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Hear the stories, learn the proven methods, and accelerate your growth and future through entrepreneurship. Welcome to The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan.
About the show:
For over a decade, The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan has been a leading entrepreneurship podcast for open-book conversations with, by, and for founders. Whether you're starting, building, or dreaming about your business, The Foundr Podcast is where you can access experienced founders who've been in your shoes to learn their proven methods, lessons from failure, and inspirational stories.
Past guests include Emma Grede, Mark Cuban, Neil Patel, Kendra Scott, Alex Hormozi, Trinny Woodall, Tim Ferriss, Sophia Amoruso, Simon Sinek, Tony Robbins, Amy Porterfield, Ed Mylett, Michelle Zatlyn, Reid Hoffman, Scooter Braun, Dany Garcia, Marc Lore, Ariana Huffington, Pat Flynn, Lewis Howes, Jordan Harbinger, and many more.
About the host:
Nathan Chan is the CEO of Foundr and the creator of The Foundr Podcast. Chan literally started from knowing nothing. He was just an average guy working in a 9-5 job he utterly hated. He knew nothing about entrepreneurship, nothing about startups, nothing about marketing, and nothing about online or how to build a business. In the past decade, Chan's built Foundr into a global leader in entrepreneurial education, helping tens of thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs start and scale their businesses.
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How One Product Made Him $40M | Ezra Firestone
Ezra Firestone’s businesses generated $70M in revenue last year, but he says he’s just “some guy.” He started his first ecommerce store in 2006, selling Marge Simpson wigs. Despite being a high school dropout with no experience or education, he was determined to make his business work. Two decades later, he’s invested and co-founded five successful businesses, including Smart Marketer, an ecom education platform that helps entrepreneurs run stores that generate over $20 million in yearly revenue. In this episode, Firestone leans on his decades of experience to outline the fundamentals of a revenue-generating ecom business.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why you don’t have to be “book smart” to be successful
Firestone’s step-by-step sales funnel
Why you need a basket-building product at the beginning
The benefit of a merchandising strategy
The three core aspects of business
What conversion-based commerce means
A TikTok Shop secret
How he almost went broke selling 8,000 Marge Simpson wigs
Why having fun helps you win in business
And much more ecom strategies and advice…
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How to Create Pain Killer Products | Guy Kawasaki
At 67, Guy Kawasaki is still evangelizing about products. After building a tech career at Apple under Steve Jobs, Kawasaki set out on a winding career path, including founding startups, giving viral Ted Talks, investing in unicorns like Canva, and writing 16 books. Eight years after his last podcast appearance, Nathan Chan catches up with Kawasaki to distill his decades of wisdom down to the essential functions of creating a painkiller product that people love.
In this interview you’ll learn:
The two key functions of entrepreneurs
Why remarkable people have a growth mindset
When Steve Jobs tricked Guy while working at Apple
Getting mistaken for Jackie Chan
What makes a mission-led a**hole worth working for
How to create painkiller products for customers
To build confidence in small successes
Why failure is okay, but you should try and prevent it
What is evangelism marketing and how to use it for business
And much more founder advice and stories…
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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. Scott then pulled up her Shopify store. The numbers were shocking. In one weekend, she made six months' worth of revenue. Two years after the air date, Scott's built Range Beauty into a million-dollar ecommerce beauty brand that’s inclusive of all skin shades and types.
In this episode, you'll learn:
To start your business by social listening
How Range Beauty 10x sales after Scott quit her job
Why you should date your manufacturers
What Shark Tank is like for an indie brand
What it's like to have Emma Grede as a mentor and investor
Why losing her first brand name was a blessing in disguise
How to differentiate your brand in the beauty industry
You need to love sharing your pitch
Challenges as a Black founder in the beauty space
To treat your audience like investors
And much more beauty brand advice...
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How Hexclad Hooked Gordon Ramsay as a Partner | Daniel Winer
When Gordon Ramsay follows your Instagram account, you take notice. That’s how Daniel Winer, co-founder of Hexclad, started his business relationship with the superstar TV chef, which has become a full-fledged partnership. Winer launched Hexclad in 2016 by maxing out credit cards and emptying his savings. Today, the $400 million business is a DTC darling in the cookware industry, endorsed by celebrities and Michelin star chefs.
In this interview, you’ll learn:
How Winer lost hundreds of thousands in his first business
The hostile reaction he got from investors while pitching Hexclad
Risking everything he had for Hexclad’s breakthrough
How to deliver the right message for your business
Why Costco was a cheat code for Hexclad
How to make a compelling value proposition
The steps to develop a unique product
How he got Gordon Ramsay as a partner
Advice on monetized relationships with celebrities
And much more DTC business advice…
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Wix Co-Founder Shares Website Tips from 250M+ Users | Avishai Abrahami
If you want to build a website for your business that stands out, Avishai Abrahami believes that you need to care about what your customers are trying to do. Avishai is the CEO and co-founder of the website platform Wix. Founded in 2006, under Abrahami's leadership, Wix has grown to 254M users in 191 countries and 22 languages and went public in 2013 with a $800M valuation. In this episode, Chan and Abrahami break down the fundamentals of business websites and how AI speeds up development for founders with limited resources.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
How to bring your personal story into your website
Why great products focus on what the customer wants
Why Abrahami doesn’t think a 12-hour working day is difficult
His takes on AI and what it looks like in five years
Why he only makes four decisions a quarter
How AI makes a first version website better
Why founders need to be obsessed
What makes a great website for founders
And much more founder and web design advice…
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I Ignored Investors and Built a $975M Company | Joe Thomas
An investor told Joe Thomas and his co-founders that they could exit to Salesforce for millions if they made their video recording software for sales teams. Thomas and his co-founder said no. Instead, they built Loom into a globally used tool with five million users in 230+ countries. In November of 2023, Atlassian acquired Loom for $975 million. Learn how Thomas trusted his gut and made Loom a must-have for the digital workforce.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
The 8-year overnight success story of building Loom
Loom’s key differentiator in the market
How to not bury the lede of your product market fit
Why early-stage founders need to maximize their learnings
The value of a weekly Sunday dinner
About making a product customers will like and pay for
The product-led growth trap
Why every 90 days are different as an entrepreneur
How Thomas monetization Loom
To create a max diff survey for product upselling
Choosing the uncertain path
And much more product development advice…
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