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Paige runs a highly successful fashion brand. A brand that is very much a part of who she is as a person. A brand that helps people feel comfortable in their skin. Unafraid to be who they are. However, the story about how she came from a small town in Alaska to where she is now isn't a story about going to fashion school or business school and even about becoming successful. It's a story about how she kept hidden a dark memory that nearly destroyed her, how she felt lost, struggled with life and how she sought help.    At 16, Paige Adams-Geller, the CEO & Founder of Paige, was a victim of a rape. As a child, she was curious and adventurous and overachieved in school. She loved music and became a singer, then entered modeling. It was during this time as a model that she became ill from anorexia. For many people who silently carry the physical and emotional pain of sexual assault, keeping it hidden exacerbates thing only to have the pain manifest itself later through other hardships as it did with Paige.    In this episode, Paige shares her life. As she puts it, she's an open book. You'll find out, that she refuses to be defined by other people. She discusses her brand, how she creates fashion, her love of music, entrepreneurial advice, how you must find your path, how she de-stresses with meditation and mantras, and how she is truly humbled by her hard-won success.    But most important she wants people to be courageous. Her most important message is that if you have suffered a sexual assault, the worst thing you can do is keep it bottled up inside, you must find someone to talk to, seek help as she did, or it will eat you alive.    Listen to this inspiring episode and hear the very personal inside story of Paige Adams-Geller and the building of a brand. 

When John Tabis, CEO of The Bouqs Company, shared with his mentor that he wanted to start his own company, his mentor said he was crazy. John decided to bet on himself and started the company anyway and the rest is history.  When the vast amount of people see the end result of successful entrepreneurship, they think it looks easy. The truth is entrepreneurship is really hard. You have to get used to not paying yourself. You toil and struggle and live in near obscurity for many years until you hit success if that ever happens. That's why it's important to have a larger mission or why. You have to ask yourself, what does my company represent? For John, flowers represent not just a product but all the special moments in life that elicit emotions such as a birth, promotion, anniversary, graduation, etc. In other words, "moments of pure emotion" and in the end, that's what The Bouqs represents and that's what drives John to build his brand. Listen to this episode and hear John Tabis, CEO & Founder of The Bouqs Company shares his MBA-like entrepreneurial advice and his story of building a brand. I write about all of our podcast! Check out the full post and learn what we learned at commercefocused.com/episode-016-bouqs/ Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The Story Behind the Brand" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.

When John Tabis, CEO of The Bouqs Company, shared with his mentor that he wanted to start his own company, his mentor said he was crazy. John decided to bet on himself and started the company anyway and the rest is history.  When the vast amount of people see the end result of successful entrepreneurship, they think it looks easy. The truth is entrepreneurship is really hard. You have to get used to not paying yourself. You toil and struggle and live in near obscurity for many years until you hit success if that ever happens. That's why it's important to have a larger mission or why. You have to ask yourself, what does my company represent? For John, flowers represent not just a product but all the special moments in life that elicit emotions such as a birth, promotion, anniversary, graduation, etc. In other words, "moments of pure emotion" and in the end, that's what The Bouqs represents and that's what drives John to build his brand. Listen to this episode and hear John Tabis, CEO & Founder of The Bouqs Company shares his MBA-like entrepreneurial advice and his story of building a brand. I write about all of our podcast! Check out the full post and learn what we learned at commercefocused.com/episode-016-bouqs/ Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The Story Behind the Brand" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.

Walter received a letter which relayed the story of a woman struggling with life. She had low energy, two kids, and a very demanding job. However, after finding HUM, she was able to turn things around. She started to gain more energy, which led to improved performance at work, which eventually attracted a promotion. However, the most important part of the letter was yet to come. She thanked  Walter on behalf of her kids. You see, her kids had their mother back. It was the promise of these moments and others like them that led Walter and his team to help customers achieve what they really wanted, and it wasn't the act of purchasing vitamins necessarily, it was the "act of becoming the best version of themselves". Listen to this episode and hear Walter Faulstroh, CEO of HUM Nutrition share the inside story of the building a brand. I write about all of our podcast! Check out the full post and learn what we learned at commercefocused.com/episode-014-HUM-Nutrition/ Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The Story Behind the Brand" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.

Walter received a letter which relayed the story of a woman struggling with life. She had low energy, two kids, and a very demanding job. However, after finding HUM, she was able to turn things around. She started to gain more energy, which led to improved performance at work, which eventually attracted a promotion. However, the most important part of the letter was yet to come. She thanked  Walter on behalf of her kids. You see, her kids had their mother back. It was the promise of these moments and others like them that led Walter and his team to help customers achieve what they really wanted, and it wasn't the act of purchasing vitamins necessarily, it was the "act of becoming the best version of themselves". Listen to this episode and hear Walter Faulstroh, CEO of HUM Nutrition share the inside story of the building a brand. I write about all of our podcast! Check out the full post and learn what we learned at commercefocused.com/episode-014-HUM-Nutrition/ Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The Story Behind the Brand" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.

Serial entrepreneur Alex Gobel and his team saw a gap in the Luggage Industry for affordable luggage. But instead of focusing strictly on the product, they wanted to empower people to go travel by making it fun & exciting. So he did something different, he made the customer the Hero of the story, not the luggage. In this episode, you learn the inside entrepreneurial story of how he and his team went about building a new brand that's revolutionizing the Luggage Industry. He discusses technology choices, sales, marketing, mistakes made along the way, and how to keep the focus on the customer. Links and Resources: Visit the Vesica website: www.VESICA.com I write about all of our podcast! Check out the full post and learn what we learned at commercefocused.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The Story Behind the Brand" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.

Shed Defender went from 1 order a week to hundreds of orders a day. But the story didn't start there. For years, Tyson Walters had been trying to perfect an idea he had to help dog owners with shedding so they could sweep less and cuddle more with the dogs they love. In this episode, Tyson and his sister-in-law Casey Walters share invaluable lessons for entrepreneurs, new companies, startups, and e-commerce brands. I'm so excited to share it with you. Links and Resources: Visit the Shed Defender website: ShedDefender.com I write about all of our podcast! Check out the full post and learn what we learned at commercefocused.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The Story Behind the Brand" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.