EDGE with Brandon White

Elina gives her playbook how she built Dood Woof from zero to $2 million in revenue in just 2 years. Completely bootstrapped and with no prior knowledge how to build a consumer product much less any product in the pet market. About Elina Panteleyeva Elina is the founder of Dood Woof, a fast-growing eCommerce brand built specifically for Doodle dog owners. After being laid off in 2023, she bootstrapped her business from zero to 7 figures in ~1 year with no investors. Alongside running her bra...

In this episode we explore the importance of timing, simplicity, and passion in crossing the chasm from early adopters to mass market adoption for any company or product. We also talk about personal branding and storytelling in business success. Takeaways The importance of timing in market adoption is crucial for success.Simplicity in product and message helps in crossing the chasm.Passion of the founder is key to engaging customers and building trust.Personal branding and owning your domain ...

Manish shares his journey from growing up in rural Kentucky to working at Google to becoming a successful venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. Manish shares his lessons learned from his time at Google and how they shaped his approach to venture capital. About Manish Patel Manish is a Silicon Valley veteran who solves problems at the intersection of business, technology, and human experience. He follows his passion for technologies that address deep needs and evolve to products which b...

Headliner, has helped over 1 million podcasters promote their podcast. He loves taking things from zero to one and beyond and Oliver shares his journey how he did it with Headliner Episode Links HeadlinerAbout Oliver Wellington Oliver loves bringing new products and ideas into the world, and promoting them. After a 5 year stint promoting and playing in a rock band, he switched over the wide world of tech startups and has co-founded and worked on two companies. nRelate, a publisher/blogger t...

Betty Lu, Founder of Confetti Snacks, shares how she's building the top selling natural snacks company. From raising venture capital to getting into national chains like Walmart. CONNECT WITH US Get Your Weekly EDGE Newsletter. It's FREE. Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) Brandon writes a weekly email newsletter called EDGE that over 22,000 people rely on for an edge to achieve their best selves in business and life. Content Brandon writes about what he knows...lessons from 2x exits, 20+...

Jason talks how to raise venture capital and lessons learned from portfolio companies at Bull City Venture Partners. Jason CaplainJason is a General Partner and Co-Founder of Bull City Venture Partners and has been a venture capitalist for over two decades. Prior to co-founding BCVP, Jason co-founded Southern Capitol Ventures. Previously, he was at Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) in their finance group through the successful IPO in 1999. Before joining Red Hat, Jason was at Harrison Hurley and Company, ...

Thomas dropped into our studio and gives the step-by-step on how he and his co-founder took Midday Superfoods from Zero to One and thousands of customers. About Thomas Lundgard Thomas Lundgard grew up in Half Moon Bay, California, where he began surfing at age 15 at the legendary local surf spot called Mavericks. He's a serial entrepreneur. He and his brother co-own Tommy Tsunami Surf School located in Half Moon Bay, CA , he is an avid cryptocurrency investor and Co-Founder of M...

Ali talks about what he and other early stage investors look for in companies who are raising money for their early stage companies. ABOUT ALI JAMAL Ali Jamal is a Venture Investor, Product Leader, Growth Expert, Data Scientist, and Corporate Strategist. He is the Founder of First Check Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early stage startups across the globe. First Check Ventures has supported and invested in more than 130 startups from more than 30 countries including the US, ...

Poker strategy isn't just for winning the World Series of Poker, a back room high stakes poker game in Macau, or a big online poker tournament. The game of poker mimics life in the sense that it forces you to make decisions without having complete information. After playing millions of hands over the past 14 years, and mastering the art of taking calculated risks, Alec has developed an unparalleled ability to apply the skills he learned in poker to evaluate situations in life an...

Jim visited our studio to talk about how he, his team and the Synapse School community built a school from the ground up with an innovate approach to education. The best way to describe what Synapse is doing is educating Change Makers by focusing keenly on Social-Emotional Learning, innovation and leading edge academics. Their teachers, who are as committed as they are remarkable, build classroom communities and relationships based on trust, an essential ingredient in teaching and learning,...

You get the framework to use to get someone or a group of people to do what you want. It's not as hard as you think. You get the framework and 3 examples of how people implemented it to get people to do what they wanted. Short episode, valuable lesson. This is a Weekend Edition: Lessons worth listening. The episode is from my email newsletter that I write for over 22k readers that was sent on July 9, 2023. Subscribe below. It's free. CONNECT WITH US Get Your Weekly EDGE New...

A million dollar that you want to learn so you too can make a million dollars. Short episode, valuable lesson. This is a Weekend Edition: Lessons worth listening. The episode is from one of my weekly email newsletters. Subscribe below. It's free. CONNECT WITH US Get Your Weekly EDGE Newsletter. It's FREE. Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) Brandon writes a weekly email newsletter called EDGE that over 22,000 people rely on for an edge to achieve their best selves in business and life. Content...