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Making It with Jon Davids
by Jon Davids
How do you take your company from your dorm room to $100M, in just a few years? How do you make $25K a month off TikTok? How do you turn a $1M investment into a $1B payoff?Join entrepreneur and investor Jon Davids as he deconstructs success with the creators, innovators, and disruptors who are making it happen.
Episodes
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274 - We Did $50M Taking Care of Dogs | Tim Vogel, Scenthound
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. Jon talks to Scenthound founder Tim Vogel. Scenthound went from a mobile dog groomer to a $50M dog hygiene business. Tim shares the whole story and exactly how he did it. Want more episodes like this? Let JD know with…
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273 - Bobbi Brown: “I Just Wanted To Sell Lipstick — Now It’s a $1B Brand. Here’s What Happened.” (Encore)
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. JD talks with Bobbi Brown. She's the founder of the billion-dollar makeup brand, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, and later Jones Road Beauty. How did Bobbi go from a freelance makeup artist to a business mogul and the…
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272 - $200M Founder Shares His "Mess-To-Money" Formula (Encore)
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. This is an encore edition of episode 214, originally released September 23, 2025. Jon talks with Alex Zhardanovsky, the innovative entrepreneur behind multiple successful ventures, including his newest project, Prima....
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271 - This $5M Business Is Totally Stuck. I'll Fix it in 58 Minutes.
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. Jon sits down with Juan Regidor, CEO of SIATSA. They sell IT services to big companies in Mexico. Juan is at $5M/yr in sales and wants to kickstart growth. In this strategy session, Jon breaks down the bottleneck and...
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270 - "They Offered Me $5 Billion For The Business" | Sir Richard Harpin, HomeServe
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. JD talks to Sir Richard Harpin, Founder of HomeServe. Richard built this company for 3 decades. Then sold it for almost $5B USD. He shares the highs, the lows, and the lessons of building a mega business. Want more...
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269 - I just made $27,000 with this weird strategy. Copy It.
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. Jon talks about the "anti-sale" process. And why not trying to sell actually lands you a lot more revenue. If you're a business builder or you hope to do that one day, this episode is for you. Want more episodes like...
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268 - "We hit $17M in under 2 years. Here's exactly how." | Mike Benton
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. Jon talks to Mike Benton, president of Responsive Mortgage. Mike and his co-founders took this business from zero to $17M in revenue, in under 2 years. And they'll be at $30M in no time. Mike breaks down exactly how…
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267 - The REAL Story Behind the World’s Best-Selling Bagel | Adam Goldberg, Founder of Popup Bagels (Encore)
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. This episode originally aired as #171 on February 21, 2025. Today, Jon is joined by the founder of PopUp Bagels Adam Goldberg to discuss the phenomenal rise of his bagel business and the hustle behind it. Want more...
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266 - "My college hustle now makes $300M/yr" | Nick Friedman
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. Jon sits down with Nick Friedman, co-founder of College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving. This business pulls in $300M a year. And it all started as a college side hustle. Nick shares the full story with Jon. Going from…
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265 - This ONE Lesson Helped Me Scale Past $10M
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. Jon shares one of the most important lessons for any business owner. It's called front-end design. Today's podcast is pulled from a training session Jon did for Influicity Academy, our client training portal. Want…
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264 - "Here's Exactly How I Got To $100M" | Tubby Todd founder, Andrea Faulkner Williams
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. Jon talks to a woman who took her business from nothing to $100M/yr by doing the weird thing. Saying no to Amazon. Saying no to Target. Saying no to investors. And just going 100% hard on delighting customers. Andrea...
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263 - This Company Makes $200M/yr Selling Basic T-Shirts | True Classic (Encore)
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. Jon covers the strategy behind True Classic, which went from 0 to 9 figures in just a few years. This is an encore of episode 183. Want more episodes like this? Let JD know with a comment (on Spotify or YouTube). Or...
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262 - How To Build a $100M Bedding Brand | BEDGEAR Founder, Eugene Alletto
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. Jon speaks to BEDGEAR founder and CEO, Eugene Alletto about bootstrapping this 9-figure business. BEDGEAR pioneered the category of sleep science before it was cool. And they built a big business while they were at…
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261 - The $6 Billion "Mountain" Business You've Never Heard of | Iron Mountain
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. Jon tells the story of Herman Knaust, who turned a tiny mushroom farm into a $6 billion business. And he did it all with a mountain. (Yes, an actual mountain). This is the story of Iron Mountain. If you're a business...
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260 - How To Make $1.3M/day Selling Tacos and Pizza | Greg Flynn (Flynn Group)
Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. Watch this podcast on YouTube. Jon Davids shares the story of Greg Flynn, the biggest franchise owner in the USA. From a handful of Applebee's to 3,000 spots, Flynn Group is constantly breaking bottlenecks. JD shares...
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259 - How One Woman Built a $100M Soda Business | Nicole Tanner, Swig
Are you in growth mode? Schedule a 1:1 Growth Session with Influicity here. Watch this podcast on YouTube. Jon Davids shares the story of Nicole Tanner, who built a $100M business selling soda. Plus the tactics and lessons that you can steal. And use in your business right now. Want more episodes...
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258 - This guy built a $2B law firm with one obvious strategy | John Morgan, Morgan & Morgan
Are you in growth mode? Grab your custom Get More Customers roadmap here. Watch this podcast on YouTube. Jon Davids breaks down the story of John Morgan, the founder of Morgan & Morgan. This is the biggest personal injury law firm in the USA. And it brings in $2 billion every single year. JD…
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257 - How one guy brings in $750M/mth selling fishing rods
Are you in growth mode? Grab your custom Get More Customers roadmap here. Jon Davids breaks down the story of Johnny Morris, founder of Bass Pro Shops. Johnny bootstrapped the business from the backroom of his dad's liquor store. And today it generates $10B in annual sales. Jon talks about how he...
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256 - This "Sandwich Video" Can DOUBLE Your Sales. (steal it.)
Are you in growth mode? Grab your custom Get More Customers roadmap here. Jon talks about a pre-sales call video. That's a special video you send to clients after they've express interest, but before the sales meeting. If you sell to people in-person, on the phone, or on zoom, you NEED to...
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255 - "I Raised $98M To Build a BIG Fighting Business" | Khalil Zahar, CEO of FightCamp
Are you in growth mode? Grab your custom Get More Customers roadmap here. Want more episodes like this? Let me know with a comment (on Spotify or YouTube). Or drop an email to [email protected] Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | Threads Follow this...
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254 - I Grow a Business From $2M to $10M in 31 Minutes (exact blueprint)
Are you in growth mode? Grab your custom Get More Customers roadmap here. Jon does a strategy session with Jarall Medical Management. This is a medical billing company currently at $2M in annual revenue. The founder, Dr. Alan Bass, wants to reach $10M in the next few years. Jon lays an exact...
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253 - How To Make Your Product Irresistible To Customers
Are you in growth mode? Grab your custom Get More Customers roadmap here. JD talks about packaging today. But not physical packaging. It's all about the framing of your product/service so that your customer MUST have it. This is all about offer/market fit. And it's a must for every business. Want...
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252 - This Homemade Tortilla Business Just Sold for $1.2B | Siete Foods (encore)
Are you in growth mode? Grab your very own Get More Customers roadmap here. Jon breaks down the story Siete Foods, and how they started from a kitchen recipe to dominating stores nationwide. This episode originally aired in November 2024. Want more episodes like this? Let me know with a comment…
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251 - I Help an Entrepreneur Hit $5M/sales with THIS Marketing Formula
Are you in growth mode? Grab your custom Get More Customers roadmap here. Jon sits down with a $2.5M/yr business owner and shows him how to double sales. The company is called Swedish Door, founded by Paul St-Germain. In the episode, Jon breaks down the StoryFunnel™, developed by Influicity and...
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250 - He was kidnapped at gunpoint. Then he built a $1B business | Omair Tariq, Cart.com (encore)
Are you in growth mode? Grab your very own Get More Customers roadmap here. Jon sits down with Omair Tariq, founder and CEO of Cart.com. This is a wild story of a kid's near death experience to building multiple million dollar companies. This episode originally aired in March 2025. Want more...
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249 - I Show This Founder How To DOUBLE Sales To $5M
Are you in growth mode? Grab your custom Get More Customers roadmap here. Jon talks to Steph Weibring, founder of Joy Creative Shop. She's current at $2.5M/yr in sales and stuck. JD digs into the business and gives Steph TWO ways to double the business. If you're a business builder, there's a lot...
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248 - How I Drive BIG Sales on Social Media (full breakdown)
Want to build a social media selling machine? Grab my full playbook here. JD breaks down the 7 keys he uses to drive revenue from social media. If you sell stuff, and you want to sell MORE stuff in the future, this episode is for you. Want more episodes like this? Let me know with a comment (on...
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247 - Taking a business from $200K to $1M in 53 minutes
Want to grow your business with influencers? Grab my Influencer Marketing Machine playbook here. JD sits down with Craig Rosen, founder of InterviewFocus. This is a real strategy session where Jon guides Craig with the exact steps he can use to grow his business by 3-5X. This episode covers...
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246 - This College Side Hustle Now Makes $700M/year | Brian Scudamore, 1-800-GOT-JUNK (encore)
Want to grow your business with influencers? Grab my Influencer Marketing Machine playbook here. JD talks to Brian Scudamore, the founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK. We talk growth, franchising, people, and how to overcome insane challenges. This episode originally aired in March 2025. Follow JD across...
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245 - How ButcherBox Went From Zero to $600M with no Investors (encore)
Are you a business builder? Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. JD talks about ButcherBox, the $600 million bootstrapped. This story gets into startup arbitrage, getting customers, and scaling without taking outside money. Watch this video here. This episode (192) originally...
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244 - How To Make Unlimited Money In Your Business with 3 Marketing Pillars
Are you a business builder? Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. There are 3 kinds of marketing every business needs. And when you figure out how to use each one, growth stops being a struggle. Jon Davids lays it all out in this episode. So you can put the right tactics to...
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243 - How Two Brothers Hustled Their Way to $1B (and still growing) | Vineyard Vines founders, Shep and Ian Murray
Are you a business builder? Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Jon sits down with the 2 brothers behind Vineyard Vines. The billion dollar fashion brand they started over 25 years ago. Shep and Ian Murray talk about the early hustle, how they grew without investors, and how...
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242 - Marcus Lemonis: "I love doing what everyone says is impossible" | Businessman, TV star, Investor.
Marcus Lemonis joins Jon to share the story of how he took over a failing company decades ago, and turned it into a $1.4B business. They also discuss how Marcus became a TV star and what he plans to do as CEO of Bed, Bath, and Beyond. Are you a business builder? Grow your business with a…
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241 - They Built a $2M/day Business with a Spreadsheet
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Nerd Wallet built a business making $2M a day. And it all started with a spreadsheet. Today, Jon explores the early days and breaks out the critical business lessons that every business builder can take from Nerd Wallet. Follow JD across...
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240 - I Ask Scaramucci All My Burning Questions | Money, Aliens, Politics, and more.
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | Threads Follow this podcast on Instagram. Subscribe to JD's newsletter here. Schedule a free Marketing ROI Checkup with JD's team here. Grow your business with...
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239 - How WeWork Built a $47B "Delusional" Business (steal the best strategies)
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Adam Neumann founded WeWork so he could "fix all the world's problems. And then it all imploded. But along the way, he actually did some smart things. Today, Jon breaks down the "mass delusion" of WeWork. Then he strips away the hype and...
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quick hi from jd
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Happy holidays and have an awesome new year from Jon and the Influicity team :) Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | Threads Follow this podcast on Instagram. Subscribe to JD's newsletter here....
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238 - This $32B Scam Can Teach You a Lot About Business
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Today, Jon digs into the FTX scandal. He uncovers how Sam Bankman-Fried built a $32 billion business on lies. And how you can steal his best strategies. Putting them to work legally and ethically across your business. Follow JD across...
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237 - This Will Kill a Business Before It Even Starts | Brian Scudamore, 1-800-GOT-JUNK
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. JD speaks with Brian Scudamore, founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK. This clip is from episode 181, originally aired in March 2025. You can find the original episode at this link, or on your favourite streaming platform. Follow JD across social:...
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236 - "We Hit $680M Last Year, But It Started as a Joke" | Shawn David Nelson, Founder of LoveSac
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Jon chats with Shawn Nelson, CEO of Lovesac. Hear how Shawn started with a simple side hustle in College and turned it into a $700M publicly traded company. Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube |...
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235 - "This Is How I Run a $100M+ Family Business" | Manjit Minhas, Entrepreneur & Investor
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. JD spoke with Manjit Minhas, co-owner of Minhas Breweries and Distillery. They take an inside look at Manjit's 9-figure family business. This clip is from episode 173, originally aired in February 2025. You can find the original episode at...
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234 - This $2.8M Private Dog Club Is A Business Masterclass
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Jon breaks down the success of a high-end dog club that brings in almost $3M annually, and lets us in on the four key lessons you can apply to your own business. Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube |...
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233 - Don't Make This BRUTAL Selling Mistake | Carolyn Sarnoff, billion dollar CMO
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Today's conversation is with JD and Carolyn Sarnoff, CMO at Pattern. They start off with a BIG sales mistake so many businesses make. And they go deeper into Pattern's success strategy. This clip is from episode 164, originally aired in...
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232 - Ryan Reynolds Used ONE Hack To Make $350M. You Can Copy It. Here's How.
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Jon breaks down how Ryan Reynolds transformed his acting career into a lucrative brand empire. Listen now or watch the video here. Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | Threads Follow this podcast on...
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231 - "This Is Why Your Company Will Fail" | Daniel Rowles, host of Digital Marketing Podcast
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. JD talks with Daniel Rowles, host of the Digital Marketing Podcast, about why more startups are failing today than in the past. This was from their 2025 predictions episode! The full episode is #162. It originally aired in January 2025.…
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230 - This Little Box is a BIG Business | with Ghassan Halazon, CEO of Emerge Commerce
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Jon is joined by Ghassan Halazon, CEO of EMERGE Commerce, Inc. They discuss a grab bag of innovative business ideas. From hotel "boxes" to "boomer commerce" and more. Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram |...
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229 - Kevin O'Leary: "Here's how I really made my first million bucks"
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Today, we're bringing back a classic. JD chats with the one and only Kevin O'Leary about his journey to making his first million, transitioning from business operator to investor, and his transformation into a celebrity businessman. All…
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228 - This piece of paper brings in 100's of customers (steal the strategy)
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. In this episode, Jon shares how 3 different businesses are bringing in clients with quirky tactics. And they actually work! Jon digs into the tactics behind each strategy. And shares lots of examples so every business owner can put these...
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227 - "This Is How We Make Money Selling Movies" | Jordan Harmon, Angel Studio
Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Check out a great highlight from Jon's chat with Jordan Harmon, President and co-founder of Angel Studios. This clip is from episode 144, originally aired in September 2024. You can find the original episode at this link, or on your favourite...
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226 - He built a $6B business by blowing up one shelf | the story of Hobby Lobby
Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Today, Jon will shares the story of Hobby Lobby. This company was founded by Dave Green and Hobby Lobby. He took one aisle in the general store and made it the whole story. JD shares key insights that you can steal from the Hobby Lobby…
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How do you take your company from your dorm room to $100M, in just a few years? How do you make $25K a month off TikTok? How do you turn a $1M investment into a $1B payoff?Join entrepreneur and investor Jon Davids as he deconstructs success with the creators, innovators, and disruptors who are making it happen.
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How do you take your company from your dorm room to $100M, in just a few years? How do you make $25K a month off TikTok? How do you turn a $1M investment into a $1B payoff?Join entrepreneur and investor Jon Davids as he deconstructs success with the creators, innovators, and disruptors who are...
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