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Personal-care Founder: No More Petrochemicals
I've interviewed entrepreneurs for this podcast who developed organic consumer-care goods. But none did it before Eric Malka. He and his wife, Myriam…
4 years, 11 months ago
Home Gym Provider Overcomes Supply Disruptions, Thrives
Imagine selling home gym equipment online at the onset of the pandemic. Athletic clubs were closed. Consumers were stuck in their houses. According t…
4 years, 11 months ago
Online Onion Seller Rises from Domain-name Auction
Most entrepreneurs start with a business idea and then secure the domain name. Peter Askew does the opposite. He purchases domain names and then buil…
4 years, 11 months ago
3PL Founder: 'I'm in the Exceptions Management Business'
Jay Sauceda launched his ecommerce fulfillment company, Sauceda Industries, in 2013 in Austin, Texas. He says packing and shipping products is easy. …
5 years ago
Lessons from Vine Influencers Elevate Feat Clothing
Having co-founded Feat Socks in 2015, Taylor Offer hired Aly Raisman, the gymnast, to design and promote a custom sock. It generated $500,000 in reve…
5 years ago
Drop Party Thrives with Turnkey Product Design, Testing
Marco Marandiz is a musician turned software engineer turned product designer. He's worked for Capital One, HomeAway, and a failed startup. But it wa…
5 years ago
Show-stopper Wedding Rings Drive Manly Bands
Johnathan Ruggiero and his wife Michelle founded Manly Bands, a direct-to-consumer online men's wedding-ring company, in 2016. To compete, their rin…
5 years ago
Hollywood Actor, Director Finds Success on Amazon
Judson Morgan is a Los Angeles-based actor and director. He owns an agency that creates films and other visual content. He's also a successful ecomme…
5 years, 1 month ago
Tomlinson's Feed: Fresh and Relevant after 75 Years
Kate Knecht is the fourth-generation owner-operator of Tomlinson's Feed, a family-owned retail business with 16 brick-and-mortar locations in Central…
5 years, 1 month ago
DTC Seller of Apple Watch Bands Soars from College Project
Braxton Manley was a sophomore at Texas Tech University in 2017 when he attended a workshop on entrepreneurship. The purpose was to conceive a produc…
5 years, 1 month ago