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Mar 26
Advice Line with Marcia Kilgore of Beauty Pie (June 2025)
Serial entrepreneur Marcia Kilgore — founder of brands like Beauty Pie and Soap & Glory — joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three early-stage founders managing uncertainty and risk. Today, we meet Victor in Fort Worth, the co-founder of a Mexican-styl ... Show More
40m 35s
Mar 23
Vital Farms: Matt O’Hayer. How a serial entrepreneur re-branded the egg
For decades, a dozen eggs was just… a dozen eggs.No story. No real branding. No reason to care who produced them.Then Matt O’Hayer came along and asked a question almost nobody in America was asking: what if store-bought eggs could be different? What if they tasted better, looked ... Show More
1h 8m
Mar 19
Advice Line: What’s Your Value?
In today’s special episode, Guy and four former show guests talk with callers about how they can prove the value of their products—and themselves.First, Meagan from Vermont questions whether an experiential pop-up concept for her reusable gift wrap and bags is worth the effort. T ... Show More
37m 35s
Feb 2022
HAPPY ICE - You can't go wrong with Baked Beans and Hot Dogs
We all may know him from the VH1’s Black Ink Crew Compton, but Tattoo artist Lemeir Mitchell has bigger dreams and accomplishments. After growing up on the streets of Philadelphia, he traded violence for Happy Ice: for a successful dessert empire he runs with his wife Danielle in ... Show More
34m 37s
Jun 2022
Häagen-Dazs vs Ben & Jerry's | The New Tastemakers | 7
<p>Haagen Dazs and Ben & Jerry’s revolutionized the ice cream industry by raising the standard for the frozen treat and pioneering new styles and flavors. Now, new ice cream mavericks are on the scene, raising both the caliber and cost of pints.</p><p><br></p><p>Be prepared t ... Show More
37m 14s
Apr 2022
#590: Tony Fadell of iPod, iPhone, and Nest Fame — Stories of Steve Jobs on “Vacation,” Product Design and Team Building, Good Assholes vs. Bad Assholes, Investing in Trends Before They Become Trends, The Hydrogen Economy, The Future of Batteries, and More
1h 52m
Feb 2023
551: Building careers and lasting relationships (with Frank O'Connell)
Welcome to an episode with Frank O'Connell, the author of Jump First, Think Fast. In this episode, Frank takes us on his career journey as he successfully explores multiple industries from baked goods to sporting apparel to video games. He shares the lessons he learned and how he ... Show More
53m 29s
Jun 2021
Food Delivery Wars | Who's The Boss? | 2
<p>It's 1990 in Champaign, Illinois, and 15-year-old Tony Xu is washing dishes in the Chinese restaurant his mother manages. He wants to help people like his Mom, but it'll be many years before he hits on his solution for small businesses. </p><p>Across the Atlantic, Bastian ... Show More
23m 21s
Dec 2022
Ben & Jerry's vs Häagen-Dazs | Ein Schloss aus Eis | 2
Es ist 1958 und in New York City gerät Reuben Mattus unter Druck. Die großen Molkereien machen das Eisgeschäft seiner Familie zunichte und drängen sein Eis aus den Supermärkten. In seiner Not erfindet Mattus ein neues, luxuriöses Speiseeis mit einem stolzen Preis. Er nennt es Häa ... Show More
31m 1s
Dec 2022
303: Frank O'Connell, Building careers and lasting relationships
55m 19s
Sep 2020
Sponsored | From Food Truck to Franchise: How David Choi Started Seoul Taco | 1
<p>Before you’re ready for a full-fledged “Business War,” you need to start somewhere. David Choi put it all on the line and drained his bank account to buy his first food truck. </p><p>Eight years later, Choi’s bold vision for Korean and Mexican fusion has made an impact on ... Show More
15m 57s
Mar 2021
KFC vs Chick-fil-A | The Birth of the Bucket | 3
<p>It’s the 1950s in Kentucky and Harland Sanders faces bankruptcy once again. 65-years-old, broke, unemployed and desperate, he barnstorms the country, living out of his car, selling his secret fried chicken recipe to restaurant and diner owners. Franchising is a new concept and ... Show More
24m 41s
May 2020
Sponsored: When Small Businesses Think Big - Chobani & Wrigley (Dell Podference) | 2
<p>This episode is brought to you by Wondery in partnership with Dell Technologies. In honor of small businesses, we’re featuring inspiring stories of successful companies that started out small.</p><p>In upstate New York, a Kurdish immigrant wants to make his biggest dream come ... Show More
29m 18s
Kona Ice founder Tony Lamb had a knack for sales since he was a teenager - a skill that served him well when he decided to sell Hawaiian-style shaved ice in Kentucky, where people had barely heard of it. After thirteen successful years as a vacuum cleaner salesman, Tony launched his first shaved ice truck in 2007. Fueled by a bad experience buying freezer-bu ... Show More
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 303, an episode with Frank</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">O'Connell, the author of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jump First, Think Fast.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ... Show More
