Founder's Framework

About Founder's Framework

Tune in to hear Ninety founder, Mark Abbott, talk with other company leaders and entrepreneurs about key business-building frameworks and concepts. You'll learn strategies for overcoming obstacles, making informed decisions, and reaching your ambitious goals.

Publisher

Ninety.io

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jun 2024

Latest episode

21 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

65 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Sept 2026

   Caring Takes Real Courage — feat. Marcel Schwantes (EP. 65)

   Marcel Schwantes learned what bad leadership costs the hard way: a command-and-control workplace left him collapsed on his bathroom floor, paralyzed from the waist down, and facing six months of recovery. The servant leader he worked for next became the model for everything that followed, from his coaching practice to his Inc. column and his podcast. Mark Abbott and Marcel dig into what Mark calls high care versus high performance, and Marcel makes the case that one actually produces the othe...

2. 

   14 Aug 2026

   The Math of Trust — feat. Kris Snyder (EP. 64)

   Ten years in, Mark Abbott sits down with Ninety co-founder Kris Snyder to talk honestly about what they built, what they would do differently, and what still is not solved. They get into why Ninety reached roughly $40M in ARR without a single salesperson, an idea Kris carried over from his first job out of college at McMaster-Carr, and why they eventually conceded that the "we don't sell, we serve" era had to end. Kris walks through the Math of Trust, the three-part model the two of th...

3. 

   13 Jul 2026

   Family Business, Built to Last — feat. Sara Stern

   Most people meet a family business with a raised eyebrow, assuming nepotism, dysfunction, and the kind of dinner-table drama that makes for good television. Mark Abbott sits down with family business expert Sara Stern to make the opposite case: family businesses are among the most enduring and value-creating institutions on the planet, and the very thing critics mock is often the reason they last. Sara walks through the three-circle model of family, business, and ownership, the underrated rol...

Who has been a guest on Founder's Framework

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Audra Stanton
• Kris Snyder
• Christine Watts
• Jed Morley
• Jessie Capote

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

123,989

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

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

Quality

51

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

0

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Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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