The Un-Traditional Entrepreneur | Insight for Creators & Culture in Startup Reality
Insightful conversations for creators exploring startup reality, culture, and authentic entrepreneurship—The Un-Traditional Entrepreneur with Juming Delmas gets real and raw about everything you thought you knew about success, business, and the "right way" to make it. Hosted by award-winning filmmaker and business owner Juming Delmas, the show dives deep into the other side of motivation — the struggles, sacrifices, and unfiltered truths that most entrepreneurs are too afraid to talk about.
Each episode blends real stories, hard lessons, and sharp humor to expose the realities behind entrepreneurship — from burnout and bad partnerships to rebuilding your mindset after failure. Juming doesn't preach hustle culture; he dismantles it. Instead, he talks about how to build legacy, not just income — and how to stay authentic while doing it.
If you're a creator or entrepreneur tired of cookie-cutter business advice and want to hear what it really takes to thrive today, The Un-Traditional Entrepreneur is where motivation meets reality.
Produced by Juming Delmas Studios (JDS) — a premium podcast production company helping creators turn conversations into impact, authority, and growth.
This podcast is part of the JDS Podcast Network, a curated network of shows designed to amplify voices, expand reach, and create powerful cross-platform visibility
Episodes
69 episodes
Founders Under Pressure PART #2: Fair Hiring vs. Founder Instinct with Dom Finetti
In this episode of The Un-Traditional Entrepreneur, host Juming Delmas sits down with Dom Finetti, founder of Parrot, a SaaS platform designed to make the hiring process more fair, skills-based, and transparent.<...
Business & Bullsh** Part 6: AI Is Moving Faster Than the Rules with Ashok Mittal
n this episode of The Un-Traditional Entrepreneur, host Juming Delmas sits down with Ashok Mittal, CEO and Founder of Fintech Global Center, for a wide-ranging conversation about artificial intelligence, fintech, cyb...
Business & BullSh** Part 5: Hope Is Not a Business Strategy with Benoy Tam
In this episode of The Un-Traditional Entrepreneur, host Juming Delmas sits down with business mentor and coach Benoy Tam for a direct conversation about entrepreneurship, cash management, sales, work-life balance, and why ...
CEO Confessions: What It Really Means to Be a Hard Ass
In this episode of The Un-Traditional Entrepreneur, host Juming Delmas takes on a leadership label that is often treated like an insult: being a “hard ass.”Juming argues that demanding people are not always cruel, unreasona...
Business & BullSh** Part 4: Phone Sex, Polyamory & the Business of Being Untraditional
In this episode of The Un-Traditional Entrepreneur, host Juming Delmas sits down with Cidney Green, an author, phone sex operator, trainer, and adult-industry entrepreneur, for a candid conversation about making money in un...
Business & BullSh** Part 3: The Mud and Ugly Side of Pitching Investors with Leah Williams
In this episode of The Un-Traditional Entrepreneur Podcast, host Juming Delmas sits down with Leah Williams, a pitch deck strategist and designer, for a real conversation about what it actually takes to pitch investors....
CEO Confessions: The Business of Michael Jackson and the Cost of Fame
In this episode of The Un-Traditional Entrepreneur, host Juming Delmas uses the legacy of Michael Jackson as a case study in branding, business, fame, and the personal cost of becoming one of the most recognizable people on...
Grit, Growth & Business Ownership with Dr. Matthew Zaideman
In this episode of The Un-Traditional Entrepreneur, Juming Delmas sits down with Dr. Matthew Zaideman for a candid conversation about business ownership, masculinity, grit, and what it really takes to lead when pressure hits. ...
CEO Confessions Pt. 2: Perfection Is Killing Your Podcast: Why Podcasting Is a Business, Not a Hobby
Oprah signed a nine-figure deal with Amazon. Joe Rogan crossed $250 million. Alex Cooper closed $125 million. And you're still calling your podcast a hobby.Juming Delmas gets on the mic and says what most business coaches won't. Your pod...
Business & BullSh** Part 2: Branding, Marijuana & Boutique Cigars
In this episode of The Untraditional Entrepreneur, the conversation gets unusually candid as Juming Delmas sits down with entrepreneur Calvin Beauford, founder of Freakypreneur Cigars, for a discussion that blends business strateg...
Founders Under Pressure PART #1: Success, Side Hustles & Scarcity Mindset: Kenneth Alexander on the Real Entrepreneur Journey
In this episode of The Un-Traditional Entrepreneur, Juming Delmas sits down with entrepreneur Kenneth Alexander for a thoughtful and sometimes intense conversation about business, personal success, and the mindset it takes to keep evolvi...
The Real Cost of Entrepreneurship: Payroll, Burnout & Building a Childcare Business
Click Here to support our Podcast to keep getting raw and authentic business topics. What does it really cost to run a childcare business — and is the freedom worth it?...
Business & BullSh** Part 1: Exploring Obsession and Authenticity in Startup Entrepreneurship
Click Here to support our Podcast to keep getting raw and authentic business topics. Is obsession the secret weapon of every great entrepreneur — or a ticking time bomb...
From Survival Mode to Savage Hustle: Real Entrepreneurial Insight"
Click Here to support our Podcast to keep getting raw and authentic business topics. What happens when a self-made entrepreneur who built a club empire from the streets...
CEO Confessions Part 1: Getting The First Client Is So Fucking Hard
Nobody talks about the part before the six-figure business. The part where you've launched your website, posted on social media, told everyone you know — and heard absolutely nothing back.In this solo episode of the Untraditional Entrep...
Entrepreneurship, Spades & Monopoly: Who’s Really Winning? With Juming Delmas & David Shands
Is entrepreneurship really for everybody? Is your brand worth more than your talent? And can David Shands actually beat Juming Delmas in Monopoly?In this episode of the Un-Traditional Entrepreneur Podcast, host Juming Delmas sits down w...
"Do Entrepreneurs Even Need College Anymore? Real Insight on Success".
He dropped out of high school. Got kicked out for disciplinary problems. Left home at 14. Then went back, got a certificate, an AA, a bachelor's in marketing from Flagler College, and a master's from Florida State University — graduating with a...
Betrayed...But Be Fearless. The Ultimate Entrepreneur
Juming Delmas saw the betrayal coming in November. He told one person. It happened in February — not from one person, but multiple, all at once.In this solo episode of the Un-Traditional Entrepreneur Podcast, Juming gets more personal t...
Talented But Broke: The Hidden Struggle of Actors
Why do so many talented actors never make a living — and what does that have to do with entrepreneurship?In this episode of the Un-Traditional Entrepreneur Podcast, host Juming Delmas sits down with Lydia Nicole — professional actress, ...
Get Into Form: What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Kobe Bryant
Motivation is unreliable. Feelings will lie to you. Your business doesn't care how you feel today. What actually moves the needle is form.In this solo episode of the Un-Traditional Entrepreneur Podcast, host Juming Delmas breaks down on...
ChatGPT Don't Always Get It Right.
Juming Delmas spent months building a prototype. He hired a developer. He stayed up night after night. He used ChatGPT to do his market research. And then his mentor Googled it.In this raw, unfiltered solo episode of the Un-Traditional ...
Serious People Pay to Be in Serious Rooms
Free networking events are full of broke business owners trying to make money off other broke business owners. That's not shade — that's just the math.In this solo episode of the Un-Traditional Entrepreneur Podcast, host Juming Delmas c...
Why Relationships Outlast Revenue
In December, Juming Delmas lost three clients in one month. He also hired three new team members in the same month. This is how that's possible — and what it taught him about building a business that can't be held hostage by bad clients.
Why Leaving Your Job To Become An Influencer Is A Bad Idea.
Gary Vee says employees are quitting because they have options — TikTok, Instagram, influencer life. Juming Delmas respectfully disagrees. Hard.In this solo episode of the Un-Traditional Entrepreneur Podcast, Juming breaks down the real...
I Don’t Need Marketing. I Got Word of Mouth.
"I don't need marketing — I get all my business from word of mouth."That sentence is exactly why your business isn't growing. And in this episode, Juming Delmas explains why word of mouth IS marketing — and why using it as a reason to s...