Spread The Positive Podcast

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Humble Beginnings Are a Launch Pad with Robert Vaughn

August 19, 2026

Robert Vaughn bootstrapped a pottery brand out of a 1950s garage to 1,000 retailers, then sold it. Here are his 13 optimistic notes.   Robert came in with thirteen written notes, and his reason for writing them is the episode's point. Most business podcast guests work at large, impressive companies, and if you are a small business owner or an employee, a lot of those lessons are not relevant to you. So he started at 11 and 12 years old, buying and selling on eBay before he had a debit card, h...

Ask Forgiveness, Not Permission: Chuck the Lifelong Tinkerer

August 13, 2026

Chuck went from wiring bicycle dynamos as a kid to now being a pioneer in AI and creating a bar built on six continents. Here is his story.   Chuck sits down with Katie in his Harvard shirt to go back to the start. He talks about how he works best under stress, how he slows down and absorbs while everybody else panics, and why when a deadline slips he is the one who walks in, delivers the bad news, and hands over the solution in the same breath. By day he is a product manager building the nex...

Building Character with Josh Chapman

August 05, 2026

Josh Chapman was born 3 months early and breathed through a straw. He now fixes chainsaws and works at Home Depot.   Trent sits down with Josh and his sister Katie taking it all the way back to expand his airway. Katie explains why that matters today: Josh's normal breathing is basically breathing through a straw, so physical activity is hard, but you would never know it watching him work.   From there it turns into pure Josh. He talks about the weed eater he found broken, how he took it home...