In Pursuit of Purpose
In business (and life) you were never meant to choose between doing good and doing well. For too long, entrepreneurs and business owners have been told they have to choose. …Between impact and income. …Between hustle and heart. …Between profit and purpose. This podcast calls BS on that lie. Welcome to In Pursuit of Purpose. A show for founders and leaders who are tired of burning out, done chasing someone else’s idea of success, and ready to build businesses that can profit with purpose. Hosted by Chase Friedman - brand strategist, Founder of the impact-marketing collective Vanquish, this show is unscr...
Why Most Entrepreneurs Stay Stuck (and How to Break Free)
Most entrepreneurs aren’t stuck because they’re lazy or unmotivated — they’re stuck because they’re fragmented. In this solo episode, Chase unpacks the hidden cost of chasing every shiny object, the illusion of “busyness,” and how fragmented focus keeps founders trapped in overwhelm and burnout. Using his own story from agency life, he introduces the 3C Framework — a simple method to cut through the noise, reclaim your clarity, and finally create momentum that lasts.
If you’ve been feeling like you’re doing everything but getting nowhere, this episode is your reset.
What You’ll Learn
Why...What Is the Profit-Purpose Paradox?
Every Entrepreneur faces the same fork in the road: Are you building a business that fuels you — or one that drains you?
One that gives you freedom, fulfillment, and meaning…or one that keeps you stuck chasing money, metrics, and momentum that never feel like enough?
In this solo episode, Chase dismantles one of the biggest myths in entrepreneurship—the belief that you have to choose between profit and purpose. Drawing from personal experience on both sides of the spectrum, he reveals why this paradox keeps so many leaders stuck in burnout or broke, and how to...
I Built the Wrong Business: Parker Williams on Redefining Success and Finding the Balance of Profit and Purpose
What happens when you realize the business you built no longer aligns with who you’ve become?
In this debut episode, Parker Williams—producer, entrepreneur, and CEO of Light Beam—joins Chase Friedman to explore the messy middle between ambition and alignment. From his early agency days and rapid success at Wheelhouse Media to walking away and rebuilding a purpose-driven company, Parker opens up about chasing growth at all costs, rediscovering meaning, and learning that profit and purpose aren’t opposing forces.
If you’ve ever questioned the definition of “success,” this conversation will hit home.
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How to Profit with Purpose: Why Purpose Is the Most Powerful Growth Strategy in Business (and Life)
In this Prologue episode of In Pursuit of Purpose™, host Chase Friedman shares his personal journey from filmmaker to brand strategist—revealing the burnout, breakdowns, and breakthroughs that shaped his mission to help founders do good and do well.
Through raw honesty and hard-earned wisdom, Chase explains why purpose isn’t fluff—it’s fuel—and how aligning strategy with soul can completely transform the way you build and lead your business.
This episode sets the tone for the series ahead: real conversations, actionable frameworks, and mindset shifts that challenge the myth that you must trade meanin...
