Mike Smerklo is an entrepreneur, investor and author of the book, “Mr Monkey and Me”. In this episode, we hear the story of Mike’s struggles with self-doubt as he grew from an entrepreneur and CEO at a small business that he grew into a category-leading publicly...

Exploring An Entrepreneur's Inner Voice of Self Doubt During the podcast, Mike shares his "SHAPE" framework, to help fellow entrepreneurs understand and mitigate that inner voice of doubt...the imposter syndrome.  SHAPE is an acronym for Self-Awareness, Help,...

How To Survive As Entrepreneurs Mental health is a crisis in the entrepreneurship community. Alain Guillot and I discuss how to develop mental toughness as an entrepreneur. Listen to the full podcast episode on his website here. About Alain: Hi, my name is Alain...

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Andrew Morgans and Mike Smerklo, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Next Coast Ventures discuss two traits every entrepreneur possesses. Listen to the full interview here.

The CEO Process This week I interview owner Mike Smerklo of venture capitalist firm Next Coast Ventures. We talk about how the battle with your inner demons is not some4hing you will ever overcome as a whole, it's a fight you must have with yourself daily. Mike Gives...

Next Coast Ventures is a private equity firm headquartered in but not limited to Austin, Texas. Next Coast invests in amazing entrepreneurs who are building disruptive companies in big markets. I co-founded this firm with long-time associate and great...