Open Residency
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- Último episódio
- 10 nov 2026
Sobre o podcast
The show for ambitious operators scaling their businesses. Hosted by Mark Brazil, co-founder of IKONICK, Open Residency is built around a simple idea: learn from the people who’ve already figured out what most entrepreneurs are still trying to solve—so you can become a more well-rounded operator. Mark sits down with the operators, marketers, creators, and specialists who are world-class at their craft. These conversations go far beyond what they’ve built and why—they break down exactly how they’ve done it. The tactical insights, frameworks, and decision-making processes that help you think c
Episódios 45
Marc Eckō - The Marketing Playbook That Built Ecko & Complex
Get Marc Eckō’s free playbook → openresidency.com/marc-ecko-playbookMarc Eckō went from an airbrush gun in a New Jersey garage to over $500 million in sales. He almost went bankrupt more than once, sold Eckō …
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Get Marc Eckō’s free playbook → openresidency.com/marc-ecko-playbook
Marc Eckō went from an airbrush gun in a New Jersey garage to over $500 million in sales. He almost went bankrupt more than once, sold Eckō for nine figures, started Complex, sold that too, and is now back at Complex as chief creative and innovation officer. He walks through how Eckō started, the partner who put in the first $5,000, the production deal that was too good to be true, and the cease and desist that forced Echo to become Eckō.
We also get into the Where’s Eckō sticker campaign he ran with no money, tagging Air Force One to launch a video game, buying Barry Bonds’ record home run ball and letting fans vote on its fate, when to license your brand and when to run it yourself, ikigai, the Japanese idea he still uses at Complex, and how the tags on Eckō clothes got Complex its first 150,000 subscribers.
🔗 MARC ECKŌ
Instagram: @beingmarcecko
Eckō: ecko.com
Complex: complex.com🎙️ OPEN RESIDENCY
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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/markmastrandrea
Website: openresidency.com
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00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:45 How Eckō Started With an Airbrush Gun
00:05:45 Influencer Marketing Before It Had a Name
00:08:40 The Partner Who Put In the First $5,000
00:12:57 The 2 Things That Took Eckō to Millions
00:22:51 The Production Deal That Was Too Good to Be True
00:32:56 The Fax That Forced Echo to Become Eckō
00:39:58 The Reset That Got Eckō Out of Debt
00:42:30 The Where’s Eckō Sticker Campaign Built on No Money
00:48:46 Tagging Air Force One to Launch a Video Game
00:54:22 Buying Barry Bonds’ Record Ball and Letting Fans Vote
01:01:22 Buying Back the License to Run His Own Stores
01:05:08 When to License Your Brand and When to Run It Yourself
01:10:53 Why Meaningful Work Beats Chasing the Algorithm
01:13:11 Ikigai, the Japanese Idea He Still Uses at Complex
01:18:36 Why He Sold His Name but Kept Complex
01:21:48 How Clothing Tags Got Complex 150,000 Subscribers
01:26:41 Why He Went Back to Complex
01:27:57 Where Media Is Going in the Next 5 Years
01:29:00 Quickstrike QuestionsGary Vaynerchuk - GaryVee Reveals How He Runs His $400M/Year Agency
Get Gary Vaynerchuk’s free Empire Playbook → openresidency.com/gary-vaynerchuk-playbookGary Vaynerchuk has 50 million followers, but he’s an operator first. He runs VaynerX, a $400 million media company, and is …
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Get Gary Vaynerchuk’s free Empire Playbook → openresidency.com/gary-vaynerchuk-playbook
Gary Vaynerchuk has 50 million followers, but he’s an operator first. He runs VaynerX, a $400 million media company, and is involved in six to seven other eight and nine-figure companies. He explains how it all fits together, why he calls VaynerMedia a production company, why big companies are losing to creators on shoestring budgets, and how his team is working toward 1,000 pieces of content a day.
We also get into why live shopping is already a $1 trillion market in China, the 5-year bet that built VaynerSports, what people get wrong about VeeFriends, why he didn’t take a $200K salary until his 40s, and why he thinks the next Fortune 500 companies are the personalities blowing up online right now.
🔗 GARY VAYNERCHUK
Website: garyvaynerchuk.com
Instagram: @garyvee
YouTube: @garyvee
X: @garyvee
VaynerX: vaynerx.com
VaynerMedia: vaynermedia.com
VeeFriends: veefriends.com🎙️ OPEN RESIDENCY
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00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:59 Inside His $400M Media Empire
00:03:44 The Ad Agency Built Like a Production Company
00:06:24 Why Big Companies Are Losing to Creators
00:13:39 How He Plans to Post 1,000 Times a Day
00:17:14 Quantity Is Not Debatable, Quality Is
00:20:54 Why He Replies Kindly to Haters
00:23:35 The Lost Story of How Twitter Built Gary Vee
00:26:54 Why Operators Are About to Win Everything
00:28:47 No $200K Salary Until His 40s
00:31:53 Why He’s Running Toward TV as Everyone Leaves
00:36:09 Why Alternative Sports Are About to Blow Up
00:41:25 The $1 Trillion Live Shopping Boom in China
00:44:32 Should You Post Lo-Fi or Premium Content
00:47:09 Why He Only Hires Family and Old Friends
00:50:25 Why He’s Not Scared of It All Falling Apart
00:51:22 His Early Bets on Facebook, Twitter and Uber
00:56:07 What People Get Wrong About VeeFriends
00:57:59 His Plan to Become the Next Walt Disney
01:02:03 The 5-Year Bet That Built VaynerSports
01:03:33 Never Do a Deal With Your Favorite Athlete
01:05:36 Inside VCR Group, His Restaurant Company
01:08:24 Why He’ll Never Compromise His Audience
01:10:02 Why Creators Are the Next Fortune 500
01:14:03 Quickstrike QuestionsKallaway - The Most Valuable Content Training For Business Owners You'll Ever Watch
Get Kallaway’s free Content Strategy Playbook → openresidency.com/kallaway-playbookTry Sandcastles, the AI content tool from the live demo → sandcastles.aiHow to connect Sandcastles MCP to any AI platform …
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Get Kallaway’s free Content Strategy Playbook → openresidency.com/kallaway-playbook
Try Sandcastles, the AI content tool from the live demo → sandcastles.ai
How to connect Sandcastles MCP to any AI platform: help.sandcastles.ai
Join Kallaway’s 4 week content growth program (closes October 25): kallaway.co/launch
Work with Kallaway 1:1 to scale your content: kallaway.co/contact
Watch Kallaway’s first episode → Open Residency x Kallaway
Kallaway has built three seven-figure businesses on content, and this is his second time on the show. A year after his first episode, he explains why most content has stopped working and the four ways left to stand out in a crowded niche: better ideas, more advanced takes, better proof and better storytelling.
Then he shares his screen for a live demo of Sandcastles, the AI content tool he co-founded, using it with Claude on his own channel, on a plastic surgeon starting from zero, and on Mark’s channel. We also get into how he brings in 10,000 to 15,000 emails a month from short form, why he turned his views down on purpose, and how the predictions he made last year held up.
🔗 KALLAWAY
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00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:42 Social Media Has Split Into Different Games
00:02:27 Why Copycats Are a Bigger Problem Than AI
00:03:59 Why Your Content Stopped Working
00:10:29 The 4 Ways Left to Stay Competitive
00:15:40 Why He Turned His Views Down on Purpose
00:20:55 Proof Is the Ultimate Separator
00:22:27 Why Mark Stopped Hiding His Numbers
00:28:27 Why Stories Sell Better Than Facts
00:30:03 Why Distribution Is the Final Moat
00:31:32 Followers Are Rented, Emails Are Owned
00:34:43 How He Gets 10K to 15K Emails a Month
00:39:39 How to Build Trust Without Proof
00:41:57 Learn a Skill Before You Make Content
00:45:29 Why He Built Sandcastles, His AI Content Tool
00:49:20 Live Demo: Find the Best Videos in Your Niche
01:00:20 What Claude Found When His Views Dropped
01:12:16 A Plastic Surgeon’s Content Plan From Zero
01:27:02 Auditing Mark’s Own Channel Live
01:36:01 Grading the Predictions He Made Last Year
01:45:39 Running Three Businesses With a Baby Coming
01:47:48 What Changes in Content by the End of 2027
01:51:23 Quickstrike QuestionsRonnie Fieg - How Kith Went From Streetwear to Luxury Without Selling Out
Learn more about the Kinnect Foundation, Kith’s nonprofit → kinnectfoundation.orgRonnie Fieg is giving you The Kith Playbook: seven decisions behind the brand, from no paid ads to stores worth the trip → Get …
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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
Download the Kith App: kith.com/pages/kith-app🎙️ OPEN RESIDENCY
Instagram: @openresidency
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 QuestionsPaddy 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 playbookPaddy Galloway has generated over 50 billion views for clients including Red Bull, MrBeast, and …
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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
Newsletter: Join Paddy’s newsletter
Instagram: @paddygalloway
X: @PaddyG96
YouTube: Paddy Galloway
LinkedIn: Paddy Galloway🎙️ OPEN RESIDENCY
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1 of 10: 1of10.com/affiliate/openresidency⏱️ 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 QuestionsRoman 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_playbookRoman …
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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/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raisuddinkhan
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Nima Jalali is giving you The Salt and Stone Founder Playbook, every framework from profitable day one to nine-figure exits → https://openresidency.com/nima-jalali-playbookNima Jalali built Salt and Stone to 9 …
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Nima Jalali is giving you The Salt and Stone Founder Playbook, every framework from profitable day one to nine-figure exits → https://openresidency.com/nima-jalali-playbook
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
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nimajalali
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nima-jalali-07367568🎙️ OPEN RESIDENCY
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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 QuestionsTyler Denk - If You Own a Business, You Must Start a Newsletter in 2026
Tyler Denk is giving you The Newsletter Playbook · beehiiv's path to $50M ARR → https://openresidency.com/tyler-denk-playbook?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=tyler_denk_playbookTyler Denk …
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Tyler Denk is giving you The Newsletter Playbook · beehiiv's path to $50M ARR → https://openresidency.com/tyler-denk-playbook?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=tyler_denk_playbook
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/🎙 OPEN RESIDENCY
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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_pla …
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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.
🧠 AI ONBOARD
You re-explain your business in every new chat because your AI forgets the second you close the window. AI Onboard is Remy's Claude Code plugin that builds your whole AI operating system in one guided session, so it never forgets again. Half off for our audience → https://openresidency.com/onboard?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=ai-onboard⏱️ 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🔗 AI WITH REMY
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Ketone-IQ: 30% OFF your subscription plus a free gift with your second shipment → https://ketone.com/openresidencyJohn 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 …
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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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00:01:15 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 QuestionsGreg 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 → …
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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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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 QuestionsGeorgios 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= …
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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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00:01:05 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 QuestionsChris Voss - The FBI Negotiator’s Playbook for Winning Any Deal
Chris Voss is giving you The 10 Lines Negotiation Playbook, every phrase, framework, and sequence from the episode distilled into one free PDF → https://openresidency.com/chris-voss-playbook?utm_source=spotify&u …
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Chris Voss is giving you The 10 Lines Negotiation Playbook, every phrase, framework, and sequence from the episode distilled into one free PDF → https://openresidency.com/chris-voss-playbook?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=chris_voss_playbook
In this episode, we sit down with Chris Voss, former FBI lead hostage negotiator and author of Never Split the Difference, to break down the 10 negotiation lines that flip any deal. Chris walks through exactly why 'Have you given up on X?' gets a response in two minutes, how the Accusations Audit disarms resistance before it starts, and the Ackerman bargaining sequence that anchors every number in your favor.
We also go deep on tactical empathy vs. sympathy, the three conflict types and how silence works differently on each, and why the last impression outranks the first. Applied negotiation from the FBI interrogation room to your inbox. Enjoy!
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Email: [email protected]Train with Chris and The Black Swan Group (Tactical Empathy® + The Black Swan Method®)
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Link: https://beehiiv.link/209nk800:00:00 Trailer
00:00:59 Have You Given Up On X
00:03:00 Why No Beats Yes Every Time
00:04:35 The Three Responses After Sending It
00:12:00 The Landscaper Story and How Am I Supposed To Do That
00:13:09Forced Empathy and the SpaceX Story
00:20:45 Is Now a Bad Time to Talk
00:25:40 Is It a Ridiculous Idea
00:29:00 The Accusations Audit
00:37:35 Your Offer Is Very Generous
00:42:30 The $10M Ransom Story and That's Right
00:49:45 What Makes You Ask
01:17:25 Labels vs. Mirrors
01:27:40 Ackerman Bargaining
01:35:40 The Three Voices
01:46:00 Trump vs. Obama, Who Negotiates Better
01:48:05 Quickstrike QuestionsDom Iacovone - He Runs 7 Companies in 2026 — You Can Barely Manage One
Dom Iacovone broke it down in our conversation. We turned every framework, formula, and strategy from the episode into one free PDF → https://openresidency.com/dom-iacovone-playbookIn this episode of Open …
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In this episode of Open Residency, we sit down with Dom Iacovone, the American CEO of The Quality Group — the holding company behind Raw Nutrition, Bum Energy, and a portfolio of brands including Cadence, 3D, Revive, and his newest launch, Onside. Dom breaks down how he went from "running and gunning" as a founder to operating at an entirely different level after the acquisition, and the systems that let him run 15+ companies at once.
We also go deep on building a C-suite you can actually delegate to, the unglamorous truth about selling a company, and the full story behind Onside — the men's care brand with Jayson Tatum that landed full Target end caps. All signal, no fluff. Enjoy!
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00:00 Trailer01:25 Becoming a CEO: Before vs. After the Deal04:43 The Sustainable Growth Model (SGM) Explained12:44 Ops, Stage-gate Innovation, and Product Strategy22:05 Leadership Philosophy: Delegate and Elevate24:29 Preparing Your Company for an Exit27:50 The Acquisition Process and Due Diligence30:02 Rolling Over Equity and Strategic Partnerships35:04 The Marketing Strategy For Dom That's Actually Winning39:55 The Shift to TikTok and E-commerce Spillovers49:50 The Future: AI and the Importance of Relationships52:04 Athlete Education and Personal Brand Building01:01:28 Biggest Marketing Mistake
Peter Rahal - They Sued Him For Building a Bar That Shouldn't Exist
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Peter Rahal broke it down in our conversation. We turned every framework, formula, and strategy from the episode into one free PDF → https://openresidency.com/peter-rahal-playbook?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=peter_rahal_playbook
In this episode of Open Residency, we sit down with Peter Rahal, founder of David and the operator who built and sold RXBAR for $600M. 255 days into David, Peter has already raised at a $725M valuation, survived a viral lawsuit, and acquired the most important ingredient innovation in food.
We unpack how Peter scaled from zero to $100M run rate at lightning speed, the brand brief behind David, why "obvious but true" ideas kill campaigns, and the "consumer surplus" framework he believes is the real moat in product development. A masterclass in branding, supply chain, and second-time founder discipline. Enjoy!
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00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:59 The 150 Calorie Lawsuit
00:05:21 Epogee - The Most Important Ingredient Innovation
00:13:12 0 To $100M In Under A Year. The Marketing Behind David
00:29:24 Why Celebrity Doesn't Sell Product Anymore (And Who Does)
00:31:34 As A Second Time Founder, What Advice Can You Give To Founders?
00:39:20 Some Say Your Branding Is Polarizing, How Did You Come Up With It?
00:53:34 Holistically with David, What Was Your Strategy On Retail?
01:04:09 The Story Behind RX Bar And How He Sold For $600M
01:36:40 The Roadmap Ahead For David?
01:46:04 Quickstrike QuestionsMichael Brandt - Rogan, Jon Jones & Diary of a CEO: The Playbook They All Believe In (Ketone IQ)
Michael Brandt is giving you The Ketone-IQ Playbook → https://openresidency.com/michael-brandt-playbook?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=michael_brandt_playbookIn this episode, we sit down …
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Michael Brandt is giving you The Ketone-IQ Playbook → https://openresidency.com/michael-brandt-playbook?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=michael_brandt_playbook
In this episode, we sit down with Michael Brandt, co-founder and CEO of Ketone-IQ, to talk about how he's building the category around what he calls the fourth macronutrient: ketones. Michael ran a 2:35 marathon, studied engineering at Stanford, and spent years in the early biohacking scene before betting everything on a molecule most people had never heard of.
We talk about how Michael structures seven-figure influencer deals, why he leads with vibes over contracts, why whitelisting from a partner's handle beats brand accounts every time, and how a single shoot day gets cut into 16 pieces of mid- and late-funnel creative. This episode is packed with good stuff, so enjoy!
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00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:54 Why 50%+ of Budget Goes to Partnerships — Not Meta
00:01:36 What Is a Ketone? The Fifth-Grade Version
00:05:05 How Do You Pick A Partner? The Vibes-First Framework
00:16:55 Whitelisting - What Percent of Your Meta Ads Are Partner Ads?
00:29:02 The Secret Sauce Of The QR code
00:37:43 What Does A Successful Retail Pitch Actually Look Like?
00:44:21 What's The Biggest Thing You Learned In Retail?
00:48:31 When's The Right Time To Go From D2C To Retail?
00:55:06 What Does Product Development Look Like For Ketone IQ?
01:02:46 What Are The Biggest Mistakes Founders Make In Product Development?
01:06:41 How Do You Use Data And Metrics To Inform Your Products?
01:08:55 The Ketone-IQ Principles And How It Defines Their Company Culture
01:24:17 You've Raised $13 Million, What Was The Most Important Lesson?
01:40:11 What's The Biggest Learning Lesson About Leadership At Scale?
01:50:22 You Run A Sub-6 Min Pace For A Marathon. How Has That Bled Into Your Business?
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Email: [email protected]Danny Yeung - How He Hit $100M in Under a Year (And Why You Won't)
📬 Danny Yeung is giving you The $100m Velocity Playbook — https://openresidency.com/danny-yeung-playbookTIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 Trailer00:00:52 What's Your Marketing Mix With IM8?00:04:16 What Does Your CAC to LTV …
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📬 Danny Yeung is giving you The $100m Velocity Playbook — https://openresidency.com/danny-yeung-playbook
TIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 Trailer00:00:52 What's Your Marketing Mix With IM8?00:04:16 What Does Your CAC to LTV Look Like?00:05:44 What Does Your Content System Look Like?00:07:41 Platform Risk and Where To Spend Next00:08:37 How Do You Keep Your Customers?00:15:05 Partnership With David Beckham00:22:14 Partnership With Sabalenka00:25:08 New Partners For IM800:29:46 AI Tools For Business00:31:51 Leadership Style00:33:09 The Crazy Groupon Story00:40:14 Getting Your Team To Move Fast00:43:02 How Much Is Luck vs Skill?00:47:20 How Did Prenetics Start?00:58:18 Transitioning Out of Covid Testing01:02:31 $1B to $40M Marketcap — What Did You Learn?01:05:43 How Did You Get To IM8?01:08:22 Quickstrike Questions
In this episode, we sit down with Danny Yeung, co-founder and CEO of Prenetics and the person behind IM8, the longevity supplement brand that went from zero to $100M annual run rate in under a year. Danny walks through the marketing engine running $100K+ per day on Meta alone, why he keeps 1,000–1,500 ads live at any given time, and the deal structures behind signing David Beckham, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Aryna Sabalenka.
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David Grutman - How He Built One Of The Most Powerful Hospitality Empires
In this episode of Open Residency, we sit down with David Grutman, the founder of Groot Hospitality and the man behind LIV, Komodo, and Papi Steak, to break down how he built one of the most iconic hospitality …
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In this episode of Open Residency, we sit down with David Grutman, the founder of Groot Hospitality and the man behind LIV, Komodo, and Papi Steak, to break down how he built one of the most iconic hospitality empires in the world. David shares the ecosystem thinking that turned a single nightclub into a multi-venue flywheel, why he treats every concept as intellectual property, and the hard lessons that shaped how he operates today.
We go deep on the deal structures behind his biggest wins and biggest losses, how he decides between lease deals and management deals, and why your audience will tell you exactly who you are. Even when your ego disagrees. David also opens up his venture portfolio, sharing what made him back Liquid Death, Colossal Biosciences, and Skinny Dipped — and what one failed investment taught him about founders who over-optimize for valuation over growth. He also talks about his new book, Take It Personal, and why caring deeply about the details is exactly why he's still winning.
Take It Personal Book: https://zandoprojects.com/books/take-it-personal-hardcover
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:46 Kim Kardashian Wrote The Forward Of Your Book, How Do You Look At Relationships?
00:02:00 18 Year Ago, You Opened Up LIV, What Was That Aha Moment That You Could Create A Whole Ecosystem?
00:03:31 On Komodo, You Raised $10 Million Initually, What Was That Biggest Lesson?
00:06:45 Walk Me Through What You Learned About IP With Komodo?
00:10:13 What Type Of EBITDA or Profit Does A Club Or Restaurant Actually Look Like?
00:11:13 What About 1st Gen vs 2nd Gen For Restaurants and Clubs?
00:12:47 Tell Me The Origin Story Of Poppy Steak?
00:14:24 What Is It Like Doing Business With Friends?
00:15:42 When You Open Your Own Venues, What Are Some Of Those Non-Negotiables?
00:20:55 You're In Venture Now.
00:23:15 When You Invest In A Company, How Do You Integrate It To Your Wold?
00:24:56 What Are Those Red Flags When People Are Looking For An Investment From You?
00:30:07 What's The Most Surprsing Company You've Invested In?
00:33:04 What's The Hardest Lesson About Winkers?
00:34:25 How Much Revenue Do You need For A Restaurant or Venue?
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Dan Martell is giving you the AI Operator Playbook, and it's in the link below. It's the exact system he uses to run 17 companies with a 1-person finance team, including his full 8-tool stack ranked, the Master …
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Dan Martell is giving you the AI Operator Playbook, and it's in the link below. It's the exact system he uses to run 17 companies with a 1-person finance team, including his full 8-tool stack ranked, the Master Prompt Architecture that gives any AI five-year-colleague-level context in one upload, and the Zero Inbox System he has used for 3 years without reading a single email himself. The part most founders never reach: why using AI for content and marketing is the lowest-leverage move you can make, and which lever actually triples profit in 60 days.
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In this episode of Open Residency, we sit down with Dan Martell, investor, entrepreneur, and one of the most followed voices in AI, to break down what's actually happening at the frontier of artificial intelligence. Dan tier-ranks the top AI tools, explains why most people are using AI completely wrong, and reveals the reverse prompting framework that's changing how he builds companies. We also go deep on the future of work… why AI-first operators are replacing entire departments, how Dan built Martell Ventures to 225M monthly impressions, and what it really means to buy back your time in the age of agents. If you're serious about building in 2026, this one is required listening.
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00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:50 You've Tested 500 AI Tools And Narrowed Down To The Top 8. Let's Start With ChatGPT.
00:02:33 What About Claude?
00:14:47 Do You Recommend People Going Super Wide Or All In On One?
00:17:14 What About Gemini?
00:18:54 What About Grok?
00:25:29 What is Wispr Flow?
00:34:29 What is Apex.host?
00:39:30 How Do You Stay Up To Date With All The AI News And Noise?
00:45:05 What Is Moltbook?
00:54:16 What's The Best Way To Structure Prompts Across Your Company?
01:03:19 How Do You Use AI As A Business Leverage?
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Matt Gray is giving you the Founder Flywheel, the 3-layer audience system he used to build an 8-figure business that runs without him, and it’s in the link below.It’s the operating architecture behind 18,000+ …
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Matt Gray is giving you the Founder Flywheel, the 3-layer audience system he used to build an 8-figure business that runs without him, and it’s in the link below.
It’s the operating architecture behind 18,000+ founders helped, including the 7-System Business Blueprint and the Content Waterfall that turns one video into 24+ pieces across every platform.
The part that changes everything: the one layer 99% of founders skip, and why skipping it means your audience can never become revenue.
Download it free: https://openresidency.com/matt-gray-playbook?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=matt_gray_playbookIn this episode, we sit down with Matt Gray, founder of Founder OS, to break down why most founders don't actually own a business — they own a job. Matt explains how 98% of founders are trapped in "founder prison," constantly reacting, firefighting, and unable to step away. He walks through the exact systems behind building a company that runs without you.
We also go deep on founder-led content, the rise of personal brands as infrastructure, and how to build a media engine that compounds over time. This conversation is a masterclass on designing a business that creates freedom and why the future belongs to founders who think in systems, not effort.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:48 How Do You Design A Business That Works While You're Offline?
00:04:28 Let's Go Into Your Systems, What's The First System That A Business Owner Should Do?
00:16:32 What Does Your Content Team Look Like?
00:42:18 What's Your Lead Magnet System?
00:47:52 What's The Biggest Mistake Founders Make When Building Lead Magnets?
01:00:49 Any Special Tactics You Use For Referrals?
01:04:06 What Is Your Operating Rhythm for Founder OS?
01:15:00 When Did You Realize That You Had Become A Bottleneck To Your Own Company?
01:25:33 What's The Set Of Boundaries You Set As A Founder?
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Taylor Holiday is giving you the Four Quarter Accounting System, and it’s in the link below.It’s the financial framework his team used to forecast $3 billion within 4% of target across 1,000+ brands, built on a …
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Taylor Holiday is giving you the Four Quarter Accounting System, and it’s in the link below.
It’s the financial framework his team used to forecast $3 billion within 4% of target across 1,000+ brands, built on a principle most e-commerce founders have never heard: the forecast belongs in the marketing department, not finance.
Inside: the exact P&L structure that tells you which of four numbers is killing your profit and what to do about it.
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In this episode of Open Residency, we sit down with Taylor Holiday, CEO of Common Thread Collective, to unpack what's actually happening inside modern e-commerce. Taylor explains why most founders are misdiagnosing their growth problems, how contribution margin and cash flow matter more than top-line revenue, and why the old DTC playbook is quietly breaking. This conversation reframes paid media, creative strategy, and capital allocation through the lens of real operators.
We also dive into the narratives that are misleading founders, the difference between being a marketer and being an allocator of capital, and how to build a business that can survive rising CACs and shrinking attention. Taylor doesn't offer hacks, he offers a mental model shift. If you're scaling a brand, spending on ads, or trying to build something durable in 2026, this episode will challenge how you think about growth.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:52 What Is This "Prophit" System That Allowed You To Scale Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Profitably?
00:10:32 What Does The Reality Look Like When You're Building Out These Forecast Models?
00:26:58 What Is The Hierarchy of Metrics? What Should People Actually Be Looking At?
00:45:16 You've Seen Thousands of Brands, What Are You Seeing Q1 2026?
00:56:43 Meta, Google, TikTok, Amazon...What Other Platforms Are Working?
01:00:58 What Is This Four Quarter Accounting Fit Planning Process?
01:12:58 How Do You Use This Four Quarter Account to Optimize?
01:28:48 The Flow Era: Why Is Constraint The Most Important Trade For Brands?
01:31:26 You Had To Fire 100 People In 2022. How Did Constraint Help?
01:33:52 What Is The Most Constraint Mistake Founders Are Making?
01:35:27 Growth Through Paid Media or Creative Iteration. What's Your Rebuttal To That?
01:41:15 What Is Your Product MVP Framework?
01:45:59 Champions, Growth Drivers, Underperformers, Hidden Gems. How Do You Look At Each?
01:53:06 Biggest Mistake Brands Make When Expanding Their Product Line?
01:57:32 The Worst Creative Strategy Idea Ever. Iteration
02:01:18 What Do You Think Is The Most Invisible Cash Flow Killer?
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Email: [email protected]Ross Mackay - Premium Isn’t About Price — It’s About Positioning
Ross Mackay is giving you the $2 Luxury Blueprint, and it’s in the link below.It’s the system he used to build the only consumer good under $3 positioned as luxury, going from $0 to $10M in 600 days with $40M …
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Ross Mackay is giving you the $2 Luxury Blueprint, and it’s in the link below.
It’s the system he used to build the only consumer good under $3 positioned as luxury, going from $0 to $10M in 600 days with $40M projected in year two.
Inside: the Core-Race-Recover product architecture, the retail economics formula nobody talks about, and the exact packaging decision that tripled sell-through with the same liquid.
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00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:51 How Do You Make a $2 Product Luxury?
00:04:01 Why Did You Rebrand 3 Times in 1 Year?
00:12:48 How Do You Actually Approach Retailers?
00:18:36 Going Into Retail
00:23:41 The Mafia That Controls Distribution
00:27:32 Biggest Learning From Scaling Retail
00:34:05 How Many SKUs Have You Launched?
00:39:54 The One Rule To Approaching Manufacturers
00:42:32 Being Sold Out For 200+ Days
00:45:30 The Biggest Mistake A Brand Can Make
00:49:38 How To Make Your Own Custom Product
00:51:31 Testing Optimal Ratios As A Runner
00:55:22 Content In Your Positioning Strategy
01:01:21 Collabs With Bandit and RAW
01:05:24 Why World Class Athletes Might Damage Your Brand
01:08:21 Ad Strategy For Cadence
01:11:18 Hiring Philosophy At Cadence
01:22:32 QuickFire QuestionsIn this episode, we sit down with Ross Mackay, founder and CEO of Cadence — the brand redefining what "premium" means in a $200B beverage category. Ross breaks down how you turn a $2 drink into luxury through positioning, packaging, retail strategy, and relentless attention to detail. From obsessing over shelf velocity to rebranding three times in under a year, this is a masterclass in how modern CPG brands actually win.
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00:00:00 Trailer
00:00:49 Why Did You Kill A $6 Million Product Overnight?
00:05:07 The Biggest Lie In The Supplement Industry
00:06:36 Why Is Sourcing So Important?
00:07:51 What Do 3rd Party Certifications Actually Mean?
00:15:27 Product Development
00:20:45 Biggest Misconceptions About Creatine
00:29:15 How Did You Get Your First Partnership?
00:32:37 How Did The Partnership With Andrew Huberman Start?
00:39:16 Partnering With All 32 NFL Teams
00:40:55 Big Learnings From Your Partners
00:44:26 The Partnership With Arnold
00:51:20 Fundraising and Raising Money
01:01:46 What Did You Learn From Pete Carroll?
01:10:30 What Do You Look For In Hiring?
01:18:03 Quickstrike QuestionsIn this episode, we sit down with Jeff Byers, CEO of Momentous, to unpack what it really means to build a high-trust brand in a low-trust industry. Jeff shares why he killed a $6M product overnight to protect the company's standards, how Momentous became trusted by all 32 NFL teams, and why most supplement companies cut corners on sourcing, certification, and dosing.
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Kane Kallaway is giving you the 7 Lego Brick Framework, and it’s in the link below.It’s the exact system he uses to reverse-engineer viral videos in any category, breaking them into 7 replicable components you …
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Kane Kallaway is giving you the 7 Lego Brick Framework, and it’s in the link below.
It’s the exact system he uses to reverse-engineer viral videos in any category, breaking them into 7 replicable components you can reassemble into your own winning content.
The part most creators never find: which 5 bricks to copy exactly, and the only 2 you ever need to change.
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00:00:00 Trailer
00:01:08 Biggest Lessons As A Full-Time Creator
00:03:19 What Goes Into A Great Hook?
00:13:46 The Most Important Framework For Content
00:15:39 The Hidden Cheat Code For Instagram Thumbnails
00:19:46 The Five Content Games Framework
00:33:34 The Seven Lego Bricks For Short Form
00:50:48 Most Common Editing Mistakes For Short Form
00:53:42 What Metrics Actually Matter For Shorts?
01:01:33 Kallaway's Insane Team Structure
01:10:57 Why Are You So Bullish On YouTube?
01:19:21 Is YouTube More A Packaging Game?
01:22:12 Title/Thumbnail Mistakes
01:28:08 Key Metrics To Evaluate With YouTube
01:34:28 What People Misunderstand About YouTube
01:38:22 The Biggest Myth About Virality
01:48:51 Content Mix Perspective
01:55:14 Building A Community From Your Audience
02:02:13 The Biggest Growth Hack for 2026
02:07:04 AI Tools
02:16:51 Stories That Convert
02:20:46 Quickfire QuestionsIn this episode, we sit down with Kallaway, the operator quietly building some of the most efficient content machines on the internet. Kallaway breaks down how modern businesses should think about content as infrastructure, not art. We go deep on the content mechanics most never see, how to engineer "desire loops" that earn clicks, and why YouTube should be treated like a professional sport.
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00:00:00 Trailer
00:01:16 The 3 Rules of YouTube
00:12:27 How to Properly Think About Your Audience
00:24:14 How To Get Good At Title and Thumbnail
00:37:00 How To Research A Vertical
00:42:57 How To Avoid Burnout
00:47:11 The Hidden Problems With Podcasts Today
00:55:21 Respecting the Viewer's Time
01:01:04 How Do You Look at Retention?
01:05:11 Most Important Metrics for YouTube
01:16:16 The Business of Colin and Samir
01:18:20 Working With Sponsors and Big Brands
01:34:28 Small Deals vs. Big Deals
01:37:36 The Education Business
01:45:20 Learnings From Press Publish NYC
01:50:09 What Are You Excited About?
01:54:49 The Palisades Fire
02:13:42 The Future of the Media Landscape
02:28:15 Working With Colin For Over 10 Years
02:29:42 Quickstrike QuestionsIn this episode, we sit down with Samir Chaudry, co-host of Colin and Samir, for a deep conversation about relevance, creative longevity, and what it actually takes to build a career in the modern media landscape. Samir breaks down how creators stay relevant as platforms, formats, and audience expectations constantly shift — and what metrics actually matter in building a lasting media business.
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Get $25 off: https://getpoppy.ai/OpenResidency (use code "OR")Dan Koe - How To Get Ahead Of 99% Of People in 2026
In this episode, we sit down with Dan Koe for a deep conversation about building a Future Proof Skill Stack, navigating AI, and designing a life that isn't dictated by someone else's goals. Dan breaks down why …
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In this episode, we sit down with Dan Koe for a deep conversation about building a Future Proof Skill Stack, navigating AI, and designing a life that isn't dictated by someone else's goals. Dan breaks down why the most important skills today aren't technical, but meta — learning how to learn, how to think, and how to earn. We explore how AI is accelerating the need for adaptability, why taste, narrative, and trust are becoming the real moats, and how creators can stop chasing niches and instead become the niche.
Mark Manson - When Quitting Is the Smartest Business Move
In this episode, we sit down with Mark Manson, bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, for a wide-ranging conversation about pain, purpose, momentum, and what it actually takes to build a …
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In this episode, we sit down with Mark Manson, bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, for a wide-ranging conversation about pain, purpose, momentum, and what it actually takes to build a meaningful life. Mark explains why you can’t want the reward without wanting the cost, how suffering is often self-created through the stories we tell ourselves, and why momentum—not motivation—is the real driver of progress.
We go deep on relationships and dating — romance vs compatibility, conditional love, commitment, self-sabotage, and how to know if you’re actually ready for a serious partnership. Mark shares the biggest dating mistakes people make today, and how alignment beats excitement. We also explore creativity, writing, money, building and scaling a new AI company, and why Mark believes AI will fundamentally reshape personal growth, therapy, and the future of self-help.
Sean Frank - E-Commerce Masterclass: How to Build, Scale & Win in 2026
In this episode, I sit down with Sean Frank, CEO of Ridge, for a deep dive into the systems behind one of the most profitable e-commerce brands operating today. Sean breaks down how Ridge confidently spends …
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In this episode, I sit down with Sean Frank, CEO of Ridge, for a deep dive into the systems behind one of the most profitable e-commerce brands operating today. Sean breaks down how Ridge confidently spends $100K/day on ads, why simplicity beats cleverness in performance creative, and the disciplined frameworks that allow Ridge to scale without outside capital. He also shares something he rarely talks about publicly: Ridge's biggest weakness — and why it's actually the one unfair advantage smaller brands still have in 2026.
We unpack Ridge's entire performance machine: producing 200+ ad variations every month, hiring creators with editing instincts, building agency-less teams, and treating ad economics with ruthless clarity. Sean explains why most brands fail before they even have a product worth selling, what founders still misunderstand about Meta, and how operational discipline is becoming the new moat in e-commerce. This conversation is a masterclass in scaling, creative iteration, and building lean teams that win — even as the landscape gets harder.
George Heaton - The Clothing Brand That Should’ve Died, But Became a Cult
In this episode, I sit down with George Heaton to unpack how a two-year trademark battle nearly ended Represent and how surviving it ignited the creative fire that pushed the brand into its biggest years ever …
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In this episode, I sit down with George Heaton to unpack how a two-year trademark battle nearly ended Represent and how surviving it ignited the creative fire that pushed the brand into its biggest years ever. He breaks down the personal brand flywheel, product discipline, and offline community strategy that helped turn Represent into one of the most influential modern apparel labels today.
Simon Molnar - Why Stores Are Struggling — and How to Reinvent Them
In this episode, I sit down with Simon Molnar, founder of Flagship.ai, to break down why 83% of shopping still happens in-store — yet most stores run with almost no data. Simon explains how visual merchandising …
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In this episode, I sit down with Simon Molnar, founder of Flagship.ai, to break down why 83% of shopping still happens in-store — yet most stores run with almost no data. Simon explains how visual merchandising became the most overlooked lever in retail, why brands misjudge store performance, and how Flagship built the square-foot-level “money map” that finally gives brick-and-mortar the same funnel e-commerce has.We also dive into Simon’s leadership philosophy shaped by Afterpay’s $29B rise — hiring for humility, building A-players, and making every store matter through objective data. This conversation is a masterclass in retail reinvention, operational clarity, and building teams that raise the standard.
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