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UGG: Brian Smith. How an epiphany, surfers, and $500 launched an iconic sheepskin footwear company.
In 1978, Brian Smith quit his accounting job in Australia and headed to California with a surfboard, some savings, and ambition. He figured California was where he’d find an idea or a product to bring back home to Australia to build a business. A year in, he was still looking.But ... Show More
1h 28m
May 25
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.
At 25, Justin Gold was making experimental peanut butter in his home kitchen with a food processor and a stack of recipe journals. His singular obsession: bring new life to a tired lunchtime staple.What started as late-night experiments with honey, cinnamon and banana eventually ... Show More
1h 27m
Nov 2020
Nike’s Phil Knight: How to sell without selling
<p>Great branding is about identity – and it’s about matchmaking too. No one knows this better than the legendary co-founder of Nike, Phil Knight. When he and his partner, Hall of Fame track coach Bill Bowerman, started the sneaker company, they never tried to force-feed customer ... Show More
35m 40s
Jan 2022
NEW MONEY: Building Your Brand, Then Building a Brand – Using the Power of Influence to Start a Business
There’s no guidebook, no course for marketing in the social media age. Yet platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Instagram have proved to be fertile ground for marketing and presenting personality-first ad campaigns.
Two influencers-turned-brand-founders Sabrina Sadeghian of the sk ... Show More
27m 19s
Oct 2022
Ep.17 'Failure Was New To Me, I Wasn't Ready For It' - Fisayo Longe On Forging Your Own Path To Success.
<p>Fisayo Longe is the founder and CEO of Kai Collective, the womenswear brand offering attainable clothing with luxury aesthetics. A brand crafted intentionally to make women feel their most confident Kai Collective is one of London's 'most talked-about online boutiques, Fisayo ... Show More
49m 53s
May 2023
#671: Bobby Hundreds — Building an Iconic Streetwear Brand, Making $7 Million in 40 Minutes, The Power of Garfield, Why Korean Entertainment is Taking Over the World, Maintaining the Mystery, The Fickleness of Fortune, and Developing “Nunchi”
3h 27m
Apr 2024
509: Shark Tank Winner Reveals How to Create a Million-Dollar Beauty Brand | Alicia Scott
A year after filming, Alicia Scott anxiously watched her appearance on Shark Tank surrounded by friends and family. Her pitch was first on the episode, and she nailed it by securing a deal from Emma Grede, the business mind behind Kardashian brands like SKIMS and Good American. S ... Show More
49m 4s
Jul 2021
House of CB's Conna Walker on Crafting Your Brand Identity
Conna Walker, founder of House of CB and Mistress Rocks, shares her secrets: from sketch-to-production workflow, how and when she knew she had to expand the business and the challenges of staying true to your brand identity. We also discuss how to deal with work-stress and the pr ... Show More
50m 9s
Apr 2024
Clinton Sparks & Eddie Wilson's BILLION Dollar Exit & The Business of Gaming | E66
Clinton Sparks is a renowned entertainment mogul, author, speaker, entrepreneur, visionary brand builder, creative executive, and leading-edge innovator when it comes to integrating culture, collaboration, and cross-platform marketing. He is also a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinu ... Show More
51m 54s
Growing up in the ‘80s in New Jersey, Marc Ecko loved hip hop, graffiti art, and painting t-shirts for friends. His passion soon bloomed into a full-on business: ECKO UNLTD, a streetwear brand known for its iconic rhino logo. By the 1990’s, the brand had become a cultural force, but not without its share of bad deals, daunting debt, and a close brush with ba ... Show More
<p>Madison Utendahl is the founder behind the all-female, Black-owned, anti-trend branding and design agency, Utendahl Creative, behind brands like Simon Huck’s<a href="https://utendahlcreative.com/Judy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Judy</a>, Halsey’s<a href="https: ... Show More
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