Hosted by Emily Jean · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 40 episodes
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Founders in Jeans is your backstage pass to the real stories behind building a business. Hosted by Emily Jean, this podcast brings you casual, candid conversations with entrepreneurs, visionaries, and startup leaders who are reshaping the future of work and life. Forget the pitch-deck polish—this is where founders kick off their heels (or sneakers) and get real about the messy middle, unexpected pivots, and mindset shifts that actually make things work. Whether you're growing your own venture or just love hearing how great ideas get off the ground, Founders in Jeans delivers all that and more.
Emily Jean hosts Founders in Jeans, a business show with 40 episodes published.
Most founders believe that if the work is good enough, the right people will eventually find it. Publicist KJ Blattenbauer is here to gently end that myth. In this episode, I sit down with KJ, founder of Hearsay PR and a
Fertility advice is broken, and most of what you've been told about periods, trackers, and "regulating your cycle" is flat-out wrong. In this episode, I sit down with Kirsten Karchmer, North America's first reproductive
Can you really build a personal brand on LinkedIn while working a full-time 9-to-5? Raina Das did exactly that, quietly building her personal brand after work until it turned into 150+ brand deals, 25,000 LinkedIn follow
What if the safest path to entrepreneurship isn't quitting your job, it's staying in it a little longer? Ksenia Votinova-Arnaud is the co-founder of LeVPN, a profitable SaaS business she's been building for 15 years with
I sat down with Yvette Boateng, creative strategist, UGC creator, and founder of The Good Yap, and she said something that stopped me mid sentence: You don't really know what your story was until you talk about it. Yvett
I sat down with Eraj Lodhi, founder of Plot Out Loud, a cheeky marketing agency and podcast based in the UK, and she said something that stopped me mid-conversation. "Audacity is my business plan." Eraj left the traditio
I had a blast with Palak Agarwal, London-based marketer and personal brand builder, and she said something that made me rethink everything I thought I knew about showing up online. Palak moved from Nepal to London with l
I sat down with Mafalda Johannsen, sales expert, author, and she said something that stopped me mid-conversation. Mafalda has spent 15 years in sales, starting at 22 on 100% commission selling timeshares in Florida with
I sat down with Viktoria Jancurova, LinkedIn personal brand strategist and founder of VJ Personal Branding, and she said something that made me stop and look at my own profile differently. Viktoria has published over 1,0
I sat down with Lauren Gibson, founder of Letter Launched and newsletter strategist to coaches, founders, and agency owners, and this one genuinely stopped me in my tracks! Lauren has lived in 44 countries, worked for th
What happens when the life that looks good on paper feels completely wrong in your body? In this episode of Founders in Jeans, Emily Jean sits down with Adele Kamel Whitley, founder of Buy Yourself, to talk about people
In this episode, Emily Jean sits down with Razane Boustany - a justice sector advisor, project manager, and emerging LinkedIn voice - to talk about what it really looks like to build a meaningful online presence without
What happens when you trust your gut, start over more than once, and build a business around what actually lights you up? In this episode, Emily sits down with mindset coach, entrepreneur, and electrician Kiomi Barritt t
Niluka Kavanagh went from “everything looks great on paper” to a one-way flight to Spain - and a full reset on what work could look like. In this episode, Niluka breaks down the real transition from corporate life at KPM
Carrie Johnston has spent two decades helping communications professionals land roles they never thought they could get - and now she’s bringing that same “look beyond the resume” lens to her consultancy, The Comms Conne
Fashion is a massive environmental problem - but Julia Dietmar isn’t building Open Wardrobe as a guilt machine. She’s building it as a behavior-change product: a platform that digitizes your closet, uses AI to help you c
Arielle Loupos built her career helping DTC brands scale - then took a hard left into product development to solve a problem she was personally fed up with: disposable period products that felt outdated, uncomfortable, a
Maija Morton didn’t plan to become a mindset coach - a torn ACL and meniscus in Byron Bay literally knocked her into a new path. Now, she helps women (especially early-stage entrepreneurs) break self-sabotaging patterns
What does it look like to build a fashion brand where human dignity is the bottom line? Shahd Alasaly, founder of Blue Meets Blue, joins Emily Jean to share her journey from sociologist to fashion founder, creating a sus
Eleanor Mooney is the co-founder of Verdant, a New York City-made luxury lingerie line built for real life - not just the fitting room. In this episode, she and Emily Jean get into what it actually takes to create high-q
Lauren Gibson
Pediatric Physical Therapist · Letter Launched
1 appearance on this show
Julia Dietmar
CEO and co-founder · Open Wardrobe
1 appearance on this show
Arielle Loupos
founder · Flower Girl Co.
1 appearance on this show
Shahd Alasaly
sociology instructor at the University of South Florida · Blue Meets Blue
1 appearance on this show
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Founders in Jeans is hosted by Emily Jean. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 40 episodes.
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