From the Yoga Studio to the Boardroom: My Evolution as a Founder

In this deeply personal solo episode, Ashley Deland pulls back the curtain on the parts of her story most people never see.

Before the awards, exits, and advisory work, she was scrubbing yoga studio floors at night, cold-pressing juice by hand, and running a vegan restaurant on four hours of sleep. From launching her first business off a yoga mat to building and exiting multiple ventures—including Canada’s first soy-free vegan restaurant—Ashley shares the raw, unfiltered evolution that shaped her into the founder she is today.

She walks you through:

• The three businesses that built her foundation
• The lessons each venture taught her about leadership, grit, and strategy
• Why your messy middle matters more than you think
• And how to honor the version of you that built everything no one clapped for

This episode is a powerful reminder that no empire is built overnight. Every founder has a beginning—and this is hers.

If you’re in the early stages of your journey, or navigating a season where nothing seems to be clicking yet, this is the one to press play on.

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