Hosted by Grit Daily - John Boitnott · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 61 episodes
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Building something from nothing isn’t for the faint of heart. It takes vision, relentless determination, and a willingness to push through the unknown. Join John Boitnott on From the Ground Up, a podcast from Grit Daily, where founders, creators, and industry leaders share their raw, unfiltered stories about making it — or sometimes, barely surviving the ride. From the pivotal moments to the unexpected lessons, this is where real talk meets real experience.
Grit Daily - John Boitnott hosts From the Ground Up, a business show with 61 episodes published.
Tim Wilbur, International Director and Leadership Trainer for Vineyard India Compassion Trust, shares how education became the center of his life’s work. Through New Song Community School in Telangana, India, the organiz
Jon Ramer, founder and “first first follower” of the Compassion Games, explains how acts of kindness can become a framework for social change. Drawing on music, technology, Indigenous wisdom, and decades of movement-buil
Seymour Segnit, founder of MAGFAST, shares how a simple frustration with messy charging cables became a long, difficult, and ultimately revealing entrepreneurial journey. He explains how transparency, customer trust, pro
Ranbir Chawla, founder of Vardalux Collections, shares how a lifelong love of cars, watches, and mechanical beauty became a business built around smarter collecting. Drawing on decades in technology, consulting, and luxu
Gina Fossitt, founder of Dandelion BevEd and creator of the Less Booze, All the Buzz community, is helping people rethink how they drink without sacrificing connection or experience. Drawing on nearly two decades in beve
Mary Howerton, founder of La Belle Route Custom Tours, joins From the Ground Up to discuss how intentional travel can create deeper cultural connection and more meaningful experiences. She shares how her decades in educa
Janese Murray, founder of Inclusion Impact Consulting, joins From the Ground Up to discuss how workplace culture, feedback, and inclusion shape professional growth. She explores why playing small can become a career trap
In this episode, Anthony Vinci, founder and CEO of VICO, explains how his company is using AI, mathematics, and data science to forecast global events and improve high-stakes decision-making. Drawing on his background in
Kirsty Sharman, founder and CEO of Referral Factory, shares how she built a company around one of the most overlooked growth channels in business: existing customers. This conversation explores her entrepreneurial journe
Andy Hedrick shares what has changed in sales and why so many deals are lost before a real conversation ever happens. He explains his 2V2R framework and how companies can improve close rates by showing value, proof, and
Greg Whalen, CTO of Prove AI, joins the show to explain why the biggest challenge in generative AI is not just building models, but making them observable, governable, and supportable at scale. The conversation explores
Mo Maureen Cowie, founder of Seahorsegal Designs, joins the show to share how a passion for handmade jewelry grew into a brand centered on affordability, individuality, and beauty. From custom pieces and natural stones t
Silicon Valley investor Ed Dua shares the journey from coder to venture capitalist and the lessons he has learned backing more than 100 startups. He explains how IAC Ventures evaluates early-stage companies, why vertical
In this episode of From the Ground Up, Taiefa Tabassum shares how lean SaaS teams can compete by prioritizing positioning, disciplined experimentation, and founder-led storytelling over vanity metrics. Drawing from her j
Will Cady, founder of HEAL MVMNT and former Reddit executive, joins From the Ground Up to discuss why culture, story, and human values are becoming essential leadership tools in an increasingly data-driven world. He expl
Peter Rojas, Mozilla’s SVP of New Products, joins From the Ground Up to share how his early internet-building background influences the way he approaches mission-driven product development today. He breaks down how Mozil
Jasper Fu, Co-Founder & CEO of Coinsub, is building stablecoin payments infrastructure that feels so seamless most people won’t realize it’s crypto. In this episode, he explains why adoption is still earlier than the ind
Jim Alkove, CEO of Oleria, shares how decades inside Microsoft, Google, and Salesforce led him to tackle one of enterprise security’s most overlooked problems: identity. This episode explores why access management is bro
Amy Rencher, SVP of Small Business and Talent at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, breaks down how Michigan supports entrepreneurs across all 83 counties through local partner networks, access-to-capital pro
Ethan Williams, CEO of Quantide Growth Partners, breaks down why pricing is one of the most overlooked growth levers for small and mid-sized businesses, and how founders can stop defaulting to discounting. He explains Qu
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