Ecommerce Speak with Vincent Tandiono

In this episode, Asher shares insights on how to get funding to grow ecommerce brands. And he also shares alternate sources of funding.


Asher Ismail of Uncapped

Asher is the Co-Founder of Uncapped. Uncapped offer an alternative take on capital, helping to provide growing businesses with fast and flexible funding for marketing, inventory or hiring.

He’s a serial entrepreneur and business scaling expert that has raised over $120 million in capital for his companies from angels, VC, crowdfunding, and banks.


Don't Miss:

2:10 Asher's journey in entrepreneurship

4:35 Why Uncapped focus 80% on funding ecommerce brands

6:10 What are alternative methods of raising funds

8:00 Revenue based finance provider

12:10 What makes investors say "yes"

14:10 How fundraising is like dating

15:20 Real examples of how businesses used funds that was raised to grow their business


Special deal for Ecommerce Speak listeners:
Get 50k funding at 0% rate. Normally it's at 6% rate. This offer isn't publicly available.
Email [email protected] with subject line "Secret 50k" and tell a bit about yourself to see if you qualify.

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In this episode, Kiril Kirilov shares how to close the gap in customer experience between purchase to unboxing.

Kiril Kirilove of Rush app

Kiril Kirilov spent several years running his own ecommerce drop-shipping store and also founded one of the fastest-growing supplements brands in Bulgaria called Proof Nutrition.

Now, Kiril is the CEO & Co-Founder of Rush. It's a Shopify app that helps 1000+ Shopify store owners increase AOV by up to 25% without ad spend and increase repeat purchase rate on autopilot.

Rush automates the shipment tracking process on all fronts so you never have to worry about losing customers again.


Don't Miss:

2:30 Kiril's story of going into entrepreneurship

5:40 Idea of creating a software

8:00 How to monetize your order tracking page

14:30 Following up with your customers to get testimonials

17:20 Closing the gaps to reduce disputes and chargebacks

19:20 How customers know that you have a tracking page

22:50 Who is the Rush app ideal for?

25:40 Where to get the Rush app


Learn more about Rush app
Visit rush.app
Get in touch with Kiril Kirilov at [email protected] to get an extended free trial

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In this episode, Griffin shared how he went from listening to a guest lecturer in a social entrepreneurship class to launching a vegan protein bar.


Griffin Spolansky of Mezcla

At such a young age, Griffin Spolansky is growing his first CPG brand and is already on a great path to success.

Griffin founded Mezcla with a co-founder Coco.

Mezcla is a plant-based, gluten free protein bar.

They work with regional farmers around the world, to bring flavors of the world into a healthy and crunchy snacks. They also allocate a portion of sales to support those communities that harvest the ingredients.

On top of that, Mezcla also funds art programs that support children's development.


Don't Miss:

2:15 From social entrepreneurship class to launching a vegan protein bar

3:30 Declining a job offer to go into entrepreneurship

4:00 Solving challenges every day

5:00 Sourcing from different parts of the world and giving back to the source

5:55 Supporting art

7:00 Standing out from competition in competitive protein bar market

8:15 Testing to find what the market wants

10:15 Innovating in plant based space

11:10 What is the best advice Griffin has received

13:40 Where to learn more about Mezcla


Learn More About Griffin Spolansky & Mezcla

Visit Amazon or check out eatmezcla.com to learn about the wide variety of vegan protein bars with flavors from around the world. 
Or use the store map on the website and enter your zip code to locate a store near you.

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In this episode, Cynthia shared how she created a physical product and digital education that started from her personal horrifying experience.


Cynthia Plotch of Stix

Cynthia is the co-founder of Stix and was recently named one of Inc’s 100 Female Founders of 2021.

She met her business partner, Jamie Norwood, while they were on the founding team at Hungry Harvest.

They instantly clicked and bonded over the taboos and awkwardness of women’s health and co-founded Stix to create a convenient, discreet, and judgment-free way to get the health products.


Don't Miss:

2:10 Cynthia's horrifying experience that led to founding Stix4:25 The power of testing and being customer-obsessed6:15 Education and authenticy to attract ideal customers8:05 Building both digital and physical side of business9:00 What Cynthia loves about what she does10:05 What Cynthia looks for in a founding team member11:40 How Cynthia launched Stix as a side hustle while working a full time job12:45 Best advice Cynthia has ever received15:00 Interesting takeaways from sex ed survey


Learn More About Cynthia Plotch & Stix

Check out getstix.com to learn about their pregnancy & ovulation tests
Follow @getstix on Instagram
Follow @getstix on Tiktok for a dose of funny educational content

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In this episode, Josh shared his journey of creating a cool, fun and funny brand of sustainable products. Listen in to hear how he was able to have his biggest ever month in August.


Josh Howard of Single Use Ain't Sexy

Josh is the CEO and founder of Single Use Ain’t Sexy

‘Single Use Ain’t Sexy’ is an Australian sustainable hand soap brand.They use dissolvable hand soap tablet and reusable glass bottle designed to save single-use plastic soap bottles from landfill.

When you buy just one of their glass bottles, you can save up to 25 single-use plastic bottles from landfill every year.


Don't Miss:

2:20 How Single Use Ain't Sexy came about
4:00 Creating an eco-friendly brand that is cool, beautiful and fun
5:45 Takeaways from working in the media industry
8:40 The biggest reason why Single Use Ain't Sexy had their best month in August
10:25 Transitioning the world into more sustainable products
12:10 Building a brand that people adore so much
13:50 The single most powerful piece of real estate you can create yourself, and it's free
15:10 How Josh came up with the brand name Single Use Ain't Sexy


Learn more about Single Use Ain't Sexy
Don't be a tosser! Check out singleuseaintsexy.com for reusable glass bottles and dissolvable hand soap tablets.

Follow @singleuseaintsexy on Instagram

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"If you ever do the same task twice, you need to think real hard about why." -Jarrod Haning

Do you know someone who is really good and have passion about what they do but their start up always struggle. And then there is another type of people that almost always succeed wildly with their start up, almost seemingly overnight. In this episode, Jarrod explains the difference in thinking patterns.


Jarrod Haning - Author of Upcoming Book Thinking Patterns of Success

You know when you’re in the corn maze and you’re not sure if you should go left or right?
But, what happens when you step on a ladder, suddenly the maze is no longer a mystery. You know exactly where to go.

My guest today, Jarrod Haning, does exactly that for business owners.

He teaches them how to think at a higher level so they are able to see the whole picture and suddenly... the obstacles that were blocking their growth no longer exist.

You see, Everything he teaches comes down to this one thing: “a breakthrough in your business will first happen as a breakthrough in your thinking.”

Jarrod is an award winning speaker, has been featured on ABC Nightline, spoken on stages all across the country, including TEDx talks on Mindset Performance, and also works with clients all across the world.

He specializes in a Nobel Nominated process that teaches you how to think at a higher level and allows you to access different parts of your brain on demand.

Most of his clients go on to double their income by purposely working half as many hours.

For fun, you’ll find him flying, skydiving, or mountain bike riding. But his most prized accomplishment was winning the World Tickle Championship in the 5- year old category.


Don't Miss:

3:00 Accessing different parts of the brain from Jarrod's music experience

4:35 Why the LESS you work the MORE you make

8:30 How to start delegating without spending a fortune

12:20 Common types of thinking patterns

15:10 The thinking patterns of someone who owns multiple businesses but doesn't work multiple full time jobs

18:15 The fastest way to change the way of thinking


Connect with Jarrod Haning
Take the mind scan for yourself at mindsetperformance.co and see if what it reveals about your situation makes sense for you.

You can also get the executive summary  for Jarrod's upcoming book - Thinking Patterns of Success at mindsetperformance.co.

Follow Jarrod Haning on Facebook where he's most active.

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Today Dan McGaw shares how you can leverage Amazon-like automation & personalisation strategies without having an Amazon-like budget and how to make your funnel convert higher in 24 hours with customers' stories.

Dan McGaw

Dan is an award-winning entrepreneur and speaker. He is also the Founder and CEO of McGaw.io, an analytics and marketing technology consultancy. Coined as one of the original growth hackers, he has led the teams at Kissmetrics.com, CodeSchool.com, UTM.io and more.

He knows what needs to be done to grow a business and how to manage a team to get it done quickly. Using a data-driven approach, Dan is able to build and oversee new marketing programs that can create sustainable growth.


Don't Miss:

2:20 How Dan McGaw got into marketing technology space
4:15 Tools you can use to create Amazon-like automations without a large budget
6:50 Real example of company using automation to customize the customer journey
11:20 Process of optimizing campaigns
14:40 What are the trends in the marketing technology space
19:15 How to use customer stories to increase funnel conversion
26:00 Getting video testimonials

Resources mentioned:

Autopilot - AI to get the right products to the right customers. Tell them that Dan McGaw sent you
Jarvis - artificial intelligence copywriting tool
VICE Framework - A/B testing framework
Gather Voices - Tool to help you gather customer testimonials

Connect With Dan McGaw
Follow Dan on LinkedIn where he's most active
Visit Dan's website at McGaw.io. He's giving away his book for free this year. Look for the link at the top of the page.

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In this episode, Shai shared her journey from doing a year long market research to develop a skincare brand specially created for young skin.


Shai Eisenman of Bubble Skincare

Shai is the founder and CEO of Bubble Skincare.

Bubble is the first skincare brand created for young skin. Today the Bubble line consists of seven products that work together to create a complete routine from face cleansers to face masks. And what I love is Bubble is supporting different organizations around teen mental health.

Before Bubble, Shai began her career in business at 16 years old. She has worked in business development for high-tech security start-up Bullet Plate and then in Babylon.com, a company in the AdTech world. Then at 21, she moved to Playtech, the world’s largest online gaming software supplier traded on the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market. Where she was the CEO of a B2C subsidiary of over ~90 employees.


Don't Miss:

2:30 What motivated Shai to start a skincare brand
3:30 Takeaways from previous experiences that helped grow Bubble
4:45 Market research process
6:00 Talking to consumers
6:45 What Shai loves about what she does
7:55 Getting into Walmart
9:45 Unique approach to retail and DTC
11:30 Having an education platform to educate the customers
14:45 Vision for the next 1-2 years time
16:10 Best advice Shai has ever received
17:40 Handling rejections


Check out Bubble Skincare

Buy Bubble Skincare product in any Walmart store near you
Follow @bubble on Instagram
Follow @bubble on TikTok
You can ask them any questions about skincare and they always answer

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Aleana Kali of Brands Are Alive

Aleana started her first ecommerce business in 2004 at just 17 years old. And since then she's built a few more.

Then she went into marketing. where she served as Lead strategist at an New York City based retention agency working with 7 & 8 figure ecommerce brands and contributed to the E-commerce academy at Conversio which is now known as CM-Commerce.

Today, she consults for ecommerce brands and have helped generate over 100 million US dollars in additional revenue without increasing their marketing budget.


Don't miss:
2:15 Starting in e-commerce at 17 years old
5:40 What it means by "brands are alive"
11:45 Establishing the values of your business
14:00 Treating your brand like a living entity
16:00 Receive compliments from customers about their marketing campaigns saying they're looking forward to receive them
18:10 Working for the benefit of the consumer
22:30 Community of purpose driven brands
25:00 Connecting with Aleana
25:40 Create meaning in your business for exponential results


Mentioned in this episode
Suzy Batiz

Connect with Aleana
Visit brandsarealive.com/learn
Follow Aleana on LinkedIn

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Sean Busch of Puracy

Sean is the co-founder and CEO of Puracy.

Puracy has won many awards and have been featured in the press numerous times.

They provide cleaning and personal care products that are effective and without any of the bad stuff. So they're good for you and safe for use around children and pets.

And they're good for the environment too.

Puracy is also making strides in reducing their impact on the environment. For example using biodegradable formulas, refill pouches, reusable glass bottles and many others.

It took a while for us to schedule and get this episode recorded. I'm glad we finally made it happen and it was worth the wait. Make sure to listen to the episode.

Don't miss:

2:40 How Puracy started

5:10 The weird way Sean made sure product is safe

9:00 Education to attract ideal customers

10:00 Using customer base as an R&D machine

13:00 How to get customer feedback and reviews

15:35 Growing by putting the right people in the right place

18:10 Optimizing product pricing and sizing

21:15 What Puracy will do with a much larger budget and resources

24:25 Where to learn more about Puracy and buy their products

25:20 Taking additional steps to create loyal fans

Connect with Us
Visit puracy.com to learn more about their catalog of products, ingredients and what natural means to them and buy their product.

Or you can purchase from Amazon or select Target stores nationwide.

Make sure to try out the laundry stain remover.

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