41: JD Jernigan (Propagate)

Revenue: Real Startup Stories

English - July 21, 2021 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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JD Jernigan is Founder & CEO of Propagate, an ecommerce investment platform that generates passive income for investors. JD is an expert in sales and marketing, having scaled multiple online stores himself before starting Propagate.

In this episode, we discuss starting off in dropshipping, running a digital marketing agency, building his first tech startup, how he thinks about ecommerce today, and the challenges of a first-time founder.

GUEST

JD Jernigan LinkedIn
Propagate Website

PODCAST

Safa Mahzari
Patreon
Alluxo Website

TERMS

Ecommerce = Buying and selling products through an online store
Dropshipping = Outsourcing the inventory and fulfillment of orders
SaaS = software as a service
Print on demand = Where copies are not printed until orders are received
Apliiq = print on demand vendor that plugs into Shopify

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 - Episode intro
0:50 - JD's background
4:42 - What is print on demand?
7:03 - What is ecommerce dropshipping?
14:18 - Running a marketing agency
23:53 - What is Propagate?
32:46 - Safa's experience in ecommerce
38:16 - Wrap up and final thoughts