How Marlyn Schiff Built a 2,000-Store Jewelry Brand By Selling Passion, Not Pressure
At 24, Marlyn Schiff was making beaded jewelry at her kitchen table with no business plan and nothing to lose. Today, Marlyn Schiff Jewelry is a seven-figure wholesale brand with staff who have stayed...
16 Jul 32min
How Dagne Dover Turned Word of Mouth Into Its Biggest Marketing Channel
Melissa Mash built Dagne Dover from a business school focus group and $40,000 in pre-sales into a brand now carried in more than 250 retail locations—without ever taking venture capital. By ditching M...
9 Jul 35min
The Beauty Brand Playbook Behind Lore's Successful Launch
Melanie Bender spent years building some of skin care’s most coveted brands before betting her next chapter on fragrance—a category she saw on the verge of its biggest moment yet. By leading with stor...
7 Jul 36min
How Fusion Achieved a 101% Sell-Through Rate by Owning Its Supply Chain
By owning nearly its entire supply chain and leveraging AI raw-material forecasting, Danish endurance sportswear brand Fusion managed to sell an impressive 101% of the product it produced last year. T...
2 Jul 30min
How Brightland Became The Olive Oil Brand Beloved by Press and Retailers
Aishwarya Iyer built Brightland into an eight-figure California olive oil brand by saying no to major retailers, outside investors, and every shortcut that came her way. She breaks down the brand’s sc...
30 Jun 44min
The Mistakes That Changed Everything (From 8 Real Businesses)
Leaders Founders behind Ouai, Good Girl Snacks, Heaven Mayhem, Hedley & Bennett, and more share the expensive, embarrassing, and clarifying mistakes that taught them how to build stronger businesses. ...
25 Jun 13min
Site Crashed Day One. Now She Runs One of America's Fastest-Growing Home Brands.
Sara Sugarman turned her family’s rug business into Lulu and Georgia, a home brand that grows 20% to 30% a year, with no debt and a repeat-purchase rate double the industry average. She breaks down th...
23 Jun 32min
