The Founder‘s Odyssey Podcast

A man of many talents Earl Foote Founder and CEO of Nexus IT consultants is a wealth of knowledge. Having been in the tech industry for over 20 years, he has amassed a plethora of clients through his service first approach, and is continuing to build a culture of excellence within his ever growing team. 
 
Earl Foote’s kind nature, action oriented personality, and growth mindset is what truly sets him apart from the competition. His dedication to his business and living a balanced lifestyle has allowed him to attracted a great following of professionals who respect and reverie his success. 
 
Website: 
https://www.nexusitc.net 
 
The Founder's Odyssey
https://www.thefoundersodyssey.com
 
Nathan L. Byrd 
https://www.nathanbyrd.co
 
 
 
 

Rob Poleki is a Government employee turned Entrepreneur with is award winning, patented, disruptive SMART Toilet Seat that allows you to keep your seat sanitary at all times. His unique story will motivate anyone who has gone through struggles and questioned whether they have what it takes to be successful in business.
 
Listen and learn about Rob Poleki and his personal story of what it has taken to prove those who have doubted him wrong and inspire those who have been following him anything is possible if you have enough determination and focus.
Learn more about Washie Here:
https://www.washieproducts.com/
 
Learn more about Nathan L. Byrd and The Founder's Odyssey
https://www.nathanbyrd.co
 

Brian C. Adams
Our guest founder today is Brian C Adams, President and founder of Excelsior Capital, where he spearheads the investor relations and capital markets arms of the firm. 
He has 10 years of experience in real estate private equity. Prior to forming Excelsior Capital, Brian co-founded Priam Properties (an institutional real estate private equity sponsor) in 2010 and provided leadership and direction for the firm in connection with capital markets, investment management and investor relations. With Brian's relational approach and deep knowledge of the real estate investment markets we know you will receive tremendous value today!
 
Excelsior Capital Website: 
https://www.excelsiorgp.com/
 
FREE PITCH DECK EDUCATION 
https://excelsior-capital.convertflowpages.com/raising-capital
 
The Founder's Odyssey 
https://www.thefoundersodyssey.com
 
Your Host 
Nathan L. Byrd 
https://www.Nathanbyrd.co 
 

Chris Daigle a serial entrepreneur and has an eye for growth. He is an M&A professional in the financial publishing, fintech and financial services space. His specialty is to help accelerate growth architectures within business by strategically putting together effective and efficient marketing strategies. His highly sought after executive coaching, mentoring, strategic planning, business development, and sales growth skillsets are much desire by corporations. With his extensive experience building, leading, and scaling multiple teams, Chris Daigle is a wealth of knowledge so listen in to this episode.
 
1. Today we cover over some of the biggest issues companies face when they are looking to create effective marketing content.
2.Review the life and focus of Chris and where he has retained some of his expert knowledge
3. Understanding tactical approaches to auditing your business growth strategy. And much more......
Chris's Website:
https://www.chrisdaigle.com
Nathan Byrd Website:
https://www.nathanbyrd.co
The Founder Odyssey
https://www.thefoundersodyssey.com
 

Gladymir Philippe is one of the most innovative, driven, and visionary founders paving the way for talented college students to be discovered and be hired through their software platform called Kado.
 
His vision and tenacity has brought this idea to life and believes that experiential learning has the power to unlock the unlimited potential of billions of people. Having over 90,000 Participants and growing on the Platform their company is poised for growth to help serve an underserve market by helping provide college students a place to work.
 
To learn more about Kado:
https://www.kadoinc.com
 
Learn More about Nathan Byrd:
https://www.nathanbyrd.co
https://www.thefoundersodyssey.com

Nathan Porter is an entrepreneur with an adventurous spirit who has traveled the world, is fluent in mandarin, a dedicated husband, an avid climber, and is the co-founder of an innovative app that allows you to customize Maps and document your experiences. 
Check out their app here: 
https://www.wandermaps.com/
 
Learn More about the host 
https://www.nathanbyrd.co

Have you ever needed to raise capital for your startup or current business? Every founder has needed to or has though about what their business would be like with more money. Today we breakdown in detail the process of crowdfunding and how you can use that as a part of your funding strategy. 
Today we are joined by Jason Crystal the funding magician with his extensive background creating successful funding  campaigns yielding millions for startup business's. With his unique and detailed experience of crowdfunding and providing companies the information, strategy, and clarity Jason is an extremely important for any company. 
 
Having built a successful software company for the idea to acquisition he knows first hand the need for capital and knowledge it takes to go through preparation to sell. He next venture has him sitting as the VP of Silicon Prairie where they are on the mission to help founders collectively raise 15mm through crowdfunding in 2022. 
 
Learn More Here: 
Silicon Prairie Contact: 
https://sphi.io/
Jason Crystal 
jason.crystal@sppx.io
The Founders Odyssey Podcast 
Nathan Byrd 
https://www.Nathanbyrd.co

We have a startup Rockstar on the show today with over 40 years of experience in the startup community Jeff Erickson is an absolute wealth of knowledge. With his experience of being a founder, advisor, investor and a spark plug to connecting so many people together Jeff has, and is, certainly leaving an incredible impact and legacy on this earth. Jeff is an experienced entrepreneur and was the founder and CEO of a successful consumer goods company that he rapidly grew from $1MM in sales its first year to over $40MM in annual revenue in its fourth year of operations and was ranked #138 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies.
 
With his current work at Carta a leading software company, he is helping companies, investors, and founders, manage their equity creating more confidence and clarity.
 
Jeff's Portfolio Company:
https://www.mystartupstack.com/
The Founder's Odyssey Podcast
https://www.thefoundersodyssey.com

Today, we are joined with creative tycoon, , software developer, entrepreneur, and USMC vet, Jasper Orr. Jaspers unique creative style and simplistic design captures the essence of what branding and design are all about.
 
With his plethora of knowledge and experience branding multiple business's, having ran his own clothing line, developed high end, custom coded websites, and is recently working on some new and exciting developments called Vetren a software resource center to help his follow veterans and Wired a fintech startup company.
 
Jaspar's Portfolio Companies
https://www.orryo.com
The Founders Odyssey Podcast
https://www.thefoundersodyssey.com

We are joined today by international best seller,  serial entrepreneur, usmc veteran, and host of the warriors voice podcast, Zachary Green. Zachary has previous experience growing his  company from the trunk of his car to a $30 million dollar business and has recently published his book Warrior Entrepreneur that launched to International Best Seller status in just the first few weeks of launch.  His passion for sales, leadership, mindset development, and team development, has set him up to now mentor, advise and speak about developing culture and scaling businesses. 
 
Join us as we dive into conversation today with Zackary Green.
Zack's Content 
The Warriors Voice Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-warrior-s-voice/id1602134212
 
The Warrior Entrepreneur Book: 
https://www.warriorentrepreneurbook.com/
 
The Founder's Odyssey Podcast 
https://www.thefoundersodyssey.com