Ep. 30 A Homemade Soy Candle Company’s Slow Burn to 7 Figures Through Storytelling & Community

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.

Ep. 13 Patrick Coddou on Standing Out in a Saturated Market

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.

Ep. 12 Shane Hegde on Revolutionizing Visual Content Management by Focusing on People

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.

Ep. 11 Andrew Goble on Marketing Jambys Through Prioritizing Product

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.

Ep. 10 Kevin Lee from immi on Growing a Team from Scratch

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.

Ep. 9 Ben Jabbawy from Privy on Solving the Right Problems

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).

Ep. 8 Building a Real Lifestyle Business with Olamide Olowe

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.

Ep. 7 James Camp on Flipping & Monetizing Great Sites

James Camp on how to acquire and monetize great niche content sites.

Ep. 6 Kevin Miller from Gr0 on Driving Traffic with SEO

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.

Ep. 5 Nick Saltarelli on Why Building A Factory Was The Only Way

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.

Ep. 4 Chase Dimond on $100 Million in Attributed Email Revenue

Chase Dimond on how email marketing changed in 2021, how to segment and run tests to make your marketing program effective, and why specializing opened up his entire career and community.

Ep. 3 Eli Weiss on Olipop’s Obsession with Customer Experience

Eli Weiss on using CX to build customer retention and word of mouth, how Olipop uses CX as a primary acquisition channel, and what’s next for Olipop.

Ep. 2 Chris Meade on Bootstrapping CrossNet into 3000 stores

Chris Meade shares his from-the-ground-up story of CrossNet, the 4-way volleyball game, how he got into 3000 stores while also being a viral ecom brand, and his philosophy of learning along the way.

Ep. 1 Nik Sharma on Taking Brands from 0-1

Jason talks to Nik Sharma about how community always overpowers bells and whistles, what works in building a community for (and with) your customers, and his thoughts on how NFT’s will impact ecommerce.