Episodes

  • How Therabody Turned a Homemade Tool Into a Global Recovery Brand
    Jun 16 2026

    Dr. Jason Wersland turned a 3 a.m. garage experiment into the number one percussive therapy brand in the world, with more than 6.5 million Theragun massage devices sold. In this episode, he breaks down the unglamorous eight-year grind behind that overnight success: five prototypes, three bad partners, and a one-to-one credibility-building strategy that eventually landed him in Cristiano Ronaldo’'s training room.

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    49 mins
  • How Getting Back to Basics Turned 437 Into an 8-Figure Brand
    Jun 11 2026

    Hyla Nayeri co-founded 437, a bootstrapped activewear brand, into an eight-figure business— and she did it by simplifying ruthlessly, betting on organic social and influencer marketing, and protecting a culture that includes a four-day workweek.

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    42 mins
  • How Bette Bentley Built Skimpies Into a No. 1 TikTok Brand Without Spending a Dollar on Paid Ads
    Jun 4 2026

    Former comedy writer Bette Bentley built Skimpies—the world’s first liner designed specifically for leggings—into a number one TikTok brand entirely through organic livestreams, bypassing paid ads by treating the platform like an interactive group chat. This innovative founder breaks down how she embraced raw authenticity to collapse the traditional sales funnel, handle extreme burnout, and turn a grueling six-month streaming schedule into a $60,000 warehouse livestream.

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    44 mins
  • How Fly By Jing Turned Chili Crisp Into an 8-Figure Brand
    Jun 2 2026

    When Jing Gao launched Fly By Jing, she wasn’'t just selling chili crisp—she was challenging a century-old story about the value of Chinese food. Starting from an underground supper club and a scrappy Kickstarter, she built a brand now found in Target, Walmart, and Whole Foods that has inspired a generation of Asian food founders.

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    46 mins
  • "How Do You Know When to Pivot?" Here's What 13 Businesses Actually Did
    May 28 2026

    We brought together 14 founders across 13 businesses building on Shopify and asked every single one the same question: How do you know when it's time to pivot?

    We've put together the playbook for the hardest decisions to make in business—the leap, the kill, the walk-away, and the quiet voice you almost ignored.

    Featuring Catherine Goetze (Physical Phones), Melanie Bender (LORE), Jing Gao (Fly By Jing), AC Hampton (Supreme Ecom), Melissa Palmer (OSEA), Kevin and Jin Chon (Coop Sleep Goods), Aishwarya Iyer (Brightland), Matt Hassett (Loftie), Vy Nguyen (Avocado Green), Drew Scott (Lone Fox), Sean Reyes (Shock Surplus), Carmen Dianne and Kara Still (Prosperity Market), and Sara Sugarman (Lulu and Georgia).

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    24 mins
  • How Figs Built a Billion-Dollar Brand for the People Saving Lives
    May 26 2026

    Trina Spear left Wall Street to build a billion dollar brand serving the 18 million health care workers no one else was designing for. Figs started out selling scrubs on sidewalks and grew into a NYSE-listed, direct-to-consumer powerhouse.

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    50 mins
  • How One Founder Took on the Gray Hair Industry and Won With Science, Not Hype
    May 21 2026

    Arey founder Allison Conrad turned an overlooked beauty category into a science-backed business, with a clinical study to prove it. Hear how she built a defensible brand, from securing a patent to mapping a retail strategy designed around when customers are actually ready to buy.

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    40 mins