Startup Life Show with Ande Lyons

Whether you're a tech founder or a non-tech founder, you need help to successfully scale a startup.Our guest, Software Engineer turned “The Mary Poppins of Startups”, Naily Makangu, is passionate...

Fostering connection among employees and company leaders is hard enough to do within brick and mortar walls.Building company culture and forging employee relationships without the four walls is a chal...

You are not built to do life alone.But how do you get the real support you need to navigate the real life events you’re sailing through?This delicious conversation on the Startup Life Show is with Tam...

Less than 2% of Venture Capital funds go to Women and Minority Owned Businesses.Our guest, Professor Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, is the Founder and Director of the Venture Capital Inclusion Lab at the Nelson C...

Our guest, Tonia Jahshan, was recovering from a difficult time in her life when she had her first cup of tea… and it was love at first sip.You will be inspired by her startup story and will love heari...

Veleké Brown is dedicated to addressing food insecurity through a program focused on ensuring access to fresh produce for those in underrepresented communities and creating systems of sustainable agri...

Bootstrapping is how many newly minted founders launch their startup. Using their own savings and borrowing capability to get their business off the ground.However, lack of funding can cause a founder...

Everyone’s chatting about ChatGPT, but how does one successfully leverage this AI to grow a startup? Without increasing the work load, distracting your engineers, disrupting the work flow and causing ...

It takes a considerable amount of courage, purpose, resilence and tenacity to bring a Micro Mobility (scooter-bike!) startup to life!With an entrepreneurial spirit that was evident from a young age, o...

Leveraging LinkedIn as a Startup Founder is a different strategy than when you were an employee. You need to build your authority as the leader of your new business, while appealing to potential inves...

Knowing when to form and build a Board of Directors is a challenge for many startup founders.Once the Board is formed, how to manage and communicate with the Board presents an additional burden on fou...

With 20+ years working for the post office, our guest had a dream to one day own her own postal store with the ability to individualize customer service and provide guidance.In the spring of 2019 that...

Social media strategies often leave you feeling like you're working for the social media platforms. Our guest and his team built an AI solution that helps make social media actually work for you ...

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Our guest, Rajia Abdelaziz, is the Co-Founder and CEO of invisaWear, the best safety jewelry and fashion accessories technology on the market.Fr...

To be their best selves, both professionally and personally, women need time in a welcoming space and place.Our guest, Shubhi Rao, spent years as a senior executive at Fortune 100 companies and unders...

Having a Mentor is an essential part of career growth, especially for the under-networked tech worker.Our guest, Kirk Fernandes, is the Co-Founder of Merit, a tech mentorship and recruiting platform f...

Bootstrapping your startup without relying on raising capital and loans is an ideal strategy, especially given the current investor and banking landscape.Our guest, Melissa Widner, has the best advice...

40 million drivers can't transition to electric vehicles without an affordable and convenient EV charging infrastructure. Increasing access to affordable public charging not only encourages the a...

When people are given the opportunity to take someone else’s point of view - walk a mile in someone else’s shoes - bias against stigmatized groups is reduced.Our guest, Aubrey Grant, MD, is the Co-Fou...

He had zero experience in the liquor industry. He didn’t have a background as a food scientist. He knew no one, had no connections, and had never worked in a bar, restaurant, or distillery.What our gu...

Innovation is often inspired by biomimicry - the design and production of materials modeled on biological entities.Our guest, Sissi Liu, is passionate about solving complex societal problems with cutt...

Many parents are seeking ways to give their children a better head start financially in life.Our guest, Ksenia Yudina, is a chartered financial analyst, a Mom, and the Founder and CEO of UNest, an app...

Research shows that aligning company and personal purpose improves productivity, retention, and overall wellness in the workplace.Greg Sloan, CFP®, CEPA, CPMTM, is the Chief Purpose Officer and Co-Fou...

How does one take a brilliant expertise and turn it into a thriving, profitable B2B tech platform serving thousands of paying customers?Our guest, Lee Rubin, is the CEO and Co-Founder of Confetti, a y...

Supporting and funding entrepreneurs is a terrific way to accelerate economic development in a community.Our guest, Ian Cain, is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of QUBIC Labs, a startup incubato...

Founders – you work so hard to be prepared for investors' questions during your pitch presentations.But are you qualifying those investors? Your time is valuable, and you need to minimize the cha...

Karen Lee is on a mission to reimagine e-commerce for beauty lovers by providing a trusted market place for buying and rehoming new beauty products.Glou Beauty is empowering beauty lovers to become mo...

You don’t have to come up with a terrific idea to become an entrepreneur. You can buy and scale an already established business!Our guest, Allegra Stennett, is the Co-Founder of New Majority Capital, ...

Helping schools help students is a mission that began in Alyse Maslonik's childhood.From living in a domestic abuse shelter to creating a self-funded business that now raises millions of dollars ...

The chemical industry has become the third largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions, with more than half of its resources ending up in waste streams.Our guest, Daniela Blanco, Co-Founder & ...

If you build it they will come is a popular myth in the startup ecosystem.Our guest, Cindy Fossouo, Founder & CEO of Information Systems Builder, loves solving the problem facing many tech founder...

Innovative products, services and behavior changes are key ingredients for solving the world’s most pressing issues.Our guest, Lori van Dam, is the CEO of Hult Prize, an organization that inspires stu...

Founders - you will be INSPIRED by and UPLIFTED from this delicious conversation with global clean beauty brand founder Kim Roxie!Southern belle, seasoned makeup artist, licensed esthetician and membe...

Who’s ready for some tea from the leading source for LGBTQ+ business news, served with dignity and depth?Our guest, Travers Johnson (he/him), is the Founder & CEO of Queerency, an award-winning LG...

You’re never too old to realize a new dream and build an innovative tech business.Our guest, Danielle D. Duplin, is the Founder and President of FreeWind Productions, an award-winning public speaking ...

Menstruation is one of the many bodily issues women have been taught to suppress.Our guest, Rachael Kim, said “enough with the silence,” and is actively changing the social conversation around menstru...

What do you get when you combine beautiful dispensers, a sanitizer people love to use, and a commitment to doing business in a better way?A hand sanitizer system that prevents more plastics from pollu...

Every woman, regardless of hair texture, deserves a wig that resembles the hair that she lost.Our guest, Pamela Shaddock, is Co-Founder and COO of Coils to Locs, a social impact, for-profit enterprise...

Are you ready to say Hasta Luego to 2022 and Hello Gorgeous to 2023?Our guest, seasoned founder, mouthy activist, super opinionated blogger and Host of the popular $h!t We Don’t Talk About Podcast, Mi...

Events are a great way to bring people together, and share a moment, message or idea with a captive audience. They do, however, take considerable time, effort, and organization to execute successfully...

Did you know the fashion industry is responsible for over 4% to the global greenhouse gas emissions? And it’s not just a carbon impact, but water, chemicals, deforestation, textile waste, microplastic...

The exciting anticipation of launching a new business can quickly fade if a newly minted founder isn’t properly prepared for startup life.Born into an entrepreneurial family, Alejandra Santos is deepl...

A recent study reported the #1 reason people were quitting their jobs was due to a lack of career development and advancement.Serial entrepreneur Sandra A. Babu-Boateng is solving that problem with he...

How do you instill a sense of resilience in students that allows them to look at adversity as a challenge and failure as a learning opportunity? You teach them entrepreneurship!On Tuesday, November 29...

How does a founder know when it’s time to launch a PR campaign for their startup, and how do they get media prepared?Our guest, Sabrina Stocker, is a PR expert and founder of Two Comma PR, a unique pu...

How it started: co-hosting networking events and roundtables for founders.How it’s going: a Florida-based hybrid accelerator and seed VC fund helping early-stage startups scale!Our guest, Justis Mende...

For a brand-new startup and its first-time founders, an accelerator program is an ideal opportunity to get valuable peer, mentor and financial support.Our guest, Caroline Winnett, is the Executive Dir...

Improving systemic social and environmental challenges isn’t just for nonprofit agencies.Our guest, Pauline Koelbl, is a gender-lens/impact investor and a leading innovation expert in developing and e...

Growing up an underestimated, first-generation Mexican-American daughter to immigrants, our guest, Lolita Taub, had a dream to give her family a better shot at life.Today Lolita is a General Partner a...

While not all entrepreneurs are artists, all artists are entrepreneurs.They have a product or idea to sell, and they need to approach their business as any entrepreneur would.Our guest, Sky Bergman, i...