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In our newest Founderology podcast episode, Ellis Winstanley and I focus on his Founder’s journey, from being an 18-year-old who refused to simply accept he could not bartend to constructing one of the crucial progressive hospitality manufacturers within the nation.
January 6, 2026
Nearly a yr in the past, I stood on a plot of land in Austin with Ellis Winstanley. He pointed to an empty area and stated, “Here is my imaginative and prescient. I’ll have an occasion middle there.”
I bear in mind considering: sure, in fact, you’re and I used to be so assured it could occur we recorded our first podcast collectively asserting that the 2026 Founderology Development Summit can be hosted on the new El Arroyo occasion middle.
That is precisely what Ellis does. He sees what others do not. He asks the questions others will not. And he builds what others say cannot be achieved.
Ellis is the Founding father of NAR Ventures, Axial Shift, El Arroyo and a number of other different groundbreaking firms. Here is what makes him completely different from most serial entrepreneurs/Founders I do know: He does not simply remedy issues for himself. He invitations others in to resolve them collectively, and the answer finally ends up serving to a complete business.
In our newest Founderology podcast episode, Ellis and I focus on his Founder’s journey, from being an 18-year-old who refused to simply accept he could not bartend (“Why not? I can legally do it”) to constructing one of the crucial progressive hospitality manufacturers within the nation.
When somebody instructed him one thing could not be achieved a sure method, he did not argue. He simply saved working it till he discovered an answer. Then he did the laborious work of creating it actual.
Ellis’s Founder’s mindset has pushed all the things he is constructed:
- El Arroyo’s transformation from a neighborhood Austin icon into a world phenomenon.
- A daring imaginative and prescient for rethinking informal eating at a time when the complete business is beneath stress.
- An method to group improvement and experiences that meets individuals the place they’re, at an approachable worth level.
- Creating know-how that drives efficiency at each stage of a restaurant.
Ellis shared one thing in our dialog that each Founder wants to listen to proper now. It is about what occurs once you cease making an attempt to determine all the things out your self and begin asking the suitable individuals the suitable questions. I will not give all of it away right here. It is advisable to hear him say it.
I’ll share: The recommendation he provides is identical method that took him from operating numbers on a 10-key calculator behind a bar to constructing a portfolio of firms which are genuinely altering how individuals expertise hospitality.
Should you’re a Founder navigating 2026, questioning how you can develop, how you can scale, how you can remedy the issues that really feel unattainable proper now, this episode is for you. Ellis’ mindset conjures up us all to ask “why not”. Take heed to the complete episode of Founderology: Constructed to Break By wherever you get your podcasts.
And if you wish to join with Ellis and 100 extra Founders constructing companies to interrupt by, be a part of us on the Founderology Development Summit, Feb. 2-4, 2026, on the brand-new El Arroyo Occasion Middle in Austin. Ellis can be delivering a keynote, “From Tacos to Tech: A Founder’s Journey,” and belief me, you do not need to miss it.
As Ellis constantly highlighted, it solely takes one perception to vary all the things. One query. One room filled with the suitable individuals. That is what the Founderology Development Summit is all about.
Register now at www.founderologysummit.com – Let’s make 2026 your yr to interrupt by
