In this episode, entrepreneur Joe Zentmyer explores how systems thinking transforms passion into scalable enterprise. Drawing from years of experience in niche retail—ranging from climbing gyms to aquarium services—he outlines the principles behind building replicable, resilient businesses rooted in community, operational clarity, and strategic design.
There’s quite a lot of angst and doubt about the modern business corporation. Some observers view corporations as extractive, exploiting customers and markets and competition for their own narrow purposes that don’t serve the greater good of the economy. Through these eyes, business corporations are viewed as dominating or imposing their systems on their customers. […]
Entrepreneurial leadership requires clarity, adaptability, and integrity. In this episode, Becky Schmooke introduces a Stoic framework for decision-making under uncertainty, building resilient teams, and leading without relying on hierarchy or control—turning timeless philosophy into a strategic business advantage.
In this episode of the Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings talks with Kim Flynn, President of XA Investments, about how financial markets are evolving to make alternative investments—traditionally reserved for financial elites—more accessible to everyday investors. Kim shares how her firm is innovating fund structures, focusing on customer-centric product design, and promoting investor education to open up access to private markets. Key topics include demand-driven product development, balancing liquidity with long-term investing through structures like interval and tender offer funds, and the role of creativity and empathy in financial innovation. Whether you’re an investor or a product builder, this episode offers a roadmap for democratizing high-yield investment opportunities.
The world of physics has undergone a seismic paradigm shift. Gone is the clockwork universe of Newton, where everything moved predictably according to fixed laws. In its place, we have quantum physics and complex adaptive systems—a reality defined by uncertainty, fluidity, and sudden leaps to new possibilities. As Werner Heisenberg once said, this requires “a […]
How does entrepreneurship truly drive economic growth, and why is it often ignored in mainstream economic models? What role does imagination play in creating market-changing value?
In this episode of the Value Creators Podcast, Hunter Hastings is joined by Per Bylund, professor, author, and one of the leading voices in Austrian economics. Per introduces a radically dynamic model of entrepreneurship based on his new book, Entrepreneurship and Evolutionary Economics.
Key insights include:
Why modern economics has pushed entrepreneurship to the margins—and why that’s a mistake.
The difference between creating knowledge and creating value.
Why entrepreneurial success depends on imagination, empathy, and experimentation.
How the infeasibility zone traps safe innovators—and how to leap past it.
Bylund’s three models of entrepreneurship, culminating in Model 3, where entrepreneurs reshape markets.
The importance of institutional support—and the dangers of policy overreach.
This episode redefines entrepreneurship not as a function of business plans or investment capital, but as an imaginative, value-creating force that reshapes the economy from within. If you want to understand how real economic growth happens, this conversation is essential.