{"podcast":{"title":"21st Century Entrepreneurship","slug":"21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325","podcast_index_feed_id":6829325,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2328218.rss","website_url":"https://www.21ce.biz","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/96p5ua0suhv91bd2unl1ckkbnxi5?.jpg","author":"Martin Piskoric","episode_count":526,"summary":"The 21st Century Entrepreneurship Podcast is a 4 x Gold-Award weekly show that features interviews with cutting-edge leaders and successful entrepreneurs. We talk about the fundamentals of starting and growing a business, achieving and maintaining success, as well as the difficulties of entrepreneurship and its future. Subscribe to the 21st Century Entrepreneurship Podcast and never miss an episode, so you can stay on top of the curve and gain the knowledge you need to succeed in today's competitive landscape.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T08:19:25.375914+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325"},"episode":{"title":"#511 Jon Ostenson: Build a Business Without an Idea?","slug":"511-jon-ostenson-build-a-business-without-an-idea","published_at":"2026-04-03T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325/511-jon-ostenson-build-a-business-without-an-idea","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325","url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.buzzsprout.com/2328218/episodes/18958961-511-jon-ostenson-build-a-business-without-an-idea.mp3","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.buzzsprout.com/2328218/episodes/18958961-511-jon-ostenson-build-a-business-without-an-idea.mp3","summary":"Jon Ostenson is a franchise consultant and former corporate executive, and we spoke about how people can enter business ownership without a “million-dollar idea” by leveraging franchising—especially beyond fast food. After years in corporate, he “always had the desire to build my own empire instead of someone else’s,” but lacked a clear starting point. His turning point came when he discovered non-food franchising and later led a franchise system, where he saw how ordinary people could succee...","meta_description":"Jon Ostenson is a franchise consultant and former corporate executive, and we spoke about how people can enter business ownership without a “million-dolla…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":769,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325/episodes/511-jon-ostenson-build-a-business-without-an-idea/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325/511-jon-ostenson-build-a-business-without-an-idea.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}