Jan 2024
From Couch Surfing to 30 Million in Annual Revenue Based Off One Focus: Progress with Tim Angel
Tim Angel's Dad fired him and he was living on couches. When the iPad came out, he decided to be the best solution in the world for iPad cases. Two years in he almost went out of business, so he went direct to consumer, consistently improved, got 5 stars, scaled up advertising, a ... Show More
21m 2s
Aug 2023
Todd Price. How to Change Your Mindset. Episode 615 with The Real Brad Lea (TRBL)
<p>Todd Price is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, fitness enthusiast, philanthropist, and more. He is the CEO of Perimeter Roofing which does roof repairs all over the Southeast. He also owns Price Apparel and Priceless Nutrition to help show the world that your physical health is ... Show More
1h 9m
Jun 2025
🏖️ Tommy Bahama's Beach Chair: Fake Dude, Real Billions | 34
Tommy Bahama (spoiler) wasn’t founded by a man named Thomas with a Caribbean address. Rather, this classic lifestyle brand began with two longtime friends and coworkers at a failing apparel company. Facing unemployment at age 50, they channeled their inner Hemingways to invent a ... Show More
40m 53s
May 2023
Mike Lindell. Your Pillow Guy. Episode 576 with The Real Brad Lea (TRBL)
<p>Pillows, addiction, entrepreneur, business, Michael James Lindell, also known as the My Pillow Guy, is an American businessman, conservative political activist, and conspiracy theorist. He is the founder and CEO of My Pillow, Inc., a pillow, bedding, and slipper manufacturing ... Show More
1h 33m
Jan 2020
Wild Card: Casper, the Friendly Sleep Company
We've got our hands on Casper Sleep's prospectus and we're doing a breakdown. We talk about the company's financials, specifically the impact its return policy has on its top line, as well as the incredibly competitive direct-to-consumer mattress market. Check out more of our con ... Show More
37m 41s
At age 40, Bobby Trussell's promising career in horse racing hit a dead end. With bills to pay and a family to support, he stumbled across a curious product that turned into a lifeline: squishy-squashy memory foam. He jumped at the chance to distribute Swedish memory foam pillows and mattresses to Americans. Tempur-Pedic USA began by selling to chiropractors ... Show More
<p>Online companies promised to bring transparency to the mattress-buying experience. Did that work out? Zachary Crockett takes a look under the sheets.</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://naplab.com/about/derek-hales/">Derek Hales</a>, founder an ... Show More
