Influencing Entrepreneurs

After years of starting businesses, teaching entrepreneurship, and learning from founders at every stage, one thing became clear: the most valuable lessons didn’t come from case studies or classrooms. They came from conversations.

That’s what this series is built on.

Influencing Entrepreneurs shares the real stories behind how businesses actually grow—what went right, what went sideways, and what those decisions looked like in the moment. These are interviews with founders, operators, and leaders who aren’t pitching, performing, or polishing their answers. They’re telling the truth.

Whether you’re building something from scratch, running a company that’s already scaling, or just curious how others figured it out, these stories were created to be useful.

Because every entrepreneur is influenced by one that came before them.