Her Cookie Company Went Viral, Which Meant A Bouncer and 4-Hour Lines
What’s it like when your company goes viral? Take it from Kristen Tomlan, the founder and CEO of a viral cookie dough company called Do ("Dough") "It's terrifying." And exhausting. And it exacerbated every weakness in her business, including staffing, supply and production. We learn how she fixed it, and harnessed the kind of huge opportunity that may have sunk others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
14 Aug 201719min
What Happens When You Realize Your Plan is Flawed At Launch?
You did your homework. You lined up the right investors. You hired the right talent, created a product that everyone in your industry thought was just going to totally wow people and then you launch... and realize you severely miscalculated. It happens to a lot of businesses, and it happened to Scott Ruddman of GLORY Sports International. In this episode, we explore how he tore down his old plans and built new ones -- fast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
7 Aug 201715min
How Do You Keep Buyers and Sellers Inside Your Marketplace?
Jaron Gilinsky created Storyhunter, a platform that connects media companies and brands to freelance video producers and journalists in 180 countries. But to succeed, he had to overcome two major problems: First, his original business model was failing him. And then, once he created a great way to connect those media companies and video producers, he had to become so invaluable that they wouldn't abandon him. Have a problem-solving story to tell us? Do it at http://bit.ly/2v8g4Y6 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 Juli 201717min
