Hitting The Mark

Fabian Geyrhalter
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Conversations with founders about the intersection of brand clarity and startup success with your host, brand strategist, and author Fabian Geyrhalter.

  1. Archer: Eugene Kang, CEO & Founder

    12/04/2025

    Archer: Eugene Kang, CEO & Founder

    Eugene Kang grew up stocking shelves in his parents' gas station convenience stores, then one day took a mesmerizing bite of beef jerky at a small roadside stand, tracked down the maker, and eventually bought the business with his aunt. Fast forward to today, he grew Archer into America’s No. 1 premium jerky brand with 30 SKUs in 30,000 locations nationwide, and on this episode he shares all the lessons learned during the company's recent re-brand.

    44 min
  2. HIRO (TUSHY, THINX, etc): Miki Agrawal , Founder

    11/06/2025

    HIRO (TUSHY, THINX, etc): Miki Agrawal , Founder

    Miki Agrawal founded the period underwear brand THINX, which everyone listening to this show remembers for its ad campaign running in the NYC subways, featuring grapefruit and eggs to represent menstruation. In 2019, Miki founded TUSHY, where she rebranded the modern bidet. Her latest venture stopped me in my tracks: HIRO Diapers, the world’s first diapers that are digested by Fungi.  In this episode, we delve into conscious capitalism, the reduce and regenerate model, and brand growth through community building. Throughout we talk about all things creative and brand, naturally.

    50 min
  3. Frank Darling: Kegan Fisher, CEO & Co-Founder

    10/16/2025

    Frank Darling: Kegan Fisher, CEO & Co-Founder

    Kegan Fisher, together with her husband, co-founded the Frank Darling brand to revolutionize the fine jewelry industry. One fine piece of copy from the brand’s website reads, “The hardest thing on Earth is now a little easier. We’ll be frank, darling. The diamond industry benefits from confused customers.” What began in a Brooklyn apartment has grown into a nationally recognized brand with nine brick-and-mortar locations and consistent triple-digit growth year over year. This episode dives into some of our favorite topics: mastering customer-centric thinking and using empathy as a business strategy. Oh, and the name Frank Darling, of course.

    48 min
  4. LYMA: Lucy Goff, Founder

    09/25/2025

    LYMA: Lucy Goff, Founder

    Lucy Goff is the founder of LYMA, the buzzy London-based brand providing 'the world’s most powerful skin longevity system.’ A LYMA Laser runs you $2,700, and the LYMA Laser Pro sets you back $6,000: a significant investment, and a challenging brand positioning to defend in a highly opaque industry. This episode focuses on how Lucy and her team have created a new niche with significant success from both product and marketing perspectives.

    43 min
  5. Unleashed Brands: Michael Browning Jr., Founder & CEO

    09/04/2025

    Unleashed Brands: Michael Browning Jr., Founder & CEO

    Michael Browning Jr. is the Founder and CEO of Unleashed Brands, the parent company of youth enrichment franchises that serve millions of families annually across 1,400 locations, including Urban Air Adventure Park, The Little Gym, Snapology, Premier Martial Arts, Class 101, XP League, and Water Wings.  Michael and I delve into the business of building and expanding magnetic franchise brands: How to make a brand stick, how to attract operators, and ways in which to become part of a customer's multiple life stages.

    43 min
  6. Ritual: Katerina Schneider, Founder & CEO

    08/14/2025

    Ritual: Katerina Schneider, Founder & CEO

    Katerina Schneider, founder and CEO of Ritual, has redefined the supplement industry through transparent science and sourcing. In this episode, we revisit her launch of Ritual a decade ago—while she was pregnant—driven by her inability to find a supplement brand she could trust. We explore how her company challenged industry norms, treats customers as “Chief Health Officers,” leverages branding to fuel growth, and why a well-crafted brand image only matters when matched by flawless execution.

    38 min
  7. Fair Harbor: Jake Danehy, Chairman & Co-Founder

    07/17/2025

    Fair Harbor: Jake Danehy, Chairman & Co-Founder

    Jake Danehy runs the apparel brand Fair Harbor, which has repurposed nearly 40 million plastic bottles into best-selling apparel. He started the company in college with his sister and scaled it into a multi-million-dollar values-led brand. We talk about his childhood beach days in Fair Harbor, which inspired the brand’s name, how you can launch with as good as no funding, that you never own your brand - you only own your company, and how important it is to create guardrails once your brand grows up.

    37 min
  8. B-SIDES: Yousuf Ahmed, Founder

    06/27/2025

    B-SIDES: Yousuf Ahmed, Founder

    Yousuf Ahmed made his way from the music industry via Goldman Sachs to upcycling leftover oats (a byproduct of making oat milk) into what he describes as plant-based and protein-packed upcycled crunch puffs that taste like summer camp and save the world. When I prepared for the show, I saw that his company, B-Sides, had just announced that their brand design had fallen a bit flat with consumers and that they were about to rethink it all. So here I was about to jump on a call to talk branding with Yousuf, and then that bombshell. Needless to say, this episode has more of a brand workshop vibe to it, and I personally really enjoyed thinking through the brand on the fly and hearing Yousuf’s very smart and insightful takes on consumers, packaging, and branding.

    36 min
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Conversations with founders about the intersection of brand clarity and startup success with your host, brand strategist, and author Fabian Geyrhalter.

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  • Creator
    Fabian Geyrhalter
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    127
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    ©FINIEN, 2018 - 2021
  • Show Website
    Hitting The Mark