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Second Life Leader Podcast
"From Setback to Success — Founder Stories Forged in Fire"
Podcast Booking status: OPEN!
I’m Doug Utberg, host of the Second Life Leader Podcast. Since 2020, I’ve recorded and published more than 300 episodes featuring executives, founders, and innovators who’ve rebuilt after adversity and achieved their next phase of growth.
Our 20–30 minute episodes dive into real stories of reinvention—how leaders turn setbacks into breakthroughs, create value, and lead with clarity and discipline.
Our audience aren’t beginners—they’re seasoned professionals and entrepreneurs looking for fresh strategies, hard-won lessons, and inspiration from the comeback story of leaders who’ve lived the journey.
Yes—we’re actively booking guests, and we’d love to feature your story. Together we’ll create a powerful episode and share it across our growing audience on podcast platforms, YouTube, LinkedIn, Substack, and more.
👉 Watch this quick video first:
People First Leaders
Host, Doug Utberg
Guest requirements:
Experienced founder or executive (Founder, CEO, CXO, or equivalent) who has lived through major setbacks and rebuilt stronger.
Momentum stage: Your business is past startup chaos, at 7 figures+ and in growth mode, with hard-earned lessons to share.
All industries welcome — what matters most is the story of reinvention, resilience, and leadership.
Only interviewing founders & CXOs actively investing in tech to scale — technology implementation & integration is a primary discussion topic.
Located in North America. (US and Canada)
People-centered leadership: You value clarity, discipline, and creating lasting impact over short-term fixes.
High-authority voice: You bring credibility, not just theory—your insights come from scars, not textbooks.
Application to be on the 'Second Life Leader' podcast:
IMPORTANT!!! Assistants & PR Agencies: Please supply the GUEST'S contact information for scheduling/confirmation purposes.
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After application is submitted:
Our vetting team will review the application and reach back out to you with instructions to book on the calendar.
When the appointment is booked, Doug will share some vital tips (via video) to help you connect with our audience, gain some great exposure, share the questions I'll ask, and hopefully encourage some great connections and customers from our audience.
Enjoy the scheduled interview with Doug via ZOOM.
We'll produce all the assets, social media posts, and even video clips to promote our appearance. We hope that your appearance leads to great customer and partner opportunities.
Some tech tips:
VIDEO:
We'll be recording on ZOOM. We will likely grab a couple 30-60 second video snippets of our chat to promote you to our audience of over 10K. Try to be well-lit, so we can see your smiling face!
ZOOM is sensitive to computer memory usage, so please be sure to have all other windows and applications closed during the interview.
I'll send you the link!
AUDIO:
Please have a quality microphone
ready to go prior to our interview. Gaming headsets and internal laptop microphones are usually very poor quality and will require rescheduling our interview.
3 good options:
Order this on Amazon and you can have it in 2 days. If you would like to do more podcast interviews, this is something you'll want to have. As a last resort, Apple Airpods and Airpod Pros
are typically okay quality.
Doug Utberg
Second Life Leader © 2025
Portland, OR, 97232