Fearless Founders

About Fearless Founders

Fearless Founders podcast is an audio adaptation of a live experience hosted for CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities) Program participants across the nation each year. CEO is an entrepreneurship program provided by the Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship that is transforming young people across the nation into entrepreneurial thinkers. A part of the Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship’s ever-present mission to develop the next generation of thought leaders and innovators, this series was born out of a passion to share valuable life stories with these high school entrepreneurs and invite them to build their network on a national level. In this podcast, you’ll hear a collection of special conversations with highly, successful visionary leaders - from Olympic champions to New York Times bestselling authors - that touch on how they got there, the failures they overcame, and what they learned along the way. To learn more about the CEO Program, visit DiscoverCEO.com.

Publisher

Midland Institute

Category

business · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Mar 2022

Latest episode

25 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

41 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Sept 2026

   Kristen Hadeed | How to Fail Forward

   At 19, Kristen Hadeed posted a Craigslist ad to clean one house so she could buy a pair of jeans. That single job grew into Student Maid, a company known around the world for how it developed its people, which she led for 14 years before becoming a full-time speaker and author. In this episode of Fearless Founders, Kristen shares the moments that shaped her as a leader: competing for her first big contract with no business cards and a bathroom-stall pep talk, losing 45 of her 60 employees in ...

2. 

   10 Apr 2026

   Alumni Panel | Building Their Entrepreneurial Path Post CEO

   What does building something after the CEO actually look like? In this episode of Fearless Founders, Ashton sits down with three CEO alumni, Lilly Miller, Leo Krueger, and Levi Zbinden, for an honest conversation about life, business, and growth after the program. Each of them is on a completely different path. Lilly launched her luxury wedding photography business while still in high school and now travels the country capturing elevated, cinematic love stories. Leo is preparing to step int...

3. 

   6 Mar 2026

   Brock & Mitch Mammoser | From One Product to an $80M Brand

   What happens when two small-town brothers take a single product idea and turn it into an $80 million brand in just five years? In this episode of Fearless Founders, Ashton Shultz sits down with Brock and Mitch Mammoser, the brothers behind Frost Buddy, one of the fastest-growing drinkware and lifestyle brands in the country. Raised in Newton, Illinois, Brock and Mitch grew up with a competitive spirit shaped by sports, discipline, and small-town values. In 2020, during one of the most uncerta...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 25 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

30

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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