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Jun 15
Build-A-Bear: Maxine Clark. A Former Shoe Executive Launches a Stuffed Animal Empire
When Maxine Clark left a top job in retail to start a make-your-own stuffed animal store, people thought she’d lost her mind. Investors doubted it. Friends questioned it. Retail experts couldn't understand how it would scale.But drawing on more than 20 years as a retail executive ... Show More
1h 4m
Jun 11
Advice Line with Christina Tosi of Milk Bar
Today’s callers: Whitney in Utah wonders how to bridge the gap between pre-seed and institutional investment for her fitness/retail combo space. Then Chloe in the U.K. considers which markets to target for her at-home crafting kits. And Christy in Washington wants to convert gift ... Show More
45m 17s
Jun 8
Shopify: Tobias Lütke. How a snowboarder built a $150 billion business (2019)
In 2004, German programmer Tobias Lütke was living in Ottawa with his girlfriend.An avid snowboarder, he wanted to launch an online snowboard shop, but found the e-commerce software available at the time to be clunky and expensive.So he decided to write his own e-commerce softwar ... Show More
58m 48s
May 2020
#429: Nick Kokonas on Resurrecting Restaurants, Skin in the Game, and Investing
1h 49m
May 2023
Melissa Ben-Ishay: Baked by Melissa CEO and Founder
<p>Melissa Ben-Ishay is the founder and CEO of the bite-sized-cupcake empire Baked by Melissa. Since Ben-Ishay and her partners founded the company in 2008, Baked by Melissa has sold over 250 million cupcakes, opened 14 brick-and-mortar stores, and created a thriving e-commerce b ... Show More
46m 49s
Jun 2021
Food Delivery Wars | Who's The Boss? | 2
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. Across the Atlantic, Bastian Lehmann forget ... Show More
23m 21s
Feb 2022
# 101 – Estelle Touzet, directrice de la Sommellerie du Ritz – L’art de servir ses clients
Aujourd’hui j’accueille sur le podcast, Estelle Touzet, directrice de la sommellerie du Ritz. Vous pourrez la retrouver sur son compte LinkedIn Estelle Touzet ou pourquoi pas si l’idée de craquer pour une soirée de rêve dans un des plus grands palaces au monde vous fait de l’oeil ... Show More
1h 17m
Oct 2019
#393: Edward Norton — On Creative Process, Creative Struggle, and Motherless Brooklyn
2h 3m
Aug 2023
[EXTRAIT] Christophe Michalak, chef pâtissier et entrepreneur - "Le jour où j'ai décidé de ne plus être une victime"
Découvrez ma nouvelle formation "Faire plus de chiffre en moins de temps, d'argent et d'énergie". Pour fêter son lancement, vous bénéficiez de -20% avec le code PLUSDECHIFFRE20 (jusqu'au 9 novembre) ✨__Aujourd’hui, j’ai l’immense honneur de recevoir Christophe Michalak sur le pod ... Show More
7m 50s
May 2021
Sponsored: Small Business Stories | Domino's Pizza | 1
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.It’s 1961 and Tom Monaghan is about to drop out of college and put his all into the hole ... Show More
31m 55s
Jun 2021
Episode 6: Starting a Business is No Cake Walk
Like so many food industry workers, Meg lost her job during the pandemic. And instead of going back on the job hunt in this historically challenging environment, she decided to gamble on herself. She launched Das Butterhaus (https://dasbutterhaus.com), named for her love of Germa ... Show More
22m 9s
Nov 2022
#635: Jason Calacanis on Brooklyn Grit, Big Asks, Angel Investing (Uber, Calm, Robinhood, and more), The Magic of Thinking Big, and St*bbing People in the Face but Never in the Back
2h 14m
May 2021
#514: Chip Wilson — Building Lululemon, The Art of Setting Goals, and The 10 Great Decisions of Your Life
1h 53m
Dominique Ansel’s invention of the Cronut — an inspired liaison between croissant and donut — was supposed to be a one-time indulgence for Mother’s Day. But once word spread about the perfect hybrid pastry, his Manhattan bakery was overwhelmed by endless lines and Cronut scalpers. Dominique eventually learned to manage the hype and grow his business while ma ... Show More
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