Entrepreneur to Employer
The Entrepreneur to Employer Podcast is for founders who are ready to move beyond ideas and start building a company that actually runs. It is designed for leaders navigating the messy middle, where vision meets execution, and where most businesses either stall or scale.
Each bite sized episode delivers practical, no-fluff insights you can apply immediately. Whether you are refining your offer, building systems, hiring your first team members, or protecting your intellectual property, this podcast helps you make smarter decisions faster.
A core focus of the show is helping you remove founder dependency and eliminate operational bottlenecks so your business can grow without everything relying on you. You will learn how to step out of the day-to-day, build processes that scale, and create a company that is not limited by your time or bandwidth.
From IP protection and operational structure to go-to-market strategy and leadership development, every episode focuses on the real challenges of turning a business into a sustainable, scalable company.
Hosted by Brian Montes, fractional COO and founder of Buona Fortuna Ventures, the show brings an operator’s perspective to entrepreneurship, bridging the gap between doing everything yourself and leading a business that can grow without you.
Episodes
2 episodes
When Growth Outruns Systems: Inside a 90-Day Ops Sprint at an $8M Sign Company
In this episode, the focus is on a problem that quietly stalls thousands of founder‑led businesses in the $2M–$20M revenue range: the owner becomes the bottleneck. Instead of slowing down because of weak sales, these companies stall beca...
The Breaking Point: Why Founder-Led Operations Stop Working (and What to Do Next)
In this episode of Entrepreneur to Employer, we unpack the “breaking point” where founder-led operations stop working and growth starts to feel like chaos. This is the stage where the business is scaling, revenue is up, but everything still run...