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Nick Ajluni & Nick Guillen, Co-Founders, TRUFF
Hitting The Mark - April 23, 2021 17:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsYou must have been on a social media diet to not have stumbled upon TRUFF’s masterfully designed array of truffle-infused sauces. But TRUFF is not solely a social media sensation, you can find the brand anywhere from Whole Foods to Neiman Marcus, and from the U.S. to Australia. The two Co-Fo...
Edward Hartman, Co-Founder, LegalZoom
Hitting The Mark - April 09, 2021 18:19 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsEddie Hartman created LegalZoom 20 years ago with two friends and built it into the best-known legal brand in the United States. LegalZoom has over 4 million customers and more than half of all Americans know the brand. I have been a customer for a mighty long time and having this chat with ...
LegalZoom: Edward Hartman, Co-Founder
Hitting The Mark - April 09, 2021 18:19 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsEddie Hartman created LegalZoom 20 years ago with two friends and built it into the best-known legal brand in the United States. LegalZoom has over 4 million customers and more than half of all Americans know the brand. I have been a customer for a mighty long time and having this chat with ...
Matthew Barnett, Papa Bear, Bonjoro
Hitting The Mark - March 26, 2021 21:24 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn the last episode we were in Iceland, today we are in Australia, and finally, we have a B2B brand on the show again: A tech brand that is in the business of converting, retaining, and growing your customers with delightful personal video messages sent at just the right moment. But Bonjoro ...
Bonjoro: Matthew Barnett, Papa Bear
Hitting The Mark - March 26, 2021 21:24 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIn the last episode we were in Iceland, today we are in Australia, and finally, we have a B2B brand on the show again: A tech brand that is in the business of converting, retaining, and growing your customers with delightful personal video messages sent at just the right moment. But Bonjoro ...
Saltverk: Björn Steinar Jónsson, Founder & CEO
Hitting The Mark - March 12, 2021 22:33 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsBjörn Steinar Jónsson runs Saltverk, which produces hand-harvested sustainable sea salt using only energy from geothermal hot springs in the northwestern fjords of Iceland. Saltverk's salt-making method is based on the traditional methods of the 17th-century, which means that during the entire...
Björn Steinar Jónsson, Founder & CEO, Saltverk
Hitting The Mark - March 12, 2021 22:33 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsBjörn Steinar Jónsson runs Saltverk, which produces hand-harvested sustainable sea salt using only energy from geothermal hot springs in the northwestern fjords of Iceland. Saltverk's salt-making method is based on the traditional methods of the 17th-century, which means that during the entire...
Clare: Nicole Gibbons, Founder & CEO
Hitting The Mark - February 26, 2021 23:57 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsInterior designer Nicole Gibbons set out to 'take the pain out of paint' through her brand Clare where she has pioneered an easier, faster, and more inspiring way to shop for paint. Fast Company proclaimed “The Warby Parker of paint is here” and Nicole has just been named one of Inc’s 100 Wo...
Nicole Gibbons, Founder & CEO, Clare
Hitting The Mark - February 26, 2021 23:57 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsInterior designer Nicole Gibbons set out to 'take the pain out of paint' through her brand Clare where she has pioneered an easier, faster, and more inspiring way to shop for paint. Fast Company proclaimed “The Warby Parker of paint is here” and Nicole has just been named one of Inc’s 100 Wo...
behno: Shivam Punjya, Founder
Hitting The Mark - February 12, 2021 22:37 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsShivam Punjya is the founder of the luxury handbag label behno which is designed in NYC but made in India. behno operates at the intersection of ethical thinking and luxury design, a space I have always been very interested in. Further, behno’s mission is to redefine and bring awareness to t...
Shivam Punjya, Founder, behno
Hitting The Mark - February 12, 2021 22:37 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsShivam Punjya is the founder of the luxury handbag label behno which is designed in NYC but made in India. behno operates at the intersection of ethical thinking and luxury design, a space I have always been very interested in. Further, behno’s mission is to redefine and bring awareness to t...
Pampa: Emmanuelle Magnan, Founder & Creative Director
Hitting The Mark - January 30, 2021 00:56 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsEmmanuelle Magnan is the Founder of the Parisian flower studio Pampa. Those of you listening to the show frequently know that I love to talk with founders of internationally known brands like Rotten Tomatoes and Evernote just as much as with smaller brands that are unknown to many of you, bu...
Emmanuelle Magnan, Founder & Creative Director, Pampa
Hitting The Mark - January 30, 2021 00:56 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsEmmanuelle Magnan is the Founder of the Parisian flower studio Pampa. Those of you listening to the show frequently know that I love to talk with founders of internationally known brands like Rotten Tomatoes and Evernote just as much as with smaller brands that are unknown to many of you, bu...
Brad Manning, Co-Brother, Two Blind Brothers
Hitting The Mark - January 15, 2021 21:03 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsBrad Manning is one of the Co-Founders, or Co-Brothers as he puts it, of Two Blind Brothers, a mission-based company whose name is telling at least one important part of this brand’s story. Two Blind Brothers is a NYC-based clothing line that focuses on luxury casual wear. Both founders are ...
Two Blind Brothers: Brad Manning, Co-Brother
Hitting The Mark - January 15, 2021 21:03 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsBrad Manning is one of the Co-Founders, or Co-Brothers as he puts it, of Two Blind Brothers, a mission-based company whose name is telling at least one important part of this brand’s story. Two Blind Brothers is a NYC-based clothing line that focuses on luxury casual wear. Both founders are ...
Rotten Tomatoes: Patrick Lee, Co-Founder & founding CEO
Hitting The Mark - January 01, 2021 20:02 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsPatrick Lee was Co-Founder and founding CEO of Rotten Tomatoes, the movie rating system we all came to know so well and that I always saw as a kind of anti-brand. To kick off 2021, we are talking about how Patrick transitioned from running a design firm, like so many of my listeners, to runn...
Patrick Lee, Co-Founder & founding CEO, Rotten Tomatoes
Hitting The Mark - January 01, 2021 20:02 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsPatrick Lee was Co-Founder and founding CEO of Rotten Tomatoes, the movie rating system we all came to know so well and that I always saw as a kind of anti-brand. To kick off 2021, we are talking about how Patrick transitioned from running a design firm, like so many of my listeners, to runn...
Bernd Roggendorf, Founder & CEO, EIDU
Hitting The Mark - December 18, 2020 20:47 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsBernd Roggendorf is known as the Co-Founder of Ableton, the tremendously popular software that helps millions of musicians unleash their creative potential. But today we are talking about EIDU, the social enterprise Bernd founded 5 years ago to improve education standards for the 800 million chi...
EIDU: Bernd Roggendorf, Founder & CEO
Hitting The Mark - December 18, 2020 20:47 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsBernd Roggendorf is known as the Co-Founder of Ableton, the tremendously popular software that helps millions of musicians unleash their creative potential. But today we are talking about EIDU, the social enterprise Bernd founded 5 years ago to improve education standards for the 800 million chi...
Jeanne David, Founder and CEO & Vasa Martinez, CMO, Outer Aisle
Hitting The Mark - December 05, 2020 01:05 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsJeanne David and Vasa Martinez, the Founder and the CMO of Outer Aisle, respectively, are joining me to look behind the curtains of how the Outer Aisle brand was crafted; a brand Jeanne founded in her 50s that invented the cauliflower carb-swap category by offering gluten-free, nutrient-dense, l...
Outer Aisle: Jeanne David, Founder and CEO & Vasa Martinez, CMO
Hitting The Mark - December 05, 2020 01:05 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsJeanne David and Vasa Martinez, the Founder and the CMO of Outer Aisle, respectively, are joining me to look behind the curtains of how the Outer Aisle brand was crafted; a brand Jeanne founded in her 50s that invented the cauliflower carb-swap category by offering gluten-free, nutrient-dense, l...
Cole Orobetz, Co-Founder, CEO, And CFO, Alpha Foods
Hitting The Mark - November 20, 2020 19:07 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsCole Orobetz founded Alpha Foods five years ago and is currently the CEO and CFO of the healthy frozen meal brand that can be found in over 9,000 stores across North America and Asia, where their plant-based Alpha Chicken Nuggets are available at KFC (which is quite an endorsement!). Cole an...
Alpha Foods: Cole Orobetz, Co-Founder, CEO, And CFO
Hitting The Mark - November 20, 2020 19:07 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsCole Orobetz founded Alpha Foods five years ago and is currently the CEO and CFO of the healthy frozen meal brand that can be found in over 9,000 stores across North America and Asia, where their plant-based Alpha Chicken Nuggets are available at KFC (which is quite an endorsement!). Cole an...
Dan Demsky, Co-Founder, Unbound Merino
Hitting The Mark - November 06, 2020 18:55 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIf you launch a t-shirt brand in this day and age and you find a way to stand out, you bet I’ll have you on my show. And that is exactly what Dan Demsky did by co-founding a Merino wool clothing brand that is high-performance yet stylish. Dan was running a Creative Agency but sought to pivot...
Unbound Merino: Dan Demsky, Co-Founder
Hitting The Mark - November 06, 2020 18:55 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsIf you launch a t-shirt brand in this day and age and you find a way to stand out, you bet I’ll have you on my show. And that is exactly what Dan Demsky did by co-founding a Merino wool clothing brand that is high-performance yet stylish. Dan was running a Creative Agency but sought to pivot...
July: Muhammad Saigol and Erik Rauterkus, Co-Founders
Hitting The Mark - October 23, 2020 18:38 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsMuhammad Saigol and Erik Rauterkus of July launched an appliance in 12 months from idea to market through razor-sharp focus. We dive into how the brand made 'summer' their DNA, how transparency with the customer is key, and why The Wall Street Journal called July ‘summer’s unlikeliest status...
Muhammad Saigol and Erik Rauterkus, Co-Founders, July
Hitting The Mark - October 23, 2020 18:38 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsMuhammad Saigol and Erik Rauterkus of July launched an appliance in 12 months from idea to market through razor-sharp focus. We dive into how the brand made 'summer' their DNA, how transparency with the customer is key, and why The Wall Street Journal called July ‘summer’s unlikeliest status...
Anna Sheffield Fine Jewelry & Bing Bang: Anna Sheffield, Founder and Lead Designer
Hitting The Mark - October 09, 2020 17:32 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsAnna Sheffield launched Bing Bang in 2001, and her eponymous fine jewelry brand followed in 2009. Since then, some fine folks you may have heard of like Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Kerry Washington, Helen Mirren, and Charlize Theron came to appreciate her work. Today we go deep into how...
Anna Sheffield, Founder and Lead Designer, Anna Sheffield Fine Jewelry & Bing Bang
Hitting The Mark - October 09, 2020 17:32 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsAnna Sheffield launched Bing Bang in 2001, and her eponymous fine jewelry brand followed in 2009. Since then, some fine folks you may have heard of like Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Kerry Washington, Helen Mirren, and Charlize Theron came to appreciate her work. Today we go deep into how...
Shannon McLay, Founder and CEO, The Financial Gym
Hitting The Mark - September 25, 2020 17:11 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsShannon McLay built a gym to work out your finances: Monthly memberships, trainers, the whole nine yards. You are matched with a BFF - your best Financial Friend – the call to action on the site says ‘Let’s crush some goals’ and trainers welcome you by saying ‘You are about to get financially na...
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