TrepTalks with Sushant

Parker Garlitz of True Leaf Market. True Leaf Market, an independent seed company, discusses the importance of non-GMO seeds and the company's focus on providing people with a choice. Garlitz emphasizes the importance of competition in the seed industry and highlights their focus on customer service and quality products. 

Steven Liszka of BigFilms shares the story of creating a digital visual effects products business to fund his original passion of Film Making. 

Howard Law of Magnus Home Products shares the story of building a high-end home, kitchen and bath products e-commerce business from scratch to recreate a small family business experience he and his partner had previously worked for. They started with a drop-ship business model to manage risks and moved to primarily sourcing, warehousing, and fulfilling own products to maximize profit margins and deliver greater value to customers. 

Jared Waters of Mini Materials shares how he purchased an already established niche Mini Building Supplies ecommerce business and is using newer manufacturing and operations processes to scale the business to new heights

Vladimir Gendleman of Company Folders shares the story of starting a Customized Presentation Folders business offering the largest selection of options available and growing it into a multi-million-dollar business. Learn about how a business can differentiate itself in a commoditized market by focusing and doing a few things right. 

Brittany Taylor and Julius Dease, the Co-founder of Black Luxe Candle Company share the story of creating a Candle E-commerce Business out of necessity and different pivots they made to grow their business. They also created a local candle making class business after identifying a need in the market. Learn how their unwavering resilience, goal-setting, and collaborative spirit paved the way for a one-of-a-kind candle-making experience that deeply resonates with customers.

Daniel (Dan) Thompson, co-founder of Salt Water Digital, shares the story of how he left the Engineering profession to launch a successful digital marketing agency that offers Local SEO, Web-Builds, Google and Social Paid Ads services to small and medium sized businesses. Discover how SEO has evolved and what it takes to rank your local business on search engines to get targeted leads.

Gil Marcondes of GoldFi shares his entrepreneurial story of moving from being a civil engineer in Brazil to starting his own Jewelry business in the United States, struggles in finding the right product and business model, and how he differentiated his business in a crowded marketplace. 

Nicolas Tranchant of Viva Latina Jewelry shares his journey of following his love and building a high-end custom-made jewelry business in Mexico, leveraging online presence and content creation, while emphasizing the importance of customer service, communication, and the value of being an entrepreneur.

Rafael Hernandez of Alfred Lane shares the entrepreneural story of building a personal and home frangrances brand and specifically creating personal use fragrance products in solid form (Solid Perfume) which has multiple use cases. Rafael shares the story of how he grew his brand and product line over a period of 10 years.