Yesterday

Toast: Aman Narang. How a Long Wait for the Dinner Check Launched a $2 Billion Business.

After waiting too long to pay his restaurant bill, Aman Narang thought there had to be a better way. His first idea—a mobile payment app—flopped.But that failure revealed a much bigger opportunity.Restaurants were struggling with outdated software that many owners hated. Payment ... Show More

51m 2s

Jul 16

Advice Line with Kenneth Cole

Today’s callers: Matt from New York City unpacks the stigma working against his line of foot wellness products. Then Emefa in Toronto seeks a direct relationship with customers of her fashion brand in the wake of a key retailer going out of business. Finally, Levi in Rhode Island ... Show More

45m 35s

Jul 13

Sun Bum: Tom Rinks. The Secrets of a Master Brand Builder (2023)

Tom Rinks got his start in the commission-only "shark tank" of midwestern furniture sales. That’s where he learned what makes customers buy. Decades later, those instincts helped him grow a joke of a side hustle into a $400 million success.In 2009, he created the iconic branding ... Show More

1h 15m

May 2021

359: The Secret To Scaling Million Dollar Brands MULTIPLE TIMES: Harry’s Jeff Raider & Andy Katz-Mayfield

In this episode of the Foundr podcast, Nathan Chan speaks with Jeff Raider and Andy Katz-Mayfield to find out how they scaled Harry’s into a $20 million brand, and how they created other multiple million-dollar brands. The idea for Harry’s came about after Katz-Mayfield had a ... Show More

52m 2s

Nov 2024

Making Moves That Matter

Today’s episode comes from the Your Next Move vault and is a conversation between Inc. editor-at-large Tom Foster and the co-founder and co-CEO of Harry’s Inc, Jeff Raider. He is also a co-founder of Warby Parker. Their conversation goes deep on topics like brand building, e-comm ... Show More

54m 18s

May 2019

5: Disrupting an Ancient Industry by Thinking Differently with Daniel Santana and Chris Bossio

Today’s guests are harnessing technology to change the face of a blue-collar, brick and mortar business that’s been around for 7,000+ years : barbering. Daniel and Chris break down exactly how they opened their first barbershop in the Tampa Bay area, and how reinvesting the profi ... Show More

1h 14m

Sep 2023

581: Bootstrapping a $1M Direct to Consumer E-Commerce Brand as a Side Hustle

Ben Feys and Kevin Niehoff had a problem. As young professionals working busy day jobs, they struggled with skincare issues like acne and eczema but couldn’t find products that worked for them. Rather than accept their fate, these best friends decided to take matters into their o ... Show More

37m 4s

Feb 2017

Disposable Razor

King Camp Gillette came up with an idea which has helped shape the modern economy. He invented the disposable razor blade. But, perhaps more significantly, he invented the two-part pricing model which works by imposing what economists call “switching costs”. If you’ve ever bought ... Show More

9m 12s

May 2021

Greatest Hits #2 - How to Build a $100 Million Deodorant Business Starting With Only $1,000

Shaan (@ShaanVP) talks to entrepreneur Moiz Ali (@moizali) on today's episode. Have you ever looked at the back of your deodorant stick and read the ingredients? Aluminum zirconium trichlorohydrex? PPG-14 Butyl Ether? Well, Moiz saw that and created Native, a natural deodorant wi ... Show More

1h 15m

Dec 2023

Business Daily meets: Joyce and Raissa de Haas

Joyce and Raissa de Hass used to make tonic waters and mixers for their friends. That passion became a university project, which then turned into a successful start-up. In the early days, the twin co-founders from the Netherlands were releasing batches of products they weren't re ... Show More

18m 29s

Dec 2024

547: Lessons from The Art of Shaving with Eric Malka

Lessons from The Art of Shaving: starting, growing, and selling The Art of Shaving company. <span style= "mso-boo ... Show More

45m 31s

May 2021

011: From Redundancy To $19k ONE MONTH After Launch: Korean Beauty, Micro-Influencers, And The Manufacturing Challenge

Elita Gluscevic and Stephanie Turzi had an incredible product idea, but suddenly found themselves feeling a little overwhelmed and unsure of where to go next. With a background in marketing and graphic design, the friends knew they wanted to launch a chin-lifting mask based on a ... Show More

41 m

Sep 2023

Breaking Down Two +$1B Companies Hidden In Plain Sight

Episode 497: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) share 4 businesses that are crushing it — from airport security to Etsy store-owner’s favorite machine to well-branded women’s products. Plus, Shaan shares a dating app idea that‘s ... Show More

1h 6m

Harry’s Razors: Andy Katz-Mayfield and J...