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THE FUTURE OF RADIO

When Local Voices Matter More Than Ever There was a time when local radio didn’t just fill silence—it held communities together. It told you what mattered, who needed help, where to show up, and why it was worth caring. In our latest Founders Music Lab conversation, Brian Bourke reflects on that era with clarity, honesty, and zero nostalgia-for-nostalgia’s-sake. This isn’t a look backward. It’s a reckoning with what we’ve lost—and what we risk losing next. Brian spent more t

Bill Waters

Jan 223 min read

The Founder Burn Cycle: How Opportunists Use You — and Why Greed Keeps Winning

BEWARE OF OPPORTUNISTS Founders don’t lose because of bad ideas. They lose because of the people who show up once the idea starts working. Every founder eventually learns the pattern: you create, others extract. You build momentum, others try to take control of it. It’s predictable, repeatable, and baked into the system — and most first-time founders never see it coming. Trust me, I've lived this. It happened at We-Create (I lost, a local opportunist won). They tried it on m

Bill Waters

Nov 28, 20253 min read

The Power of Humility: The Quiet Strength Behind Greatness

Humility is Strength Under Control We often celebrate confidence — the spotlight moments, the bold ideas, the solo that steals the show. It’s easy to get fooled by confidence, which is why they call them ‘con’ men. But behind every truly great founder, musician, or creator lies something quieter, deeper, and infinitely more powerful: humility . The truly narcissistic will try to make you think they are humble in the beginning, then over time their true selves evolve and it's

Bill Waters

Oct 27, 20252 min read