m damaged” become convenient autopilots—and how observing thoughts proves we aren’t our thoughts. Dr. Natseva maps the unlearning arc she teaches: notice honestly without shame, choose a creator identity over a victim identity, and rehearse new beliefs through practices that involve mind, feelings, and body. Gratitude is central but not a slogan; it is specific, sensory, and active—thanking the sun, the meal, the breath, the lesson inside the setback—until the nervous system recognizes abundance as home base. She challenges the hidden cost of an unhappy life: illness in the body, erosion of self-worth, fractured families, and years quietly stolen. Even simple physiology supports the shift—a genuine smile feeds back to the brain, making anger hard to sustain. When listeners ask how to begin, she keeps it simple: write what’s true, name three real gratitudes, sit in stillness for a few minutes, and repeat. The point isn’t perfection; it’s momentum. Takeaways: Happiness is not an outcome to acquire later but a discipline to practice today. By choosing the stance of creator—“I am not a victim of circumstances”—and pairing it with small, repeated actions, the story changes from the inside out. Gratitude reframes trauma as curriculum, not identity; attention placed on emptiness multiplies emptiness, while attention placed on abundance multiplies abundance. Community accelerates change because it interrupts isolation and offers models to mirror. Start where you are, feel what you feel without punishment, and move one honest step at a time. Closing Thoughts: Dr. Natseva leaves us with a decision rather than a dare: choose happiness as a daily act. When thoughts, emotions, and actions line up, life follows. If you’re ready to practice, her programs at Happy Life Academy turn the idea into a method—and the method into a life. Closing Thoughts: Dr. Natseva’s message is simple but profound: happiness is not a gift or a circumstance—it’s a choice. And the cost of not choosing it could be your health, your family, and your future. Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/founders and get started with a 30 day free trial. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    16 мин.
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    Heart Disease Is Optional? The Truth About Health, Habits, and Longevity | Ep 261 with Dr. Hosen Kiat

    Dr. Hosen Kiat has spent decades at the forefront of medicine, but what he reveals in this conversation flips conventional wisdom on its head: aging is not inevitable decline—it’s plastic and modifiable. From his 96-year-old mother walking daily after hip surgery to his groundbreaking integration of cutting-edge science and ancient traditions, Dr. Kiat explains how we can live longer, healthier, and more meaningful lives. Key Discussion Points: The biggest lie doctors tell us about aging and vitality Why heart disease (and many illnesses) may actually be optional The two words that can extend your life: healthy habits How social media health advice is reshaping medicine—for better and worse The clash and harmony between Western medicine and traditional wisdom Why loneliness can be as deadly as smoking How stress and poor sleep silently steal years from our lives The essential heart test everyone over 40 should get Takeaways: Aging isn’t destiny—habits and prevention shape your future Science and tradition can work together to heal more effectively Prevention is far more powerful than treatment Social connection, stress management, and daily choices matter as much as medical interventions Closing Thoughts: Dr. Kiat’s message is clear: health is not just about avoiding disease—it’s about building a life of vitality, connection, and resilience. By merging the wisdom of two worlds, he shows us that living longer and healthier isn’t just possible—it’s a choice. Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/founders and get started with a 30 day free trial. Ditch the other hiring sites, and let ZipRecruiter find what you’re looking for — the needle in the haystack. Try it FOR FREE at this exclusive web address: ZipRecruiter.com/WORK.

    16 мин.
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    The Spiritual Awakening That Saved Her Life (And Could Save Yours) | Ep 260 with Lindsey Van Wagner Founder of the Spirit Vigilante Method

    We open on a cultural moment: the practices once dismissed as “woo” are becoming mainstream because burnout, information overload, and deep fakes are eroding trust in everything but lived experience. Lindsey grounds that shift in her own story—sobriety in September 2015 as the catalyst—and explains why she built Spirit Vigilante and Haven 101 Wellness Studio to help people move from conditioned scripts to conscious authorship. Drawing on neuroscience and clinical health psychology, she frames “spiritual sleep” as years of environmental programming where the mind and body run the show while the soul goes quiet. The wake-up isn’t a single lightning bolt; it’s a series of honest moments that begin with awareness and acceptance, then continue through daily practices that rewire identity. Key Discussion Points: Instead of chasing identities that keep behavior on autopilot—“I’m damaged,” “I’m this role”—Lindsey teaches a witness mindset: if you can observe a thought, you’re not the thought. Rewriting starts with literal writing. Her method uses awareness journaling to surface narratives, replace labels with curiosity, and rehearse new decisions until the nervous system believes them. She underlines the role of community; isolation convinces us we’re uniquely broken, but shared language and soft accountability make change durable. On “toxic positivity,” she’s blunt: saying “it’ll be okay” can invalidate pain, add shame, and push emotions underground. What helps is presence—“I’m here with you”—and timing, offering resources when the nervous system is ready rather than in the middle of the storm. A personal story of supporting her partner through grief becomes a template for loved ones: don’t fix, sit with, and ask whether they want listening, reflection, or advice. The name Spirit Vigilante crystallizes her ethos: “vigil” means to stay awake; the work includes darkness, boundaries, and defending your inner justice even when the mainstream pulls you away from it. Takeaways: Change starts when you stop labeling moments as good or bad and treat life like experiments with learnable outcomes. Writing is a neurological rehearsal that turns awareness into new behavior. Community prevents spiral loops of shame and accelerates healing. Presence beats platitudes; validation regulates the body so guidance can land. Spirituality isn’t an escape from science—it’s how Lindsey integrates neuroscience with soul to help high-achievers lead authentically. Closing Thoughts: This episode captures a practical spirituality: awake, evidence-informed, and unglamorous enough to work. If you’re at a breaking point, start small—one page of truth, one honest breath, one conversation where you’re heard. Lindsey’s invitation is simple and subversive: stay awake to your soul, and make that your strategy. Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/founders and get started with a 30 day free trial. Ditch the other hiring sites, and let ZipRecruiter find what you’re looking for — the needle in the haystack. Try it FOR FREE at this exclusive web address: ZipRecruiter.com/WORK. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    19 мин.
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    From $5 in His Pocket to Billion-Dollar Moonshots—Naveen Jain on Purpose, Profit, and Reinventing Healthcare | Ep 259 with Naveen Jain Founder of Viome

    We begin with the myth of becoming a billionaire and land on Naveen Jain’s first principle: wealth is a byproduct of helping a billion people. From there he traces the mindset behind Viome—naming the company and mission directly—arguing that healthcare should move from clinics to homes, guided by AI and deep molecular readouts. Instead of DNA, which doesn’t change when you gain weight or get depressed, Viome measures RNA to see what’s actually happening inside the body and then turns those signals into precise food and supplement guidance. Jain challenges fatalism with an Eastern-philosophy lens—events aren’t good or bad until you label them—and shows how that stance fuels resilience through the entrepreneurial heartbeat’s ups and downs. Key Discussion Points: Jain demystifies “overnight success,” likening real entrepreneurship to a living heartbeat: the highs and lows prove you’re alive. He reframes failure as experimental outcomes that simply dictate the next move, and he illustrates how asking different questions unlocks different industries. With Viome, he asked why the field obsessed over DNA when chronic disease reflects gene expression; that shift, plus licensing biodefense tech from Los Alamos, enabled large-scale RNA testing and one-million-person datasets. He explains why there is no universal “healthy” food—what heals one person can harm another—and why personalization beats pop-nutrition rules. He also shares how perceived liabilities, like his accent, became superpowers for presence and clarity, and why founders must make others comfortable while staying anchored to purpose over ego. Takeaways: Impact precedes income; aim to improve a billion lives and the valuation follows. Treat life and company-building as experiments rather than verdicts, and resist labeling moments as wins or losses. In health, test—don’t guess—because the body’s changing biology lives in RNA and the microbiome’s activity, not static DNA. Personalization turns farms into pharmacies, with food and targeted nutrients prescribed to the person, not the crowd. Closing Thoughts: Jain leaves us with an operator’s mantra—do good and do well—and a provocation: if illness can be optional, founders should build for optionality at scale. The next chapter of healthcare, as Viome envisions it, lives at home, guided by AI, measured by RNA, and delivered by the most personal medicine of all—what you eat. Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/founders and get started with a 30 day free trial. Ditch the other hiring sites, and let ZipRecruiter find what you’re looking for — the needle in the haystack. Try it FOR FREE at this exclusive web address: ZipRecruiter.com/WORK. FOUNDER10 - Save 10% on your first six months of a Viome Health Solutions Plan, including Full Body Health Plans, Gut Health Plans, and Oral Health Plans. https://www.viome.com/plans Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    25 мин.
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    Why Your Passwords, Banks, and Bitcoin Could All Be Gone Overnight | Ep. 258 with Eric Dresdale Founder of Entrokey Labs

    We start with a maze analogy that makes quantum tangible, then move into the arms-race reality: nation-states are funding quantum as a weapon, timelines are sliding from the 2030s toward the late 2020s, and boards waiting for regulation risk being caught flat-footed. Eric explains why EntroKey Labs is betting on software-only entropy generation and keying—a configuration-level upgrade designed to raise security today while preparing systems for Q-Day. Key Discussion Points: Eric traces the invention arc from a space-based patent idea to a terrestrial prototype and finally to a pure software method once the team focused on the real bottleneck: generating provable, high-quality entropy at scale. He contrasts hardware’s noise and supply-chain risks with a lightweight generator that scores and strips hidden patterns before keys are minted, framing quantum as the sledgehammer and AI as the scalpel already probing our defenses. We walk through how preparedness likely rolls out—government and defense first, then regulated industries—and why companies should begin with a cryptographic inventory and foundation upgrades rather than decade-long rip-and-replace plans. Takeaways: Quantum threatens today’s public-key cryptography sooner than most roadmaps admit, and AI is already exposing predictable patterns. The lever leaders control now is entropy quality. By treating this like Y2K without a date—auditing libraries, improving randomness, and adopting software-only upgrades—organizations can strengthen their posture quickly while staying compatible with current stacks. Closing Thoughts: This episode turns fear into a plan. If leaders modernize the base layer now, the trust stack can hold when Q-Day arrives. EntroKey’s wager is that a measured, software-only upgrade buys the world the time it needs. Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/founders and get started with a 30 day free trial. Ditch the other hiring sites, and let ZipRecruiter find what you’re looking for — the needle in the haystack. Try it FOR FREE at this exclusive web address: ZipRecruiter.com/WORK. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    29 мин.
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    Inside the Alarming Teen Mental Health Crisis—and the AI Solution That Could Change Everything | Ep. 257 with Jeffery Katzenberg & Hari Ravichandra

    In this urgent and eye-opening conversation, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Hari Ravichandra reveal the disturbing reality of what kids face online—and why most parents have no idea it’s happening. From shocking statistics about teen mental health to hidden dangers of AI chatbots and predators on social media, they explain why online safety now matters more than learning to drive. More importantly, they share how Aura is using AI for good—turning technology into a lifeline for families. Key Discussion Points: The personal story that inspired Hari to pivot Aura from identity protection to child safety What Aura’s data reveals about the state of teen mental health today How AI chatbots are creating dangerous, hyper-personalized interactions with kids Why online safety education should be treated like driver’s ed The single most important device rule every parent should implement How Hollywood and tech can join forces to create positive change The moral responsibility of tech founders to protect their users Why prevention—not reaction—is the future of online safety Takeaways: You can’t protect your kids from what you don’t understand—awareness is step one Technology is neutral—it’s how we design and use it that decides its impact Sleep disruption is a silent driver of mental health decline among teens The best safety tools empower parents without breaking trust with kids Closing Thoughts: Katzenberg and Ravichandra are on a mission to rewrite the story of tech’s impact on the next generation. Their message is clear: with the right tools and conversations, we can give our kids the freedom to explore online—without losing them to it. Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/founders and get started with a 30 day free trial. Ditch the other hiring sites, and let ZipRecruiter find what you’re looking for — the needle in the haystack. Try it FOR FREE at this exclusive web address: ZipRecruiter.com/WORK.

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Founder’s Story” by IBH Media isn’t just a show—it’s a mission. We spotlight extraordinary, iconic, and undiscovered entrepreneurs who’ve built, scaled, and led with purpose. From tech titans to tenacious underdogs, every episode dives deep into the resilience, creativity, and grit that define true leadership.You’ll hear from household names like Gary V, Codie Sanchez, Rob Dyrdek, and Tom Bilyeu—but just as often, you’ll meet the unheard founders doing remarkable things the world needs to know.This is where raw conversations meet real impact. This is Founder’s Story—where the heart of entrepreneurship beats. Get more leads and grow your business. Go to https://www.pipedrive.com/founders and get started with a 30 day free trial.

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