After building and selling her own pet business, climbing the corporate ladder, and earning an EMBA, Claire Pickens realized her true calling wasn’t in boardrooms—it was beside entrepreneurs. In this Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur Spotlig…
“If your entire identity and self-worth is wrapped up in your company, there are too many factors outside of your control that can give you a real curveball type of damage.” — Tim FerrissIn a recent episode of How I Built Thi…
“All anxiety is separation anxiety — from self, from source, from your power.” – Mel RobbinsIn a deeply personal and emotionally charged conversation on The Oprah Podcast, bestselling author and podcast phenom Mel Robbi…
Bill Ready doesn’t want to win the attention war. He wants to change the rules of it.When he became CEO of Pinterest, he challenged a decade-old social media formula—engagement via enragement—and replaced it with a deceptively si…
“The browser is the only way to build true agents.” – Aravind Srinivas, CEO of PerplexityIn a world dominated by AI chatbots and conversational interfaces, Aravind Srinivas is betting on something deceptively familiar: the web br…
If you’re an early-stage founder or ambitious wantrepreneur, the fastest way to accelerate your progress might be to say “no” more often and more strategically. That’s the central lesson from Carnegie Mellon economist Linda B…
After trading his Army uniform for the high-stakes world of residential lending, Zach Farkas discovered a passion for entrepreneurship rooted in autonomy and impact. A former top VA lender in the country, Zach turned a major personal setback into th…
"If being healthy is a choice, then being sick is also a choice." — Naveen JainWhen Naveen Jain arrived in America with just $5 in his pocket, he didn’t dream of becoming a billionaire — he dreamed of solving billion-person p…
"It was going to succeed, or it was going to succeed." — Patrick William, Founder of Rixson CapitalStarting a fund sounds glamorous — until you realize what it actually takes. For Patrick William, founder of Rixson Capital, the jou…
In an interview on On The Mend, former Citibank trader turned economic activist Gary Stevenson doesn’t just talk about finance — he talks about addiction. Not to substances, but to winning.At 23, Stevenson earned £395,000 in bonu…
After two decades as a high-impact executive, Jess Lane found herself laid off from a unicorn tech company she helped build—a moment that catalyzed her entrepreneurial awakening. Rather than return to the grind, she chose to rewrite the script…
“You just have to really, really, really care.”– Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AIWhen Alexandr Wang dropped out of MIT at 19 to launch a startup, he didn’t have a perfectly polished AI business plan. What he had was obs…
After building and selling a successful business, Justin Wilhelms took a leap into his true calling—helping overwhelmed business owners regain control. In this edition of the Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur Spotlight, Justin shares how he evolve…
If you’re an early-stage founder or wantrepreneur, here’s the unfair advantage you can start building today: a tight personal brand attached to a simple, scalable business model. That’s the spine of Daniel Priestley’s operati…
If software is eating the world, Replit’s bet is to hand everyone a fork. In his recent interview with Lenny’s Podcast, Replit co-founder and CEO Amjad Masad laid out a future where product managers, designers, and even non-technical fou…
“You don’t have to be a CEO to lead. Leadership is deciding to step up and drive something forward that wouldn’t have happened without you.” — Wes KaoIn a world flooded with performative leadership and LinkedIn so…
After discovering the transformative power of leadership coaching, Kelly Kienzle took a bold leap from working within corporate frameworks to forging her own path. Through one-on-one and team coaching, she empowers mission-driven leaders to reclaim …
“You can’t have a great product without a great team.” — Cameron Adams, Co-Founder & CPO of Canva*In his recent 45-minute AI Product Masterclass on the Behind the Craft podcast, Cameron Adams* shared how, just days …
“Ten, Eighty, Ten.”That’s how Gary Vaynerchuk scales billion-dollar ambitions.In his words, “I open and close. The middle is the problem.” It’s one of many frameworks he’s developed over a lifetime of bu…
Garrett Paul went from feeling professionally adrift to co-founding a fast-growing accounting firm with childhood friend and CPA, Matt Jones. While Matt leads on the technical front, Garrett drives client relationships, business development, and str…
In the pantheon of Silicon Valley origin stories, few are as personal—and quietly revolutionary—as that of Drew Houston. The Dropbox co-founder and CEO didn’t set out to create a billion-dollar company. He just wanted to avoid forg…
“If You Don’t Know Who You Are, Mastery Will Be Misery.”For decades, Robert Greene — author of The 48 Laws of Power, Mastery, and The Laws of Human Nature — has been the modern-day Machiavelli for entrepreneurs, c…
“Operating out of fear is always losing.” — Julie WainwrightIn her recent interview on the Success Story Podcast, Julie Wainwright opened up with striking honesty about public failure, personal collapse, and what it really to…
“Your tone is how the prospect interprets your intention behind everything you say.” — Jeremy MinerIf you’ve ever been ghosted by a prospect, dropped from a sales process, or treated like a commodity despite offering so…