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Founder Fires is for the builders, the risk-takers, and the ones figuring it out as they go. Hosted by Iggy Odighizuwa, this podcast is raw, real, and all about what it takes to build something big.There is no fluff, just straight-up lessons from the trenches, personal stories, hard truths, and conversations with other founders who are eating glass and still showing up. Whether knee-deep in your startup or still dreaming from the sidelines, this is your spot to learn, get inspired, and stay grounded in the chaos. Let's build, fire and all.
Iggy hosts Founder Fires, a business show with 28 episodes published.
Most founders celebrate a great month. The best founders predict it… 90 days in advance, down to less than 10% variance. Here's exactly how we did it! In December 2025, we built a single spreadsheet that forecasted we'd
Damani fired his entire sales team in 2024. Two months later, he was back to six-figure months as a team of one. This conversation pulls back the curtain on how a drum coach went from selling $20/month memberships to clo
I was leaking $620,000 a month out of my sales pipeline and had no idea. I gave this keynote at SalesCon this year and broke down the film I finally sat down and watched on my own business. The 5 places revenue was hemor
$165K a month to $1.1M cash collected. Same business. Same offer. One playbook. In this episode, I break down the exact system we used to 7x a portfolio company's monthly cash collected in under 90 days. Not revenue. Not
We went from $463K to nearly $1M in 30 days, with zero human setters! Let me show you exactly how. Most founders think scaling revenue means scaling headcount. That thinking kept me stuck for years, and it's probably kee
We didn't hire more setters. We didn't run more ads. We just built the right system, and in the first 10 days of March, it collected $330K. Most founders scale by throwing bodies and budget at problems. That's exactly wh
I've collected over $70M in cash across 6 eight-figure brands since 2020. This is the exact framework behind every single one of them, and I'm putting it all on the table. Most founders are scaling too early, chasing too
You're spending money to get leads booked on your calendar, and half of them aren't showing up. That's not a lead problem. That's a show rate problem, and it's quietly killing your revenue. Last month, the AI systems I'v
Most businesses I work with are generating leads, but bleeding them out before they ever reach a sales call. This funnel is what fixed that. I took one account from $80K a month to $573,175 collected in 30 days. Not with
I built a fitness business that did hundreds of sales a month. Then I shut it down. Here's why: we were essentially running a promotional company. Zero recurring revenue. Zero resigns. We started from scratch every singl
What do you do when you're leading a team, building something bigger than yourself, and you don't feel qualified to do any of it? I deal with this on a regular basis. I don't feel like I'm good enough to be building what
Look, I'm not going to sugarcoat it - there was a season where I thought we were done. $250K in refunds in 45 days. Crypto losses that wiped us out. A lawsuit that drained us dry. I had to let go of 5 people because we c
As a founder, you're gonna get tested. You know that feeling when you're looking at your burn rate and realize you've got three months before you can't cover payroll? Or when your best month suddenly looks like your wors
What's up, Founder Fires family! This episode is straight from the heart, and honestly, one of the hardest stories I've ever shared publicly. Back in 2023, I had to issue over $350,000 in refunds - money our business did
Look, I'm gonna be real with you. I've made some absolutely stupid business decisions. Like, embarrassingly dumb. The kind where you look back and think, "What the hell was I thinking?" I got burned. TWICE. Same exact si
Welcome to Founder Fires. I'm Iggy Odighizuwa, and this show is about one thing: Hard now, easy later. Everybody wants the wins, the freedom, the highlight, but few are willing to face the hard work that actually creates
There's a moment in every founder's journey when you realise the real obstacle isn't the market, your competitors, or even your product… it's you. For me, that moment came on a football field in high school, staring down
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝? I thought I had to fix everything myself. When
What do you do when your dream business starts feeling like a trap? When the people you trust drain your energy, wreck your vision, and make you question if you're even cut out for this? Lindsey VanSchoyck built a millio
In this Founder Fires episode, I'm joined by Eric Farewell, the founder of Aviator PPG, as he shares his incredible journey from hustling as a teen entrepreneur to building a successful aviation empire. Eric opens up abo
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