**In an interview on The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast, Peter Steinberger, creator of PSPDFKit and Claudbot, shared how he went from elite iOS engineer to burned-out founder—and came back with a radically different approach to building software. He doe…
In Silicon Valley lore, founders are often celebrated for bold, reckless bets — the moments when they “push all their chips in” and hope genius or luck saves them. Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, tells a very different story. In a rare, d…
When people talk about Peloton, they usually focus on extremes: the meteoric rise during COVID, or the brutal correction that followed. John Foley sees something else. He sees a leadership education that could only be earned the hard way. In a ca…
“We had $25,000 left in the bank. We were going to shut down the company.” For most founders, that’s the end of the story. For Natalie Barbu, it was the beginning of the comeback. The creator-turned-tech-founder built Rela, a social media managem…
“I was never interested in building a business. I just wanted to build software people loved.” — Tobi Lütke When Tobi Lütke started hacking together a better way to sell snowboards online, he wasn’t trying to build a billion-dollar company. He …
Janice Buswell's entrepreneurial journey began with a simple invitation that transformed her life. As the founder of Experience Writing, she empowers writers to discover their unique voices and navigate the authoring journey. In this Wantrepreneur t…
“Don’t go viral. Go valuable. Then you’ll stay.” — Jun Yuh In today’s content-saturated world, getting seen is hard — staying relevant and profitable is harder. But creator and entrepreneur Jun Yuh has cracked the code. With over 8 million foll…
Mandy Geyer’s journey from corporate leader to founder of Integral Edge Consulting is a story of alignment, clarity, and bold reinvention. After chasing a version of success that didn’t feel like her own, she redefined her path—committing to helping…
When Jasmine Tookes walked the runways of Paris at just 17 years old, she was surviving an industry that often crushed them. In an intimate interview on Valeria Lipovetsky’s show, Jasmine opened up about her rise in the modeling world, her entrepre…
After years of navigating the remote work landscape and testing out business ideas that didn’t stick, Phillip Wyness finally turned insight into action—launching Remote Flo, a company helping startups build resilient distributed teams without burnou…
“We don’t try to be everyone’s cup of tea. We’re happy to be someone’s glass of champagne.” — Keely Blair, CEO of OnlyFans The Business Everyone Knows But Few Understand If you think OnlyFans is just an adult content platform, think again. In a l…
“Discipline is not restriction. Discipline is freedom.” — Tracy Harmoush That single sentence flips everything early-stage entrepreneurs think they know about discipline. In a powerful episode of The Balance Theory Podcast, entrepreneur and mi…
After being fired during maternity leave, Kat Rogers didn’t just bounce back—she rebuilt her life on her own terms. As the founder of Mariposa Mastermind, she helps working mothers shed burnout, rediscover themselves, and lead with intention. In thi…
“You never want a day to pass without doing something that will benefit you in a decade.” — James Clear James Clear, best known for his bestseller Atomic Habits, has built a reputation for distilling powerful truths into simple, actionable fra…
“We’re being trained to forget how to be artists.” – Jack Conte, CEO of Patreon In a strikingly candid conversation on Power User with Taylor Lorenz, Jack Conte — co-founder and CEO of Patreon — delivered one of the most important diagnoses of …
On an episode of Social Currency, entrepreneur and brand visionary Gwen Whiting gave a raw, unfiltered account of her journey — from bootstrapping The Laundress into a global cult brand to watching it crumble under corporate mismanagement after a $1…
In an episode of Networth & Chill with Vivian Tu (@yourrichbff), Lucy Guo — co-founder of Scale AI and founder of Passes — offers a rare, unfiltered look into the mind of one of the most fascinating figures in tech today. At 30 years old, she’s the …
Jessica Valenzuela's entrepreneurial spark ignited at age seven with a classroom candy hustle—and it never dimmed. From building digital experiences for global brands to founding Mowie AI, she’s always been driven by a deep instinct to solve frictio…
In an interview on Aspire with Emma Grede, Shopify President Harley Finkelstein laid out a manifesto for modern entrepreneurs — and it’s one every wantrepreneur needs to hear. “This is the best time in the history of the world to start a business…
“Most creatives are undercharging and don’t even realize it.” – Laura Higgins If you’re a designer, photographer, or creative agency owner wondering how to grow your business without selling your soul, Laura Higgins wants you to know two things…
In a conversation on Aspire with Emma Grede, Charlotte Tilbury laid bare the unfiltered, obsessive, and visionary mindset behind her beauty empire. For wantrepreneurs and early-stage founders, her story is a masterclass in how obsession, intuition, …
“You have to have a belief in yourself that’s so maniacal people think you’re crazy.” – Steve Stoute, Founder & CEO, UnitedMasters In a wide-ranging and raw conversation with Aspire host Emma Grede, music industry executive turned cultural strateg…
"I'm Telling You Right Now..." — Gary Vee on the Next Big Shift In a recent episode of The GaryVee Audio Experience, Gary Vaynerchuk sat down with Bear Handlon, founder of Born Primitive, for a conversation that cut through the fluff and exposed th…
"I should be dead or in jail." That’s how Dan Martell begins, with no dramatics—just fact. In a gripping interview on The Iced Coffee Hour podcast, Martell unpacks his journey from a teenage criminal on the brink of suicide to a tech founder whose …