A lifelong entrepreneur and cerebral, creative, and physical adventurer, Parker Olson sees life as something to be stretched and played with. For him, making it is a perpetual act in progress, an art in the works, and an exploration each and every day.

Welcome to Making It! This weekly show explores the lives and stories of entrepreneurs as they share their unique perspectives on their success and the path to making it.

Parker Olson is a serial entrepreneur and founder of FORIJ, a start-up that fortifies snacks with functional mushrooms for cognitive power.

“Life is so beautiful and so wonderful, because it’s just the constant iteration of evolving on whatever you believe, sort of making it to be right now.”

Parker Olson

Parker Olson is a serial entrepreneur whose journey began with leveraging social media — building a Twitter account in college to a staggering 750,000 followers and monetizing it through a successful blog. He ventured into health and wellness after an 18-month self-experimentation with dieting and completing an IRONMAN competition. From there, he founded FORIJ, a start-up that fortifies snacks with functional mushrooms for cognitive power. Currently, as the driving force behind Scally Studios, Parker fuses AI and global talent to create efficient, low-cost marketing solutions for online businesses. His definition of “making it” revolves around ceaseless innovation, sustainability, and creating meaningful impact.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
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Parker’s website: Forij.co
Parker’s LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/parker-olson-forij

Credits:
Co-producers: Danny Bermant and Geoff Govertsen
Supervising Producer: Cynthia Lamb
Executive Producer: Danny Iny
Audio Post Supervisors: Evan Miles and Christopher Martin
Audio Post Production: Post Office Sound
Music Soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely
Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

Music credits:
Track Title: The Sunniest Kids
Artist Name: Rhythm Scott
Writer Name: Scott Roush
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Love and Circumstance
Artist Name: Shimmer
Writer Name: Matthew Wigton
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Letting Go
Artist Name: Moments
Writer Name: Adrian Dominic Walther
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Today and Tomorrow
Artist Name: Moments
Writer Name: Adrian Dominic Walther
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Special effects credits:
24990513_birds-chirping_by_promission used with permission of the author and under license by AudioJungle/Envato Market.

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