Why Most Entrepreneurs Never Actually Start with Nick Braun

How to Build a Bigger Life Without Shrinking Yourself with Elizabeth McCormick

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2110753/fan_mail/new] Elizabeth Blount McCormick doesn't think women should play small. As CEO of Uniglobe Travel Designers, she helped navigate one of the most challenging periods in modern business history when COVID brought the travel industry to a standstill. Today, she's leading a nationally recognized company, setting audacious growth goals, and challenging conventional thinking about leadership, ambition, and success. We talk about building through uncertainty, why women need to get more comfortable talking about money, the importance of finding the right rooms and communities, and what it means to be the first Black woman to join YPO Columbus. We also get into entrepreneurship, mental athleticism, self-care, motherhood, identity, and the mindset shifts that help people keep moving when things get hard. If you've ever felt stuck, underestimated, or like you're playing smaller than you're capable of, this one's for you.

Why Most Entrepreneurs Never Actually Start with Nick Braun

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2110753/fan_mail/new] Most people talk about ideas. Very few actually write the check and start. Nick Braun went from building a pet insurance comparison company to scaling a water filtration business doing millions in revenue. But this conversation is really about risk, timing, relationships, and why entrepreneurship in the Midwest looks different than Silicon Valley. We talk about building businesses in Columbus, raising four kids, moving to San Diego, selling to Petco, funding local entrepreneurs, and why community matters more than people think. Also: Brandon Road lore, Upper Arlington real estate, and a very real debate about what should replace Bed Bath & Beyond.

Shark Tank, Building Brave & Redefining Success with Megan Pando

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2110753/fan_mail/new] Sixty seconds of total silence doesn’t sound that long… until you’re standing on a Persian rug making eye contact with some of the most famous investors in America. This week, Megan Pando joins me to talk about what Shark Tank actually feels like from the inside — the nerves, the pressure, the mindset shifts, and what happened after the cameras stopped rolling. But this episode goes way deeper than TV. We talk about: ✨ Building Makers Social through uncertainty, failed deals, and brutal “in-between” seasons ✨ Getting ghosted in business and the stories we create when people don’t close the loop ✨ Why scaling fast isn’t always the goal ✨ Franchising vs. corporate growth and protecting culture while growing ✨ Being a single mom entrepreneur ✨ Handling criticism without losing yourself ✨ Grief, emo music, bravery, freedom, and redefining success on your own terms This conversation is honest, funny, emotional, and probably way too relatable if you’ve ever questioned yourself while building something big. And maybe the biggest takeaway? Trying new things while you’re bad at them might actually be the whole point. 👇 Drop a comment: What does success look like for you right now? If this episode hit home: ✔️ Subscribe to The Keri Croft Show ✔️ Send this to a friend chasing something scary ✔️ Leave a review — it helps us grow and keeps these conversations going And Keep Moving, Baby!

Community Over Competition: Motherhood, Mental Health & Movement Haven with Libby Welch.

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2110753/fan_mail/new] Hello, my friend, hello... This week, Libby Welch joins me for a conversation that starts with wedding songs, curly hair, and dance moms… and somehow lands in grief, postpartum anxiety, mental health, identity, and building a business that actually gives a damn about people. Libby opens up about losing her dad after years of overwork and an undiagnosed mental health condition, and how that experience changed the way she sees herself, motherhood, and emotional wellness. We talk honestly about postpartum anxiety symptoms that often get missed — the control, overstimulation, rigid routines, unexplained weight loss, the feeling that something is just… off. Not the cute Instagram version of motherhood. The real one. We also get into: * postpartum mental health + asking for help * grief and generational patterns * confidence, curls, and self-image * building Movement Haven in Dublin, Ohio * “community over competition” in youth dance * raising emotionally healthy kids * skincare, hydration, intermittent fasting, and random life tangents because obviously Libby shares the mission behind Movement Haven and why she believes in “human first, artist second” — a philosophy that feels refreshing as hell in a hyper-competitive world. If you’ve ever struggled with anxiety, grief, identity, motherhood, or trying to build a life that actually aligns with your values… this episode will hit home. And if you came for Neil Diamond and stayed for emotional healing? Honestly, same. 🎧 Subscribe, leave a review, and send this to a mom, friend, or fellow overthinker who needs to hear it. #PostpartumAnxiety #MentalHealth #Motherhood #Grief #WomenInBusiness #DanceStudio #DublinOhio #Podcast #AnxietySupport #MentalHealthAwareness #TheKeriCroftShow

You'll Support Women...Until They Make You Uncomfortable. (We Can Do So Much Better.)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2110753/fan_mail/new] The internet loves to scream “women supporting women”… right up until a woman makes a choice they wouldn’t make themselves. This episode starts with the backlash around Lisa Oxenham’s British Vogue essay about becoming a mom at 49—and spirals into a much bigger conversation about judgment, fertility, grief, motherhood, ambition, and why women can be brutal to each other when something feels unfamiliar, audacious, or uncomfortable. We talk about the comment sections that turn into courtrooms. The silent competition. The projection. The “I support women… but not like THAT” energy. I also share how infertility and loss completely changed the way I look at people’s choices. Because once life humbles you enough, you stop assuming you know what someone else should be doing with their body, timeline, career, or family. We also get into Emma Grede’s comments about women in power, why society says it wants powerful women but struggles when women actually take up space, and what I’ve learned becoming an older mom—aka you finally realize not every tiny thing deserves a full psychological investigation. And we end with this: Can you actually name the thing that makes you you? Your edge. Your essence. Your fingerprint-level badassery. This one is honest, spicy, emotional, funny, and probably a little uncomfortable at times—which usually means it’s worth having. If it hits, send it to a friend, leave a review, and come hang with us on YouTube.