{"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":"The Strength Within You: Jay Setchell on Resilience, Responsibility, and Never Giving Up","slug":"the-strength-within-you-jay-setchell-on-resilience-responsibility-and-never-giving-up","published_at":"2026-07-17T07:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/the-strength-within-you-jay-setchell-on-resilience-responsibility-and-never-giving-up","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-strength-within-you-jay-setchell-on-resilience-responsibility-and-never-giving-up--72573403","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72573403/re_js3_final_01.mp3","summary":"What do you do when life gives you every reason to stop, but something inside you refuses to quit? My guest today is Jay Setchell, a Marine Corps veteran, serial entrepreneur, inventor, author, and the voice behind Never Quit Trying. Jay’s life story is not theoretical inspiration. It is lived experience. He grew up on a working farm, served in the Marine Corps, survived multiple near-death experiences, and has endured more than seventy surgeries. His book, The Strength Within You: It’s Always Too Soon to Quit, explores the power of mindset, preparation, faith, resilience, and personal responsibility in the face of overwhelming adversity. But this conversation is not just about survival. It is about what we do after the setback, after the accident, after the diagnosis, after the business failure, after life changes the plan. For entrepreneurs, Jay’s message is especially relevant because building a business often requires the same thing rebuilding a life requires: discipline, ownership, courage, and the willingness to keep going when motivation is gone. Jay's Website: Never Quit Trying https://neverquittrying.com","meta_description":"What do you do when life gives you every reason to stop, but something inside you refuses to quit? My guest today is Jay Setchell, a Marine Corps veteran,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3617,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/episodes/the-strength-within-you-jay-setchell-on-resilience-responsibility-and-never-giving-up/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-reluctant-entrepreneur-podcast-7049244/the-strength-within-you-jay-setchell-on-resilience-responsibility-and-never-giving-up.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}