#founderhacks

About #founderhacks

Insights for people who start, lead and grow businesses. Collected, curated and collated by the team at Atomex, by founders for founders.

Publisher

Atomex

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jul 2020

Latest episode

7 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 77 episodes have a transcript.

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   7 Jul 2026

   S4 Ep8 Inspiration, Flywheels, and Purpose Beyond the Exit with Brian Keegan

   In this Founder Hacks episode, Ben Thomas, Antony Enright, and Alex Moore interview Irish entrepreneur and Scaling Up coach Brian Keegan, who recounts learning entrepreneurship by watching his father bring back ideas from overseas and apply practical rules of thumb. Keegan discusses how inspiration comes from relatable role models and broad horizons, and highlights Jim Collins’ Good to Great—especially the flywheel concept—as a key framework he used to build a self-reinforcing growth engine i...

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   30 Jun 2026

   S4 Ep7 Keep Going: Consistent Action, Redefining Productivity, and Figuring It Out with Planner Bee Founder Maya Vertigens

   Founder Hacks hosts Ben Thomas, Antony Enright, and Alex Moore welcome Maya Vertigens, founder of Planner Bee, a remote virtual assistant team supporting sustainable and ethical businesses. Maya’s theme is “keep going,” emphasizing consistent action even when results lag, using the Dunning–Kruger effect to explain confidence dips and the need to push through the “valley of despair,” while also knowing when to pivot after giving something a fair trial. She recommends Grace Beverley’s Working H...

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   8 Apr 2026

   S4 Ep6: Navigating Discomfort and Character Building in Entrepreneurship

   In this episode of Founder Hacks, hosts Ben Thomas, Antony Enright, and Alex Moore welcome guest James Bates, founder of QVO Hospitality. The discussion delves into how character, resilience, and humility contribute to entrepreneurial success. Bates shares insights from personal experiences, relevant readings, and learned lessons, emphasizing the importance of sitting with discomfort to foster growth and sustainability. Topics include the role of AI in business, maintaining balance, and the c...

Inside a recent episode

S1 EP34: Jim James and making something out of nothing!

Published 23 Sept 2021 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I think it's phenomenal springboard, Jim. Thank you, genuinely. It is, I'm prompted to reflect on an experience that actually the three of us shared a while ago. We all set up businesses, perhaps 10, 15, 20 years ago. And I remember what that felt like, setting up a business 20 years ago, a lot of paper, a lot of stuff. And when we recently set up a number of new businesses, what was remarkable by some of the principles you've shared there with the very little resource, with a little bit of expansive thinking and using technology, you could suddenly create capability that 20 years ago would have taken years to establish. […]

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