Welcome to the Lab
Founders
in the Lab
Where founders, business owners, C-suite executives, builders, and creators break down unconventional frameworks behind unconventional results.
Hosted by Ruben Kanya — CEO of Invested Escapes, nationwide temporary housing provider, and lifelong student of the game.
Operator by trade. Student by design.
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Latest episodes in the lab
Every episode is an experiment. Here are the latest from the lab.
The Tiny AI Advantage That Will Create Tomorrow's Millionaires
16:35
Why the biggest opportunity isn't creating the next AI company — it's becoming the person who uses AI better than everyone else in your industry.
The AI Gold Rush: Where the Real Opportunity Is
23:33
We're still in the earliest innings of AI. The biggest opportunity belongs to founders who implement first — not the ones who know the most.
The HELOC Strategy Investors Can Use to Leverage Their Rental's Equity
1:04:49
Ruben sits down with investor-focused lender Ben Stef to unpack the lending side of real estate that most investors rarely take advantage of.
Why Real Estate Alone Won't Set You Free
27:06
Confusing an asset class vs. building an actual business — and why most successful entrepreneurs didn't get wealthy from the asset class itself first.
Why Entrepreneurs Should Profit First with Relay
1:20:08
How entrepreneurs can stop operating with one giant bucket of money and instead build systems that create visibility, automation, accountability, and profitability.
Building a Nationwide Temporary Housing Business
45:22
How Invested Escapes went from a single placement to hundreds of families served nationwide — the frameworks, the failures, and the leverage points.
The Host
Ruben Kanya
Ruben Kanya is the CEO and Co-Founder of Invested Escapes, a nationwide temporary housing provider partnering with insurance carriers and relocation firms to house displaced families nationwide.
He started the show — originally called The Real Estate Experiment — as a budding investor knocking on the doors of proven operators to get in the game himself. A decade later, those relationships have helped him build a community of abundance he gets to call friends, business partners, a real estate portfolio that spans over multiple states and a housing business & team that relocates hundreds of families nationwide on any given month.
350+ episodes later, Founders in the Lab is one of the fastest-growing podcasts in the business category and a top 10% most shared globally. It's become an educational and inspirational resource for entrepreneurs to use 'proven' unconventional models to get unconventional results.
Ruben believes one of the most underrated tools is having a podcast — it's helped him land his first placement, form strategic partnerships, and start the evolution of multiple businesses.
Real Estate Investor
Temporary Housing Provider
Host of Founders in the Lab
Co-Founder of Invested Escapes
Licensed Realtor
Author of Hospitable Hosts
The Philosophy
In his lab, Ruben welcomes entrepreneurship.
Different mental frameworks and unconventional
ways to achieve unconventional results.
Tied to wealth, mindset, real estate, and lifestyle. You're just one experiment away.
Execution is where all experiments begin.
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If you're a C-suite executive, founder, builder, or creator with an unconventional story — we want to hear it in the lab.
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