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EPISODE · Jul 21, 2026 · 30 MIN

He Bet His Retirement on an Idea - Tom Akers | Junk Free Skin

from WNY Entrepreneur · host David Schaub

Most people would never do it.Tom Akers took his retirement savings and bet it on an idea that had never been done before.No roadmap.No guarantees.And no experience running a manufacturing company.In this episode with Tom Akers, founder of Junk Free Skin, we talk about building a company from scratch, creating products no one had made before, and the persistence required to keep moving when everyone else would have quit.This conversation is about much more than soap.It is about entrepreneurship.In this episode you will learn:• Why Tom invested everything into a completely new idea• How persistence helped open doors others could not• The power of following up when everyone else stops• What he learned building a manufacturing company from scratch• Why relationships still matter more than ever in businessWe also talked about sales, partnerships, product development, cash flow challenges, and what it really takes to build something nobody has built before.If you have ever bet on yourself...This episode will hit home.

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