697: I Sold My House to Fund My Idea - and Built a £26M brand
Sam Faiers had already shut down two businesses. She'd laid off her entire team in one day when the fashion brand stopped turning a profit. So when she found a collagen formula every manufacturer told...
20 Aug 50min
696: Jamie Left a Nike Exec Job to Bootstrap A Drinkware Brand - Now It's On Track For Seven Figures
Jamie spent over 20 years in corporate America, including a stint as a Nike executive, before a barbecue accident changed everything. Hosting friends and family in Park City after a near-perfect day o...
19 Aug 1h
695: (Solo) I Was Winning. So Why Was I Falling Apart?
A few years ago I started waking up in the middle of the night, heart pounding, cold sweats, this overwhelming feeling of dread I could not explain. And the strangest part was there was no crisis. The...
17 Aug 12min
694: We Were Two Weeks From Shutting Down - Then We Found Our $30M Product
Chris and Jake Yap were two weeks from shutting down. A billion-dollar retailer had copied every product they launched and sold them for one tenth the price, then put it in the news - buy this coffe...
13 Aug 51min
693: (Solo) How I Built a Billion Dollar Network From Nothing (And How You Can Too)
I get this all the time. DMs, emails, some version of "hey Nathan, can I pick your brain?" And I get it, the intention is good. But here is what that message actually says to the person receiving it: ...
10 Aug 10min
692: I Was Selling Muesli From My Car Boot - Now I Run a $35M/Year Brand
Narelle Plapp started Food for Health twenty years ago making recipes for patients who couldn't find allergy-friendly food on any shelf. She loaded her first Woolworths order by hand - 14 pallets th...
6 Aug 50min
691: Anastasia's $850K Brand Collapsed To $42K A Month - Then She Tripled It Herself
Anastasia Chapman came up with the idea for her brand where all good bathroom ideas start - sitting on a toilet, hiding a competitor's product she was too embarrassed to be seen with. She developed th...
5 Aug 53min
690: (Solo) The Truth About Selling Your Business (From Someone Who Said No)
At some point, if you are building a DTC brand and getting traction, someone is going to reach out. An aggregator, a private equity firm, a bigger competitor. And most founders have no idea what to do...
3 Aug 12min
