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May 2024
43m 27s

Advice Line with Tom Rinks of Sun Bum

Guy Raz | Wondery
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Sun Bum co-founder Tom Rinks joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three early-stage founders about refining their brand identities.  Today we meet Wendy, a former comedian whose sugar scrub takes the sticky-icky off your hands. Then Allyson, who went from producing reality television to trucker hats designed for women’s heads. And ... Show More
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