In this emotional update, I’m sharing exactly why I’m ending The Young Boss Podcast today.

It’s never easy to close a chapter without giving a real explanation, and you deserve to know what’s happening behind the scenes. After years of posting, filming, and sharing this journey with you, I’ve reached a point where I need to make a significant pivot. My other businesses are growing quickly, and stepping into motherhood has completely reshaped my priorities. Something had to give so I can give my full focus and energy to what matters most in this season.

This podcast has been one of the most meaningful parts of my journey. We’ve had powerful conversations about entrepreneurship, shared real and practical business advice, and highlighted stories that prove age is not a limitation. So many of you came here to learn, to build financial literacy, and to feel validated in your ambition. From day one, my mission was to show young leaders that they are not “too young” to win. When I started, I didn’t have many people telling me my age was an asset, so I wanted to become that voice for you. Your youth is your power. It always has been.

Even though this is the final episode, the mission is not over. The full library of episodes will stay on YouTube, and I hope you revisit them whenever you need clarity or motivation in your business journey. I’ll still be active on Instagram and TikTok, and I’m still here supporting entrepreneurs in new ways behind the scenes.

Thank you for watching, listening, sharing, and growing with me. This community has meant more to me than you know. Please like this video, share it with someone who needs it, and stay connected for what’s next.

We’re signing off from the podcast, but I’ll leave you with this: youth is your power.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Ending the Young Boss Podcast
00:40 - Gratitude for the Podcast Community
01:36 - The Power of Youth in Entrepreneurship

Subscribe to Young Boss with Isabelle Guarino wherever you get your podcasts, and be sure to like, share and follow on Instagram and TikTok.

And remember, youth is your power.

FeastFast only launched in 2025, but the story behind this brand started long before its first sale. The company was founded by two doctors who were struggling with weight loss and shocked by how every store-bought “healthy” snack spiked their blood sugar. After testing product after product, they created their own — snacks that didn’t create glucose spikes. They lost over 100 pounds, discovered a massive market in diabetic and pre-diabetic consumers, and teamed up with seasoned entrepreneur Joshua Sizemore to bring FeastFast to life.

But the path has been anything but smooth. Just weeks into launch, a breach in their ad account triggered a $100K/day spending error — forcing the entire team to rebuild their ad ecosystem from scratch.

Josh’s background makes him uniquely equipped for moments like these. After scaling Shinola from $30M to $300M, relaunching Original New York Seltzer, and building a water company that once landed a $1M investment inside a bar at 2am — he’s learned what it truly takes to bring consumer products to market.

In this episode, Josh breaks down the realities of retail vs DTC, why story drives conversion, and how founders should think about margins, distribution, influencers, and affiliates. He shares unfiltered lessons from raising capital, surviving entrepreneurial lows, and why authenticity from the founder outperforms any influencer strategy.

His advice is simple: if you believe in your product, go all in. Get feedback, trust yourself, and don’t look back.

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And remember, youth is your power.

Josh Simons has been building businesses since most kids were just building sandcastles. Lemonade stands. Go-karts he leased out. Hustles that taught him early how money moves and how people work.

At 17, Josh dropped out of school and made a feature film, not just for fun, but as a real business. Budgets. Hiring. Deadlines. Pressure. It was his first crash course in entrepreneurship, and it burned him out just as fast as it lit him up. In his early twenties, he hit reset mowing lawns, cleaning toilets, and actually living life for a minute.

Then music pulled him back in. Josh started a band and naturally ran the business behind it too. That’s when he saw a massive gap in the industry: musicians had platforms to stream, monetize, and build audiences… but nowhere to actually connect. LinkedIn wasn’t built for creatives.

So he built what didn’t exist.

VAMPR - the “Tinder for musicians.” A hyper-granular networking platform that grew to over 1.7 million users and changed how artists collaborate globally. That success eventually led to a strategic exit into Australia’s public music tech ecosystem with Vinyl Group, turning VAMPR into part of a broader music technology portfolio.

But Josh’s real superpower isn’t just ideation, it’s evolution. He knows teams change as companies scale. Skillsets shift. Ego gets shelved. Transparency wins.

From bootstrap hustle to tech exits, Josh Simons proves one thing: the path isn’t clean but resilience compounds. And the entrepreneurs who survive the dark chapters are the ones who end up rewriting industries.

Subscribe to Young Boss with Isabelle Guarino wherever you get your podcasts, and be sure to like, share and follow on Instagram and TikTok.

And remember, youth is your power.