From Selling Plasma to 8 Figures: Marine Vet Johnny Raushi's American Comeback
About this episode
Marine vet Johnny Raushi shares his journey from financial struggle to building an 8-figure business.
Send us Fan Mail Marine vet Johnny Raushi joined the Corps at 17 for a free skateboard sticker. Four years later he came home broke, picked up change in a gas station parking lot, and sold his plasma twice a week to fund the first batches of a pomade he was perfecting on his stovetop. That pomade became Johnny Slicks — an 8-figure American manufacturing company employing 30+ people out of a North Carolina facility, fully U.S.-sourced. Asher and Raushi cover boot camp, the in-unit suicide that...
People in this episode
Host: Asher
Guest: Johnny Raushi
Topics covered
- military service
- entrepreneurship
- personal struggle
- American manufacturing
- veteran stories
Keywords
- Marine vet
- entrepreneur
- pomade
- American manufacturing
- veteran
- success story
- Johnny Slicks
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Johnny Slicks
Places: North Carolina
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