Street Smart Success

The ecommerce subscription model is exploding. Today’s guest, Christopher George, co-founder of Gentleman’s Box, built a subscription-based company that had a successful exit in October 2020. Chris and his partners also founded the Subscription Trade Association. The Subscription Trade Association provides valuable resources including great content and conferences for the growing community of ecommerce direct-to-consumer subscription companies.

The more you do, the more you can do. And today’s guest has done a lot. Karen Briscoe is Principal of the Huckaby Briscoe Conroy Real Estate Group (HBC) in Northern Virginia. Over the years, the group has sold over 1,000 homes valued at over $1 billion. Karen is also the author of "Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day”, she’s a podcast host, and also a life coach.

Many hair stylists and barbers share the same problem. When they’re working on someone’s hair, there’s no one to answer the phones and set appointments. This can be lost revenue. And these creative people would rather not deal with daily, mundane administrative tasks of running a salon. Today’s guest, Stefan Batory, founder and CEO of Booksy, has solved this problem.  Booksy lets clients book their appointments online and lets salon owners manage their tedious back-office functions on the Booksy app.

There are many ways to invest in Real Estate and Self-Storage in particular has gotten to be popular in the last few years as investors have taken notice. Self-storage is easy to operate and you don’t have to deal with fixing toilets. Today’s guest, Scott Lewis, is founder of Spartan Investment Group. Spartan is an Inc 500 fastest-growing company that operates and develops self-storage facilities.

Accurately attributing the effects of marketing has always been a challenge. But today’s guest is creating a way to attribute return-on-investment down to the keyword in content marketing. Christopher “Toph” Day, CEO and co-founder of Demand Jump, is creating the ultimate in accountability for what marketers are spending in marketing and driving down the costs of customer acquisition.

Promotional products are a $40 Billion industry but no one in the business has a recognizable brand and the products over the years have been kind of shlocky. Well, today’s guest is changing all that. Jeremy Parker, co-founder of Swag.com, is dramatically elevating not only the quality of the products but he’s also building a great brand. And even though the promotional products business is down over 40% this year, Swag’s business is way up with sales approaching $15 million in 2020.

Changing the world is a big ambition. But with enough commitment, it can be done. Today’s guest is changing the world by replacing millions of paper coffee cups with his invention of the collapsable, reusable cup. This cup is available at retailers including Whole Foods plus Amazon.com and his own website, Stojo.co. Founder and CEO, Jurrient Swarts is laying it all on the line with his company Stojo to improve the environment and make the world a better place.

Going from zero to owning and managing over 100 homes, especially section 8,  isn’t for the faint of heart. But starting back in the early 2000’s, today’s guest, Emerich Herbst, started buying foreclosures in Cleveland, Ohio and has amassed an impressive portfolio of single-families and small apartment buildings. Emerich is a master at buying properties at the right price, rehabbing, and renting them out for cash flow.

Anyone in business who’s not leveraging Virtual Assistants should be. They’re such a practical way of delegating tasks and building cost effective teams. Today’s guest, Nathan Hirsch, is cofounder of Outsource School. Outsource School teaches how to hire, onboard, and train Virtual Assistants to make individuals and teams more effective.

Nothing relieves stress and creates tranquility like a hot bath with a therapeutic Bath Bomb. Today’s guest has created a company selling therapeutic bath bombs that soothe the body and soul. It’s like being at an elegant spa in your own bath tub.  David Danzig, founder of Cosset Bath and Body, has three stores in the Salt Lake area and has distribution in over 400 grocery stores, plus online.