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Founders First is a show about mental health in entrepreneurship and how to build resilience to stay stronger, happier, and be more successful. Each episode features an incredible entrepreneur who's pushing the limits of what it means to be a high-performance human being. Listen to past shows here, or get notified about and participate live in upcoming shows inside our free community by searching Founders First Community in the app store on your phone. Recent and upcoming guests include Techstars founder Brad Feld, Reboot author Jerry Colonna, ocean endurance rower Tez Steinberg, Mount Everest summiter Erik Severinghaus, and Navy SEAL and FBI agent Errol Doebler.
Episodes

Monday Oct 12, 2020
Being real with Jerry Colonna
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Being real isn't just about letting your emotions out. It sets a standard and creates a "safe space" for those around you to do the same. Tune in as Jerry Colonna shares his insightful perspective on this and how being relevant is less important than community.

Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Finding Work-life harmony with Brad Feld
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Don't try to find work-life balance. That's the advice of well-known early venture capitalist, Brad Feld. Instead, he suggests working to find what he calls, "work-life harmony". Find out what that means and more in this episode that's full of advice you won't want to miss.

Monday Sep 14, 2020
Monday Sep 14, 2020
Leadership is about process and preparation. Listen in as Errol Doebler shares key insights into a process he perfected as a Navy SEAL Platoon Commander, FBI Agent, and combat veteran. Become the leader you need to be with a process you practice.

Monday Aug 31, 2020
Resiliency through chaos with former Charlottesville Mayor, Michael Signer
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Monday Aug 31, 2020
Michael Signer knows what it takes to weather life's storms. Listen in as he shares how he stayed resilient as Mayor of Charlottesville through the chaos of the Unite The Right rally of 2017 and more.

Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Pressing forward through adversity, with Ryan Eleuteri
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Ryan Eleuteri is proof that you don't need to be a serial entrepreneur to be a successful one. He built Charleston Bloody Mary Mix from the ground up without any history in business. Hard choices were made but resilience and conviction in his product drove him forward.

Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Ocean endurance rower Tez Steinberg on building resilience
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tez Steinberg is about to set off on a journey across the Pacific Ocean, by himself. From his rowing vessel off the coast of California, he shares with us that, although some of his preparation was obviously physical, most of it, and the greatest hurdles he will face are the mental ones. Mental resilience will be his greatest asset.

Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Mount Everest summiter Erik Severinghaus and the entrepreneurial anti-biography
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Erik Severinghaus offers advice not often heard in the entrepreneurial world. Working harder isn't always the right answer, feeling like an imposter is a common experience, and a lack of stillness can lead to poor long term performance. You, however, can and need to live at your psychological peak to perform at your best!