Herschel Supply Co.: Jamie and Lyndon Cormack

Today’s callers: Matt from New York City unpacks the stigma working against his line of foot wellness products. Then Emefa in Toronto seeks a direct relationship with customers of her fashion brand in the wake of a key retailer going out of business. Finally, Levi in Rhode Island ...  Show more

Tom Rinks got his start in the commission-only "shark tank" of midwestern furniture sales. That’s where he learned what makes customers buy. Decades later, those instincts helped him grow a joke of a side hustle into a $400 million success.In 2009, he created the iconic branding ...  Show more

Life and business partners Colby and McKenzie Bauer are bringing functional and expressively minimalist accessories to market with Thread Wallets. Injecting creative designs into the sleepy category, the Bauers built ...

There's not just one way to create a product that sells. Just ask Bryan Reisberg and Scott Dunn of Little Chonk. Bryan needed a safe way to transport his corgi Maxine to his office in New York City, but there just wasn't a durable, safe dog backpack on the market. Through tria ...

Perfectwhitetee co-founders Jen Menchaca and Lisa Hickey had decades of experience in fashion wholesale. Now, they’re taking their t-shirt company direct to consumer, and learning an entirely new strategy for selling online.

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It’s the 1960s, and two climbing buddies are about to lay the foundations for a new industry.The older of the two is an outdoorsman and part-time blacksmith Yvon Chouinard. His younger buddy is Doug Tompkins, who abandoned his Connecticut rich-kid life to find his kicks in the wi ...  Show more