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ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator

by Steve August

You’re an entrepreneur with ADHD. You’ve got big ideas, a fast brain… and a to-do list that’s longer than a CVS receipt. You’re driven—but staying focused, finishing what you start, and scaling your business? That can feel impossible.Welcome to the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator Podcast. Hosted by Steve August—ADHD coach, founder, and lifelong entrepreneur. Steve ha's built and exited companies, served as CMO of a $100 million business. Late diagnosed with ADHD at age 54, Steve now helps ADHD entrepreneurs get out of overwhelm find their focus and create freedom.This podcast is your go-to resource for building a business that works with your ADHD brain, not against it. We’re talking " brain-first" practical strategies to help you prioritize, start focus and finish, and sustain over time so you can reap the rewards of your brilliance.If you've ever felt like traditional business success advice wasn’t made for how your brain works, this show proves there's a different path. One built

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Episodes

  1. Scheduling With an ADHD Brain: 5 Tips That Actually Work (Audio Only)

    If your schedule falls apart by Wednesday, it was probably built for a version of you that only shows up some of the time. One of Steve's AEX members asked him how to find the middle ground between a schedule that's too tight and rigid and one that's too loose to get anything done. Steve's answer...

  2. Why Everything Feels Broken (And Where To Start)

    When everything feels broken at once, it’s hard to know where to even begin. I’ve had 61 ADHD founders take my execution assessment, and 23 of them scored high challenge on all three parts of execution: Deciding, Doing and Sustaining. Eight of them maxed out on every part. In this episode I dig...

  3. The ADHD Idea Spin (How I'm Getting Out of It)

    ADHD brains can spin on an idea for years, trying to think their way to the right answer. Steve has been doing exactly that with his own messaging, and this week he's finally handing the decision to someone else: the market. For two years Steve has had two ways of describing what makes business...

  4. Everything is dead? How ADHD Messes with Your Marketing

    It took Steve three quizzes to get one that worked. The first two failed pretty badly, and if he'd judged quizzes by them, he would have written the whole channel off as dead. That's the kind of verdict your feed hands out every day. LinkedIn reach has collapsed, ad costs are rising, outreach is...

  5. 9 Operating Principles for ADHD Entrepreneurs

    Steve was diagnosed with ADHD at 54, tried medication, and found it didn't work for him. So he went back through every chapter of his entrepreneurial life and started seeing how ADHD had shaped each one. Four years later, he's distilled what he's learned into nine operating principles for ADHD...

  6. How to Choose Between Too Many Good Ideas

    You've got too many good ideas and no way to tell which one the market actually wants, and that's exactly the theme that came up most when Steve surveyed 60 ADHD entrepreneurs last month. Steve ran a live Game Plan Session and had attendees fill out an assessment beforehand on what's actually...

  7. Hitting the ADHD Wall: The Hidden Casualty

    You spent years succeeding on energy, interest, and effort alone. Then you hit a wall, and what you lost wasn't just your output. It was your trust in yourself. Steve digs into something he thinks doesn't get acknowledged enough in late-diagnosed ADHD entrepreneurs. Before diagnosis, most people...

  8. The ADHD Urgency Trap

    Your ADHD brain thinks every idea deserves to happen right now, and that's exactly what makes deciding what to work on so hard. This week Steve breaks down why deciding, one of the three core challenges for ADHD entrepreneurs alongside doing and sustaining, is so cognitively expensive. ADHD…

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  9. Your ADHD brain doesn't care about your money goals?

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/solo-monetary-goalsa-s-adhd-motivation-dilemma...

  10. Twice Exceptional, Twice As Hard: ADHD and Business

    Steve wasn't diagnosed with ADHD until 54, which means he's still running into terms he would have qualified for decades earlier. This week's term is "twice exceptional," and it explains something a lot of late-diagnosed ADHD entrepreneurs will recognize: the same brain that built your early...

  11. The Project I Loved Is Dead to Me: An ADHD Entrepreneur's Guide Back In

    You were all in on this project. Then life happened, and now your brain wants nothing to do with it. This week on ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator, Steve digs into a pattern he's heard from entrepreneur after entrepreneur lately: hyperfocused on a project, pulled away by a health crisis or a client...

  12. ADHD Zen - The Teapot That Never Stops Pouring

    This episode is a little different. There's an old Zen story about a professor who visits a Zen master to learn about Zen. The master pours him tea - and keeps pouring after the cup is full. "Your mind is like this cup," the master says. "How can I teach you unless you first empty it?" For ADHD...

  13. Quiet Quitting: Why ADHD Entrepreneurs Abandon What's Working

    Steve unpacks "quiet quitting" — the ADHD habit of walking away from campaigns and systems that are actually working — and shares the ritual that fixes it. In this episode, Steve covers: Why ADHD brains mistake "not novel" for "not working," and how that costs consistency in a business that…

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  14. The ADHD Business Time Trap Progress (And How to Escape It)

    ADHD brains have four time zones: now, not now, never, and forever. That's time blindness - and it's why so many ADHD entrepreneurs struggle to turn big ideas into steady progress. In this episode, Steve shares Monthly Quests: the framework members of the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator (AEX) use…

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  15. The ADHD Procrastination Tax (And how to beat it)

    In this episode, Steve breaks down the ADHD procrastination tax — the real cost, in money, time, and quality of life, of the shiny-object detours and distraction spirals that eat into work that should take a fraction of the time. Steve walks through a real example from his Focus Formula coaching...

  16. Diagnosed with ADHD at 54: What I Wish I'd Known Sooner

    Late diagnosed ADHD entrepreneur? Steve shares his own diagnosis story — decades of unexplained struggle, a career that looked like chaos from the outside, and finally understanding his ADHD brain at age 54. In this episode, Steve goes back to the beginning of his own ADHD journey — from a career...

  17. Your ADHD Brain Isn't Broken - Your Business Model Might Be

    Is Your Business Model a Mismatch for Your ADHD Brain? Welcome to the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator Podcast. Host Steve August, Founder of ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator, helping late-diagnosed ADHD Entrepreneurs get out of overwhelm, reclaim their focus and build a business and life that feels...

  18. How The Four Agreements guide ADHD Brains to stop assumptions and reduce daily overwhelm

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/the-four-agreements-evenmore-so-for-adhd-brains...

  19. Enough With the Productivity Porn: ADHD Brains Need Progress, Not Perfection

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/enough-witht-he-productivity-porn-Its-about-progress...

  20. ADHD Productivity System for Founders to Beat Overwhelm using the Only Tens with Mark J. Silverman

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/marks-ilverman —…

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  21. Letting Go of Productivity Shame in ADHD to Stop the Guilt and Start Getting Things Done

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/Solo-LettingGoOfProductivityShame...

  22. Visibility, Storytelling, and ADHD with Candice Smith, MEd

    Big announcement! The next cohort of my life-changing Focus Formula program starts June 2nd. In 6 weeks, you’ll build a system that works with your ADHD brain so you can focus on what matters, follow through consistently, and create calmer, more sustainable growth. If you’re ready to turn your...

  23. The Emotional Profit of Celebrating Wins

    Big announcement! The next cohort of my life-changing Focus Formula program starts June 2nd. In 6 weeks, you’ll build a system that works with your ADHD brain so you can focus on what matters, follow through consistently, and create calmer, more sustainable growth. If you’re ready to turn your...

  24. Why Your ADHD Brain Crashes After Big Wins (And What to Do About It)

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/Why-Your-ADHD-BrainCr-ashes-After-Big-Wins-And-What-to-Do-About-It...

  25. The Shame-Free Way for ADHD Entrepreneurs to Delegate with Avy Schondorf

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/Avi-gailSchon-dorf...

  26. Build Mode vs. Sell Mode: The ADHD Cave Problem

    ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/build-modevs-se-ll-mode-the-adhd-cave-problem...

  27. When Life Hits Hard: Grief, ADHD, and the Systems That Held Me Together

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/when-life-hits-hard-grief-AD-HD-andthe-systems-that-held-me-together...

  28. ADHD Changed My Whole Approach to Leadership with Heather Gunnell

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/Heath-erFarr-Gunnell...

  29. Pills Don't Teach Skills: A Pharmacist's Take on ADHD, Medications, and Building a Business with Tom Lukovich

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/tomluko-vich…

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  30. ADHD and AI: Holy Grail or Infinite Rabbit Hole?

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/ADHD-an-dAI-Holy-Grail-or-Rabbit-Hole...

  31. The Loneliness Nobody Talks About - When You’re Neurodivergent

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/the-lone-linessnobody-talks-about...

  32. The Scattered Week, The Dopamine Desert, and The Inevitable Drift

    Big announcement! The next cohort of my life-changing Focus Formula program starts March 24th. The Focus Formula has helped over 100 ADHD entrepreneurs turn their brilliant chaos into consistent growth and freedom. In 6 weeks, you'll build a weekly system that works with your ADHD brain to help…

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  33. Superpower or Liability? The Truth About ADHD and Entrepreneurial Success with John M. Torrens

    Big announcement! The next cohort of my life-changing Focus Formula program starts on March 24th. The Focus Formula has helped over 100 ADHD entrepreneurs turn their brilliant chaos into consistent growth and freedom. In 6 weeks, you'll build a weekly system that works with your ADHD brain to…

    more

  34. It’s Not Just Squirrels - Two Other ADHD Animals You Should Know About

    Big announcement! The next cohort of my life-changing Focus Formula program starts March 24th. The Focus Formula has helped over 100 ADHD entrepreneurs turn their brilliant chaos into consistent growth and freedom. In 6 weeks, you'll build a weekly system that works with your ADHD brain to help…

    more

  35. Enough With the Productivity Porn: ADHD Brains Need Progress, Not Perfection

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/enough-witht-he-productivity-porn-Its-about-progress...

  36. Emotional Regulation: the Real Key to Unlocking Executive Function with ADHD

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/the-key-to-executive-fun-ctionemotional-regulation...

  37. How to Calm Your ADHD Brain Without Trying Harder (with Andi Hess)

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/andihe-ss ------------------------------------------------ In this episode of...

  38. "Really, Brain?" - How ADHD Entrepreneurs Can Stop the Negative Monologue

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/reallybr-ain —------------------------------------------------------------...

  39. Why High-Performing ADHD Leaders Still Struggle (And What Actually Helps) with Mineela Chand

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/Minee-lachand…

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  40. Low Sleep ADHD Entrepreneur Survival Guide to Beat Brain Fog and Get Things Done

    Is ADHD making it hard to reach your business goals? ADHD isn’t the issue. Trying to run a neurodiverse brain on neurotypical systems is. The Focus Formula is for you. In 6 weeks, you will build and install a weekly system that works with your ADHD brain - so you can prioritize what matters…

    more

  41. Why Planners Fail ADHD Entrepreneurs with Executive Dysfunction and the Real Fix

    Is ADHD making it hard to reach your business goals? ADHD isn’t the issue. Trying to run a neurodiverse brain on neurotypical systems is. The Focus Formula is for you. In 6 weeks, you will build and install a weekly system that works with your ADHD brain - so you can prioritize what matters…

    more

  42. 5 Things I Learned Working with 100+ ADHD Entrepreneurs in 2025

    Is ADHD making it hard to reach your business goals? ADHD isn’t the issue. Trying to run a neurodiverse brain on neurotypical systems is. The Focus Formula is for you. In 6 weeks, you will build and install a weekly system that works with your ADHD brain - so you can prioritize what matters…

    more

  43. The Data Strategy for Nonprofit Leaders to Fix Broken Systems with ADHD Strengths - Hannah Underwood

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/hannahunderwo-od-republish...

  44. ADHD Unlock: Switch Mediums to Get Unstuck and Move Ideas Faster

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/adhd-block-switchmed-iums-to-get-unstuck-and-move-ideas-faster...

  45. Reset Your Focus After Distraction to Drive Growth While Living With ADHD

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/the-biggest-skillf-or-adhd-success-resetting-focus...

  46. AI Tools To Help AuADHD Professionals Prevent Burnout with Ross Heatley

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/rosshe-atley…

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  47. How “Gold Plating” Keeps ADHD Entrepreneurs Stuck (And how to get unstuck)

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/adhd-go-ldplating…

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  48. ADHD Claustrophobia Is Shrinking Your Life: This Weekly System Will Set You Free

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/adhdclaustro-phobia...

  49. The Venture Studio Model for Startup Founders to Build Better Companies Faster with JT Benton

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/jtb-enton --------------------------------------------------------------- In...

  50. Why My ADHD Brain Took Three days to write a Quick Email

    🔥 ADHD making business harder than it needs to be? Try these free resources: 🧠 Start with my free Weekly ADHD Dashboard – The “Brain-first” system I use to plan my week and make consistent progress. 👉 https://bit.ly/why-that-qu-ickemail-took-me-three-days...

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You’re an entrepreneur with ADHD. You’ve got big ideas, a fast brain… and a to-do list that’s longer than a CVS receipt. You’re driven—but staying focused, finishing what you start, and scaling your business? That can feel impossible.Welcome to the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator Podcast. Hosted by Steve August—ADHD coach, founder, and lifelong entrepreneur. Steve ha's built and exited companies, served as CMO of a $100 million business. Late diagnosed with ADHD at age 54, Steve now helps ADHD entrepreneurs get out of overwhelm find their focus and create freedom.This podcast is your go-to resource for building a business that works with your ADHD brain, not against it. We’re talking " brain-first" practical strategies to help you prioritize, start focus and finish, and sustain over time so you can reap the rewards of your brilliance.If you've ever felt like traditional business success advice wasn’t made for how your brain works, this show proves there's a different path. One built

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