In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, we meet Meryl Bengtsson, the insightful founder of ADHD Life. Meryl shares her powerful personal journey of receiving an ADHD diagnosis later in life, which was a validating and transformative experience that answered long-held questions about her thought processes and behaviors. This discovery ignited her mission to leverage her corporate experience and deep dive into neuroscience to support fellow neurodiverse entrepreneurs. She founded ADHD Life to help them harness their innate creativity and high risk tolerance while designing strategies to overcome challenges like overwhelm, inconsistent execution, and emotional regulation.

Meryl delves into the core of her business model, the ADHD Entrepreneur Edge, a structured 12-week program that combines education on executive functions, self-awareness tools like character strength assessments, and a unique goal-setting framework called "MOTIVATE" designed for the ADHD brain. She explains how she acquires clients primarily through Meta advertising and her vision for the future, which includes authoring a book for ADHD entrepreneurs and expanding her "Frustration Flip" toolkit to improve collaboration between neurodiverse founders and their teams. This conversation is a profound look at turning perceived weaknesses into formidable entrepreneurial strengths.