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ABOUT THE SHOW
Real talk. Real experience.
Better businesses.
Founder Fridays is a live conversation for founders and senior leaders who are building, scaling, or thinking seriously about what comes next.
The conversations that matter most rarely happen in a webinar. They happen when someone asks the question everyone has been thinking about. When growth creates a problem no one expected. When the numbers tell a different story than the strategy.
When you're trying to decide whether to hire, raise prices, fire a client, change your role, pursue an exit, or simply build a better business.
That's where Founder Fridays comes in.
Every other Friday on LinkedIn Live, we bring two sides of the founder equation to the same conversation: growth and business development alongside finance, operations, and the realities behind the numbers.
The result is an unscripted discussion about the decisions, challenges, opportunities, and uncomfortable truths that come with running a professional services firm.
Episode 5: Laying the foundation for a successful 2027
Episode 4: Founder Fridays is BACK! Mastering the Art of a Business Pivot
Episode 3: Stay the Plan or Pivot? A Business Check-In for Founders | KPIs, Growth & Strategy
Episode 2: How to Build a Business to Sell: M&A, Valuation & Exit Strategy for Founders
MEET THE HOSTS
Two sides.
One table.
Different lenses make better questions. Andrea and Joe bring the entire founder equation into the room — and leave the performance at the door in exchange for real discussion.
Andrea L. Johnston
Growth, scaling & Business Development
Andrea L. Johnston is an entrepreneur, business advisor, national speaker, and fierce champion for female business leaders. After building, scaling, and exiting multiple multimillion-dollar companies, she created Fuel for Female Founders, a media and community platform inspiring women to lead and leave businesses on their own terms.
Andrea’s career spans leading PR teams in biotech and pharmaceuticals, founding her own agency, and helping build a nine-figure division of a leading healthcare marketing firm before its sale to a larger private equity firm. She leverages her experience scaling teams, navigating M&A, and leading eight- and nine-figure deals to guide female founders and speak on national stages.
Through her work, including leading the Agency Owner Power Groups within Entreprenista, she advocates for women to pursue success, in the boardroom and beyond, on their own terms.
Joe Hamrahi
Finance, Operations & Reality Checks
Joe Hamrahi is the founder of FinStrat CFO, a fractional CFO practice built for agency founders and professional services firms in the $3M to $30M revenue range, with deep expertise in PR, strategic communications, and digital advertising.
Joe’s financial career spans 35 years, including nearly 20 as CFO/COO of M Booth, where he helped scale the firm from $9M to over $90M in revenue. His path also includes running Baseball Prospectus and attending scout school with the Kansas City Royals, experiences that still shape how he reads people, data, and competitive advantage today.
Today, Joe helps communications and marketing agency founders graduate from instinct-based finance to executive-grade financial leadership, embedding as the strategic finance partner who’s in the room when the pricing, hiring, and growth calls get made. Joe’s based in Sarasota, Florida.
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