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Sep 2022
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TIP474: Building 4 Unicorn Companies wit...

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

  • 07:31 - How Brian and team bootstrapped LegalZoom into the behemoth it is today.
  • 12:17 - How Brian convinced Robert Shapiro to partner with him.
  • 33:12 - ShoeDazzle with Kim Kardashian.
  • 35:38 - How they launched The Honest Company to $160M in revenue in year 2.
  • 43:33 - The secret sauce behind celebrity partnerships.
  • 50:00 - Why he’s building a new company around baseball cards.
  • And a whole lot more!


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