OnlyFounders
By Anne Gillaspie
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Episodes: 74
Description
OnlyFounders conversations reveal the explicitly honest truths humans don’t always share publicly while founding something meaningful.
Host Anne Gillaspie cultivates a safe space for guests to share their truths openly and honestly with courage, humor, and human connection. You’ll get some f-bombs tossed in for fun as we unravel the millions of founder stories yet to be told.
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Stop Fearing AI. Start Using It to Be More Human | Anne Gillaspie | Ep07
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Enshittification Explains Everything Wrong With Tech Right Now | Sayre Blake | Ep06
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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The Real Reason Most Founders Never Plan Their Exit with John Taylor | Ep05
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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How Saying Yes Built a Business | Elissa Zylbershlag | Ep04
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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The Founder Mindset Nobody Talks About | Paige Arnof-Fenn | Ep03
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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“I Taught Empathy for Years Before I Used It on Myself” | Rob Volpe | Ep02
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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My Founder Story: Anne Gillaspie on Dying (and Being Reborn) as a Founder | Ep01
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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067: Why Not Me? Orly Zeewy on Female Entrepreneurship, the Bubble Wrap Story, and Redefining Failure
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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066: Is AI Killing SaaS? The Builder Bug and Why Execution Beats Planning
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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065: The Real Silver Tsunami, AI Mentorship, and the Future Workforce
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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064: Battle Wounds and Boardrooms: Mojo's Evolution from Solo Hustler to Production Agency CEO
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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063: The Power of Experience, Adapting to AI, and Building Your Next Chapter with Adrienne Arieff
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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062: The 2-Month Go-to-Market Cycle, AI Coding Tools, and Why "Live" is the New SEO
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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061: Vanity Metrics vs. Reality: The Ethics of Buying Followers and Beating the Algorithm
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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060: The Work-Life Boundary: Why Your Business Shouldn't Be Your Family
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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059: The Power of Constraints: Designing Joy, Navigating TV, and Reinventing Retail with Shannon Kaye
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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058: The "People-First" Playbook: Ben Whitehair on Creative Scaling and Acquisition
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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057: The Wedding Industry Reality Check: Pricing, Boundaries, and the "Vibe Check" with Carly Rae
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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056: The Death of the Specialist: Why Your "Time vs. Money" Mindset is Failing
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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055: Living in the Gray: Why Political Rigidity Kills Business Growth
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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054: Changing Rooms: Pivoting to M&A and The Sales Pipeline Reality Check
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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053: Avoiding Product Bloat & The "Gun Range" Approach to Content
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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052: The Content Gatekeepers: Deepfakes, Platform Responsibility, and Digital Parenting
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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051: The North Star Metric: One Million Websites & The "Work Family" Myth
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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050: The 10X Revenue Trap & Why Founders Should Focus on Boring Inputs
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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049: Holiday Boundaries: How Saying "No" Unlocked a Record-Breaking Week of Productivity
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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048: Negotiating Limits: When to Hold the Line and When to Let Go
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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047: The AI Survival Game: OpenAI vs. Google & Strategic Lessons from the US Open
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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046: Passion Isn’t Enough: Time, Money, and the Product vs. Service Trap
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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045: Trading the Stage, Not the Shortcut: Integrity, Identity, and Just Doing the Thing
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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044: Change the Room, Change the Outcome: Content, Focus, and Founder Context Switching
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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043: Ego, Early Careers & Wartime Leadership
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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042: The Founder Advantage: December Is Your Secret Weapon
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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041: When Marketing Lacks Mass, Even Good Ideas Have No Gravity
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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040: Loving the Gray: Kristi Mitchell on Reinventing Your Marketing & Yourself
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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039: The End-of-Year Crunch Mindset
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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038: The AI Bubble, The Economy & Why Everything Feels… Off
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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037: Are You All-In or Spread-Thin?
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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036: Founder Drive
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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035: When You Realize It’s Time to Pivot Yourself
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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034: In the Weeds, On the Brand, and Under Pressure: The Real Rhythm of Founder Priorities
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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033: Bringing Websites to Life: The Human Side of AI with ChipBot
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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032: How AI Built My Website (and Changed Everything)
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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031: The Quota Trap: How Founders Lose the Magic
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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030: One Click, One Shot, One “Aha”
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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029: The Power of Threes: Flow, Focus, Ship
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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028: Lifestyle vs. Startup: Growth at All Costs vs. Growth by Choice
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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027: The Truth About Addiction: Katherine Sorensen's Recovery and Business Story
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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026: Half Effort, Half Outcome
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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025: When Pain Meets Business: Boundaries, Burnout, and the Franchise Temptation
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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024: Share Your Freak: Building the Brand of You
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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023: Surviving Disruption, Thriving in Community
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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022: Anne’s Finance Moves, Matt’s $500K Crypto Loss
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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021: The Planner vs. The Improviser - Travel, Poker, and Startup Pressure
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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020: Before the Exit: Branding, Valuation, and the Hidden Runway
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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019: Risk, Reward, and the Hunt for the One Big Marketing Win
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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018: Momentum Means Sacrifice, or Death by a Thousand Cuts
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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017: From Startup to Acquisition: Self-Care, 50 Employees, and Founder Lessons with Danika Brysha
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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016: Navigating the Labyrinth: Challenges and Strategies in Podcast Marketing for "OnlyFounders"
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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015: "Breathe In Trust, Breathe Out Fear": The Founder's Rebirth & The Path to Personal Branding
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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014: “AI's Double-Edged Sword”: Reshaping Work, Education & the Need for Human Comprehension
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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013: “The Human Touch vs. The Algorithm”: How Founders Win Attention (and Avoid 'Yuck Marketing')
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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012: “The 10X Thinker vs. The 10X Doer”: Why Founders Burn Out Without Execution Partners
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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011: "Every Founder Has a Bark Collar Story": Panic, Guilt & the Systems That Break Us
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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010: “Do You Even Work?”: Redefining Hustle, Ownership & the Founder Headspace
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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009: “The Visionary Becomes the Director”: How Founders Win in the Age of AI
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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008: “Lipstick on a Pig”: Manipulation, Marketing & the Ethics of Selling
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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007: “You Don’t Need AI. You Need Customers”: The Founder Trap of Overengineering
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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006: “Marketing Doesn’t Matter If You Suck”: Real Talk on Product, Trust & Growth
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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005: “You Have No Time to Be Racist”: How Startups Strip Bias in the Name of Growth
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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004: “Business Plans Are Bullsh*t”: What Founders Actually Learn by Screwing Up
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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003: “Everything Else Is Fake”: Why People Still Crave Realness in an AI World
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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002: “Reverse Ranking Imperfection”: Why Founders Should Embrace the Mess
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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001: “I Hire So I Can Look Left”: Startup Team Building Without Losing Your Mind
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Aug 11, 2025 |