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September 28 Ronnie Fieg - How Kith Went From Streetwear to Luxury Without Selling Out
Learn more about the Kinnect Foundation, Kith’s nonprofit → kinnectfoundation.org
Ronnie Fieg is giving you The Kith Playbook: seven decisions behind the brand, from no paid ads to stores worth the trip → Get the playbook
Ronnie Fieg launched Kith 15 years ago and scaled it into a global fashion and footwear business without outside capital, paid advertising, influencers, or traditional wholesale channels.
We get into the BMW and Armani collaborations, how Ronnie approaches brand coherence across lines as different as Kith Treats and golf equipment, and what putting together the 15-year archive book taught him about the real cost of building a lasting brand.
🔗 RONNIE FIEG
Website: kith.com
Instagram: @ronniefieg
Instagram (Kith): @kith
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Instagram: @markbrazil
LinkedIn: Mark Mastrandrea
Website: openresidency.com
Email: [email protected]
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Trailer
00:01:08 What 15 Years on the Sales Floor Taught Him
00:10:17 The Difference Between Taste and Style
00:17:57 The Golf Collab He Almost Said No To
00:21:45 The 2007 ASICS Shoe Nobody Recognized
00:29:00 Why He Walked Away From 800 Visitors a Day
00:39:10 Six Samples to Get One Hoodie Right
00:43:46 Give People More Than What They Pay For
00:51:16 He Still Buys 6 to 8 Pairs of Shoes a Week
00:57:18 The New Luxury Is Emotion, Not Price
01:02:39 Why Kith Spends on Stores, Not Ads
01:10:11 Why Kith Drops Something New Every Monday
01:13:59 The BMW Poster That Became a Collab
01:19:54 The Ideas BMW and Coca-Cola Said No To
01:27:33 The Trips Where Nobody Is Asked to Post
01:32:03 Why Giorgio Armani Is His Proudest Collab
01:36:14 From Lifelong Fan to Knicks Creative Director
01:46:53 What Building Kith Has Cost Him
01:52:44 How Kith Mentors High School Students
01:54:12 Every Kith Shoe in One Book
01:56:44 Where Kith Goes in the Next 15 Years
01:59:14 Quickstrike Questions
2 hr 7 min
September 14 Paddy Galloway - 2 Hour Youtube Masterclass From The World's Highest-Paid Strategist

Paddy Galloway is giving you The Virality Playbook — 50 thumbnails per video for Red Bull → Get the free playbook
Paddy Galloway has generated over 50 billion views for clients including Red Bull, MrBeast, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He's the highest-paid YouTube strategist in the world, and in this conversation he explains how viral content actually gets built. Paddy covers his complete system for ideation, packaging, and retention, and why the next decade will reward whoever controls attention.
You'll hear about the CCN framework, the 100-to-1 idea funnel, and the title and thumbnail principles that can multiply a video's performance by 40x overnight. Paddy talks about why most brand YouTube channels fail, and what separates content that performs from content that gets ignored. This is applied strategy from someone who's proven the model at scale.
🔗 PADDY GALLOWAY
Website: paddygalloway.com
Course: Paddy Galloway Accelerator
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Instagram: @paddygalloway
X: @PaddyG96
YouTube: Paddy Galloway
LinkedIn: Paddy Galloway
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⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Trailer
00:01:00 How Red Bull Went From 400K to 9M Views
00:04:09 Why Every Other Business Moat Is Dying
00:09:03 Your Idea Caps Your Views Before You Film
00:16:36 What He Learns From 100-Subscriber Channels
00:21:02 The Three Viewers Every Video Has to Hit
00:29:17 Why Your Audience Won't Follow You Anywhere
00:33:24 What Every 100M-View Video Has in Common
00:40:11 The Three Places Ideas Actually Come From
00:49:04 The Thumbnail Everyone in Business Copied
00:52:31 100 Ideas to Make 1 Video
01:02:42 20% Better Thumbnail, 40x the Views
01:13:18 Ten Titles, Three Thumbnails, Every Video
01:20:20 When to Panic After You Hit Publish
01:27:42 How to Write a Title People Click
01:37:28 The Only Two Metrics He Trusts
01:43:08 The 45-Second Intro Formula
01:52:14 The Algorithm Is Always Behind the Audience
01:57:26 Storytelling Is Useless Without Stakes
02:01:36 Don't Start a Channel You Can't Commit To
02:10:12 The Pendulum Between Quality and Packaging
02:16:09 The One Thing AI Still Can't Do
02:19:00 Why YouTube Is Beating Netflix and Disney
02:25:22 Quickstrike Questions
2 hr 46 min
September 01 Roman Khan - He Went From -$3M In Debt To $13M In Cash Using This Playbook
We turned every framework, formula, and strategy from the episode into one free PDF → https://openresidency.com/roman-khan-playbook?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=roman_khan_playbook

Roman Khan was $3 million in the hole at 32. By the time he hit his late thirties, he pulled eight figures in cash out of his businesses without selling a single one. The founder of Peak21 and the operator behind Linjer, Raycon, and Nutrition Kitchen walks through the supply chain mechanics that made it possible: bill of materials, payment terms, consignment structures, and how to make your supplier front the capital. He covers dividend recaps, the red/green/blue Slack system he uses to manage 110 people across six cities, and the A Method hiring framework that cut his team turnover by half. This one's part operator manual, part wealth-building case study.

⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Trailer
00:01:01 -$3M In Debt To $13M In Cash
00:02:19 The Four Levers of Supply Chain
00:03:16 What a Bill of Materials Actually Is
00:05:37 Why 99 of 100 Founders Have No Bill of Materials
00:17:35 How to Negotiate Price Breaks
00:27:02 Tariffs and Who Eats the Cost
00:29:45 Payment Terms and the Float That Funds You
00:34:12 Consignment: The Holy Grail of Payment Terms
00:36:12 Turning Your Supplier Into Your Bank
00:43:07 Closing the Books by the 15th Every Month
00:45:32 Pulling 75% of Profits Out Every Month
00:48:18 Why You Work for Zuck, Not Yourself
00:53:19 How a Dividend Recap Works
01:00:33 Where He Puts the Cash
01:08:02 Spotting AppLovin Before Wall Street
01:13:17 Picks and Shovels Over Consumer Brands
01:16:58 Splitting an $85M Ad Budget by Channel
01:21:53 Day Rates, Fixed Fees and Paying Creators
01:24:07 What's Broken in Your Meta Account
01:33:12 The One Metric He Watches in Meta
01:38:04 $70M Spent on YouTube Sponsorships
01:44:04 4X-ing Influencer Outreach With AI
01:53:02 Why Localization Is the Last Big Unlock
01:56:57 Becoming the Supplier He Buys From
02:02:54 How 16,000 Twitter Followers Built His Deal Flow
02:07:02 Why Micromanagement Is Actually a Gift
02:19:05 The Hiring Book That Took Him to $200M
02:26:34 Building the Scorecard for a Head of Finance
02:36:55 Top Grading Every Job They've Had
02:41:14 $100K in New York vs $20K in Shenzhen
02:45:53 The Biggest Hiring Mistake He's Made
02:48:03 What He Cuts First When He Buys a Business
02:52:45 Quickstrike Questions

🔗 ROMAN KHAN
Website: https://roman-khan.com/
Newsletter: https://roman-khan.com/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raisuddinkhan

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3 hr 5 min
August 17 Nima Jalali - Salt & Stone's Founder Breaks Down His 9 Figure Brand
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Nima Jalali built Salt and Stone to 9 figures in revenue, stayed profitable from day one, and ran the company for years without outside investors. He shares the three pillars that turned his deodorant into a bestseller on Amazon and in Sephora, plus how he closed two major liquidity events in under 18 months while keeping control. He also gets specific about finding manufacturers without using Alibaba, the collaboration strategy that led to partnerships with Brain Dead, Aritzia, and Kendall Jenner's 818, and the mindset that carried him through two PE deals that reportedly totaled over $500M.
🔗 NIMA JALALI
Website: https://www.saltandstone.com
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CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:51 The Snowboarder Who Went Pro
00:03:36 From ACL to Starting a Brand
00:10:49 Why Deodorant Over Everything
00:18:48 The Formula That Took Years
00:21:55 Outselling P&G and Unilever
00:25:38 Number One at Sephora and Amazon
00:31:32 Why Collabs Aren't About the Money
00:35:21 Building 9 Figure Brand Fully Remote
00:47:43 Two Bites of the Apple
00:54:43 Why He Left Money on the Table
01:01:25 Quickstrike Questions
1 hr 11 min
August 03 Tyler Denk - If You Own a Business, You Must Start a Newsletter in 2026
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Tyler Denk turned Big Desk Energy, his newsletter, into a $400,000 side business working five hours a week. He did it by building and using beehiiv, the newsletter platform he co-founded. This conversation covers the entire playbook: pre-launch waitlists, email gates, referral programs, the Boost network, lead magnets, and paid acquisition.
You'll also hear about the five main ways to monetize a newsletter, why Tyler raised a $12.5M Series A in six days, and how he manages 130 remote employees with almost no one leaving. It's a detailed look at founder-led distribution and newsletter economics.
⏱ CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:42 What Big Desk Energy Actually Is
00:02:50 Building in Public Before the Product
00:07:31 Pre-Launch Waitlist Strategy
00:09:13 Email Gates and the Content Flywheel
00:11:58 Referral Programs and Beyond
00:17:13 The Boost Network and Cross-Promotion
00:21:27 Lead Magnets That Actually Convert
00:24:26 Five Ways to Monetize a Newsletter
00:28:39 Direct Sponsorships and the Media Kit
00:41:44 Digital Products and Paid Subscriptions
00:47:54 The Costa Rica Founder Mastermind
00:52:39 Building in Public: Wins and Backfires
01:06:24 The beehiiv MCP and Agentic Workflows
01:26:38 Creator Economy in the AI Era
01:31:27 Running 130 People Fully Remote
01:35:32 Weekly Success List and All-Hands Rhythm
01:42:51 The $12.5M Series A in Six Days
01:50:29 Quickstrike Questions
🔗 TYLER DENK
Website: https://bigdeskenergy.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tylerdenk_/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-denk/
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2 hr 4 min
July 22 Remy Gaskell - The Only AI Masterclass You’ll Ever Need
Remy is giving you The AI Agent OS Playbook, everything from this episode in one free PDF → https://openresidency.com/remy-gaskell-playbook?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=remy_gaskell_playbook
Remy Gaskell is a self-taught AI operator who teaches founders to run their businesses on AI agents.
Most founders type prompts into a chat box one at a time and start from zero every session. Remy runs at 5-10x the output because he stopped chatting and built an operating system his AI already understands. In this episode he takes the whole thing apart: the shift to agents, the exact files on his own machine, and how to build one yourself.
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⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Trailer
00:01:21 The shift from chat to agents
00:04:04 What "agent" actually means
00:11:08 The observe-think-act loop
00:18:01 Live demo: analyzing an Instagram Reel
00:20:24 Tuning an agent vs building one
00:22:45 Context files and the CLAUDE.md
00:44:03 A memory system that improves itself
00:52:06 MCP connectors, the universal translator
00:59:21 Security and permissions
01:02:19 Starter tool stack, Apify to Composio
01:18:21 Skills as SOPs for your AI
01:47:34 The Agent OS folder structure
02:06:46 The future of teams and intrapreneurship
02:16:20 Quickfire questions
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2 hr 25 min
July 08 John Terzian - How He Built One of America's Most Exclusive Hospitality Empires
In this episode, we sit down with John Terzian, co-founder of The H. Wood Group, to unpack how he built one of the most exclusive hospitality empires in the country from a club that got shut down by the city and left him broke at 27. John breaks down the scarcity model behind Delilah, Nice Guy, Bird Streets Club, and 10+ other venues that run on virtually zero paid marketing.
We also go deep on the no-photos policy that spooked the Wynn, the economics of nightclubs vs. supper clubs vs. members clubs, the X Team CRM that scales relationships across cities, and the Diafa partnership that recapped a nine-figure company. All signal, no fluff. Enjoy!
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00:00:00 Trailer
00:01:15 Scarcity as the Core Strategy
00:05:00 The No Photos Policy Origin
00:07:07 Convincing the Wynn to Go No Photos
00:11:48 First 90 Days Opening a Venue
00:13:03 Chiaroscuro Lighting Philosophy
00:18:40 H. Wood Club Shutdown at 27
00:21:54 Word of Mouth vs. Paid Marketing
00:34:28 Nightclubs vs. Restaurants vs. Supper Clubs
00:45:34 The X Team and VIP Rolodex CRM
00:52:28 Bird Streets Club and the Members Model
01:03:55 Sports Hospitality, SoFi and the Cavs
01:12:39 H. Wood Media and the Magic Johnson Doc
01:16:32 888 Midas and Investing with Caleb Williams
01:20:05 Hakkasan Deal and the Diafa Partnership
01:28:54 New Venues Announced
01:29:25 Quickstrike Questions
1 hr 32 min
July 08 John Terzian - How He Built One of America's Most Exclusive Hospitality Empires
John Terzian is giving you The Scarcity Hospitality Playbook, every framework behind how H. Wood Group scaled to nine figures on word of mouth alone → https://openresidency.com/john-terzian-playbook?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=john_terzian_playbookIn this episode, we sit down with John Terzian, co-founder of The H. Wood Group, to unpack how he built one of the most exclusive hospitality empires in the country from a club that got shut down by the city and left him broke at 27. John breaks down the scarcity model behind Delilah, Nice Guy, Bird Streets Club, and 10+ other venues that run on virtually zero paid marketing.We also go deep on the no-photos policy that spooked the Wynn, the economics of nightclubs vs. supper clubs vs. members clubs, the X Team CRM that scales relationships across cities, and the Diafa partnership that recapped a nine-figure company. All signal, no fluff. Enjoy!📬 Get in Touch with Open ResidencyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/openresidency/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markbrazil/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmastrandrea/Website: https://openresidency.com/Email: [email protected]🎯 Powered byWispr Flow - Visit https://ref.wisprflow.ai/open-residency-jun26 and use code OPENRESIDENCY for 1 month FREE of Wispr Flow ProMomentous - Go to https://livemomentous.com and use code OPENRESIDENCY for up to 35% OFF 1st OrderKetone-IQ - Visit https://ketone.com/openresidency for 30% OFF your subscription order PLUS receive a free gift with your second shipment—fun surprises like a free 6-pack, Ketone-IQ merch, and more.00:00:00 Trailer00:01:15 Scarcity as the Core Strategy00:05:00 The No Photos Policy Origin00:07:07 Convincing the Wynn to Go No Photos00:11:48 First 90 Days Opening a Venue00:13:03 Chiaroscuro Lighting Philosophy00:18:40 H. Wood Club Shutdown at 2700:21:54 Word of Mouth vs. Paid Marketing00:34:28 Nightclubs vs. Restaurants vs. Supper Clubs00:45:34 The X Team and VIP Rolodex CRM00:52:28 Bird Streets Club and the Members Model01:03:55 Sports Hospitality, SoFi and the Cavs01:12:39 H. Wood Media and the Magic Johnson Doc01:16:32 888 Midas and Investing with Caleb Williams01:20:05 Hakkasan Deal and the Diafa Partnership01:28:54 New Venues Announced01:29:25 Quickstrike Questions
1 hr 32 min
June 30 Greg LaVecchia - How Bloom Built the Playbook Every Founder Will Copy in 2026
Greg Lavecchia is giving you the Bloom Influencer Playbook — every CPM framework, scouting hack, and validity marketing tactic from the episode in one free PDF → https://openresidency.com/greg-lavecchia-playbook
In this episode, we sit down with Greg Lavecchia, co-founder and CEO of Bloom Nutrition, to unpack how he bootstrapped a company to $180M with his wife, his mom, and his best friend from high school.
Greg breaks down the influencer machine behind 15 billion-plus views, why Bloom runs zero attribution, and the nostalgia-first product formula behind their energy drinks.
We also go deep on the $1.36M restock day, the cartel that jacked three 18-wheelers of product on Christmas, and the Nutrabolt partnership that put Bloom on Dr. Pepper trucks in 50,000 doors. The American Dream, fully operational. Enjoy!
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⏱ Chapters
00:00:00 Trailer
00:01:08 The Boiler Room Influencer Origin
00:02:48 Inside the 15 Billion View Machine
00:03:39 VPN Scouting and Algorithm Hacking
00:05:28 CPM Framework and No Attribution
00:06:25 Creative Freedom Over Brand Briefs
00:15:48 Every Problem Is a Product Problem
00:21:49 Events Reverse Engineered for Content
00:24:25 The Vegan Protein Loud Minority Lesson
00:29:57 TikTok vs. TikTok Shop as Two Separate Games
00:34:00 The $1.36M Restock Day
00:37:09 Validity Marketing and Building in Public
00:48:20 Winning Retail Buyers Without Calling Them
00:55:33 The Nutrabolt Partnership and Dr. Pepper Trucks
01:08:14 Saturated Markets and the White Space Within
01:21:50 Bootstrap to $180M and the Nine-Figure Offer
01:31:54 Personal Brand: You Are the Product
01:42:04 Hiring the Bloom Girl and Avoiding Corporate Resumes
01:53:23 The Christmas Cartel Story
02:08:23 Quickstrike Questions
2 hr 20 min
June 18 Georgios Frangulis - The Franchising Playbook That Built 1,000 Stores In 9 Years
Georgios Frangulis is giving you The Oakberry Franchise Playbook, every framework and unit economics breakdown from the episode in one free PDF → https://openresidency.com/georgios-frangulis-playbook?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=georgios_frangulis_playbook
In this episode, we sit down with Georgios Frangulis, founder of Oakberry, to break down how he built a 1,000-plus location franchise empire across 50 countries starting from a 60-square-foot kiosk in Brazil. He walks through the full franchise model, unit economics, verticalization, and the Amazon supply chain that became his moat.
We also go deep on the Le Mans FC acquisition, the F1 and tennis sponsorship strategy that built the brand without direct-response spend, and how he stays in startup mode at $300M in revenue. All signal, no fluff. Enjoy!
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00:00:00 Trailer
00:01:05 Franchising 101
00:04:19 What Franchisees Actually Get
00:07:53 Royalties, Fees, Marketing Fund
00:12:13 The Multi-Unit Franchisee Playbook
00:13:27 Unit Economics, 15 to 18 Percent EBITDA
00:18:31 Why Oak Berry Went Corporate in the US
00:25:01 Master Franchise Structure Explained
00:42:04 Verticalization, the $15M Factory Bet
00:49:41 The Amazon Supply Chain
00:55:47 The Origin Story, Cancer, and First Store
01:06:45 The Insurance Check That Started It All
01:19:52 F1 Sponsorship ROI per Market
01:22:52 Tennis, Indian Wells, and $500K in 9 Days
01:27:35 Le Mans FC and the Sports Investment Thesis
01:40:53 Prompt Shop and the AI Marketplace
01:44:31 Quickstrike Questions
1 hr 54 min