Podcast Episodes

Recess CEO Benjamin Witte: I reject the idea that being on Amazon hurts your brand

If Benjamin Witte talks about his beverage brand Recess as if it were a budding empire, it's because he's noticed the same broad ambitions among the …

5 years, 9 months ago

Rhone CEO Nate Checketts: The current crisis may act as a clearing house

Rhone CEO Nate Checketts said his company "saw the writing on the wall really quickly" in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

Companies like h…

5 years, 9 months ago

Resident co-founder Eric Hutchinson: 'Uncertainty is the most difficult thing to manage to'

When people go shopping for mattresses, according to Resident co-founder Eric Hutchinson, they often know more or less what kind they're after.

"The p…

5 years, 9 months ago

ShopShops founder Liyia Wu on making a digital QVC for China's livestreaming generation

Much has been written about the Chinese consumer that shops abroad in stores. But there is a growing movement among customers in China that, through …

5 years, 9 months ago

RSE Ventures' Matt Higgins: We're having a little bit of a backlash against DTC

Shark Tank investor and co-founder of RSE Ventures Matt Higgins thinks a change is coming to the DTC playbook.

"I think it's amazing that you can come…

5 years, 10 months ago

'Influencer marketing is the biggest thing': What retailers need to know about WeChat

When it comes to financial technology, China has Silicon Valley beat. WeChat is a big part of that.

What started as a messaging app in 2011 is now a m…

5 years, 10 months ago

Hatch founder Ariane Goldman on the inevitability (and the dangers) of the DTC funding spree

The direct-to-consumer model didn't exist when Ariane Goldman started her first clothing brand in the mid-2000s. But by the time her second company, …

5 years, 10 months ago

Studs CEO Anna Harman: DTC-only businesses pivot back into retail as a growth mechanism

Studs co-founder and CEO Anna Harman recently got a second piercing in her ears. One place she looked at would have charged her $500. The other, whic…

5 years, 10 months ago

How lawn care startup Sunday is trying to build a subscription business (and beat Home Depot)

Coulter Lewis got the idea for Sunday when he saw the state of his local Home Depot's lawn care aisle.

"You can smell it before you get there," Lewis …

5 years, 11 months ago

The Body Shop's Andrea Blieden: Why Amazon search ads work better than Google

For the Body Shop, it's about selling where the customers are -- even if that means it's not necessarily on your own sites or in your stores.

"Stores …

5 years, 11 months ago