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Hosted by founding_up · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 57 episodes
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At founding_up our goal is to engage with Gen Z about their anxieties, fears, and hopes for the future. We do this on our new podcast: “Uncharted Your Sidekick for Life,” where we tackle topics such as mental health, the challenges of higher education, and the crucial issues Gen Z faces today: from career decisions to personal identity. Our approach combines expert perspectives with real-life stories, featuring a mix of industry professionals, thought leaders, and genuine Gen Z voices.
founding_up hosts Uncharted Your Sidekick for Life, a society show with 57 episodes published.
In this special episode of Uncharted, we sit down with Dr. Bobby Robbins—physician, educator, and higher-education leader—to explore what modern university leadership requires in a rapidly changing world. Dr. Robbins is
In Part 3, Léonie Weerakoon shares her clearest advice for the next generation: stay curious, ask questions, and give yourself permission to evolve. Léonie talks about building resilience inside real-life constraints, wh
Part 2 of 3 • Mentorship What if mentorship isn’t one person… but a lifetime of elders, cultures, mistakes, and questions? In Part 2, Léonie Weerakoon explains how her cultural upbringing and traditions from travels to s
Part 1 of 3 • The Map Léonie Weerakoon grew up between continents—and it shows in how she thinks, builds, and moves. In Part 1, Léonie shares her global upbringing (Austin, Vancouver, Luxembourg, Sri Lanka, New York), he
Part 3 of 3 • The Takeaways. Neal closes the series with the lessons he wishes he’d known earlier: risk, belief, failure, translation, and keeping your creative spark alive. Co-hosts: Natalie Peyton Neumann & Dan Dillard
Part 2 of 3 — Mentorship. Neal unpacks the mentors who shaped his path—from harsh early bosses to the advisors who helped him bet on himself and move across the world. Co-hosts: Natalie Peyton Neumann & Dan Dillard.
Part 1 of 3 — The Map. From dyslexic kid in Northeast England to engineer, comedian, and Cisco’s higher-ed “translator,” Neal Tilley shares the early twists that shaped everything that came next. Co-hosts: Natalie Peyton
Part 3 — The Takeaways with Amber Gunst Failing forward under scrutiny, the right kind of vulnerability in leadership, guiding teams through layoffs/furloughs with care, mental-health habits (walking meditation, therapy
Part 2 — Mentorship Advice is cheap; mentorship is earned. Amber breaks down how she built a “board of brains,” asks busy leaders for targeted help, and structures warm introductions so people actually respond. We also g
Part 1 — The Map From small-town Michigan and first-gen college to sales with an English degree, Amber Gunst moves to Austin during a recession, builds networks at the Chamber, and—within 11 months—steps into interim CEO
From Cold War Poland to Detroit factory floors, from teenage radio news to helping launch cable-TV greats and then building hit video games (Civilization, Origin/EA), Fred Schmidt’s path is anything but linear. Now an Au
From stage-loving six-year-old to event producer at 22, to new mom navigating metastatic thyroid cancer, to founder of Alchemy Juice and mentor to a 600-member business community—Carly Brown (@carlyloveskale) is a master
Natalie Peyton Neumann sits down with Dwayne Goetzel—attorney, father, creative thinker, and someone who’s navigated career choices without a roadmap. They talk about growing up in Kerrville, the unexpected moment in Ger
Join Natalie Peyton Neumann as she dives deep with Shawn Livingston, former Airman turned I Am Redemption podcast host. From childhood dreams of WWE wrestling to a heartbreaking car accident, disillusioned military servi
What if your whole life changed in a single night? For Johnny Goudie, it happened at a Cheap Trick concert at age 13 — and he never looked back. In this episode, Johnny shares how he turned heartbreak, hustle, and a love
What do you do when you’ve made it… but still feel the pull to do something that matters more? Ashish Gupta spent 20 years in finance — investment banking, hedge funds, venture — before pivoting into social impact and ed
What do you do when you don’t know what you want to be? If you’re Matt McDonnell, you grab a duffel bag, live on sailboats, study law, launch startups, and raise capital — all while chasing curiosity instead of credentia
In this episode, we sit down with Holly Tachovsky, a serial entrepreneur who built and sold multiple tech companies, including BuildFax. Holly shares how early rejections, survival-mode decisions, and unexpected insights
In this episode, we talk with Samantha Jansky—co-founder and Head of School at Ascent Academy —about building a new kind of education. Samantha shares how her own mentorship journey shaped her work today, from studying p
Season 4 of Uncharted Your Sidekick for Life launches with Jeff Davidson—entrepreneur, mentor, and Co-Founder of Camp Gladiator, one of the fastest-growing fitness companies in the U.S., built after Jeff’s wife Ally comp
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Uncharted Your Sidekick for Life is hosted by founding_up. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 57 episodes.
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