Founding DC
Hosted by Dan Simons · WTOP | Hubbard Radio
4.9from 21 ratings
- 22
- Episodes
- 13
- Transcribed
- 21
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Founding DC
Get inside the brains (and hearts) of local founders of some of the most successful business ventures in and around the nation’s capital. What didn’t happen? What did? What would they like a do-over on? What failures and flops led to something better than imagined? What’s their next move? These candid conversations — led by entrepreneur and restaurateur Dan Simons — reveal the highs, lows and in-betweens that come with nurturing an idea and building it into a thriving enterprise. Our mission is to pay it forward to current and aspiring entrepreneurs by spotlighting the unique paths forged by founders who came before them. Brought to you by WTOP News
- Publisher
- WTOP | Hubbard Radio
- Category
- business · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Mar 2025
- Latest episode
- 1 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
13 of 22 episodes have a transcript.
1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
#18, Tom Deierlein: Shot by a sniper, built a company & never stopped serving
4 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
#18, “The Way Out Is Through” — 17 Founders. One Lesson.
7 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
#17, Justin Baer: Building a $75M men's lifestyle brand from 1 shirt
Inside a recent episode
#18, Tom Deierlein: Shot by a sniper, built a company & never stopped serving
Published 1 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's really inspiring for me to want to go in, log in, put in my credit card and do that thing. Because I know that you're going to send that, all of that straight to her family, to her and for her kids. Yeah. It's powerful. There's some, you know, it's a real privilege to play, you know, a small role with folks like SOCOM, CARA Coalition, our operations, Code of Sport. We do a ton of work. with America's Warrior Partnership. I would encourage folks to look at them as well. They do incredible work across all branches, all ages, all needs, really a 360 approach to helping veterans. But it is, you know, the one thing I will say that Kevin Schmeigel taught me, which is, and here I am, you know, telling sad stories, but like, Veterans are just like any population, right? […]
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- Tom Deierlein
- Justin Baer
- Sarah Chen-Spellings
- Shizu Okusa
- Wes Moore
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 16 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 5 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100
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- Quality
- 47
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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Who hosts Founding DC?
Dan Simons host the show. Published by WTOP | Hubbard Radio.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Founding DC take guests?
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