This isn’t just another Podcast, it’s a mindset.
Hosted by former Pro Footballer turned tech founder Nick Kratochvil, SCULPTED brings you behind the curtain of high performance, bold thinking, and unconventional growth.
🧠 With a logic-first, emotionally detached lens, Nick sits down with industry leaders, disruptors, and visionaries to challenge default thinking, from crabs in a bucket to tall poppy syndrome, no idea is off-limits.
⚙️ What started in a 24m² apartment in Germany has grown into a movement, documenting the unfiltered journey of building, breaking, and becoming.
If you’re:
•🔥 Tired of surface-level motivation
•🧭 Seeking depth, tension, and truth
•🛠️ Building something bigger than yourself
Then this space is for you.
Raw. Unfiltered. Thought-provoking.
Think differently. Live deliberately.
🎧 Stay SCULPTED.
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From Caravan to Exit: The Struggles That Built a Founder | Jacques Greeff
He grew up sleeping on bricks in a tent extension of a caravan — and turned that raw struggle into a life of building and exiting companies.
From bankrupt parents filleting fish in New Zealand to bootstrapping a tech platform out of the printing business, this is the story of resilience, obsession, and choosing struggle as a way of life. In this conversation, the masks come off: money raised too early, founders eating tuna and rice for years, and the real cost of chasing KPIs.
Key Episode Highlights:
From signboards to tech platforms — how a “boring” problem created a powerful business
Why bootstrapping teaches lessons no VC cheque ever could
The brutal caravan childhood that forged founder resilience
Struggle meals, scams, and survival abroad
Honouring family sacrifices while building something bigger
Why business becomes identity — and the richest version of life
The crossroads of raising VC vs. keeping control
Why monetisation is the ultimate validation test
100 true fans vs. 500,000 free users
Tall poppy syndrome, Gen Z ambition, and thinking differently in Australia
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro – Business talk finally begins
00:01 First Startup – From signboards to tech platform
00:04 Bootstrapping – Hard lessons and discipline
00:07 Market Validation – Data, pain points, and talking to users
00:11 Struggle Story – Growing up in a caravan
00:16 Chosen Struggle – Founders chasing hardship
00:17 Struggle Meals – Scams, survival, and hunger in Germany
00:18 Family Sacrifice – Honouring parents’ struggle
00:20 Business Identity – Why founders keep building
00:25 VC Crossroads – Deciding whether to take funding
00:29 Monetisation – Paying users vs. free noise
00:31 100 True Fans – Why depth beats scale
00:36 Content Leverage – Documenting, building in public, and strategy
00:40 Tall Poppy Syndrome – Thinking differently in Australia
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🎨 Design – https://www.instagram.com/shanika.j11/
🎙 Producer – https://www.instagram.com/_charlieslattery/
📂 Podcast Manager – https://www.instagram.com/alfiogangemi_/
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21 Jul 2025
What It Really Takes to Chase Olympic Gold – Josh Katz Unfiltered
He lost in the first round at the Olympics, on camera, and cried. Now he’s chasing a medal with nothing left to lose.
Josh Katz is no stranger to pain. After reconstructive knee surgery and ten months away from competition, he’s back, mentally sharper, emotionally lighter, and physically primed. But this episode isn't just about rehab and comeback. It’s a raw dive into what it really costs to pursue greatness. Josh opens up about missing life outside the mat, building a mentorship business with his brother, and why hard work isn’t enough to guarantee success. This isn’t inspiration. It’s reality.
Key Episode Highlights:
• Why losing early at the Olympics might’ve saved his career
• How rehab forced him to face what he’d sacrificed, and what he wanted back
• The brutal truth about effort: “Working hard is the bare minimum”
• Inside the subjective politics of Olympic selection
• Why some athletes thrive without goals, and others can’t survive without them
• The surprising camaraderie inside an individual combat sport
• What makes a coach actually credible (hint: not medals)
• Why he avoids coaching elite athletes… for now
• Starting a business to teach resilience, while still chasing his own
• The most honest answer he gives students chasing “impossible” dreams
Follow Our Podcast Studio:
🎥 https://www.linkedin.com/company/candid-studios/
Nick’s Apps:
🧠 SCULPTED → https://sculpted.site
📚 LivFree → https://livfree.live
⚽️ B42 → https://b-42.com
Follow Nick:
🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-kratochvil/
📸 https://www.instagram.com/nickratochvil/
Meet The Team:
🎬 Editor – https://www.instagram.com/jethropaco/
🎨 Design – https://www.instagram.com/shanika.j11/
🎙 Producer – https://www.instagram.com/_charlieslattery/
📂 Podcast Manager – https://www.instagram.com/alfiogangemi_/
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6 Jul 2025
Rewiring your Subconscious thoughts | Karim Boktor
Peak performance coach Karim Boktor discusses rewiring subconscious thoughts and overcoming limiting beliefs, as he guides host Nick Kratochvil through a live hypnotherapy session to redefine personal responsibility in this interview.
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Karim Boktor
Nicholas Kratochvil
Liam Miller
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212
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Spotify
4.9 / 5
11 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100
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Social presence
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YouTube
64
Engagement
71
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