Chris Meade used Gorgias to generate over $1,000,000 in retail sales, learn how he did, and you can too. Shray Joshi joins Chris to share big mistakes they've made during BFCM in years past. Sign up for Chris' weekly newsletter Cross Commerce here, and connect with him on Twitter and Linkedin. Chris Meade is the co-founder & CMO of CROSSNET, the wo…

Chris Meade used Gorgias to generate over $1,000,000 in retail sales, learn how he did, and you can too. After starting an Instagram account about the life of a baseball player. It grew into a community, and before he knew it a brand. This is his story, and the lessons learned along the way. Key moments in this episode of My Biggest Lessons 4:35 Pr…

Chris Meade used Gorgias to generate over $1,000,000 in retail sales, learn how he did, and you can too. Cael Schwartz is head of product at Birddogs, he stopped by the DTCX studio in NYC to talk about their growth, Shark Tank, and advertising on platforms like Pornhub and Grinder. Key lessons in this episode. 5:00 The Impact Chubbies had on two ec…

Learn how Chris closed over $1M in wholesale business through Gorgias, and you can too. https://www.gorgias.com/customers/crossnet Kenny Flowers is run by Kenny Haisfield, who founded the brand in 2015 when he quit his corporate consulting job in NYC to move in with his grandma in Bali and start making Hawaiian shirts for his friends. Key moments i…

Chris Meade used Gorgias to generate over $1,000,000 in retail sales, learn how he did, and you can too. Emanuel Storch is the founder of Blackbird foods, based out of NYC the OG plant protein and frozen pizza. Based Now the fastest growing pizza brand. Prior to this, he was the founder of Simpli gum. Key moments in this episode 0:00 Intro and how …

Chris Meade used Gorgias to generate over $1,000,000 in retail sales, learn how he did, and you can too. Pete Sena is a creative entrepreneur and forward-obsessed business builder and founder of Digital Surgeons. He brings over 20 years of experience with him, working on brands like Lego and Hershey to American Express and SalesforceTopics and Less…

Chris Meade used Gorgias to generate over $1,000,000 in retail sales, learn how he did, and you can too. Dan Demsky is a co-founder of Unbound Merino. A premium apparel company made for travel. 3:45 Getting started and positioning a premium brand online 9:35 How do customers understand about Merino and the properties. 11:35 Do customers come back o…

Chris Meade used Gorgias to generate over $1,000,000 in retail sales, learn how he did, and you can too. Mike Fata is the founder of Manitoba Harvest. A company that makes natural hemp foods sold online and in-store. Get in contact with him, and learn more about mentoring here. 2:00 Thoughts on college and university and educating yourself. There a…

Chris Meade used Gorgias to generate over $1,000,000 in retail sales, learn how he did, and you can too. Athletes treat pain with many different remedies, but many have side effects or other bad stuff. That's why Ryan Gresh started the Feel Good Lab. 2:37 Mark Cuban tackling pharmaceuticals. 3:46 Creating products without bad ingredients for transd…

Nik Hall is a follower of Christ, husband to the best wife, and the cofounder of vitafive, an emerging gummy vitamin brand with high quality ingredients and now a lower sugar gummy vitamin alternative that we have launched into Target and HEB (while previously scaling our sugar gummy into over 7,000 retail doors. Key times in this episode 3:30 Why …

Ross Mackay is the CEO and Co-founder of Daring, a chicken alternative available in 10,000 grocery stores and 1000 restaurants around America. He chats with Chris about scaling retail sales, and taking a be where chicken is approaching. Key Moments in this episode 0:30 How Adam started Daring getting into grocery stores and restaurants. 4:15 Identi…

Engineer turned Entreprenur Austin Maxwell started out on Shark Tank, and now he's selling coolers around the country. Austin shares his secrets to: Generating his first $100K in sales to get on Shark Tank Dominating trade shows as a sales channel and form of lead generation The Shark Tank impact on a growing business All ships sink eventually, inc…

Tiffany Krumis auditioned for the first ever episode of Shark Tank – and struck a deal with Barbara! Hear how she grew and sold her first business, and the lessons she’s taking into her next one 2:00 Intro and be coming an accidental entrepreneur, and casting for the first ever episode of Shark Tank and making a deal with Barbara. 4:00 Convincing a…

Adam is the founder of Crown & Paw, a brand that sells totally unique products to every single customer. He scaled from Zero to $10 Million in 9 months in a space where serious scaling appears to be impossible. Key moments in this episode. 0:22 Going to 10 million in revenue through print on demand 4:30 Print on demand is not dropshipping. 6:00 Kee…

Tim Sheilds invented a sport! He joins Chris to share his biggest lessons, along with his journey of inventing and launching a sport! 1:00 Recent success of UBall, and what it is. 2:00 What if James Nasmith invented basketball today? 3:30 The painpoint that lead to the product being invented. 4:45 Growing the sport and learning lessons the hard way…

Sean Riley has gone from being on Shark Tank to millions of dollars a year in sales. Clean your butt. https://dudeproducts.com/ 1:17 with the story of how it was created, and launching a company while having full time jobs. 4:50 Going from some cool learnings to making it a full time with less than 100K in sales by going through an incubator, and t…

Connor Renton is a 3x founder and has been featured across Canadian Media platforms including BlogTO, Global News, and Sixbuzz. He runs one of Canada’s Largest Men’s basketball leagues - Brodie Rec League - with over 10,000 annual players and is cofounder at Boostbear. The worlds first better for you protein candy which has amassed over 75,000 foll…

Connect with Max, Cofounder of Bala Bangles on LinkedIn. Bala Bangles reinvented the way people work out by wearing the weights, and looking at how people work out at home. 4:30 Talking about the first iterations of the product and messaging, and blurring the lines of fashion and fitness. 7:45 Not relying on performance marketing and discounts earl…

Michelle and Nikki started Elavi to fulfil their own need for Functional, shelf-stable snacks designed to go with you anywhere and help with cognitive focus, balanced mood, athletic recovery, and overall vitality in a delicious, convenient way. 4:00 Starting by bootstrapping, which is amazingly hard to 5:20 Balancing full time focus form one co-fou…

Ash Melwani is cofounder and CMO at Obvi, a health and wellness supplement brand. He joins Chris Meade to talk about the growth of their brand to over $30M in sales over the last 30 months. 3:30 Setting up partnerships with legacy brands like Entenmann's and Reese's for partner and customer value and understanding. 9:00 Advanced marketing and colla…

Sweating is hard to stop unless you are always wearing deodorant or spend money on Botox. Mathieu Mireault is the co-founder and marketing director at Dermadry. The world's leading manufacturer of iontophoresis machines for the treatment of hyperhidrosis, a medical condition characterized by excessive sweating that affects approximately 1 in 20 peo…

Michael Uy is a retired content creator who has built Tik Tok houses and generating 1.6B views. What it's like setting up and living in a Tik Tok house. Lessons learned from the creatives and the brands buying. Focusing on one platform first and using that to grow other platforms. Why some influencers make it, and others don't. The hardest lesson h…

Chelsea Moore is the Founder and CEO of BOXFOX -- whose goals make it easy to build custom gifts and keep in touch with your friends, thy've grown to 47 employees and 8 figures in revenue. Key moments in this episode. 4:20 The choice to keep fulfilment in house even with higher costs to keep presentation and flexibility to their high standards. 6:5…

In 2015 my husband, Colby, and I founded Thread Wallets. Through our venture, we have found an irreplaceable sense of freedom and happiness as we see our vision unfold. I love coming up with creative ways to market a product or idea and I enjoy brainstorming ways to build long-lasting brands. I believe in the power of surrounding yourself with smar…

Patsy's Candy is a confectionary business with over 100 years of experience. They also make CBD chocolates that almost landed him in jail. 2:30 Starting by selling CBD tinctures at farmers markets and trade shows before selling a couple of businesses to focus on CBD chocolates. 4:45 Scaling taboo brands when you can't market on Facebook and you hav…

Rob Fraser is a 5X national team professional cyclist! Now he's spending his time growing Outway, a sock brand which he's bootstrapped up to $10M in sales. Now it's time to scale to $100M. After wearing his cycling socks all day, he realized that they could be a bit better in quality. 2:45 Getting people to buy $15 - $20 socks on the internet that …

Shray Joshi is the founder of Good Peeps. He’s run performance marketing at brands like Health Aide, and Nuggs. If you’re a CPG marketer, this episode is a must watch. 5:45 How CPG entrepreneurs can plan for profitable marketing using data. You have to know your LTV for it to be profitable. 8:25 Finding undiscovered platforms that are more appropri…

Steve O'Dell joins Chris Meade to share the biggest lessons he's learned while building Tenzo Tea, a CPG brand who makes the best matcha tea. Steve shares with Chris. How they got their first retail accounts by knocking on doors and cold calling. Dealing with knock offs and me too products especially on Amazon. Building trust for taste when selling…

Started in 2018 to fill the market for weighted blankets, Aaron Spivak and Lior Ohayon launched a business that grew to $40M in less than 5 years. Starting with their first product, Aaron shares how they manufactured their first run, and the lessons they learned about communicating and figuring out what they had to pay, and when they had to pay it.…

Since working from a young age, both Chris Meade and Nick Guillen have had part time jobs and side hustles. One of those for Nick was picking up Instagram handles. When @sauce was available, he had to scoop it up. He never thought he'd be the co-founder of the worlds largest, and fastest growing luxury hot sauce brand. The importance of patience wh…

Jake Karls, Co-founder & "Rainmaker" of Mid-Day Squares joins Chris Meade in this episode to explain what a Rainmaker title is all about - in other words, he builds relationships and makes noise. Jake wanted to be able to have the freedom of exploring different passions. To be unapologetically himself. Growing up surrounded by other ambitious and h…

BrüMate Founder, Dylan Jacob grew the company to $20M relying only on freelancers, but wishes he hired a full time CFO much sooner. Through his entrepreneurial journey, Dylan had a few quick wins but no major achievements. He was focused on constantly pushing the boundaries of innovation and was motivated to create a product and a brand that people…

Chris sits down with Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger, co-founder of Mosh — a better-for-you protein bar designed to provide clear fuel for your brain. Learn how his celebrity status and influence impacted the launch of his brand, and hear about the challenges he still faced in spite of those benefits. In this episode, Patrick shares secrets, …

Chris sits down with email guru Chase Dimond to talk about the biggest mistakes brands are making in the world of email & sms marketing. You won't want to miss this. Sign up for Chris' weekly newsletter Cross Commerce here, and connect with him on Twitter and Linkedin. Chris Meade is the co-founder & CMO of CROSSNET, the world’s first four-way voll…

Chris and Lucas share some of the biggest lessons they've made from nearly catastrophic events. They've both messed up big time, so listen closely, and avoid costly mistakes. Make sure you're subscribed, because Chris will be bringing you big lessons each week from other entrepreneurs. Lucas is going to be talking to vendors and tech partners in th…