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On The Founders' Journey podcast, we explore the heart and soul of great founders and their journey to build the company of their dreams. Once a month in a 60-minute conversation, you will learn about emerging industries and innovative business models while discovering how to apply the founder’s mindset to your everyday work and life.
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Signup to Generate a PitchOn The Founders' Journey podcast, we explore the heart and soul of great founders and their journey to build the company of their dreams. Once a month in a 60-minute conversation, you will learn about emerging industries and innovative business models while discovering how to apply the founder’s mindset to your everyday work and life.
The Founders' Journey is hosted by Rallyday Partners. The show has published 36 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Zone of Genius: Samantha Holt on Trust, Enneagram, and Stewardship" (6 October 2026, 67 minutes), "Brian Kight on Turning Belief Into Behavior That Wins" (1 September 2026, 77 minutes), and "The Prosperity Cycle: Rallyday Co-Founder Mark Hopkins on Wisdom, Belief, and Partnership" (4 August 2026, 67 minutes).
The Founders' Journey publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 63 minutes across 36 episodes.
Booking probability for The Founders' Journey is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Founders' Journey requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Founders' Journey's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for The Founders' Journey are Holding Companies & Corporate HQs and Business & Management Consulting. The Founders' Journey has a business audience.
Rallyday Partners hosts The Founders' Journey, a business podcast with 36 episodes published.
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Episode #10
Samantha Holt is chasing a question most private equity firms never ask: what would happen if far more of a portfolio's leaders worked in their zone of genius? As Head of Architecture at Rallyday Partners , Samantha...
Episode #9
In the middle of a chaotic 10x growth stretch, Ryan Heckman found himself alone in his basement at two in the morning, convinced he had a people problem. A late-night PBS interview introduced him to Brian Kight and his...
Episode #8
Mark Hopkins left a stable engineering career at HP to chase a ski trip he took as a teenager in Aspen, eventually building a medical device manufacturer from nothing to 300 employees before selling it and co-founding...
The Founders' Journey
Garth Martin didn't grow up around investment bankers. He grew up around a flooring installer, in his parents' small business outside Philadelphia, and he still describes his job as being a real estate agent for...
Episode #7
In 2016, Chris Barbin sold Appirio, the company he built from four founders to 1,500 employees, to Wipro for more than $500 million. This spring, he spent 38 days completely alone on the Pacific, rowing 1,750 miles from...
Episode #1
Kevin Palamara has spent his entire 24-year career at one firm, a rarity in investment banking, and it shows. As a Managing Director at Provident Healthcare Partners , Kevin has been on the front lines of the private...
Episode #6
Karl Mecklenburg was the Swiss Army knife of the Denver Broncos defense, a six-time Pro Bowler who played all seven front positions and never told the offense where he was going. But what Ryan Heckman remembers most is...
Episode #5
David Gardner co-founded The Motley Fool on AOL in 1994 at age 28, with $50,000 of his own money and a belief that most people still don't share: that ordinary investors can beat the market. In this conversation, Ryan...
Episode #4
What if the future of entrepreneurship is not Silicon Valley, but everywhere else? In this episode of The Founders’ Journey , Ryan Heckman sits down with Linda Rottenberg , Co-founder and CEO of Endeavor . What began in...
Episode #3
What happens after you build the company? After the exit? After the identity you wrapped yourself in no longer fits? In this no-BS conversation, Ryan Heckman sits down with Chip Conley , founder of Joie de Vivre...
Episode #2
In this episode of The Founders' Journey , Ryan Heckman sits down with Tony Aug , Co-founder and CEO of Nimble Gravity , one of the most sought-after data science and AI consultancies in the U.S. Known for his intensity...
Episode #1
In this episode of The Founders’ Journey , we sit down with Michelle Collie , Founder and CEO of Highbar Physical Therapy , to explore a story where the journey is just as personal as the objective. From a life-changing...
Episode #14
In this episode of The Founders’ Journey , we sit down with David Gilberg , Founder, CEO, and President of Elder Care Homecare , who made the bold leap from investment banking at Morgan Stanley to building a...
Episode #13
After building a thriving law firm, Denise Logan left it all behind for life on the road and found her purpose helping founders navigate one of the most emotional chapters of their lives: selling their business. In this...
Episode #12
In this episode of The Founders’ Journey , Ryan Heckman sits down with youth psychologist Keith Sousa to explore the tension between building companies and raising kids. Keith shares why the skills that make us...
Episode #11
What does it take to grow as a leader while scaling a company? In this episode of The Founders’ Journey , Ryan Heckman sits down with executive coach Ed Batista —who’s logged nearly 10,000 hours working with CEOs and...
Episode #10
In this episode of The Founders' Journey, Ryan Heckman sits down with Dan Cremons, the newly appointed and sole Strategy Architect at Rallyday Partners , to explore his evolution from middle-class Cincinnati roots to...
Episode #9
In this episode of The Founders' Journey, Ryan Heckman sits down with Nancy Catarisano and Frank Longobardi of Insero Advisors to explore their remarkable journey from startup founders to industry leaders in the rapidly...
Episode #8
In this episode of The Founders' Journey, Ryan Heckman sits down with Vance Brown , renowned entrepreneur and civic leader, to explore his evolution from ambitious North Carolina student to Colorado software pioneer...
Episode #7
The Founders’ Journey: Special 3-Part Series, Tariff Talks In April 2025, sweeping new tariffs triggered market turmoil, shook CEO confidence, and sparked urgent questions across the business landscape. At Rallyday, we...
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Vice President of Strategic Relations, Greater Philly Search and Rescue
former Denver Broncos Captain, All-Pro Linebacker, Certified Speaking Professional, Denver Broncos
solicitor and former AHPRA investigator, Free Methodist UK and Ireland
hospitality industry maverick, New York Times bestselling author, midlife activist, The Modern Elder Academy
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