This guy built a $1B+ brand in 3 years. The product? You'd never guess

This guy built a $1B+ brand in 3 years. The product? You'd never guess

From My First Million by Hubspot Media

April 24, 2026 · 1h 6m

About this episode

Chad Janis discusses his journey of building a $1B+ gummies brand in under three years.

Get Shaan's guide to go from $0 to $1M: https://clickhubspot.com/etpc Episode 817: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Chad Janis ( https://x.com/chadjanis ) who just sold his gummies business for $1b+ in less than 3 years. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:28) origin story (8:11) $30K to $230K in 1 month (10:33) Naming Gruns (13:14) remixing formats (20:28) only looking for $10b ideas (29:25) 10-minute ecom Marketing Masterclass (41:26) $1b Idea: ACH distribution layer (48:17) Access is everything (57:16) Where Chad is going to spend his money — Links: • Gruns - https://gruns.co/ • Replo - https://www.replo.app/ • Monarch - https://www.monarch.com/ — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. •…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sam Parr, Shaan Puri

Guest: Chad Janis

Topics covered

  • entrepreneurship
  • business growth
  • e-commerce
  • branding
  • marketing strategies

Keywords

  • gummies
  • business sale
  • entrepreneurship
  • e-commerce
  • marketing
  • branding
  • growth strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gruns, Replo, Monarch, Hampton, Mercury

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