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Renegade Ventures

Renegade Ventures

著者： Ellie Puckett
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For decades women have been climbing corporate ladders and asking for a seat at the table when we really should just buy the whole damn company. Welcome to Renegade Ventures Podcast where we uncover a different path to business ownership.Ellie Puckett 経済学
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  • Betting the House on Ice Cream: How Toa Green Built Crank & Boom Ice Cream

    Betting the House on Ice Cream: How Toa Green Built Crank & Boom Ice Cream
    2026/05/06
    What if the best business you build is the one built around your life—not the other way around? In this live episode of Renegade Ventures Podcast, Ellie sits down with Toa Green, founder of Crank & Boom Ice Cream, to unpack her unconventional journey from her family’s restaurant to building one of Lexington’s most loved ice cream brands. What started with a $60 ice cream maker and a homemade coconut ice cream recipe inside a Thai restaurant grew into a thriving brand with multiple locations, nationwide shipping, and a fiercely loyal customer base. But this conversation is about more than ice cream. Toa shares the realities of entrepreneurship: taking calculated risks, surviving failed ideas, navigating seasonal cash flow, and learning that business doesn’t get easier—you just get better at doing hard things. Ellie and Toa dig into what it really means to scale without losing your soul, why defining your dream life matters before defining your growth plan, and how to build a business that supports the life you actually want. If you’re in a season of growth, uncertainty, or reinvention, this episode will challenge the way you think about success, failure, and what’s worth building.
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  • Biscuits, Branding & Bold Bets: Lauren Coulter’s Path to Franchising

    Biscuits, Branding & Bold Bets: Lauren Coulter’s Path to Franchising
    2026/04/22
    What does it actually take to go from running restaurants to building a franchise brand? In this episode of Renegade Ventures, Lauren Coulter shares the evolution of Biscuit Belly—from early-stage growth without a clear strategy to a more intentional, systems-driven approach to scaling. She breaks down the realities of franchising, including what changes as an operator, how to think about partners and unit economics, and why delivering a consistent guest experience is one of the hardest parts of growth. Lauren also talks about “climbing Cringe Mountain”—the uncomfortable but necessary process of growing as a leader while building in real time. A candid conversation for founders thinking about scaling, franchising, or building a brand that lasts.
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  • From Conflict to Clarity: Leading Through Divorce and Business Breakup

    From Conflict to Clarity: Leading Through Divorce and Business Breakup
    2026/04/01
    Ellie and Maggie welcome Mary Kay Shields, owner of Triple Crown Dentistry in Louisville, to discuss the often-unspoken reality of owning a business with a spouse and navigating divorce alongside a partnership split. Mary shares her path from starting her dental practice in 2012 to expanding into a larger, purchased 8,000-square-foot building in 2019, and how differing leadership styles created team division and conflict despite years of intensive counseling. After deciding the marriage and business partnership couldn’t continue, she describes employee turnover, the relief of resolved conflict, and rebuilding culture and leadership through executive groups like Vistage. Mary also recounts a major mistake made during a tax-related entity change when she unintentionally documented 50/50 ownership, complicating the divorce and buyout, and emphasizes leaning on experts—attorneys, accountants, and advisors—and following through on their guidance. 00:00 Podcast Catch Up 01:10 Meet Mary Shields 03:45 Mary’s Dental Journey 06:25 Building The Practice 09:21 Marriage And Leadership Rift 14:10 Decision To Separate 16:45 Rebuilding With Vistage 22:46 The 50 Percent Mistake 28:42 New Culture And Confidence 32:28 Advice For Business Divorce 35:33 Behind the Scenes Shoutouts 36:15 Why This Topic Matters 38:16 Meeting Through Vistage 38:59 Marys Dental Journey 41:47 Building the Practice Together 44:40 When Partnership Breaks Down 49:36 Divorce Decision and Team Fallout 53:39 Rebuilding Leadership and Culture 58:43 The 50 Percent Ownership Mistake 01:04:35 Confidence Returns and New Culture 01:08:43 Advice for Others Mid Divorce 01:10:21 Final Thanks and Wrap Up
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    32 分
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