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OnlyFounders: Explicitly Human Stories

OnlyFounders shares the HUMAN side of founding something meaningful.Hosted by global keynote speaker and truth disruptor Anne Gillaspie, OnlyFounders goes beyond startup success stories to reveal what it actually feels like to build something meaningful.We have radically honest conversations with founders, entrepreneurs, leaders, creators and cycle breakers about entrepreneurship, relationships, mental health, founder burnout, identity, fear, failure, leadership, parenting, ambition, authenticity,

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61:13

You Can’t Control Everything—Learn to Let Go |...

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2026/10/06

What happens when you realize that no amount of hard work, planning, or control can guarantee the outcome you want? In this episode of OnlyFounders, Anne Gillaspie sits down with Geoff Eliason, CEO and Principal of SDR Ventures, for an honest conversation about entrepreneurship, resilience, loss, leadership, and learning to let go of control. Geoff shares how losing two babies became one of the experiences that fundamentally changed the way he thought about control, surrender, and life. He co...

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38:29

How Hidden Parts of Yourself Can Change Your Life |...

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2026/10/01

What happens when you stop performing the version of yourself that makes everyone else comfortable? In this deeply personal solo episode of OnlyFounders, Anne Gillaspie opens up about a part of her identity she has been afraid to share publicly: her experience as an online dominatrix and the unexpected lessons it taught her about boundaries, consent, power, shame, communication, and human connection. Anne reflects on how much of her life was shaped by control, suppression, people-pleasing, re...

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62:20

The Power of Truth When Everything Goes Wrong |...

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2026/09/29

What do you do when everything goes wrong and everyone is looking to you for answers? In this episode of OnlyFounders, Anne Gillaspie sits down with Alyssa Burns, CEO of Alyssa Burns Communications and a communications strategist specializing in crisis management and resolution, for an honest conversation about what happens when leaders, businesses, and organizations are under pressure. Alyssa shares how resilience shaped her career, how she left a toxic workplace to build her own business, a...

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39:13

What Happens When You Finally Feel Safe to Be...

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2026/09/25

What if the dreams you had as a child were never random—and some of them are finally showing up in your life today? In this solo episode of OnlyFounders, Anne Gillaspie goes back to the little girl she used to be: the dancer, actress, performer, and deeply curious kid who wanted to be seen, heard, and felt. She reflects on how those childhood desires were once treated as flaws—and how, at 42, she is beginning to recognize them as part of her purpose. Anne gets deeply honest about identity, pe...

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59:09

Founder Identity: When Your Business No Longer Fits...

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2026/09/22

What happens when the business you built no longer feels like the business you’re meant to lead? In this episode of OnlyFounders, Anne Gillaspie sits down with Abby Bradetich Nash, a visibility strategist, embodiment mentor, business coach, web designer, and former professional dancer, for an honest conversation about founder identity, business evolution, visibility, and what it means to become the next version of yourself. Abby shares her journey from professional dance and freelance design ...

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21:17

Entrepreneur Mindset: What If You Don’t Actually Want...

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2026/09/17

What if the things you think you should do aren’t actually aligned with what you want? In this solo episode of OnlyFounders, Anne Gillaspie gets honest about the expectations that can quietly shape our businesses, careers, families, and identities. Anne shares the personal realization that made her step back from aggressively pursuing a TEDx talk. After being told that successful speakers should have a TED talk, a book, and certain credentials, she finally asked herself a deeper question: Do ...

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68:33

Can Your Partner Make or Break Your Founder Journey?...

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2026/09/15

Can the person closest to you make or break your founder journey? Jenn Moyer-Smith and Craig Smith are entrepreneurs, storytellers, and partners in both business and life. Together, they've spent decades building businesses, helping brands connect with people, and learning what it really means to grow alongside someone you love. Jenn is the co-founder of Alice & Albert, a creative agency focused on helping organizations clarify their story and connect with the audiences that matter most. ...

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11:00

Who the Fuck Are You? When Your Purpose, Identity &...

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2026/09/10

What happens when you wake up one morning and suddenly question everything you thought you knew about yourself? In this raw and deeply personal solo episode of OnlyFounders, Anne Gillaspie opens up about a morning when she felt completely overwhelmed — as a mother, entrepreneur, brand strategist, movement maker, and founder trying to build the next chapter of her life. After getting pulled into social media instead of doing the morning movement that normally helps her reset, Anne found hersel...

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62:31

The Truth About Aging, Hormones, Sex & Building a...

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2026/09/08

What if your body isn’t broken — and you’ve just never been given the right information? In this episode of OnlyFounders, Anne Gillaspie sits down with Kimberly Cunningham, founder of Cunningham Clinic, nurse practitioner, entrepreneur, and author of Great Sex Never Gets Old. Kimberly shares the personal and professional journey that took her from a devastating injury and years of limited mobility to building a thriving healthcare practice focused on hormones, longevity, functional medicine, ...

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29:41

You’re Your Own Boss. So Who Holds You Accountable? |...

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2026/09/03

You’re your own boss—but who holds you accountable when nobody is watching? For founders, CEOs, and entrepreneurs, freedom can be both the best part of building a business and one of its biggest challenges. Without a boss, structure, or someone telling you what to do, it’s easy to lose your boundaries, overbook your calendar, and eventually feel like you’re drowning. In this solo episode of OnlyFounders, Anne Gillaspie shares what she’s learning about creating “containers” instead of rigid ru...

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41:44

The Problem Isn't Always Where It Hurts | Laura Mahe...

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2026/09/01

What if the place where you feel pain isn't actually where the problem is? Laura Mahe is a manual osteopath and body worker based in Calgary, Alberta, with more than 25 years of experience in the health and wellness industry. After starting her career in massage therapy, Laura found her way to manual osteopathy—and discovered a completely different way of looking at the body, pain, and healing. What she loves most about her work is the impact it can have on someone's life. Her goal is simple:...

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34:55

The Truth About Building a Business While Raising...

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2026/08/27

What if work-life balance isn’t actually the goal when you’re building a business and raising a family? In this solo episode of OnlyFounders, Anne Gillaspie gets honest about the reality of being a founder, a mother, and a partner—and what happens when the carefully planned systems of work and family simply stop working. After a summer filled with changing schedules, childcare challenges, unexpected setbacks, and difficult decisions, Anne realized something important: maybe balance was never ...

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57:14

The Power of Your Second Act | Bonnie Schutz | Ep08

OnlyFounders: Explicitly Human Stories ·

2026/08/26

What happens when nearly 30 years of supporting executives leads you to realize that your biggest career chapter might still be ahead of you? Bonnie Schutz is the founder and CEO of Tandem Resource Solutions, a US-based remote support and administrative recruiting firm helping founders stop being the bottleneck in their own business. After nearly three decades as a corporate Executive Assistant, Bonnie turned her experience into a second act built around entrepreneurship, delegation, and help...

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37:15

Stop Fearing AI. Start Using It to Be More Human |...

OnlyFounders: Explicitly Human Stories ·

2026/08/20

What if AI isn't here to replace the human part of your work—but to finally give you more time to actually be human? In this solo episode of OnlyFounders, Anne Gillaspie takes on one of the biggest fears surrounding AI: “Is AI going to replace my job?” Her answer is blunt: fuck no. Anne explores what human-centered leadership looks like in the age of AI, and why the qualities that make people valuable—thought, emotion, empathy, care, creativity, judgment, and the ability to make other people ...

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77:27

Enshittification Explains Everything Wrong With Tech...

OnlyFounders: Explicitly Human Stories ·

2026/08/18

What happens when a classically trained illustrator and electrical engineer decides the answer to AI's biggest problems isn't more data, it's less? Sayre Blake is the CEO and technical founder of SkillSaige, a soft-skills training platform that reimagines corporate learning as an actual video game, built by someone who's directed shipped titles, built enterprise VR training, and helped brands escape "five stock illustrations from 2019" territory. Her AI-powered trainer, Sage, runs a 15-minute...

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63:04

The Real Reason Most Founders Never Plan Their Exit...

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2026/08/06

What happens when the guy who built a podcast marketing agency also builds the AI tool designed to make that agency obsolete? John Taylor isn't afraid of the answer. He's already got a number in mind, and the day someone hits it, he's gone. John is the CEO of Act3 Agency, a San Francisco based podcast marketing agency, and the founder of PodAgain.ai, an AI powered podcast promotion and content platform launching in weeks. Act3 already serves podcasters directly; PodAgain scales that same in...

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54:17

How Saying Yes Built a Business | Elissa Zylbershlag...

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2026/08/04

She built a mentoring program before she knew it was her business. What happens when the thing people keep pulling you aside to do quietly becomes the thing you can't stop building? Elissa Zylbershlag, M.Ed., is the Founder of Work Wise Labs, helping new leaders build the confidence to lead, manage, and hold a room. She's spent 20+ years in professional development, with leadership roles at the Anti-Defamation League, the NJ State Bar Foundation, and the NJ Division on Civil Rights, and she's...

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71:41

The Founder Mindset Nobody Talks About | Paige...

OnlyFounders: Explicitly Human Stories ·

2026/07/28

"I don't believe in failure. You either learn something, or you're successful. There's no third option." That's the mindset that took Paige Arnof-Fenn from Wall Street burnout to Coca-Cola boardrooms to founding her own branding empire. Paige Arnof-Fenn is the founder & CEO of Mavens & Moguls, a global branding and digital marketing firm based in Cambridge, MA. Her clients include Microsoft, Virgin, venture-backed startups, and nonprofit organizations. A Stanford Universit...

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59:55

“I Taught Empathy for Years Before I Used It on...

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2026/07/20

What happens when the "soft skill" everyone tells you to hide turns out to be the thing that built your business? Rob Volpe spent nearly two decades running Ignite 360, a consumer insights and strategy firm he bootstrapped, self-funded, and grew without ever missing payroll — before exiting through acquisition. Along the way he became known as the Empathy Activist, author of the award-winning Tell Me More About That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time. His work is built on...

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43:40

My Founder Story: Anne Gillaspie on Dying (and Being...

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2026/07/14

What if the version of you that built your first business had to die for the next one to exist? Anne Gillaspie doesn't think that's a metaphor; she thinks it's happened to her three times. In this first-ever solo episode of OnlyFounders, host Anne Gillaspie steps out from behind the mic and into the story herself. She's the founder and CEO of Fix & Form, a Denver branding firm that's quietly rebuilt itself twice in 12 years, and a keynote speaker whose talks on truth-telling and burnout...

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