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#257 - Christopher Hamze

An episode of the The Project EGG Show: Entrepreneurs Gathering for Growth | Conversations That Change The World podcast, hosted by Ben Gothard | Project EGG, titled "#257 - Christopher Hamze" was published on September 6, 2019 and runs 33 minutes.

September 6, 2019 ·33m · The Project EGG Show: Entrepreneurs Gathering for Growth | Conversations That Change The World

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Christoper Hamze's Early Life: First business was started at 8 years old. The Chris and Nick Candy Company, it was the first of my many failures, the summer heat was too intense and melted all the chocolate. From there we sold POGs (if you are under 20 or over 40 you probably don't remember these (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_caps_(game)), the fad only lasted a minute so failure #2. In the middle there was another dozen of so failures. Then came teelaunch. The original idea for teelaunch was an utter disaster, racked up $700k in debt and was losing money at an alarming pace. Had to consider for the first time filing for bankruptcy. Had an idea, thought with Teespring being so popular I bet that people would be looking to expand their businesses off Teespring and on to their own store, so we took (3) credit cards and released our hail mary, and 4 years later, and $50M in sales teelaunch is still going strong. About The Project EGG Show: The Project EGG Show is a video talk show that introduces you to entrepreneurs from around the world. It is broadcast from studios in Metairie, Louisiana to online platforms including YouTube, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and Stitcher, and hosted by Ben Gothard. Our goal is to give you a fresh, unscripted and unedited look into the lives of real entrepreneurs from around the globe. From billionaires to New York Times best selling authors to Emmy Award winners to Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients to TEDx speakers – we present their real stories – uncensored and uncut. Subscribe To The Show: https://projectegg.co/podcast/ Get Access To: 1. Resources: https://projectegg.co/resources/ 2. Financing Solutions: https://projectegg.co/epoch/ 3. Payment Solutions: https://projectegg.co/sempr/ 4. Services: https://projectegg.co/resources#services 5. Courses: https://projectegg.co/resources#courses 6. Software: https://projectegg.co/resources#software 7. Book: https://projectegg.co/resources#books 

Episode Description

Christoper Hamze's Early Life: First business was started at 8 years old. The Chris and Nick Candy Company, it was the first of my many failures, the summer heat was too intense and melted all the chocolate. From there we sold POGs (if you are under 20 or over 40 you probably don't remember these (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_caps_(game)), the fad only lasted a minute so failure #2. In the middle there was another dozen of so failures. Then came teelaunch. The original idea for teelaunch was an utter disaster, racked up $700k in debt and was losing money at an alarming pace. Had to consider for the first time filing for bankruptcy. Had an idea, thought with Teespring being so popular I bet that people would be looking to expand their businesses off Teespring and on to their own store, so we took (3) credit cards and released our hail mary, and 4 years later, and $50M in sales teelaunch is still going strong.


About The Project EGG Show:
The Project EGG Show is a video talk show that introduces you to entrepreneurs from around the world. It is broadcast from studios in Metairie, Louisiana to online platforms including YouTube, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and Stitcher, and hosted by Ben Gothard.
Our goal is to give you a fresh, unscripted and unedited look into the lives of real entrepreneurs from around the globe. From billionaires to New York Times best selling authors to Emmy Award winners to Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients to TEDx speakers – we present their real stories – uncensored and uncut.
Subscribe To The Show: https://projectegg.co/podcast/
Get Access To:
1. Resources: https://projectegg.co/resources/
2. Financing Solutions: https://projectegg.co/epoch/
3. Payment Solutions: https://projectegg.co/sempr/
4. Services: https://projectegg.co/resources#services
5. Courses: https://projectegg.co/resources#courses
6. Software: https://projectegg.co/resources#software
7. Book: https://projectegg.co/resources#books 

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