Not Your Story

Not Your Story
Not Your Story

Welcome to Not Your Story. A show about marketing, storytelling and entrepreneurship from a creator’s perspective. I’m your host Rory Nolan and I’ll be sharing ideas and frameworks for you to tell more captivating stories.

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    Jake Karls explains the rise of Mid-Day Squares' chocolate empire - EP 10

    Jake Karls is the co-founder and Chief Rainmaker of Midday Squares, a chocolate brand, that’s shaking up the $140B chocolate industry. Jake shares how Mid-Day Squares is growing a $100M brand by embracing the power of storytelling, vulnerability, and authenticity, sharing their behind the scenes story of entrepreneurial drama. Timestamps: (0:00) - Intro (1:45) - The future of marketing (4:44)- The founding story of Mid-Day Squares (7:44) - $140 billion chocolate industry, growth in saturated market (9:40) - The power of authenticity and vulnerability (12:45) - Reality TV Show storytelling, Shark Tank, The Kardashians & Hollywood (14:55) - Overcoming burnout (17:46) - ‘Therapy saved our partnership’ (19:33) - There’s no great story without conflict (21:44) - Positive momentum & compounding action (23:44) - ‘failure is a privilege’ (25:00) - Does your story evoke emotion? (27:00) - Over 50 million organic content views (28:55) - Curiosity, how can we be better storytellers? (30:00) - The ground game, building true community (33:23) - Sam Walton built Walmart by SHOWING UP (35:30) - What the hell is a Chief Rainmaker? (37:35) - ‘I was a horrible manager’ (38:38) - Scaling to $100 million (40:44) - Advice to listeners overcoming fear (41:47) - ‘LinkedIn is a playground for opportunities’ (43:30) - 'Being myself is my greatest superpower' (45:04) - Outro Connect with Jake and Mid-Day Squares: https://www.instagram.com/jakekarls_/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-karls-653106ba/ https://www.instagram.com/middaysquares/ https://www.tiktok.com/ @middaysquares  Follow Not Your Story: https://www.instagram.com/nys_podcast/ https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/not-your-story-nys/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rory-nolan-a89a1ab5/ If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to leave a 5-star review on Spotify / Apple Podcasts to help others discover the show :) Want to level up your marketing?https://linktr.ee/midnight.marketing

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Welcome to Not Your Story. A show about marketing, storytelling and entrepreneurship from a creator’s perspective. I’m your host Rory Nolan and I’ll be sharing ideas and frameworks for you to tell more captivating stories.

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