Ecommerce Building Blocks is a podcast hosted by Jason Wong, serial eCommerce entrepreneur and investor. Each episode is a lightning quick 20 minute interview with an eCommerce founder or expert to hone in on the concepts behind their most successful ideas.
Ecommerce Building Blocks is a podcast hosted by Jason Wong, serial eCommerce entrepreneur and investor. Each episode is a lightning quick 20 minute interview with an eCommerce founder or expert to hone in on the concepts behind their most successful ideas.
This is not about tactics, but about the story behind a strategy. Tactics get outdated as technology changes, but strategies and principles last forever. Jason wants to know how people strategize and how we can make those ideas last.
August 10, 2022
24:31
Alicia Reisinger started Wax Buffalo Soy Candles out of her home and grew her business to be both a hub of community in her brick and mortar flagship store as well as a thriving DTC online business. In her seven years as a business owner, Alicia has defined her company through her willingness to be vulnerable and to share her story each step of the way, and it has paid off emotionally and financially. Here, she shares her story with Jason, talks about her community building approach and gets deep into 21st century content strategy.
April 20, 2022
24:40
In this episode, Jason talks with Patrick Coddou co-founder and CEO of Supply Razors about what it was like to have a great idea for a product in an already crowded space, how he found the room for inventing something new and identified his customers needs, and why interpersonal relationships transformed the way he thinks about his business.
April 13, 2022
32:29
Shane Hegde founded Air.inc, which is superseding platforms like Dropbox and Google Drive in organizational visual asset management. Not only is Air revolutionizing how companies collaborate on media projects, it also has a reputation for being a truly great place to work. Jason and Shane get into what it takes to innovate products and being a great employer in this value-packed conversation.
April 6, 2022
32:06
Jason talks with Andrew Goble about founding Jambys, the crowd pleasing performance inactivewear brand. They get into the details of why product development was Jambys’ priority, how branding came from customer feedback, and risks to embrace or avoid during a company’s early days.
March 30, 2022
33:22
Kevin Lee, co-founder of immi, comes from a background in VC and product management, and brought his learnings from those experiences to guide his success as a founder. In this episode he shares his insights on making the most of every hire, delegation, and creating processes and culture that allow the whole business to grow and thrive.
March 24, 2022
32:23
Ben Jabbawy on how Privy hit its stride through focusing its energy on customer feedback, what problems early stage founders should focus on and they should be trying to please, and why you can never go wrong by providing value (especially to people with proven intent to use your brand).
March 16, 2022
27:22
Olamide Olowe on building a real lifestyle brand and how she got Topicals into major retailers like Sephora. Jason invited Olamide onto the show to catch up, founder to founder. Olamide shares her founding story, fundraising story, cash flow management learnings and how she was able to get on Sephora shelves.
March 2, 2022
31:02
Jason talks with Kevin Miller about how he became an expert in SEO and organic revenue, and what it was like to start Gr0, which has been called the best SEO agency in the United States. In the conversation, Kevin reveals what he believes it takes to be the kind of CEO it takes to run a company that employees want to be at, and how he has achieved that in his workplace.
February 23, 2022
34:40
Jason talks to Nick Saltarelli about what it was like to start the fastest growing chocolate brand in North America, what building a factory from the ground up in the 21st century looks like, and why Nick thinks manufacturing is the next great opportunity for ecom entrepreneurs who are really serious about their product.
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