All Episodes

S16 E7: How Brands Are Winning on Reddit Right Now

S16 E6: The Funnel Strategy Driving Brands Right Now

S16 E5: What $100M E-Commerce Brands Know That The Others Don’t

S16 E4: 7 Strategies Behind Today’s Fastest Growing Brands

S16 E3: The Step by Step DTC Build Playbook

S16 E2: How to Break Through Your Next Growth Ceiling

S16 E1: The Real Launch Playbook for Founders

S15 E12: How to Actually Start Using AI Agents

S15 E11: How TV is Working for DTC Brands (with Jeff Katz, Head of Emerging Sales at Roku)

S15 E10: Why AI Is the Next Industrial Revolution

S15 E9: The Next Era of DTC

S15 E8: The Brand Revamp Playbook

S15 E7: More Website Design Lessons From the Best Brands

S15 E6: Website Design Lessons From the Best Brands

S15 E5: The Truth Behind SEO in the Age of AI (with Dylan Ander, Founder + CEO of Heatmap.com)

S15 E4: How Brands Are Building Better Teams (with Ian Myers, Founder + CEO of Oceans)

S15 E3: How to Actually Think about Branding

S15 E2: The Right Way to Work With Influencers

S15 E1: The Growth Levers Most Brands Ignore in Q1

S14 E12: The PDP Playbook Every DTC Brand Should Be Using

S14 E11: The Truth About Retention and BFCM

S14 E10: The BFCM Tactics That Actually Worked

S14 E9: Last Minute BFCM 2025 Playbook

S14 E8: Chatting with Zain (The TikTok Shop Expert)

S14 E7: The Truth About DTC and Distribution (with Gulshan Kumar, CEO + Co-founder of Swishables)

S14 E6: The Five Questions Behind Every Great Landing Page

S14 E5: How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Ecom Marketing (with Liam Millward, Co-Founder and CEO of Instant)

S14 E4: From Failure to a Billion Dollar Brand (with Danny Winer, CEO at Hexclad Cookware)

S14 E3: Inside Comfrt’s $700 Million TikTok Playbook (with Hudson Leogrande, Founder of Comfrt)

S14 E2: 5 Tactics to Make Your Brand Unforgettable (with Jerel Blades, Head of Growth at TUSHY)

S14 E1: How Affiliates and Creators Are Redefining Brand Marketing (with Aaron Paul, Co-founder of Paul Street)

S13 E12: From 4/20 Launch to $70M: BRĒZ’s Bootstrapped Playbook (with Aaron Nosbisch, Founder and CEO of BRĒZ)

S13 E11: Marketing, Mega-Catalogs, Mattresses, and More (with Jared Brody, EVP Marketing at Resident + Ashley Furniture)

S13 E10: How to Maximize Your Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sales

S13 E9: Real DTC Stories to Learn From

S13 E8: What the Best Brands Are Doing (And You Should Do It, Too)

S13 E7: Why Your Website Isn’t Converting (and How to Fix It)

S13 E6: Landing Page Secrets That Actually Convert

S13 E5: Why You Should Diversify Your Channels (with Miranda A., Performance Marketing Manager at 365 Holdings)

S13 E4: What Your Landing Page Is Doing Wrong

S13 E3: No Code? No Problem (with Billy Howell, Founder of Stupid Simple Apps)

S13 E2: What Journalists Know About Selling Products (That Founders Don’t) with Benjamin Gottlieb

S13 E1: Listener Mailbag: DTC to Retail, Meta Ads, and Clothing Brands

S12 E12: Listener Mailbag: Hiring Marketers, AI Takeover & Influencer Strategy

S12 E11: The Most Underrated Way to Grow a Mission-Driven Brand (with Sam Springfield, Senior Director of Content at Bark)

S12 E10: The Data-Driven Way to Make More Money Online (with Dylan Ander, Founder + CEO of Heatmap.com)

S12 E9: Story of a Subscription Empire (with Michael Broukhim, Co-CEO + Co-Founder of FabFitFun)

S12 E8: The Story Behind Sharma Brands + DTC Success (from Ecom North)

S12 E7: Reviews, Rates, and ROI: Ecom Strategy Breakdown

S12 E6: Redefining Media and Marketing Measurement (with Michael True, CEO of Prescient AI)

S12 E5: Creative Chemistry and Building a Beverage Brand (with Aaron Nosbisch of BRÉZ)

S12 E4: Landing Pages: Tips, Tricks, and Ingredients

S12 E3: The REAL Growth Lever Most Brands Overlook

S12 E2: Getting Creative In a Hard Field (with Andrew Deitsch of BRĒZ)

S12 E1: Entrepreneurship, Creative, Crowdfunding, and More (with Kevin O’Leary of Shark Tank)

S11 E12: Unlocking Revenue and Scaling a Startup (with Liam Millward, CEO + Co-founder at Instant)

S11 E11: Listener Mailbag: AOV, Product Concepts, Marketing Talent, and More

S11 E10: Breaking Down the Marpipe Report: Catalog Ads + DPA

S11 E9: The Truth About Offshore Hiring

S11 E8: Why You NEED to Work with Influencers

S11 E7: Telemedicine and Subscriptions

S11 E6: Content Modules, UX Tricks, and More: Website Walkthrough with Nik

S11 E5: Scaling at the Bottom of the Funnel: Deep Dive Part II

S11 E4: Scaling a Brand: Deep Dive

S11 E3: Underrated DTC Tactics and Strategies

S11 E2: The Low Down on DTC Data, Deals, and Discounts (with Isaac Medeiros, Founder at Kanpai Foods)

S11 E1: New Year, New Nik: Overrated, Underrated, and More

S10 E7: Listener Mailbag: Adventures in Customer Acquisition

S10 E6: Listener Mailbag: EOY 2024 Wrap-Up

S10 E5: 2024 BFCM Recap: Bigger, Better, Bolder?

S10 E4: Meet Kelly Dill from Imaginary Ventures - A Venture Fund that Has Backed Skims, Glossier, Kosas, & More

S10 E3: Branding, Black Friday, and Trader Joe’s Rice Cakes: Holiday Guide

S10 E2: Metrics, Motion, and More: Creative Analytics Rundown (with Reza Khadjavi, CEO of Motion)

S10 E1: How to Have a Happy Holiday: Marketing and Ops Crossover (with Hattie Gilpin of Wellbel)

S9 E12: Listener Mailbag: Brand Ambassadors, UGC, Q4, and More

S9 E11: Perfect Unicorn Business: DTC Framework (with Ryan Babenzien, CEO and Co-founder of Jolie)

S9 E10: Make It Pop: Brand Awareness, Launch, and Beyond

S9 E9: Incrementality, Data, the Funnel, Oh My! (with Olivia Kory of Haus)

S9 E8: Top 40 Tactical Tips with Nik

S9 E7: What You Might Be Getting Wrong as a DTC Founder

S9 E6: The Cheesecake Factory Menu of DTC with Cody Plofker

S9 E5: The State of DPA: Why and How It’s Growing (with Dan Pantelo, Founder of Marpipe)

S9 E4: Listener Mailbag: Nik’s Best CRO Hacks, the Holiday Marketing Playbook, and More

S9 E3: Tactical Fourplay: How to Hit 100K

S9 E2: Masterclass: Building 9 Figure Celebrity Partnerships (ft. Hexclad’s President)

S9 E1: Why DTC Success is All About the Slow Burn (ft. Dianna Cohen of Crown Affair)

S8 E12: Listener Mailbag: Biggest Mistakes Brands Make, Bankruptcy Predictions, and How to Get More Reviews

S8 E11: WTF is an ERP System Good For? (with Sharoon Thomas of Fulfil)

S8 E10: Nik Grills OpenStore About Their Secrets to Success

S8 E9: Temu Has the Power to Take Down Wayfair, Etsy, and Amazon— Here’s Why

S8 E8: Our Top Secrets to Absolutely Smash Your Sales at Target

S8 E7: News Break: Sephora’s Loyalty Program, Corporate Gifting, and Nik Got Sued (Again)

S8 E6: Racist or Righteous? Unpacking the Hate Against Chinese Companies

S8 E5: Cart Promo Hacks, Old School vs. New School DTC Brands, and Capitalizing on Private Labels

S8 E4: The Dirty Truth About Fad Products (We're Looking at You, Prime Energy)

S8 E3: Analytics vs. Creative: Which Matters More? with Nood’s VP of Marketing Bryan Cano

S8 E2: How an Investor Thinks About an IPO (& Dirty Tricks for Founders to Beat Them at Their Own Game)

S8 E1: News Break: The Death of Cereal, Outdoor Voices Goes Bankrupt, Selecting Ad Agencies

S7 E12: Listener Mailbag: Lessons From Failure, Going to War with Your 3PL, and Building a Kickass Landing Page

S7 E11: An SMS Marketing Masterclass with Postscript Co-Founder Alex Beller

S7 E10: This Simple Hack Produces a 78% Better ROAS

S7 E9: Crush Your CRO with These 20 Elite Tips

S7 E8: Shopify’s Price Increases (Again), Faire Brings Wholesaling Back, Viewer Website Audit

S7 E7: Shopify is Becoming Obsolete—What It Means for Your DTC

S7 E6: The Inside Scoop on DTC Growth Plans in 2024

S7 E5: The 2024 Presidential Campaign Site Showdown

S7 E4: News Break: Rare Beauty’s Bloated Business Move, Dagne Dover’s Questionable Valuation and One-Click Unsubscribe

S7 E3: BarkBox’s $25 Million Success Story, with Ro Co-Founder Rob Schutz

S7 E2: The 2024 Shakedown: Bankruptcies, Bots, and Failed Brand Roll-Ups (Oh My!)

S7 E1: Listener Mailbag: SaaS’s Biggest Rip-Offs, Serial Returners, and Marketing a Lifestyle Brand

S6 E6: The Little Makeup Brand Who Could: How Jones Road Conquered DTC

S6 E5: True Classic’s Secret Black Friday Playbook Revealed

S6 E4: Cyber Weekend’s Biggest Winners and Losers

S6 E3: The Best Hacks to Build Brand Awareness

S6 E2: From Billions to Bankruptcy: How SmileDirectClub and Dollar Shave Club Fell From Grace

S6 E1: The 8 Key Elements to Building a Winning DTC Team (Live from Marketingland)

S5 E12: Smash Black Friday & Cyber Monday with These Quick and Dirty Tips

S5 E11: Everything You Need to Know About Launching Your E-Commerce Business

S5 E10: News Break: How to Maximize Your Credit Card Rewards/Klaviyo IPOs

S5 E9: Listener Mailbag: High Ticket Items, Landing Page Metrics, & More

S5 E8 - TV’s Top Advertising Strategies Revealed, with Juhi Pikale (Fabletics) and Austin Santino (Tatari)

S5 E7: Newsbreak: How to Get Blacklisted From Amazon, Death to Clean Eating, and the Bedding Business Beating Amazon

S5 E6: Paid Social Strategies That Will Make or Break Your Business

S5 E5: 5 Secrets to Building a High-Converting Landing Page

S5 E4: Listener Mailbag: Nik and Moiz Answer Your Top DTC Questions

S5 E3: News Break: Whatever Happened to Allbirds/Fashion’s Biggest Empire/Amazon Streamlines Packaging

S5 E2: The Best Black Friday Strategies for Your DTC Brand

S5 E1: Lessons in Logistics: Mastering Inventory Management and 3PL Relationships

S4 E12: True Classic’s CEO on Company Culture, Creativity, and Going Viral

S4 E11: The Argument for Marketing Warfare/The FTC Won’t Let Amazon Be /How to Crush TikTok Shop

S4 E10: iOS 17 Kills Tracking Parameters/Structuring a Marketing Department/The Pill Club’s Fraud

S4 E9: CAC Size Matters/Shopping Holidays/Chinese Furniture

S4 E8: Takeaways from Commerce Summit/Temu’s Dirty Secrets/Bullshit Awards

S4 E7: DTC Prescriptions/HBO’s Terrible Rebrand/Returning Stuff Should Be Harder

S4 E6: Trump Has a Point/Fast Fashion/When to Use Influencers

S4 E5: Olipop Plays Succession/D2C Marijuana/The Mommy Blogger Formula

S4 E4: Walmart Sells Bonobos/Facebook Shops/Glossier’s New Site

S4 E3: Offshore Hiring/Attentive’s Hostage Situation/Klaviyo’s IPO

S4 E2: Facebook Ads/Prime Energy Drink’s Brilliance/Honest Co.’s Insanity

S4 E1: Rare Beauty’s Brilliance/Aesop is for the Rich/Improving the Checkout Process

S3 E12: Stripe’s Falling Valuation / The Allbirds Pivot / The World’s Most Accessible Superhero

S3 E11: How The President Of True Classic Is Disrupting DTC

S3 E10: Grow LA / Deodorant For Your Knees / Licensing Family Guy For $10 million

S3 E9: SVB - Asking The Questions No-One’s Talking About

S3 E8: Meet Jugnoo / How To Rewarm Email Lists / The Inside Track on LTV

S3 E7: Why Facebook Moderation Is Grinding Gears / Starbucks Insane Money Making App / Three New Shopify Features

S3 E6: Meet The Founder Who Built Her Manufacturing Business On Spite

S3 E5: How Adgile Is Using Free App Data For Retargeting / Where To Buy An Audience / Why You Need To Pick A Channel And Go All In

S3 E4: LIVE From The Whalies - Serta Goes Bankrupt, Nik’s Long Wknd Mistakes, Plus A Q&A Session

S3 E3: The $1B Bootstrapped Business / A $250k Loophole / Where Your Credit Card Fees Go

S3 E2: REVEALED: The Infomercial King / The Amazon Flip Side Hustle

S3 E1: How Ty Haney Grew Outdoor Voices From Scrappy Startup To $40M Success Story

S2 E12: Nik Answers Product Questions / Why You Don’t Need to Reinvent The Wheel / Why Grove Is Getting Crushed

S2 E11: How The Big 4 Are Performing / Kevin O’Leary’s Blame Game / Twitter’s Tensions

S2 E10: Why Everyone's Using Open AI / How Not To Do Diligence / Nik’s Pitching Tactics

S2 E9: Why Everyone Prefers Predictability / That Last Knockout Punch / How Gift Cards Keep Giving

S2 E8: The Surprisingly Good Black Friday Email / Why Send Times Are Overlooked / Why Facebook Is Still The Ads Giant

S2 E7: Getting a Stripe Discount / How to Hire An Agency The Right Way / Membership Models

S2 E6: Digging Into Allbirds / Subject Lines That Sell / The Best Kept Secret in E-Commerce

S2 E5: What Makes a Killer Landing Page / Twitter Q&A / Moiz’ Angry Brunch

S2 E4: Twitter R U OK? / Facebook Channeling 2015 Vibes / Hounding Down Route

S2 E3: The Easy Way to Make $500,000 A Year / Sniff Collab / Grove Collaborative Decimation

S2 E2: What Keith Rabois Looks For In Founders

S2 E1: Contest Winners Announced / The Kardashians Get Into Vitamins / Facebook Stock Drop

S1 E12: Season Finale: Figma Acquisition / How Harley Finkelstein Changed Nik And Moiz’s Minds / Why There’s Never Been a Better Time to Bootstrap a Business

S1 E11: Shopify Part 2: Harley Finkelstein Talks Shopify Fulfillment, Audience, and Entrepreneurship,

S1 E11: Shopify Part 1: Harley Finkelstein Answers Your Shopify Questions

S1 E10: Why Every Brand Should Create FOMO Through Killer Content

S1 E9: Why The Republicans Became Facebook's Worst Customers / Influencers Destroying Traditional DTC / How to Market a Free iPhone

S1 E8: How Nik and Moiz Dealt With a Cease and Desist / Why Everyone’s Confused About Benchmark Metrics / Why It’s Time To Get Your P&L House In Order

S1 E7: Allbirds Earnings / How To Scale A New Brand / Procurement - The Bacardi Example / Brands We Love

S1 E6: Apple and the Future of Ads / Infomercials and Soap Operas / Building Businesses in Highly Regulated Markets

S1 E5: Navigating Bankruptcy, Why Startups are Stupidly Overvalued, and the Klayviyo/Shopify Breakdown

S1 E4: How to Raise Cash In a Tough Climate / Outside The Box Marketing / Facebook And Shopify Reports

S1 E3: How to Choose The Right eCommerce Credit Card / Sales Tax Black Hole / The Truth About Prime

S1 E2: Why Nik Sharma Bought Long Wknd / How to Optimize For Prime Day / Tales From Grow Conference

S1 E1: Nik Sharma and Moiz Ali: Why Native Rejected Investors / The Power of Scrappy Branding / Why Kim Kardashian is Your Ideal Buyer Persona.