Blog How a Twenty-Something Entrepreneur Landed 35% Equity | Episode 68
She Was 12. Her Dad Lost His Job. So She Walked Into the Studio Owner's Office and Negotiated Her Own Tuition. AnnaMarie Davis didn't tell her parent...
Mom of 5 Builds Million-Dollar Apparel Brands | Episode 67
She Was Taping Moving Boxes When She Decided to Start a Business. Her Husband Asked If They Could Just Get Moved First. Chynna Hansen said no. She w...
Building a National Outdoor Brand from Scratch | Episode 66
He's in Costco, Scheels, and Walmart. He's Also Almost Out of Money. Scott Jensen made $20 an hour as a nine-year-old selling snow cones. He saved $5...
25 Years in Fitness, 2 Big Exits, Zero Investors | Episode 65
He Signed a $120,000 Lease at Age 21. Everyone Thought He Was Mad. He Did It Anyway. Todd Kuhn's grandfather built the equipment in a garage under hi...
Why High Performers Still Feel Empty | Episode 64
The Big Payday Hit on a Friday. By Saturday, Nobody Cared. Stu Kent's company sale came through on a Friday morning. The wire cleared while he was on...
Building More Than a Startup: Becoming Who You’re Meant to Be | Episode 63
She Spent 15 Years Building an App That Started as a Spreadsheet in a D.C. Hotel Room The idea for Healthy Anywhere came to Lee Balcomb at 1am in a c...
He Built a Self-Cleaning Toilet Seat… And Raised $1M | Episode 62
He Walked Into a Dirty Airport Bathroom in 2015. He's Still Fixing It. Rob Polecki had a patent, a prototype, and a toilet seat he needed to wheel th...
They Almost Went Broke… Then Built a $31M Business | Episode 61
His Dad Welded a Shelf to Organize the Family Garage. They Turned It Into 120 Locations and a $31 Million Exit. Jared Newman didn't set out to build...
She Did WHAT to Get a CEO’s Attention?! | Episode 60
She Threw Rap Battle Parties for Thousands of Students. Lost All Her Money on a Supplement Brand. Then Built a Marketing Agency That Got a Response Fr...
How Raleigh Williams Sold His Business for $26M | Episode 59
He Had a Panic Attack on Day 30. Then He Built a $26 Million Entertainment Empire. Raleigh Williams was on the gym floor, heart racing, body going nu...
From Couch Surfing to $7M Startup - Story of Anya Chang | Episode 58
She Started a Company With a $10 Shopify Site. Then Ignored Her First Customer for a Month Because She Thought He Was a Scammer. Anya Cheng grew up i...
Business Lessons from a Ninja Warrior Champion Turned Businessman | Wally Roskelly | Episode 57
He Sold Princess Dresses and Hoverboards Out of a Skate Shop. Then He Built the World's Largest Ninja Gym. Most entrepreneur stories follow a clean a...
From Idaho Farm Kid to Billion-Dollar Exits: What James Clarke Taught a Room Full of Founders
James Clarke doesn't introduce himself as a successful entrepreneur. In fact, when I called him that at the start of our conversation, he visibly crin...
From Selling Potatoes to Scaling VIdAngel | Dallin Harmon | Episode 55
From Selling Potatoes to Scaling VidAngel: The Harmon Brother Nobody Talks About If you know the Harmon Brothers, you know viral advertising. Squatty...
Spencer Johnson's Quest: Swapping Nicotine for Nootropics
Discover Spencer Johnson's journey from nicotine pouches to nootropics, highlighting the NeuroPouch innovation, his startup hustle, and the road of en...
The Panic Attack That Sparked a $26M Entrepreneurial Empire Exit
When Raleigh Williams walked into one of Texas's most prestigious law firms as an M&A attorney making $180,000 annually, he thought he had reached the...
Serial Entrepreneur Hits 50% Subscription Rate With Protein Bar That Kids Beg For
When Jason Christensen sold his home security company to private equity after 25 years of building it into one of the largest firms in the nation, mos...
Equestrian Startup Empire Built from Rock Bottom by Former NYC Model
In this episode of Startups with Stu, host Stuart Draper explores Natalia Graf-Anders' journey from three products in her apartment to building Sync E...