{"podcast":{"title":"The Reluctant Entrepreneur Podcast","slug":"the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244","podcast_index_feed_id":7049244,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6346062/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.mikekonrad.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0c0e18f8fee88bf987c05cd6e1532a66.jpg","author":"Mike Konrad","episode_count":127,"summary":"I’m your host, Mike Konrad, the author of The Reluctant Entrepreneur - Anatomy of a Business Start-Up - From Uncertainty to Unstoppable, available on Amazon as a paperback, e-book, and an audible book, and I’m excited to share real stories that reveal the many paths people take to build their own businesses. Whether you stumbled into entrepreneurship or you’ve always known it was your calling, this podcast is for you. Let’s start with what it means to be a reluctant entrepreneur. Many entrepreneurs don’t set out with a grand plan to build a business. Maybe you worked for a company that didn’t value your vision, and one day you thought, “I could do this myself”, that was my story. Or maybe life pushed you in an unexpected direction—losing a job, facing a personal crisis, or discovering a passion that grew into a business. Reluctant entrepreneurs often find themselves starting a business not because they always dreamed of it, but because it was the best—or only—option available. And then there are intentional entrepreneurs. These are the people who’ve known from the start that they were meant to create something of their own. They may have planned meticulously, crafted their vision,…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T16:18:29.568615+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244"},"episode":{"title":"Coaching the Coaches: Adam Roach on Clarity, Confidence, and Building a Real Business","slug":"coaching-the-coaches-adam-roach-on-clarity-confidence-and-building-a-real-business","published_at":"2026-07-22T07:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/coaching-the-coaches-adam-roach-on-clarity-confidence-and-building-a-real-business","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/coaching-the-coaches-adam-roach-on-clarity-confidence-and-building-a-real-business--72736332","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72736332/re_ar2_final_01.mp3","summary":"Some entrepreneurs build one business and stay in that lane forever. My Guest today is not one of those entrepreneurs. His journey started on the tennis court, eventually led to building a tennis business in Beverly Hills, and later moved through real estate, franchise ownership, recruiting technology, and now coaching coaches. Along the way, he built businesses, led teams, helped support hundreds of real estate agents, created tools that impacted recruiting across North America, and learned that entrepreneurship is rarely a straight line. It’s a series of transitions. Some planned. Some unexpected. Some exciting. Some painful. And each one teaches you something, if you’re willing to pay attention. My guest today is Adam Roach, Founder and CEO of I Love Coaching Co., a company built to help coaches of all types turn their experience, knowledge, and expertise into a real business. Not just athletic coaches, but business coaches, life coaches, leadership coaches, consultants, advisors, and other experts who know they can help people but may not yet have the structure, clarity, or confidence to turn that knowledge into a sustainable business. Adam’s own entrepreneurial path gives him a unique perspective on that work. He was a collegiate tennis player, launched his first business in his twenties, built a successful tennis club in Beverly Hills, moved into real estate, operated Keller Williams franchises, built recruiting technology, and eventually created I Love Coaching Co. We’re going to break this conversation into two segments. In the first segment, we’ll talk about Adam’s entrepreneurial journey, the highs, the lows, the reinventions, and everything in between. In the second segment, we’ll dig into his area of expertise: helping coaches and experts build businesses w…","meta_description":"Some entrepreneurs build one business and stay in that lane forever. 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