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Episode 18: Runaway Founder Syndrome
About.
We are 3 founder friends frustrated with unrealistic, over-hyped business podcasts. So we decided to do something about it.
Behind closed doors, founders aren’t talking about the highlight reels. We’re talking about the stress of an underperforming team, a sleazy client, a surprise pivot or a strained marriage. Listen in as we discuss the real issues and share 3 perspectives on how to navigate entrepreneurship.
Dumpster Fire Expert-in-Chief
Lee Zuvanich
Lee is a startup founder with over a decade of experience wrangling teams, navigating enterprise chaos, and turning flaming disasters into teachable moments. Known for his sharp wit and no-BS attitude, he’s on a mission to roast toxic hustle culture while supporting fledgling founders. When he’s not podcasting, he’s working on his house, camping, or spending time with his kids.
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Professional Plan B Enthusiast
Zach Oshinbanjo
Zach is what happens when you combine military precision with startup chaos and sprinkle in just enough government experience to make anyone question their life choices.
He founded Vetelligence to fix military talent management, then learned firsthand what the startup highlight reels leave out when he shut it down. Now he's putting those hard-won lessons to work at SITE, a Kansas City nonprofit building housing and job pathways in the neighborhoods that need them most. Turns out plan B was the plan all along.
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Aesthetically-Distracted Tech Wizard
Sarah Schumacher
After beginning in design and branding, enough in-depth discussions about startups, websites and positioning revealed that Sarah had a deeper obsession with business strategy, startup consulting, and process design (it's not AI, it's just automation).
Her knack for troubleshooting led to a pivot from the printing press to WordPress, and for the last decade she's been guiding founders through website design, development, and hosting – by choice (IYKYK)! By day she connects domain names to things and maniacally clears all the caches, by night she reads and reviews a lot of manga, occasionally writes essays, a newsletter, paints with mixed media, and now produces podcasts, apparently.
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