Zen Founder Podcast
We want to help entrepreneurs practice better mental health. The ZenFounder podcast is a combination of interviews with successful entrepreneurs, conversations with experts, and honest reflections on entrepreneur life. Forbes called it one of the 12 best podcasts for entrepreneurs.
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Episode 70: How Your Relationship Can Make You a Better Founder
Rob interviews Derrick Reimer, co-founder of Drip, about how his marriage has been a super power during his founder journey. He talks about the ways he gets support from marriage, how it has helped him be more efficient with his time, as well as some of the struggles a founder may face.
Episode 69: How to Deal with Negative Emotions
In this episode of ZenFounder, Rob interviews Anna Jacobsen, head of customer success at Drip about how to deal with other people's negativity. Anna shares her approach and insight on the matter when having to deal with dissatisfied customers.
Episode 68: How to Make Your Relationship One of Your Business Superpowers
Rob and Sherry talk about how your key relationship can be one of your business superpowers. Rob shares some relevant points from a book he recently read and Sherry reveals some details on her and Rob's relationship in the early years, including how they first met.
Episode 67: Becoming a Stress Ninja
Rob and Sherry talk about their favorite tactics for mastering stress.
Episode 66: How To Run The Room
Rob and Sherry discuss the topics of charisma, warmth, power and presence. They also talk about how body language can effect the mind and mood.
Episode 65: Playing Longball
In this episode of ZenFounder, Rob and Sherry discuss the topic of longball, the idea of having a long term point of view in terms of career and how that can also be applicable to life.
Episode 64: Self Care Level 2
After returning home from MicroConf 2016, Rob and Sherry discuss some self care strategies including the importance of protecting your time and focus.
Episode 63: Mental Health Concerns Are The Rule
In this episode of ZenFounder, Sherry interviews Dr. Michael A. Freeman, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UC San Francisco school of medicine about the prevalence of mental health conditions in founders.
Episode 62: Burning the Candle at Both Ends
In this interview mashup, Sherry interviews Ken Wallace of MastermindJam, and his wife Val Wallace about the two sides of the founder/spouse relationship. They discuss some of the challenges of trying to balance work, family, and their own relationship.
Episode 61: Romantic Weekend Away
Rob and Sherry talk about how spending time away from the normal life routine can help increase a deeper connection with your spouse or partner. They discuss why this topic is important and tips to help make a successful weekend getaway.
Episode 60: Beyond Fake It Til You Make It
Sherry interviews Evgeny Tchebotarev, founder of 500px.com, about mental health and self care. Evgeny shares his stories about his personal approach and opinions to founder mental health inspired by a recent article he wrote on the subject.
Episode 59: Startup Attachment Disorder
Sherry interviews Jon Hainstock of ZoomShift , about the importance of not putting your worth, value or purpose on your startup. Jon shares how feelings of anger and frustration affected his relationships with his family which lead to a change in his mindset and action.
Episode 58: On Being a Female Founder
Sherry interviews Danielle Tate of MissNowMrs, about the challenges female founders face. Danielle shares her experience and advice to new female entrepreneurs or those who don't know where to start.
Episode 57: Staying Productive And Sane
Rob and Sherry talk about finding something that helps you stay productive. They both share how exercise has really helped them stay on track and dive into detail on how they've been able to incorporate it as part of their routines.
Episode 56: Founders on Goals: The Series Finale
Rob and Sherry recap their "Founders on Goal" series. They reflect back on the interviews and pull out some of the best practices and common threads throughout the interviews.
Episode 55: Founders on Goals: Brennan Dunn
In this final interview of the "Founders on Goals" series, Sherry interviews Brennan Dunn of the Double Your Freelancing Podcast, about his goal setting habits. He talks about the physiological benefits of recording his feelings and what he is doing.
Episode 54: Founders on Goals: Adrian Rosebrock
In this episode of the "Founders on Goals" series, Sherry interviews Adrian Rosebrock of PyImageSearch, about his goal setting habits. Adrian shares some personal stories and his unique process of tracking his goals while also documenting his emotional state.
Episode 53: Founders on Goals: Dave Rodenbaugh
In this episode of the "Founders on Goals" series, Rob interviews Dave Rodenbaugh, of Business Directory Plugins and RogueStartups Podcast, about the mechanics behind his goal setting and follow through.
Episode 52: Founders on Goals: Justin McGill
Rob and Sherry continue their "Founders on Goals" series. In this episode Sherry interviews Justin McGill of LeadFuze, about his goal setting habits, tactics to keep him on track, and advice he would give new entrepreneurs.
Episode 51: Founders on Goals: Tracy Osborn
Rob and Sherry launch their new "Founders on Goals" series in which they interview fellow founders on how they set and follow through with goals. In this episode Rob interviews Tracy Osborn of WeddingLovely on her goal setting habits.