ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator

By Steve August

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You’re an entrepreneur with ADHD. You’ve got big ideas, a fast brain… and a to-do list that’s longer than a CVS receipt. You’re driven—but staying focused, finishing what you start, and scaling your business? That can feel impossible. Welcome to the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator Podcast. Hosted by Steve August—ADHD coach, founder, and lifelong entrepreneur. Steve ha's built and exited companies, served as CMO of a $100 million business. Late diagnosed with ADHD at age 54, Steve now helps ADHD entrepreneurs get out of overwhelm find their focus and create freedom. This podcast is your go-to resource for building a business that works with your ADHD brain, not against it. We’re talking " brain-first" practical strategies to help you prioritize, start focus and finish, and sustain over time so you can reap the rewards of your brilliance. If you've ever felt like traditional business success advice wasn’t made for how your brain works, this show proves there's a different path. One built not in spite of your brain - but because of it. You’ll hear real stories from founders who are growing businesses without burning out… and we’ll keep it simple, actionable, and ADHD-friendly every step of the way. So if you’re ready to grow your business, feel free, and finally say… ‘Not now, squirrels. We’ve got work to do.’ Hit subscribe. Let’s go!

Episode Date
Reset Your Focus After Distraction to Drive Growth While Living With ADHD
Dec 11, 2025
AI Tools To Help AuADHD Professionals Prevent Burnout with Ross Heatley
Dec 03, 2025
How “Gold Plating” Keeps ADHD Entrepreneurs Stuck (And how to get unstuck)
Nov 26, 2025
ADHD Claustrophobia Is Shrinking Your Life: This Weekly System Will Set You Free
Nov 20, 2025
The Venture Studio Model for Startup Founders to Build Better Companies Faster with JT Benton
Nov 13, 2025
Why My ADHD Brain Took Three days to write a Quick Email
Nov 06, 2025
How ADHD & Autistic Creators Can Build Systems That Actually Work - Jenna Redfield
Oct 30, 2025
Letting Go of Productivity Shame in ADHD to Stop the Guilt and Start Getting Things Done
Oct 23, 2025
ADHD Productivity System for Founders to Beat Overwhelm using the Only Tens with Mark J. Silverman
Oct 16, 2025
Monetary Goals as the ADHD Motivation Dilemma Entrepreneurs Must Understand
Oct 09, 2025
How Mission-Driven Founders Overcame 90% Funding Loss and Raised $750K with Beck Hayes
Oct 02, 2025
Solo–Putting Balls Down Vs Dropping Them for ADHD Founders to Prioritize Better and Stay Focused
Sep 25, 2025
ADHD Strategies for Executives to Boost Fresh Food Supply Chain Efficiency with Judson Armentrout
Sep 18, 2025
How The Four Agreements guide ADHD Brains to stop assumptions and reduce daily overwhelm
Sep 11, 2025
The Real College Fix for ADHD Students to Prevent Dropouts and Maximise Fit with Evan Moore
Sep 04, 2025
How to Break the Great Wall of ADHD Overwhelm and Regain Focus as a Business Owner
Aug 28, 2025
AI Tools for ADHD Founders to Overcome Addiction and Build Startups Faster with Matt Burch
Aug 21, 2025
Why ADHD Brains Don’t Need More Discipline and How to Use Smarter Systems to Boost Productivity
Aug 14, 2025
The Retail Playbook for DTC Founders to Scale into Walmart and Exit at $1B with Martin Forde
Aug 07, 2025
ADHD Paralysis in Entrepreneurs to Overcome Executive Dysfunction and Start Using Structure Hacks
Jul 31, 2025
The ADHD Superpower for Nonprofit Leaders to Transform Chaos into Impact with Hannah Underwood
Jul 24, 2025
The Executive Function Strategy for ADHD Entrepreneurs to Get More Done in Just 2 Hours
Jul 17, 2025
ADHD Strengths and Weaknesses for Entrepreneurs to Build & Sustain Business with Jennifer Adelhardt
Jul 10, 2025
The Weekly Dashboard for ADHD Entrepreneurs to Solve Time Blindness and Execute with Focus
Jul 08, 2025
ADHD in Entrepreneurs for High Achievers to Break Through Burnout and Regain Control
Jul 08, 2025
Episode 98: Leaning All the Way In – The Final Episode
Feb 06, 2025
Ep. 97 Why Having ADHD Doesn't Make You A Great Entrepreneur
Dec 20, 2024
Ep. 96 The 3 Offers Every B2B Business Needs to Thrive
Dec 05, 2024
Ep. 95 3 Keys to Thriving in a Tough Market
Nov 14, 2024
Ep. 94 How neurodiverse brains can help your business level up
Oct 25, 2024
Ep. 93 11 Lessons from 11 Exits
Aug 08, 2024
Ep. 92 Niches vs Tribes
Aug 02, 2024
Ep. 91 Why your warm network leads aren't buying
Jul 25, 2024
Ep. 90 Does Founder Anxiety Ever End?
Jul 18, 2024
Ep. 89 Surviving a plane crash
Jul 11, 2024
Ep. 88 Why I'm Recreating My Business
Jun 27, 2024
Ep. 87 Ten Years Post Exit: 3 Lessons
Jun 26, 2024
Ep. 86 Break through revenue plateaus
Jun 26, 2024
Ep. 85 Why is it so hard?
Jun 26, 2024
Ep. 84 When you know what to do (but you aren't doing it)
Jun 26, 2024
Ep. 83 Techniques for ADHD Founders (that work for everyone)
Jun 26, 2024
Ep. 82 I'm not a CMO, but I play one on TV
May 09, 2024
Ep. 81 How a Founder's Oura Ring Confirmed Product market fit
May 02, 2024
Ep. 80 "We've never had a response like this"
Apr 26, 2024
Ep. 79 Your biggest growth lever
Apr 18, 2024
Ep. 78 Is Your Business Model Getting in the Way?
Apr 11, 2024
Ep. 77 Time to Pivot?
Apr 04, 2024
Ep. 76 3 Keys to your Always On High Converting Pitch
Mar 13, 2024
Ep. 75 What to do when your offering doesn't take off
Feb 29, 2024
Ep. 74 The Founder Seat is Different
Feb 23, 2024
Ep. 73 Two Keys to Being a Centered Founder
Feb 15, 2024
Ep. 72 Maybe sell the thing you most want to sell
Feb 08, 2024
Ep. 71 Find the Pain
Feb 02, 2024
Ep. 70 Confessions of an ADHD Founder Coach
Jan 25, 2024
Ep. 69 What's Your Time to Wow?
Jan 18, 2024
Ep. 68 There's a Moat in your Method
Jan 11, 2024
Ep. 67 Slowing it down
Jan 04, 2024
Ep. 66 How to preload the New Year
Dec 13, 2023
Ep. 65 What's Your Hook?
Dec 07, 2023
Ep. 64 Your Secret Hidden System
Nov 29, 2023
Ep. 63 Gratitude and Giving Thanks
Nov 22, 2023
Ep. 62 How to beat the odds
Nov 15, 2023
Ep. 61 You are playing a two-level game
Nov 08, 2023
Ep. 60 That Pit In My Stomach When I Hit Send
Nov 03, 2023
Ep. 59 Does what I'm doing really mean anything?
Oct 20, 2023
Ep. 58 When progress feels too slow
Oct 05, 2023
Ep. 57 "Everything's a mess"
Sep 29, 2023
Ep. 56 Permission To Trust Yourself Fully
Sep 21, 2023
Ep. 55 What NOT To Focus On
Sep 13, 2023
Ep. 53 Overcoming Doubt & Exhaustion
Aug 31, 2023
Ep. 53 Fiascos, Setbacks and the Value of Surrender
Aug 25, 2023
Ep. 52 How to Handle Negative Feedback
Aug 11, 2023
Ep. 51 I don't know what I'm doing
Aug 04, 2023
Ep. 50 How to help your team keep the faith
Jul 29, 2023
Ep. 49 How to stop kicking yourself
Jul 14, 2023
Ep. 48: Do your work early
Jul 06, 2023
Ep. 47 Turning Roadblocks into Runways
Jun 30, 2023
Ep. 46 The Wolf You Feed
Jun 23, 2023
Ep. 45 The Power of Finding Your Tribe
Jun 15, 2023
Ep. 44 Sharpening Your Saw
Jun 07, 2023
Ep. 43 Superpowers & Kryptonite: The Neurodiverse Founder Journey
Jun 01, 2023
Ep. 42 Seed Stage Pitfalls & VC Life w/ Natalie Ledbetter
May 18, 2023
Ep. 41 Are you really the best person for this?
May 12, 2023
Ep. 40 The 3 Critical Things to Go from Seed to Series A
May 05, 2023
Ep 39. How to save $150k of runway
Apr 28, 2023
Ep 38. What I learned from 26 Seed Stage Founders
Apr 21, 2023
Ep. 37 ADHD and Reducing Gravity
Mar 30, 2023
Ep. 36 SVB and WFIO Moments
Mar 17, 2023
Ep. 35 One Simple Thing To Improve Your Hiring
Mar 10, 2023
Ep. 34 Three things I wished I'd known about leading humans
Mar 02, 2023
Ep. 33 Finding your sweet spot leading your team
Feb 24, 2023
Ep. 32 3 Essential Things to Know About Managing Your Board
Feb 17, 2023
Ep 31: Surthriving Seed Stage
Feb 10, 2023
Ep. 30 We are most powerful where we are most vulnerable
Jan 19, 2023
Ep. 29 What's between you and your next breakthrough
Jan 12, 2023
Ep. 28 The Pattern That's Killing Your Business
Jan 05, 2023
Ep. 27 How to Crush 2023
Dec 16, 2022
Ep. 26 When The Hits Keep Coming
Nov 30, 2022
Ep. 25 Ruthless Simplicity (Your Real Job)
Nov 16, 2022
Ep. 24 You're Playing A Bigger Game (Even if you don't realize it)
Nov 10, 2022
Ep. 23 The Problem With Thought Leadership
Nov 03, 2022
Ep. 22 Find It, Nail It, Scale It
Oct 27, 2022
Ep. 21 3 Things Keeping You From Growing Sales
Oct 20, 2022
Ep. 20 2x Acceleration
Oct 13, 2022
Ep. 19 You Have ONE Job
Oct 05, 2022
Ep. 18 Sell Your Way To Product-Market Fit
Sep 29, 2022
Ep. 17 Fixing Your Web Site Won't Fix Your Sales (and what will)
Sep 21, 2022
Ep. 16 How To Make Complex Sales Simple
Sep 14, 2022
Ep 15. Growing Sales: The 4 Founder Blindspots
Sep 09, 2022
Ep. 14 Scaling Sales - The Missing Step
Jul 19, 2022
Ep. 13 Is Your Personal Brand Hurting or Helping Your Business?
Jul 14, 2022
Ep. 12 Why You Aren't Closing Your Prospects (And what to do about it)
Jul 07, 2022
Ep. 11 Revisiting Bad Decisions
Jun 28, 2022
Ep. 10 3 Reasons Your Star Hire Didn't Pan Out
Jun 22, 2022
Ep. 9 Handcarts, Locomotives and Rocket Ships
Jun 16, 2022
Ep. 8 The Real Action Is Inside Us
Jun 07, 2022
Ep. 7 The One Number That Will Transform Your Business
Jun 02, 2022
Ep. 6 The 5 Disciplines of Rocket Ship Founders
May 26, 2022
Ep. 5 You Have More Resources Than You Think
May 19, 2022
Ep. 4 What To Do When You Are At The Bottom of The Well
May 10, 2022
Ep. 3 3 Secrets to Better Hiring
Apr 20, 2022
Ep. 2 How Working Insane Hours Starts to Work Against You
Apr 14, 2022
Ep. 1 From Founder to CEO: 3 Key Transformations
Apr 14, 2022