The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan
Hear the stories, learn the proven methods, and accelerate your growth and future through entrepreneurship. Welcome to The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan. About the show: For over a decade, The Foundr Podcast with Natha...
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| 10/26/26 |  720: (Solo) How do You Know When It's Time to Fire Someone | At some point, every founder has to do the thing nobody trains you for and nobody really talks about: letting someone go. It is not easy, it is not fun, and I am not going to pretend otherwise. But out of all my founder friends, I am yet to meet one who said they fired someone too early. Everyone says the same thing. They dragged it on for far too long. Here is why it is so hard: it is not a business problem, it is an emotional one. You feel guilty, you sold this person the dream, and part of you believes that if they are not performing, it is your failure as a leader. But keeping someone in a role that is not working is not leadership. It is avoidance. In this episode, I share the framework I use to separate the emotion from the decision, the five signals that tell you it is time, and how to actually have the conversation with dignity. Here’s what you’ll take away: Why the real cost of keeping the wrong person is the opportunity cost, and why you always realise you should have acted months or years earlier The five signals it is time: from “managing around them†to having the same conversation three times to your A players quietly carrying the load The three strikes principle and why putting feedback in writing from the first conversation matters The three mistakes I have made myself: keeping people out of loyalty, moving them sideways instead of making the call, and waiting for the “perfect time†How to actually do it respectfully: keep it under 15 minutes, own it, talk about the role not their character, and be generous where you can Why you should never speak badly about someone after they leave, and the reframe that keeping the wrong person, not firing them, is the real failure of leadership If you have someone in mind right now, someone you keep going back and forth on, this episode will help you find the courage to make the call, be kind about it, and raise the bar for everyone who stays. If you’re loving this solo series, I’d love to hear your feedback. Email me directly at [email protected] — I read every reply. Hope you enjoy it. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â â â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â â â â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here → https://foundr.com/xero GET UP TO $10K IN MATCHED AD CREDITS ON APPLOVIN Scale your DTC brand beyond Meta and Google with up to $10,000 in matched ad credits, plus $1,000 free to test AppLovin. Start here → â â https://applovin.com/foundrâ â WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 12m 09s | ||||||
| 10/22/26 |  719: The NEW Creator Playbook That Took Me from $80K Debt to $250K/Day | Trybe | Lukas Pakter filmed his bank account and posted it to the internet: $80,000 in debt, $100 to his name, an activewear brand quietly dying. A year and a half later he’s doing over $250,000 a day, on track for $70-80 million this year, and has turned his growth playbook into Trybe - a creator-sales platform now used by over 16,000 brands. The shift that changed everything was a single realisation: making other people money makes you more money. Instead of being the one guy filming TikTok Shop videos, he turned his best customers into an army of sellers - and built the software to run it. In this interview, Lukas breaks down the creator playbook he learned from his mentor Hudson, why he placed a single purchase order bigger than every PO in his company’s history combined, and the counterintuitive reason older creators are quietly outselling 23-year-olds. What you’ll learn in this interview: The mentor deal everyone told him to refuse: giving away 10% of his company on nothing but a handshake The core shift: why making other people money is the fastest way to make your own The creator playbook: turning your best customers into a sales army that reaches thousands at once Why he runs 8,000 unique creative angles a month - and how he blew past Meta’s ad limit The all-in PO: why he ordered more inventory in one quarter than every order in company history combined How he landed net-120 payment terms by flying out and showing his manufacturer the technology The three pillars of a monster brand: a great product, a great offer, and a great sales team Why he gives away equity and 50-100% bonuses to stop competitors poaching his team What six failed businesses since age nine taught him about real product-market fit Why older creators are outselling college kids - and the trust factor most brands are ignoring If you’re building a DTC brand, trying to crack creator-led or affiliate sales, or wrestling with how to grow fast without burning cash, this conversation will fundamentally change how you think about risk, creators, and what it actually takes to scale from near-bankrupt to nine figures. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â â â â â â â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here →â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/xeroâ GET UP TO $10K IN MATCHED AD CREDITS ON APPLOVIN Scale your DTC brand beyond Meta and Google with up to $10,000 in matched ad credits, plus $1,000 free to test AppLovin. Start here → https://applovin.com/foundr WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH LUKAS PAKTER Instagram → â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/lukaspakter/ Website → https://www.lukaspakter.com/ Trybe → https://jointrybe.com/ Haus → https://gohaus.com/ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 57m 58s | ||||||
| 10/19/26 |  718: (Solo) Why Your Profitable Ad Account Isn't Scaling (It's Not Your Ads) | I do a lot of enrollment calls for Foundr Operators, and I keep seeing the same pattern. A founder gets on a call doing a 5 or 6x return, literally printing money, and they will not scale. They are terrified to spend more. And if I had understood the principle behind this ten years ago, I would have made tens of millions of dollars more. That is a big claim, so hear me out. Here is what is actually happening: these founders are not bad at business. They are sharp, with great products. But they are making decisions on how they feel and whether they made money on the first purchase. And the fastest growing DTC brands are often the ones losing money on that first sale, scaling aggressively, because they know their back end numbers cold. In this episode, I break down why a profitable ad account stays small, the numbers you need to know to scale with confidence, and the mindset shift that separates reckless from confident. Here's what you'll take away: • Why the real reason you are not scaling is not your ads, your algorithm, or your creative, it is that you do not trust your numbers enough to act on them • The Dan Kennedy principle that the company that can spend the most to acquire a customer wins, and what it actually means for your ad account • Why the brands doing $2M to $10M a month are happy to lose money on the front end, and how they know it comes back • How to track LTV by cohort instead of a blended average that hides everything • Why your payback period is the number that changes everything psychologically, with a simple example of a "loss" that is actually profit by day 60 • How to build a back end worth betting on, from subscriptions to Rob Ward's Quad Lock ecosystem that sold for half a billion dollars If you are sitting on a profitable ad account and not scaling, this episode will show you exactly why, and the four things to work on so you can spend with confidence instead of fear. If you're loving this solo series, I'd love to hear your feedback. Email me directly at [email protected] — I read every reply. Hope you enjoy it. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â â â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here →â â â â â â https://foundr.com/xero GET UP TO $10K IN MATCHED AD CREDITS ON APPLOVIN Scale your DTC brand beyond Meta and Google with up to $10,000 in matched ad credits, plus $1,000 free to test AppLovin. Start here → â https://applovin.com/foundrâ WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 10m 59s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 |  717: We Started Dad Gang with $750 and One Hat - and did $40M in 4 Years | Three best friends put in $250 each - $750 total - printed 100 hats in a garage, and sold out in 36 hours. No following. No ads. No business plan. Four and a half years later, Dad Gang has done over $40 million in revenue selling hats built around one idea: dads deserve better than goofy, frumpy products that make fatherhood a punchline. The craziest part? Grant, Bart and Ejay still run the entire thing with zero employees, a private Facebook group of 15,000 dads, and an equity partnership with Gary Vaynerchuk - and they're deliberately building it as a lifestyle business, not a rocket ship. In this interview, the founders of Dad Gang break down why they sold one single hat for the first eight months, how they built a fiercely loyal community by refusing to outsource DMs, and the deliberate choice to stay lean while everyone tells them to put their foot on the gas. What you'll learn in this interview: • Why two decades of failed side projects set them up to move fast when Dad Gang hit • The one-hat strategy: why they resisted new colors and SKUs for eight months to nail the brand first • How they turned a 40-day stockout into a community-building engine instead of a disaster • Why they boosted posts at $10 a day for audience growth instead of running conversion ads while sold out • The 15,000-dad private Facebook group that tells them exactly what products to make • Why they still answer every DM, email and comment themselves four and a half years in - no community manager • How staying lean with a 3PL and contractors let them each quit their jobs sooner • Why the hat became a symbol dads connect over offline - and the raw stories that fuel the brand • How the Gary Vee equity partnership came about through years of working with Vayner Sports first • Why they measure success by homes reached and impact on kids, not just revenue If you're building a DTC or community-led brand, wrestling with whether to launch more products or go deeper on one, or questioning whether you have to scale at all costs, this conversation will fundamentally change how you think about community, focus, and building a business around the life you actually want. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â â â â â â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here →â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/xero GET UP TO $10K IN MATCHED AD CREDITS ON APPLOVIN Scale your DTC brand beyond Meta and Google with up to $10,000 in matched ad credits, plus $1,000 free to test AppLovin. Start here → https://applovin.com/foundr WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH DAD GANG Instagram → â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/dadgang.co/ Website → https://www.dadgang.co/ Bart's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theszef/ Ejay's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ejayodonnell/ Grant's Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/geastey/ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 58m 24s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 |  716: Ryan Spent 13 Years Without a Single Breakout Moment - Then Doubled His Whiskey Brand In 6 Months | Ryan Thompson ran a restaurant for 25 years, sold a couple of quick-serve spots, built a financial services company, and even ran a motel before he noticed the craft distillery movement taking off and decided someone in Vail, Colorado ought to start one - so it might as well be him. He went to Moonshine University in Kentucky, learned distilling from A to Z, wrote a business plan, and scraped together every dollar he could. Thirteen years later, 10th Mountain Whiskey & Spirit Company makes seven spirits, runs two tasting rooms, and donates to military nonprofits - named in honour of the historic 10th Mountain Division that helped start American skiing (and, as it happens, Nike). In this episode, Ryan is candid about the unglamorous reality of scaling a spirits brand online: the genuinely bizarre regulatory maze of shipping alcohol across state lines, why his growth has never looked like a hockey stick, and the brick-by-brick philosophy that's quietly doubled his monthly sales. What you'll learn in this interview: Why a 120-seat restaurant and a fixed-bed motel have a hard ceiling on growth - and how that revenue cap is exactly what pulled Ryan toward the uncapped potential of e-commerce How he started distilling on a tiny 13-gallon still (nicknamed Old Bessie) to keep early mistakes small and cheap, before scaling to a 500-gallon copper column still Why he launched through two tasting rooms first - getting direct, over-the-bar customer feedback for a full year before selling a single bottle online The regulatory maze most founders never see: being banned from direct-to-consumer sales entirely, the Washington D.C. licensed-liquor-store workaround, and why his online orders start in Colorado but ship from D.C. Why he can only ship directly from his distillery to two states - California and Arizona - and how a fulfilment partner (Rackhouse) handles the rest How he turned a tasting-room visitor behaviour (not wanting to check a bag with a bottle in it) into early organic online sales with no ad spend The hire that changed everything: spotting 15 years of digital agency experience on a resume submitted for a tasting-room job, and redirecting that person to run marketing instead Why his growth has always been slow and steady rather than explosive - and the "nice brick in the wall" mindset of stacking 2-4% conversion improvements instead of chasing a single game-changer The real numbers: roughly $20-25K/month before joining Founder Operators in March 2026, climbing toward a $40-50K/month average - close to double - on the back of consistent CRO work The most valuable and transferable takeaway: the confidence that the e-commerce skills he's building now could be applied to selling anything, in any industry, on any website If you're building in a highly regulated or "unsexy" category - or you're frustrated that your growth looks like a slow climb instead of a rocket ship - this episode is for you. Ryan's story is a grounded reminder that steady, compounding improvements and deep conviction in your brand's purpose can build something durable, even when every rule in your industry seems designed to slow you down. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â â â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â â â â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here →â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/xero GET UP TO $10K IN MATCHED AD CREDITS ON APPLOVIN Scale your DTC brand beyond Meta and Google with up to $10,000 in matched ad credits, plus $1,000 free to test AppLovin. Start here → â https://applovin.com/foundr WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH RYAN THOMPSON Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/10thmtnwhiskey/ Website →â â â â https://10thwhiskey.com/ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 35m 16s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 |  715: (Solo) How to Stop Overcomplicating Hiring (My Biggest Mistakes) | Hiring is tough, and I am not going to pretend otherwise. But I was reflecting on this past year, and I have had a much better strike rate lately because of one basic shift. And sometimes it is the basic stuff that is easiest to forget. Here is what hit me on a recent call with a sharp young founder: every contractor on his team came from a referral. Every single one, all proven, all delivering. And when I looked back at my own best hires at Foundr, the pattern was identical. Every person who moved the needle came from a trusted source. In this episode, I break down why I now only hire referrals or people from our community, why referrals work at a level nothing else can, and how to tap your network even if you do not think you have one. Here's what you'll take away: • Why the usual hiring process, job post, 200 applications, interviews, test project, so often ends in a bad hire anyway • Why a referral is a built-in quality filter no job description or interview can replicate, because the referrer is putting their reputation on the line • The restaurant analogy that explains why one personal recommendation beats a thousand five-star reviews from strangers • Why hiring from your own community gets you people who want to be there, not people who just want a job • How to surface great names fast by asking your existing team, your masterminds, and the founders already working with talent you admire • The compounding effect: how one great referral hire opens up an entire web of proven, trusted talent If you have been burned by a bad hire or you are about to start the whole job board process again, this episode will give you a simpler rule that has genuinely improved my hiring, and remind you that the best people are almost never the ones applying. If you're loving this solo series, I'd love to hear your feedback. Email me directly at [email protected] — I read every reply. Hope you enjoy it. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â â â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here → â â â â â http://foundr.com/xeroâ â GET UP TO $10K IN MATCHED AD CREDITS ON APPLOVIN Scale your DTC brand beyond Meta and Google with up to $10,000 in matched ad credits, plus $1,000 free to test AppLovin. Start here → â https://applovin.com/foundrâ WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 10m 00s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 |  714: From $0 to $5 BILLION - The Blueprint for Building Billion-Dollar Startups | Marc Lore | Marc Lore walked into his boss's office with a newborn at home, a huge salary, and no business idea - and quit anyway to become an entrepreneur. That instinct built one of the great modern track records in commerce. He sold diapers.com to Amazon, turned a pitch deck into a $3.3 billion Walmart acquisition in under two years, became Walmart's e-commerce CEO, bought the Minnesota Timberwolves, launched a next-gen restaurant company called Wonder, and is now building Telosa - a city from scratch for 5 million people in the desert. All from a kid who told his grandma he wanted to be a farmer because farmers "grow stuff from nothing." In this interview, Marc breaks down the conviction it takes to sell a product below cost until you win, the hiring and comp framework that let him scale companies fast, and the counterintuitive negotiating lesson behind two of his biggest deals. What you'll learn in this interview: • Why he quit a high-paying job with a newborn and no idea - and the mentor who funded him anyway • The diapers.com thesis: why selling below cost was the whole strategy, and where most founders lose their nerve • What going inside Amazon taught him - that there's no right culture, only a consistent one • How growing through Amazon's brutal 30%-off diaper war is what made them overpay for the company • The transparent comp system: same pay per level, Black-Scholes-priced options, and how it let him hire fast • Why selling to Walmart felt completely different to selling to Amazon - keys to the kingdom vs. sit in the corner • The negotiating masterclass: why knowing when NOT to negotiate landed both the Timberwolves and Wonder • Inside Wonder: 17 restaurant chains in Mercedes vans that cook and deliver at a tenth of a restaurant's CapEx • Why conversational commerce kills the search engine - and how he's skating to where the puck is going • The Telosa vision: buying 200,000 acres to test a fairer model of capitalism and a $50 billion city wealth fund If you're building a startup, wrestling with the conviction to hold your vision when it looks crazy, or just want a masterclass in thinking bigger from one of the boldest operators in commerce, this conversation will fundamentally change how you think about risk, culture, and building things that grow from nothing. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â â â â â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â â â â â â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here →â â â â â â https://foundr.com/xero GET UP TO $10K IN MATCHED AD CREDITS ON APPLOVIN Scale your DTC brand beyond Meta and Google with up to $10,000 in matched ad credits, plus $1,000 free to test AppLovin. Start here → https://applovin.com/foundr WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH MARC LORE Instagram → â â â â https://www.instagram.com/marclore/ LinkedIn → â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/marclore FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 41m 26s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 |  713: (Solo) The Black Friday Profit Trap and How to Avoid It This Year | We are all gearing up for Black Friday Cyber Monday, and if you have not started planning yet, you need to. Here is a story that will stop you in your tracks: a founder in our community did $1 million over Black Friday Cyber Monday a few years ago and barely broke even. Not an exaggeration. A million dollars in revenue and almost nothing to show for it. Here is the trap: you have a massive sales month and it looks incredible, but nobody models what that revenue actually cost. Peak November ad prices, your deepest discount of the year, cogs, shipping, returns, platform fees. Most founders plan the sale but never plan the profit. In this episode, I break down what actually happened last year with real data, the three clocks that are already running before Black Friday, and the exact framework we shared with our Foundr Operators members at our in-person event. Here's what you'll take away: • The three clocks running right now, attention, inventory, and shipping, and why by November the biggest decisions have already been made for you • The real numbers: how CPMs nearly doubled from September to November while you are discounting harder than any other time of year • Why 42% of Black Friday revenue came from email and SMS, and why your own channels are the closest thing to pure margin in Q4 • Move one: sell early while attention is cheap, and how the 13% of brands that ran October promotions had the field to themselves • Move two: the exact send cadence for the first and last day of your campaign that feels uncomfortable but makes the most money • Why the founders who win Black Friday are never the ones who spend the most in November If you are planning your biggest sales period of the year right now, this episode will help you plan for profit instead of just revenue, and build the audience that will actually be waiting to buy when CPMs double. Quick heads up: this episode mentions our partners at Omnisend for email and SMS, and there is a special offer for listeners at omnisend.com/foundr. If you're loving this solo series, I'd love to hear your feedback. Email me directly at [email protected] — I read every reply. Hope you enjoy it. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here → â â â â â https://foundr.com/xero GET UP TO $10K IN MATCHED AD CREDITS ON APPLOVIN Scale your DTC brand beyond Meta and Google with up to $10,000 in matched ad credits, plus $1,000 free to test AppLovin. Start here → https://applovin.com/foundr WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 11m 06s | ||||||
| 10/1/26 |  712: The Near-Death Experience That Built a $400M Year Business | Matt Pohlson was clinically dead for four and a half minutes. His heart had stopped, the doctor had already called it, and 40 ICU staff had gathered at the window like a silent choir when his mother refused to let them stop fighting. He came back - and the clarity from that experience reshaped his entire company. Omaze, the platform he co-founded to raise money for charity by giving everyday people the chance to win once-in-a-lifetime experiences, has sent people to be mentored by Michelle Obama, ride a tank with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and win a Lamborghini handed over by the Pope. After Matt's near-death experience, he made the hard decision to kill the parts of the business he loved most - and grew revenue over 500% while increasing headcount just 10%. In this interview, Matt breaks down the counterintuitive focus decision that unlocked Omaze's explosive growth, the controversial charity philosophy of chasing dollars over percentages, and what flatlining taught him about fear, decisions, and building a company that scales optimism. What you'll learn in this interview: The near-death experience that reset how he leads - and why he calls death his best friend and travel companion Why he killed the celebrity-experience model he loved - cutting from 300 campaigns a year to 50 - and went all in on "Omaze Owned" How a Daniel Craig campaign meant to raise $300K pulled $2.1 million - and the test that revealed the car mattered more than the celebrity How revenue grew over 500% on just a 10% headcount increase - and the focus principle behind it The controversial charity philosophy: why chasing dollars to the charity, not percentages, is what the nonprofit space actually needs The exact economics of both models - 60% to charity on celebrity campaigns, guaranteed 15% on prize campaigns - and who carries the risk How to actually partner with A-list talent: running the real numbers before giving away 5-10% of your company for star power Why the biggest decisions don't get better the more people you ask - and his "when you don't know what to do, do nothing" rule Virtues over values: why what your team does matters more than what they believe - and how he rebuilt culture at eight people Why nothing is ever as bad as the fear of it - and how replacing fear with love changed how he operates If you're building a mission-driven business, wrestling with whether to focus or diversify, or trying to lead through the kind of pressure that breaks most founders, this conversation will fundamentally change how you think about fear, focus, and building something that genuinely scales good in the world. 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Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH MATT POHLSON Instagram → â â â https://www.instagram.com/mattpohlson/ Website → â https://www.omaze.com/ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 49m 02s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 |  711: Natasha Quit Her 9-To-5 In June - Her Drink Bottle Brand Now Does $15K/Month | Natasha was on maternity leave with a newborn who cried until he was five months old, permanently thirsty, and completely fed up that the one drink bottle she owned had grown mould. She switched to drinking from a glass - hardly practical with two small kids - and mentioned to a friend, in passing, that she needed to find something better. Three or four weeks later that friend circled back: "That drink bottle thing you mentioned - are you still doing it?" That one question convinced Natasha there were more people like her out there. She launched Mode & Opal in late 2025 with a background in graphic design and corporate management, but zero e-commerce experience. In this episode, Natasha gets tactical about the moves that actually moved the needle: mining competitor reviews to design her offer, taking a product almost straight off the shelf to launch fast, and the single $3,900 press release that generated an estimated $400,000 in PR value and roughly 9 million views. What you'll learn in this interview: How a passing conversation with a friend - not a formal validation process - was the moment Natasha knew there was a real market for a better drink bottle Why she deliberately skipped long product development, took a well-reviewed bottle almost straight off Alibaba, and had her colours locked by the second sample - because her own frustration meant speed mattered more than perfection The competitor-review mining strategy: reading one- and two-star reviews of big-brand bottles to find the exact pain points (hard-to-clean straws, no replacement parts, leaking) and designing around them How she engineered average order value from day one - free replacement seals, stainless steel straw upgrades, and "buy two, get a free straw" offers that cost her little but felt valuable, instead of a discount pop-up that eats margin Why a free-gift threshold beat a free-shipping threshold for pushing AOV - and how many of her customers naturally buy 3 to 4 bottles at once for husbands and kids The single best marketing decision she made: investing $3,900 in a professional press release that landed 22+ placements, including a national airline magazine and a full-page newspaper article What that PR wave actually did - an estimated $400K in PR value, ~9 million cumulative views, and 20 sales in a single day when the story first ran How she repurposed the press coverage into her best-performing meta ad - a "the bottle New Zealanders can't stop talking about" angle with a 10% click-through rate and a lifetime ROAS over 4, still running today The exact growth curve after joining Founder: from $3,400 in April to $18,500 in August - roughly 400% growth - and settling into consistent $15K+ months as a solo operator How she runs the whole business lean - on her phone, at night, around her kids, using Claude-built AI agents to implement what she learns - and why her next strategic move is a consumable product to unlock subscriptions and lifetime value If you come from a creative or corporate background and assume e-commerce is a closed world you could never break into, this episode is for you. Natasha's story is a sharp, practical reminder that deep customer empathy, a well-built offer, and one well-placed PR bet can do more than a big budget - and that you can build something real in the margins of a busy life with young kids. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â â â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here →â â â â â â https://foundr.com/xero WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH BY NATASHA BURGER Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/mode_and_opal/ Website →â â â https://www.modeandopal.com/ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 41m 35s | ||||||
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| 9/28/26 |  710: (Solo) I Asked 10 Billionaires The Same Question - Here's What They Said | Over 12 years of interviewing more than 100 billionaires, I started asking every one of them the same question: if you lost everything tomorrow, the money, the brand, the team, and you had to start completely from scratch, what would you do first? Richard Branson, Mark Cuban, Drew Houston, Kendra Scott, people who built billion dollar companies from nothing. Here is what struck me: ten billionaires, ten different industries, ten completely different answers on the surface. But underneath every single one was the exact same thing, and it is probably not what you would expect. In this episode, I share all ten answers, from Kendra Scott turning $500 into a billion dollar empire to Jamie Kern Lima betting on the thing everyone saw as her weakness, and the one pattern that connects them all. Here's what you'll take away: • Why Richard Branson's instant answer was "find the right people," and how that is exactly how Virgin was built across a hundred industries • Drew Houston on why founders have to be learning machines, and why the gap between where you are and where you want to be is almost always a knowledge gap • Mark Cuban's counterintuitive advice to follow your effort, not your passion, and why the distinction matters • How Jamie Kern Lima wiped off her makeup on live TV and turned the thing she was hiding into the reason customers trusted her • Tony Robbins on why 80% of success is psychology and only 20% is mechanics • The single pattern underneath all ten answers, and the one question to ask yourself if you are stuck spinning your wheels on tactics If you are stuck on funnels, tools, and tactics right now, this episode will reframe where your real starting line actually is, because the answer is almost never another tool. It is always another person. If you're loving this solo series, I'd love to hear your feedback. Email me directly at [email protected] — I read every reply. Hope you enjoy it. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here →â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/xero WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 15m 09s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 |  709: AI Agents: The Only Skill That Matters in 2026 (Masterclass) | Ari Meisel spent 15 years teaching founders to do less. He's worked with over 300 assistants and once ran his business on a single hour of work a day after Crohn's disease nearly took him out. Now AI has changed the game entirely. He's running 32 AI agents across six different companies, has two agents that have been working nonstop for over 160 days, and rebuilt an entire DTC customer service operation with agents - taking first response time from 25 minutes to 44 seconds while cutting costs from over $20,000 a month to under $4,000. He's already cancelled rounds of hiring because the agents got there first. In this interview, Ari breaks down exactly how he builds and deploys autonomous AI agents, why delegation - not prompting - is the only skill that matters, and the operational principle that survives even when every tool you use becomes obsolete. What you'll learn in this interview: • Why delegation, not prompting, is the real skill - and why "the 25-word prompt that 10x's your business" is nonsense • The AI chief of staff blueprint: the 17-page framework Ari gives every agent before it does anything • The full customer service rebuild: from 25-minute response times to 44 seconds, and $20K a month to under $4K • The roles he's stopped hiring for entirely - and how agents cancelled a stack of project management interviews • How he splits one overloaded agent into a supervisor and a frontend CSR when performance drops - just like managing people • Why he gives every agent 18 foundational rules to stop it hallucinating or going off the rails • How to actually see what your agents are doing: the Trello Kanban system that turns 32 agents into ten-second decisions • The self-improving sales agent: how it rewrote its own script through seven versions in ten minutes across eight testers • Why the "nightly knowledge card" is the one thing that makes every tool replaceable • How an agent handled his kid's camp waiver from a text message while he sat in a meeting If you're a founder trying to reclaim your time, an operator curious about deploying AI agents without breaking things, or anyone who wants the real technical playbook behind autonomous AI, this conversation will fundamentally change how you think about delegation, systems, and what "work" even means going forward. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â â â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â â â â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here →â â â â â â https://foundr.com/xero WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH ARI MEISEL Instagram → â â â https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ LinkedIn → â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/productivity-coach-entrepreneur Website → https://lessdoingacademy.com/ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 53m 50s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 |  708: (Solo) What Nobody Tells You About Scaling Past $1M, $5M, and $10M | Every stage of business breaks you in a different way, and nobody warns you which thing is about to break. So it always feels like you are the only one who cannot figure it out. You are not. The game just changed and nobody told you. Here is the pattern I have seen after building Foundr for over a decade and interviewing 700 founders: the person who gets you to $1 million is not the same person who gets you to $10 million. Each milestone demands you become someone new, and the hardest part is never the strategy. It is the identity shift. In this episode, I break down the three revenue walls, the million dollar wall, the five million wall, and the ten million wall, and exactly what changes and what breaks at each one. Here's what you'll take away: • The million dollar wall: why revenue plateaus because there is only one of you, and why letting go is emotionally brutal • The five million wall: the boring systems nobody wants to build, and why culture becomes a choice you make every day or it decays • The hire I tolerated for 18 months because I wanted to be liked, and how "what you walk past, you endorse" poisoned the whole team • The ten million wall: why the thing that breaks is not the business, it is your identity, and the transition from founder to CEO • Why imposter syndrome gets louder at eight figures, not quieter, and the cruel paradox that growing faster means doing less • The one piece of advice from a founder at peace with his business: only sell if you have something else you actually want to do If you are hitting a ceiling right now and cannot work out why, this episode will help you identify which wall you are approaching and who you need to become to get through it. If you're loving this solo series, I'd love to hear your feedback. Email me directly at [email protected] — I read every reply. Hope you enjoy it. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here → https://foundr.com/xero WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 12m 08s | ||||||
| 9/17/26 |  707: How Two Aussies Took On Samsonite & Rimowa - and Won ($100M+) | Athan Didaskalou had bet everything on a one-year-old suitcase brand called July. Then Covid wiped out travel and nearly took the business with it. What happened next turned it into a nine-figure global company. Athan came from the agency world and sold out of two businesses to go all in; his co-founder Richard Li brought the manufacturing and supply chain muscle. They chose luggage precisely because it was hard to make and dominated by a single global player. They survived lockdown on drink bottles, kept every team member, and came out the other side with a two-year head start no competitor dared to challenge. Today July has 15 tier-one retail stores in Australia, is the official luggage of the Australian Olympic Team, and is pushing into Asia, the US and beyond. In this interview, Athan breaks down his theory of why founder-led brands beat private-equity ones, the "irrational spend" that built July's brand equity from day one, and the counterintuitive reason physical retail became their cheapest customer acquisition channel. What you'll learn in this interview: • Why July was their "15th race" - and how years of prior businesses made them lethal from day one • The irrational spend theory: why founder-led brands beat PE brands by overspending in emotional areas • How they landed the four-letter July domain and sub-five-letter social handles - and why it signals trust • Why luggage is a trust business - and how brand became their moat against the dominant global player • How drink bottles and personalization kept the wheels turning when Covid wiped out travel overnight • Why the two-year Covid shutdown handed them a head start no competitor was willing to challenge • The investor who wrote a cheque with zero due diligence - after they drove out to fix a customer's lock • Why retail became their cheapest customer acquisition channel - and the rent-to-revenue math behind it • Why the US rewards short-domain, free-returns DTC brands - and why the UK has been so much harder to crack • Why staying deliberately small is getting harder - and the first year they stopped knowing every employee's name If you're building a DTC or consumer brand, trying to compete against a dominant incumbent, or rethinking whether retail belongs in your growth plan, this conversation will fundamentally change how you think about brand equity, resilience, and building something people actually trust. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â â â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here → https://foundr.com/xero WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH ATHAN DIDASKALOU Instagram → â https://www.instagram.com/july/ LinkedIn → â https://au.linkedin.com/in/athand Website → â https://july.com/ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 52m 27s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 |  706: Jay Hated His Plumbing Job - Now He Sells Beach Pools and did $50K in a Month | Jay Haddad hated being a plumber. He lived for the weekends - free diving, waterfalls, surfing, the beach - and when he and his wife had their first daughter at 23, the outdoor life they'd promised each other suddenly got hard. On his first Father's Day, they bought some fabric from Spotlight, watched a YouTube tutorial on how to thread his mother-in-law's dusty sewing machine, and made a waterproof beach pool so their daughter had somewhere safe to play. Strangers on the beach kept stopping to ask where they could buy one. That was the moment Sunny Seekers began - with zero e-commerce experience and a first sewing attempt Jay describes as shocking. In this episode, Jay is unusually raw about the whole grind: a year of failed fabric testing, three supplier disasters in a row, the brutal reality of a seasonal product, and the personal toll of three hours of sleep a night that nearly broke him before he learned to build sustainably. What you'll learn in this interview: How the product idea came straight from Jay and his wife's own friction as new parents - and why being your own target customer can be its own form of validation The scrappiest possible start: a first prototype sewn on a borrowed machine, tested at the beach, validated by strangers walking past asking where to buy one Why sewing in a circle nearly defeated them - and how the DIY version proved the concept before a single dollar went to a factory The year lost to fabric testing: sourcing waterproof fabric on Alibaba, missing an entire summer season, and why Jay is still glad they waited to get it right How he used Alibaba's "request for quotation" feature to find a manufacturer for a product nobody had made before - and didn't even know what search terms to use The unit economics that made it a real business: fabric alone cost $130+ per pool in Australia, but a finished unit from overseas landed at ~$25 and sold for $115 Selling out the first 200 units in a month before Christmas 2024 - and the nagging question that haunted the whole next year: do people buy this after the holidays, or only as gifts? Three separate supplier nightmares - loose threads on 200 units, a botched print at the wrong scale, leaking carry bags ironed shut by hand - and how he pushed through each one right before peak season The Black Friday scaling playbook: starting at $10/day on meta, doubling ad spend as orders doubled, reaching $1,000/day, and hitting a record $50K month in December 2025 The hardest lesson of a seasonal brand: how post-Christmas ads got expensive fast, why he was left holding stock and no cash through winter, and what he changed about looking after himself mentally to survive the off-season If you've boxed yourself into an identity - your trade, your job title, the industry you happen to be in - and quietly wonder whether you could build something of your own, this episode is for you. Jay had no network, no experience, and no idea how to sew. His story is a grounded reminder that the unglamorous grind of prototypes, supplier failures, and slow seasons is exactly what turns someone from "a guy sewing in the back of the house" into a founder. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here →â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/xero WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH BY JAY HADDAD Instagram → â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/sunnyseekers_/ Website →â â https://sunnyseekers.com.au/ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 37m 26s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 |  705: (Solo) How Success Made Me Neglect the Thing That Built Everything | I am going to tell you about the dumbest thing I have done in 12 years of building Foundr. It is not a bad hire or a failed launch. It is something far more dangerous, because I did not even realise I was doing it. For four years I took my eye off the thing that built this entire business, and by the time I noticed, I had left years of growth on the table. Here is the trap: when your monetisation engine is printing money, it gives you permission to be complacent about the thing that is actually feeding it. The better the downstream business performed, the less attention we gave the upstream asset driving all of it. In this episode, I get honest about how our podcast drifted into autopilot for years, the signals that told me my core was neglected, and the aggressive refocus that brought it back. Here's what you'll take away: • Why "fine" can be the most dangerous word in business, and how success itself makes you complacent about what got you there • The four warning signs your core product is drifting, from flattening growth to customer feedback getting generic • Why your best people gravitate to the new shiny thing and your core quietly gets the B team • What Gary Vaynerchuk told me about never being complacent when one channel is winning, and why I resisted it at first • The packaging lesson that blew my mind: how two identical-quality episodes got wildly different results based on title and thumbnail alone • The three question test I now run on every new initiative to tell a real opportunity from a distraction in disguise If things in your business are going "fine" right now, this episode is a warning worth heeding. Ask yourself when you last personally touched your core product and obsessed over making it better, because if it is not recent, you might already be on autopilot. If you're loving this solo series, I'd love to hear your feedback. Email me directly at [email protected] — I read every reply. Hope you enjoy it. SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here →â â https://foundr.com/xero WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 11m 54s | ||||||
| 9/10/26 |  704: How One Pivot Turned My FAILING Startup Into a $300M Brand | Mariam Naficy sold her first company for over $100 million in cash - two weeks before the Nasdaq crashed in 2000. Then she did something harder. She built Minted, a crowdsourced design marketplace her own investors thought was weird, watched it generate zero sales for its first month, and was one day away from shutting it down when it turned the corner and took off like a rocket ship. Today Minted does around $300 million a year, and she's now chairwoman while building her third company, Arcade, an AI-to-physical-product marketplace that's already raised $42 million. In this interview, Mariam breaks down why she handed product decisions entirely over to the crowd, how she survived the 2008 financial crisis by going premium, and the viral loop she deliberately engineers into every business she starts. What you'll learn in this interview: • How she landed the Eve.com domain with 1% equity, a board seat, and a Disneyland trip - for a five-year-old • Why color cosmetics flying off the shelves revealed a market nobody thought existed online • How a low-budget crowdsourced design contest saved Minted from bankruptcy after a month of zero sales • Why she trusted the crowd over industry experts - and invented the photo Save the Date in the process • How going premium let Minted grow straight through the 2008 financial crisis • The virality principle: why she won't start a business without a built-in product-driven loop • Why every hire - even designers - had to pass a financial modeling test • How she scaled greeting cards into Target and Whole Foods - and why home decor didn't work • The exact mindset that got her through nearly shutting down: stop caring what anyone thinks • Why Arcade is built to protect artists' livelihoods in the age of AI If you're building a marketplace, wrestling with whether to trust your gut or your customers, or trying to grow through a downturn without burning cash, this conversation will fundamentally change how you think about virality, community, and persisting through the moments that break most founders. SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here → https://foundr.com/xero SAVE 50% ON OMNISEND FOR 3 MONTHS Get 50% off your first 3 months of email and SMS marketing with Omnisend using the code FOUNDR50. Start here → â â â https://your.omnisend.com/foundrâ â â SAVE 95% ON XERO FOR 6 MONTHS Simplify your business finances with 95% off Xero for your first 6 months. Start here →â â http://foundr.com/xeroâ WANT TO GROW YOUR BRAND WITH META ADS? Join the Foundr Operators Waitlist → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/operatorsâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â HOW WE CAN HELP YOU SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FASTER Learn directly from 7, 8 & 9-figure founders inside Foundr+ Start your $1 trial → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/startdollartrialâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â PREFER A CUSTOM ROADMAP AND 1-ON-1 COACHING? → Starting from scratch? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-start-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â → Already have a store? Apply here → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://foundr.com/pages/coaching-growth-applicationâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH NATHAN CHAN Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/nathanchanâ â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanhchan/â â â â â â â â â â â â â CONNECT WITH MARIAM NAFICY Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/mnaficy/ LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariam-naficy Website → https://www.minted.com/ Website → https://tonic.xyz/ FOLLOW FOUNDR FOR MORE BUSINESS GROWTH STRATEGIES YouTube → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://bit.ly/2uyvzdtâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Website → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.comâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Instagram → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.instagram.com/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Facebook → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.facebook.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Twitter → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.twitter.com/foundrâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â LinkedIn → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundr/â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â Podcast → â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â https://www.foundr.com/podcastâ | 49m 13s | ||||||
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| 8/24/26 | marketing strategyfocus+3 | — | Foundr | — | scattered focusmarketing failure+3 | — | 12m 14s | ||
| 8/20/26 | entrepreneurshipbusiness failure+4 | Sam Faiers | Revive CollagenUlta+2 | — | collagenbusiness+7 | — | 50m 32s | ||
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| 8/17/26 | burnoutmental health+3 | — | — | — | burnoutanxiety+5 | — | 12m 02s | ||
| 8/13/26 | business strategyproduct development+4 | Chris YapJake Yap | MetaAlibaba+2 | — | business growthproduct testing+5 | — | 49m 44s | ||
| 7/20/26 | business lessonsfounder experiences+5 | — | — | — | financial lossbusiness strategy+5 | — | 12m 55s | ||
| 7/16/26 | entrepreneurshipproduct development+3 | Yasmina Elmerkaoui | MacaoInstagram | — | hair gelentrepreneur+3 | — | 51m 15s | ||
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| 5/21/26 | startup buildingcustomer loyalty+4 | Eric Ries | The Lean StartupFed-Mart+1 | — | startupcustomer loyalty+5 | — | 56m 51s | ||
| 5/18/26 | e-commerceproduct strategy+3 | — | AG1Liquid IV+2 | — | SKUshero product+3 | — | 13m 23s | ||
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Chart history for The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan
Peaked at #12 in Finland, currently #12 in Finland.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| Australia | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| South Korea | — | #26 | #26 | — |
| NG | — | #33 | #33 | — |
| KE | — | #35 | #35 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #64 | #64 | — |
| ID | — | #71 | #71 | — |
| Denmark | — | #80 | #80 | — |
| HU | — | #85 | #85 | — |
| Finland | — | #89 | #89 | — |
| RO | — | #102 | #102 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #103 | #103 | — |
| Netherlands | — | #110 | #110 | — |
| PH | — | #110 | #110 | — |
| AE | — | #113 | #113 | — |
| MY | — | #121 | #121 | — |
| Norway | — | #129 | #129 | — |
| NG | — | #144 | #144 | — |
| GR | — | #148 | #148 | — |
| SG | — | #152 | #152 | — |
Chart Positions
27 placements across 22 markets.
Chart Positions
27 placements across 22 markets.