The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Labeled the “Steve Jobs of Investing”, Ray Dalio is easily one of the most successful investors of our time. The Principles: Work & Life author is the larger-than-life mentor we all need in our day-to-day life.  It’s incredible to learn that the founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world's biggest hedge fund firm which manages roughly $150 billion, began his investment journey at the age of 12 using his pocket money to buy stocks. Listen as we delve deep with the living legend himself to hear first-hand accounts of Wall Street in the 70s and 80s, the cycle of Empires and Cryptocurrency, and Dalio’s Ocean X explorer traversing the ocean floor.  Listen to learn: What happens if you punch your boss in the face (Dalio has first-hand experience in this!)  Doing business in the 1980s and what it’s taught Dalio about today’s entrepreneur space Why losing everything and hitting rock bottom is one of the best experiences a person can have The inspiration behind Dalio’s book Principles: Life & Work  The secret formula to the ideal composition of a founding team  Decision-making frameworks that built a billionaire What transcendental meditation is and why Dalio meditates daily Reddit, Robinhood, Cryptocurrency, and the changing face of entrepreneurs  What Dalio is searching for on the ocean floor with Ocean X  Ray Dalio is the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, and is the author of the new book Principles: Life and Work. Get FREE, actionable advice from legitimate founders on starting and growing ANY Business… https://www.foundr.com/freetraining And… If you ARE enjoying the Foundr Podcast’, please leave us a 5-star review and let us know who you want to see next.Website: http://www.foundr.com Success Stories: https://foundr.com/success-storiesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundr/YouTube: http://bit.ly/2uyvzdt Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/foundrTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/foundrLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/Podcast: http://www.foundr.com/podcastMagazine: http://www.foundr.com/magazine

Full of wonderful ideas but don’t know how to make them a reality? Our next guest had the same problem…until he managed to turn them into MULTIPLE startups, most of which he’s sold. Paul English bought and sold his first business Boston Light Software for $33.5 million, within just 7 months of its founding. Paul went on to co-found the popular travel site Kayak, which he sold to Priceline for a whopping $1.8 billion.So what has Paul learned through all this? Well, we asked him. In this episode of the Foundr podcast, Nathan Chan sits down with Paul to discuss:   How you can recruit constantly to curate a team of only the most talented, energetic people How to get employees to bring their best absolute best How to validate your next winning business idea How to solve the biggest problems with your tech company The importance of vulnerability  How to maintain a balance of skills at your company to ensure the business stays on trackAnd so much more… If you’re an idealistic entrepreneur who wants to build a business of true worth, this interview is for you. Don't miss it.Who do you want to see next on the podcast? Comment and let us know! And don't forget to leave us a 5-star review if you loved this episode.Wait, there's more… If you enjoy the Foundr podcast, check out our free trainings. Get exclusive, actionable advice from some of the world's best entrepreneurs.  For more Foundr content, follow us on your favorite platform:  Foundr.com Instagram YouTube Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Magazine  

What do you get when you mix Daymond John, cozy toes, and a charitable mission?  Bombas.  That's right, you get the world's best sock company.  Foundr CEO Nathan Chan recently sat down with Randy Goldberg and David Heath to learn how Bombas went from a growing ecommerce business to a Shark Tank sensation. Randy and David talk about growing Bombas from heel to toe, including:  Why they bootstrapped as long as possible How preparing for Shark Tank helped them boost their business—even before they got a little TV fame The best advice Daymond John has given them How an authentic, compelling mission inspires loyal customers and employees The biggest mistake ecommerce entrepreneurs make Why they're excited about the future of Bombas  If you're an ecommerce entrepreneur or just a sock-loving fan, this interview is a must. Who do you want to see next on the podcast? Comment and let us know! And don't forget to leave us a 5-star review if you loved this episode. Wait, there's more… If you enjoy the Foundr podcast, check out our free trainings. Get exclusive, actionable advice from some of the world's best entrepreneurs.  For more Foundr content, follow us on your favorite platform:  Foundr.com Instagram YouTube Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Magazine  

What does a savvy entrepreneur do when she sells her startup for $125 million? She starts another business, of course. Radha Agrawal, cofounder of Thinx, has launched another passion project: Daybreaker.  Daybreaker is a wellness community that offers sober dance parties in 100 countries around the world. With events at the top of the World Trade Center, Sydney Opera House, and even the White House, Daybreaker is quite literally on top.  And now Daybreaker is offering virtual and hybrid options to increase accessibility to their events while the world navigates through the pandemic. So how has Radha launched another wildly successful brand? Find out in the latest episode of the Foundr podcast.Who do you want to see next on the podcast? Comment and let us know! And don't forget to leave us a 5-star review if you loved this episode. Wait, there's more… If you enjoy the Foundr podcast, check out our free trainings. Get exclusive, actionable advice from some of the world's best entrepreneurs.  For more Foundr content, follow us on your favorite platform:  Foundr.com Instagram YouTube Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Magazine  

How do you raise capital for your startup? Well, if you ask the co-founder of Airbnb Joe Gebbia, he’ll tell you what worked for him:  Cereal.  That’s right, the company that started with a single air mattress and grew to a $100 billion empire was kept afloat by selling custom cereal boxes.  It was bizarre but it worked. Gebbia muses in this episode of the Foundr podcast: “We made $20,000 in breakfast cereal, and we're able to basically pay off our credit card debt...The cereal, funnily enough, was how we were able to help keep the options open for us until eventually, the invitation came for Y Combinator.” In undoubtedly one of our most riveting episodes, Gebbia recounts his incredible journey from struggling to pay rent, to Airbnb’s first angel investor, to one of the biggest brands in the world and Gebbia’s incredible charity work. Gebbia is candid about how he overcame countless rejections and problems. Listen in as he shares specific advice for entrepreneurs looking to create the next industry disrupter:  “You can see what’s hot. You can go after an emerging industry... Or you can solve a problem. Your own problem. Airbnb was our own problem. We had a rent check that we couldn’t pay. And it forced us to come up with a new way of making ends meet.” Get FREE, actionable advice from legitimate founders on starting and growing ANY Business… https://www.foundr.com/freetraining And… If you are enjoying the Foundr Podcast,, please leave us a 5-star review and let us know who you want to see next.Website: http://www.foundr.comSuccess Stories: https://foundr.com/success-storiesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundr/YouTube: http://bit.ly/2uyvzdt Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/foundrTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/foundrLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/Podcast: http://www.foundr.com/podcastMagazine: http://www.foundr.com/magazine

Tommie Powers is a legend in digital paid advertising. He's consulted on $100+ million in ad spend, including $30 million on YouTube ads alone.  So when Tommie talks about paid YouTube ad strategies, we listen.  In a recent interview on the Foundr podcast, Tommie talked with us about everything from diversifying ad spend to crafting a powerful message to calculating ROAS (spoiler: most people are calculating ROAS all wrong).  Check out the latest episode of the Foundr podcast as Tommie tells us how he taps into YouTube's 2 billion monthly active users to bring in his downright mind-blowing ROAS.Get FREE, actionable advice from legitimate founders on starting and growing ANY Business… https://www.foundr.com/freetraining And… If you are enjoying the Foundr Podcast’, please leave us a 5-star review and let us know who you want to see next.Website: http://www.foundr.comSuccess Stories: https://foundr.com/success-storiesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundr/YouTube: http://bit.ly/2uyvzdt Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/foundrTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/foundrLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/Podcast: http://www.foundr.com/podcastMagazine: http://www.foundr.com/magazine

Master brand strategist Emily Heyward from Red Antler shares insights on creating brands that stand out. She discusses the creative process, startup branding, building brand loyalty, budget-friendly branding, and the importance of articulating a brand's core beliefs.

In this episode of the Foundr podcast, we speak with Omaze’s Matt Pohlson to discuss how a near-death experience taught him a powerful lesson about optimism—and how it changed his perspective on business forever. Pohlson is cofounder and CEO of Omaze, an online fundraising platform that supports causes by offering once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Some of the experiences they offer include top-tier influential figures like Michelle Obama or George Clooney, or million-dollar prizes like cars and properties.  In this refreshingly candid interview, Pohlson discusses his unique business model, gate-crashing charity events to pitch to Bryan Cranston, and how he found himself at the Vatican with the Pope.Get FREE, actionable advice from legitimate founders on starting and growing ANY Business… https://www.foundr.com/freetraining And… If you ARE enjoying the Foundr Podcast’, please leave us a 5-star review and let us know who you want to see next.Website: http://www.foundr.comSuccess Stories: https://foundr.com/success-storiesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundr/YouTube: http://bit.ly/2uyvzdt Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/foundrTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/foundrLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/Podcast: http://www.foundr.com/podcastMagazine: http://www.foundr.com/magazine

As the CEO and founder of TrendHunter, Jeremy Gutsche is at the forefront of trendspotting, innovation, and creating the future. In this ground-breaking interview, the New York Times Bestselling author reveals everything he knows about entrepreneurship and ideas.  Gutsche’s TrendHunter is the world's largest, most popular trend spotting firm with billions of views, and over 10,000 projects for almost every major brand on the market, from Samsung and Disney, to RedBull and even NASA.  The ultimate TKTK interview for entrepreneurs looking for an idea, his 3 methods to identifying a product idea (assessing the market) and the 6 patterns that TrendHunter look for when creating and validating a product idea.Get FREE, actionable advice from legitimate founders on starting and growing ANY Business… https://www.foundr.com/freetraining And… If you ARE enjoying the Foundr Podcast’, please make sure to leave us a 5-star review, and let us know who you want to see next.Website: http://www.foundr.comSuccess Stories: https://foundr.com/success-storiesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundr/YouTube: http://bit.ly/2uyvzdt Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/foundrTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/foundrLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/Podcast: http://www.foundr.com/podcastMagazine: http://www.foundr.com/magazine

In this episode of the Foundr podcast, Nathan Chan speaks with Jeff Raider and Andy Katz-Mayfield to find out how they scaled Harry’s into a $20 million brand, and how they created other multiple million-dollar brands.  The idea for Harry’s came about after Katz-Mayfield had a disappointing late-night shopping experience at the chemists, and noticed that all the men’s razors were overpriced and overdesigned. Almost 8 years later, Raider and Katz-Mayfield have multiple channels, over 1000 employees, and several multi-million dollar brands.  Listen in as they discuss exactly how they successfully scaled their brands, how they identified potential gaps in the market, the dangers of launching something just to make money, and why they decided to pull the plug on their Harry’s brand of lip balm.Get FREE, actionable advice from legitimate founders on starting and growing ANY Business… https://www.foundr.com/freetraining And… If you ARE enjoying the Foundr Podcast’, please make sure to leave us a 5-star review, and let us know who you want to see next.Website: http://www.foundr.comSuccess Stories: https://foundr.com/success-storiesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundr/YouTube: http://bit.ly/2uyvzdt Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/foundrTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/foundrLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/Podcast: http://www.foundr.com/podcastMagazine: http://www.foundr.com/magazine