Live Episode! Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP: Angie & Dan Bastian (2019)
Angie and Dan Bastian weren't trying to disrupt an industry or build a massive company, they just wanted to put aside some money for their kids' college fund. In 2001, Dan stumbled across an internet ...
21 Feb 20221h 3min
Telfar: Telfar Clemens and Babak Radboy
As he started to gain a name as a New York fashion designer in the 2010s, Telfar Clemens often joked that he was "constantly emerging." At least, that's how the establishment fashion press saw him: a ...
14 Feb 20221h 17min
Goodreads: Otis and Elizabeth Chandler
As a young programmer in the mid-2000s, Otis Chandler watched as dozens of niche web sites began to take off. When he decided to launch his own site just for book lovers, a respected colleague told hi...
7 Feb 20221h 9min
Leatherman Tool Group: Tim Leatherman
Most entrepreneurs expect it will take at least a few years for their businesses to gain traction. But Tim Leatherman waited 7 years to make a single, $175 sale. In the late 1970s, he had set up shop ...
31 Jan 20221h 4min
Dang Foods: Vincent and Andrew Kitirattragarn
Vincent Kitirattragarn grew up in a Thai-Chinese-American household, which meant eating congee and lemongrass chicken, while also ordering chicken McNuggets with his younger brothers. He dreamed of op...
24 Jan 20221h 7min
Discovery Channel and Curiosity Stream: John Hendricks
In the 1980s—the early days of cable television—John Hendricks got stuck on an idea he couldn't shake: to create a channel that would teach people cool things in an entertaining way. In college he had...
17 Jan 20221h 13min
M.M.LaFleur: Sarah LaFleur (2020)
When she was working corporate jobs in New York City, Sarah LaFleur hated getting dressed in the morning; the choices in her closet felt overwhelming, many items didn't fit right or wore out too quick...
10 Jan 20221h 8min
Headspace: Andy Puddicombe and Rich Pierson (2019)
Andy Puddicombe is not your typical entrepreneur—in his early twenties, he gave away everything he owned to train as a Buddhist monk. But after ten years, he decided he wanted to bring the benefits of...
3 Jan 20221h 8min
