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Behind The Business - Founders in the 605 Podcast

🎙️Interviews with successful business leaders in South Dakota
💙 Hosted by real estate pros Alexis and Marcus Mahlen
✨ New episode every 3rd Tuesday

08/25/2026

Today on 605 Founders: We sit down with Steve Kirby, founder of Bluestem Capital, a venture capital firm featuring 450 plus investors investing in more than 20 funds, located in Sioux Falls.

He explains how he started the company, how he invests in “anything he understands”, how to stay patient when selling, and the return Bluestem provides to its investors.

🎧 Listen now on 605Founders.com or anywhere you get your podcasts!

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08/04/2026

Today on 605 Founders: Marcus sits down with Jon Schemmel, founder of Tidewater Companies and SBL Ventures.

In this episode, Jon explains how he began SBL Ventures by purchasing a couple of laundromats, how much of operating a business is just “figuring it out as you go”, and how he learned to buy back his time in order to scale. Today, SBL Ventures has 19 locations in the Upper Midwest, and Jon has stepped back from CEO and works as a board chairman.

🎧 Listen now on 605Founders.com or anywhere you get your podcasts!

06/30/2026

Today on 605 Founders: We sit down with Tamien Dysart, CEO and Co-founder of Think 3D Solutions and Chair of Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce.

Over the past decade of running Think 3D Solutions, Tamien has set and accomplished huge goals while impacting thousands of lives through his clients, philanthropy, board service, and new business ventures.

🎧 Listen now on 605Founders.com or anywhere you get your podcasts!

06/12/2026

Did you catch this week's episode?

Finish your workweek by listening to our latest episode:The Art of Adapting | with Karla Santi of Blend Interactive

🎧 Listen now on 605Founders.com, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts

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06/09/2026

Today on 605 Founders, we sit down with Karla Santi, CEO of Blend Interactive.

In this episode, Karla discusses how the art of adapting has led to her success in business, from the transition of freelancing into a starting a business, buy/sell agreements, having business partners come and go, and adding services to Blend Interactive’s core offerings.

She also explains AI’s impact on the website design industry.

Listen now: https://www.605founders.com/episodes/the-art-of-adapting-with-karla-santi

04/07/2026

Today on Founders in the 605: We sit down with Amy Stockberger of Amy Stockberger Real Estate, which is the top ranked real estate team in South Dakota and is ranked 33 nationwide.

In this episode, Amy explains how diversifying your business will lead you to success and client retention, the lessons she’s learned building a business, how she’s going "all in" on AI, and how she expects the real estate industry to change in the future.

🔗 Listen now on 605Founders.com or anywhere you get your podcasts!

03/17/2026

Today on 605 Founders, we sit down with Joe Zueger, founder of Workplace By Direct, Scheels IcePlex, and TRUELUC Advisory.

As Joe explains in this episode, each organization he’s founded has been inspired by building a solution to a “problem worth solving”.

💻 Visit 605Founders.com to listen or stream the episode anywhere you listen to podcasts!

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02/27/2026

Finish your workweek by listening to our latest episode:

Scaling From Scratch | with Kurt Loudenback of Grand Prairie Foods

Available on 605Founders.com, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts

02/24/2026

Today on Founders in the 605: We sit down with Kurt Loudenback, founder of Grand Prairie Foods.

After a sanitation issue left behind by the previous owner forced him to shut down six weeks after taking over the company, Kurt leaned on his sales and marketing experience to build the business up from scratch with a new name — Grand Prairie Foods.

In this episode, Kurt explains how he built Grand Prairie Foods to be the successful company it is today through learning to pivot when challenges were thrown his way.

🎧 Listen now on 605Founders.com, Spotify and Apple Podcasts

02/03/2026

S3 E12: Investing with Intention | with Todd Ernst of Ernst Capital Group.

🎧 Listen now on 605Founders.com, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts!

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