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Etsy Merchant Eyes Shopify, Dual Brands
Kevlyn Walsh is a Denver-based art teacher turned entrepreneur. She launched Festive Gal, an Etsy shop, in 2019 after her handmade headband was a hit…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Batch Cannabis Scales to $50 Million
Andy Gould co-founded Batch, a Wisconsin-based D2C cannabis brand, in 2018. He says the company struggled for years until it perfected content creati…
5 months ago
E-Bike Founder's Path to Purpose
By late 2023 Aaron Powell had become disillusioned with Bunch Bikes, the electric cargo bicycle company he founded in 2017. Costs were rising, cash w…
5 months, 1 week ago
Alibaba.com Exec on Suppliers, Tariffs, IP
Few companies have done more for global prosperity than Alibaba.com. Launched famously in China by Jack Ma, a former school teacher, in 1999, the com…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Subscription Pro on Growth, Churn, LTV
For 12 years Andrei Rebrov managed infrastructure and operations at Scentbird, a perfume subscription company he co-founded in 2013. He learned the i…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Startup Vet Revives Legacy Fitness Brand
Jon Shanahan destroys the myth that founders make lousy employees. He co-founded Stryx, a men's cosmetics provider, in 2017 and is now the marketing …
6 months ago
CFO Shifts to Menswear, Egyptian Roots
In 2020, Karim Abed was the chief financial officer for a Texas-based home builder. The job paid well, he says, but he yearned to launch his own busi…
6 months, 1 week ago
How Brands Boost ROI with Smart Data
Ecommerce marketers know the challenge of delivering relevant promotions to prospects without violating privacy rules and norms. Yet many providers n…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
36 Ways to Revive an Ecommerce Business
Host Eric Bandholz occasionally departs from interviews to share his experiences owning and operating Beardbrand, the direct-to-consumer brand he lau…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Ecom Exec: Marketing Attribution Is a Waste (Encore)
Please enjoy this repeat of a popular episode first aired in September 2023.
Andrew Faris is the former CEO of 4x400, an ecommerce aggregator. He left…
6 months, 4 weeks ago