Welcome to the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator Podcast! Host Steve August, Founder of ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator and August & Wonder, also a Founder, Coach & Leader of The Focus Formula ADHD Coworking Community, and creator of the 2X Accelerator, helping ADHD entrepreneurs grow with focus and clarity in Steve August Coaching. Steve shares his personal journey as a long-time entrepreneur who discovered his ADHD later in life. He opens up about the struggles he faced, how ADHD shaped his work, and the turning point that helped him find clarity. Steve explains why he started this podcast to support other ADHD entrepreneurs by sharing tools, stories, and real talk about how ADHD can both challenge and drive success in business.

Steve isn’t just an entrepreneur; he’s been through the ups and downs of building businesses while living with undiagnosed ADHD. After years of success and struggle, his diagnosis helped everything click. Now, he’s focused on helping other ADHD entrepreneurs understand their brains, use the right tools, and build businesses with more clarity, focus, and freedom.

Steve built and sold a startup, worked as a CMO, and later became a coach for other founders. After hitting burnout and facing new challenges, he learned he had ADHD at age 54. That moment changed everything. Now, he shares what he's learned to help ADHD entrepreneurs stay focused, feel less overwhelmed, and grow their businesses with less stress.

• ADHD Discovery: Steve shares how learning he had ADHD made things clear.
• Entrepreneurial Struggles: The ups and downs of running a business with ADHD.
• Working With Your Brain: How to stop fighting ADHD and start using it.
• Life After Diagnosis: How understanding ADHD changed Steve’s life and work.
• Helpful Tools: Simple tips to stay focused and manage each week better.

• ADHD in Business: Steve shares how ADHD has both helped and challenged his work.
• Support That Works: Why understanding your brain can lead to better results.
• Real-Life Lessons: His journey shows how a late ADHD diagnosis brings clarity.
• Tools That Help: Steve talks about the weekly dashboard and simple routines.
• Growth Mindset: Learning to work with ADHD, not against it, opens new doors.

Here are a few quotes from the episode:

• “I couldn’t even finish the first sentence of an email.” - Steve August
• “ADHD isn’t a deficit of attention; it’s a surplus that’s hard to focus.” - Steve August
• “I was a wallflower in my own life until I understood my brain.” - Steve August

Join Steve August as he shares his journey of discovering ADHD later in life and how learning to work with his brain helped him and other entrepreneurs grow thriving, focused businesses.

Episode Highlights:

[00:00] - Welcome to the ADHD Entrepreneur Accelerator

[01:07] - Steve’s Background: From Startup Exit to Coaching

[02:18] - Post-COVID Fatigue Turns Out to Be ADHD

[04:18] - Getting Diagnosed at Age 54

[05:14] - Understanding the ADHD Brain and Past Patterns

[07:21] - Why This Podcast Exists and Who It’s For

[10:00] - Tools, Takeaways, and What’s Coming Next

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