How I Started: Lessons from Entrepreneurs to the Next Generation

Connor Boyack

niko.rotta@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

This podcast spotlights entrepreneurs and young founders, focusing on the practical lessons behind building businesses—pivots, mentorship, and what it takes to get started. For PR, it’s a credible platform for founders who want to share origin stories and business-building frameworks with a next-generation audience.

Metrics

Episodes: 15

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Instagram: 22.0k followers

Contact Information

niko.rotta@gmail.com

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Host

Connor Boyack - Hosted by Connor Boyack. The show explores lessons, pivots, and mentorship behind successful companies, featuring founder interviews and Startup Standouts with teen entrepreneurs.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Entrepreneurs, founders, and young business owners (including teen founders) with a clear origin story and specific lessons learned (e.g., pricing, mentorship, pivots, networking, unit economics).
Required Achievements:  
Founded or co-founded a business, Demonstrated early traction or growth (e.g., scaling inventory, building a studio/company, launching ventures), Can articulate business frameworks learned through mistakes or mentorship

Recent Guest Discussions

Jeff Harmon - Entrepreneurial Origin, Mentorship, Solving Problems, Pivots, Experimentation, And Scaling

Tyler Grant - Building Connections For Sales, Inventory Growth At Wholesale Price, And Starting A Business At A Young Age

Robert Irvine - Early Business Lessons, Unit Costs, Failure And Recovery, Discipline, Mentorship, And Product Differentiation

Recent Topics

Entrepreneurship, Startups, Founder, Mentorship, Small Business

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
How I Started: Lessons from Entrepreneurs to the Next Generation
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Connecting People and Finding Passion in Your Work: Kinsley’s Kreations

June 24, 2026

Kinsley has packed a lot of passion into her business. After realizing there was a need for heartfelt greeting cards, she built a business around the idea of connecting people through real moments, not just a text from your phone. Kinsley has built an incredible community at the Kids Markets, and has many lessons to share. In this episode, she shares her love for her business, advice she has received and given, and how to is expanding her business. Guest Links:https://kinsleyayn.com/Key topic...

How Jeff Harmon Started and Grew Angel Through Entrepreneurship, Mentorship, and Solving Pain

June 17, 2026

Every entrepreneur has a starting point, and sometimes it begins with something as simple as a paper bag of potatoes. In this episode of How I Started, host Connor Boyack sits down with Jeff Harmon, Co-founder of Harmon Brothers and Chief Content Officer at the Angel Studio, to explore how a small childhood business eventually led to the creation of Angel.Jeff shares how he started selling potatoes at age eleven to pay for school tuition, what those early experiences taught him about solving ...

How to Build Connections to Grow Your Business: Tyler’s Rocks and Gems

June 10, 2026

Tyler Grant has always loved cool rocks, he’s been collecting them since he was just 5 years old. When he discovered Kids Markets, he realized his hobby could turn into a profitable business. But to make sales and make money, he needed to be able to grow his inventory at wholesale price. Tyler walks us through how he was able to build connections and offers advice to anyone looking to do the same. Guest Links:https://www.instagram.com/tylers_rocks_and_gems/Key topics:Building a networkBuildin...

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