Future Ventures: Scaling with Clarity
Future Ventures: Clarity at Scale is the podcast for founders, operators, and investors who are building companies worth owning for the long term — and who need to think clearly about capital, structure, strategy, and growth to get there.
Each episode cuts through the noise around scaling: how to structure a deal, how to position a business for institutional capital, how to build operational leverage without losing control, and how to make the high-stakes decisions that compound in value long after the moment has passed.
Hosted by Maxim Atanassov — a four-time founder and the Managing Partner of Future Ventures Corp. Since 2018, FVC has invested in, incubated, and scaled companies across sectors — with a focus on platform opportunities that compound in value. Maxim's background spans executive leadership inside Canada's largest energy companies and senior advisory at Deloitte and EY. He's a CPA-CA who has sat at the table where capital gets deployed, governance gets built, and hard decisions get made. Now he helps founders get there faster.
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Future Ventures: Scaling with Clarity
Latest Episodes
Jeff Spence — The Business Is the Product: Rethinking Growth, Capital, and Exits | FV Podcast Ep. 72
Most founders are taught to follow proven playbooks, adopt best practices, and compete for the resources they need to grow. But what if those same approaches are preventing them from building truly valuable businesses? In this episode of Sc...
Kevin Ertell — The Strategy Trap: Why Great Plans Fail in Execution | FV Podcast Ep. 71
Kevin Ertell is the founder of Mistere Advisory and author of The Strategy Trap, bringing more than 30 years of leadership experience across companies including Nike, Borders, Tower Records, and other major brands. Throughout his caree...
Salvatore Manzi — The Founder’s Message: Communicating Through Every Stage of Scale | FV Podcast Ep. 70
Salvatore Manzi is a leadership communications coach, speaker, and author who helps founders and executives communicate with clarity, confidence, and influence. With more than 20 years of experience coaching leaders, including Y Combinator foun...
Mark Francis — Scaling Beyond the Founder: How to Build a Team You Can Trust | FV Podcast Ep. 69
Mark Francis has spent nearly two decades working at the intersection of executive search, entrepreneurship, fintech, and HR technology across Asia-Pacific. As CEO of Preferrd, he is now applying that experience to a fundamental problem for sca...
Dave Irvine — Why Founders Must Scale Themselves Before They Scale Their Companies | FV Podcast Ep. 68
Dave Irvine, known as The Leader’s Navigator, has spent decades helping leaders understand a deceptively simple idea: leadership is not primarily about title, authority, or technique. It starts with who you are. His work focuses on authe...
