276 - “We sold 90 million bars... then the business got crushed." | chocolate mogul, Jake Karls

Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here. Jon sits down with Mid-Day Squares co-founder Jake Karls. They cover what it takes to sell 90 million chocolate bars.And why they moved away from chocolate to save the business. Want more episodes like this? Let JD know with a comment (on Spotify or YouTube).Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | ThreadsFollow this podcast on Instagram.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Grow your business with JD's marketing agency Influicity here.Download JD's free business playbooks here.Get JD's bestselling book, Marketing Superpowers here.___Jon Davids is an entrepreneur and speaker. He's been building businesses since he was a kid. With plenty of failures and a few big wins along the way. He's the founder of Influicity, where he helps businesses get more customers with marketing that actually works. He's married to his beautiful wife Alana, and is the girl-dad to Ryley and Mikki. 

Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here.JD talks to Chandler Bolt, founder of SelfPublishing.com. Chandler went from being an author, to teaching others how to publish their own books.And generated $80M in the process.Want more episodes like this? Let JD know with a comment (on Spotify or YouTube).Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | ThreadsFollow this podcast on Instagram.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Grow your business with JD's marketing agency Influicity here.Download JD's free business playbooks here.Get JD's bestselling book, Marketing Superpowers here.___Jon Davids is an entrepreneur and speaker. He's been building businesses since he was a kid. With plenty of failures and a few big wins along the way. He's the founder of Influicity, where he helps businesses get more customers with marketing that actually works. He's married to his beautiful wife Alana, and is the girl-dad to Ryley and Mikki. 

Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here.Jon talks to Scenthound founder Tim Vogel. Scenthound went from a mobile dog groomer to a $50M dog hygiene business.Tim shares the whole story and exactly how he did it.Want more episodes like this? Let JD know with a comment (on Spotify or YouTube).Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | ThreadsFollow this podcast on Instagram.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Grow your business with JD's marketing agency Influicity here.Download JD's free business playbooks here.Get JD's bestselling book, Marketing Superpowers here.___Jon Davids is an entrepreneur and speaker. He's been building businesses since he was a kid. With plenty of failures and a few big wins along the way. He's the founder of Influicity, where he helps businesses get more customers with marketing that actually works. He's married to his beautiful wife Alana, and is the girl-dad to Ryley and Mikki. 

Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here.JD talks with Bobbi Brown. She's the founder of the billion-dollar makeup brand, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, and later Jones Road Beauty. How did Bobbi go from a freelance makeup artist to a business mogul and the industry's first beauty influencer? Don't miss out on this story!This is an encore edition of episode 194, originally released June 3, 2025.Want more episodes like this? Let JD know with a comment (on Spotify or YouTube). Or drop an email to [email protected] JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | ThreadsFollow this podcast on Instagram.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Grow your business with JD's marketing agency Influicity here.Download JD's free business playbooks here.Get JD's bestselling book, Marketing Superpowers here.___Jon Davids is an entrepreneur and speaker. He's been building businesses since he was a kid. With plenty of failures and a few big wins along the way. He's the founder of Influicity, where he helps businesses get more customers with marketing that actually works. He's married to his beautiful wife Alana, and is the girl-dad to Ryley and Mikki. 

Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here.This is an encore edition of episode 214, originally released September 23, 2025.Jon talks with Alex Zhardanovsky, the innovative entrepreneur behind multiple successful ventures, including his newest project, Prima. Hear how Alex built a $200 million affiliate business in his twenties, revolutionizing the way people make restaurant reservations, and so much more.Want more episodes like this? Let JD know with a comment (on Spotify or YouTube). Or drop an email to [email protected] JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | ThreadsFollow this podcast on Instagram.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Grow your business with JD's marketing agency Influicity here.Download JD's free business playbooks here.Get JD's bestselling book, Marketing Superpowers here.___Jon Davids is an entrepreneur and speaker. He's been building businesses since he was a kid. With plenty of failures and a few big wins along the way. He's the founder of Influicity, where he helps businesses get more customers with marketing that actually works. He's married to his beautiful wife Alana, and is the girl-dad to Ryley and Mikki. 

Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here.Jon sits down with Juan Regidor, CEO of SIATSA. They sell IT services to big companies in Mexico.Juan is at $5M/yr in sales and wants to kickstart growth. In this strategy session, Jon breaks down the bottleneck and advises Juan on what to do next.Want more episodes like this? Let JD know with a comment (on Spotify or YouTube). Or drop an email to [email protected] JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | ThreadsFollow this podcast on Instagram.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Grow your business with JD's marketing agency Influicity here.Download JD's free business playbooks here.Get JD's bestselling book, Marketing Superpowers here.___Jon Davids is an entrepreneur and speaker. He's been building businesses since he was a kid. With plenty of failures and a few big wins along the way. He's the founder of Influicity, where he helps businesses get more customers with marketing that actually works. He's married to his beautiful wife Alana, and is the girl-dad to Ryley and Mikki. 

Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here.JD talks to Sir Richard Harpin, Founder of HomeServe. Richard built this company for 3 decades. Then sold it for almost $5B USD.He shares the highs, the lows, and the lessons of building a mega business.Want more episodes like this? Let JD know with a comment (on Spotify or YouTube). Or drop an email to [email protected] JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | ThreadsFollow this podcast on Instagram.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Grow your business with JD's marketing agency Influicity here.Download JD's free business playbooks here.Get JD's bestselling book, Marketing Superpowers here.___Jon Davids is an entrepreneur and speaker. He's been building businesses since he was a kid. With plenty of failures and a few big wins along the way. He's the founder of Influicity, where he helps businesses get more customers with marketing that actually works. He's married to his beautiful wife Alana, and is the girl-dad to Ryley and Mikki. 

Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here.Jon talks about the "anti-sale" process. And why not trying to sell actually lands you a lot more revenue.If you're a business builder or you hope to do that one day, this episode is for you.Want more episodes like this? Let JD know with a comment (on Spotify or YouTube). Or drop an email to [email protected] JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | ThreadsFollow this podcast on Instagram.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Grow your business with JD's marketing agency Influicity here.Download JD's free business playbooks here.Get JD's bestselling book, Marketing Superpowers here.___Jon Davids is an entrepreneur and speaker. He's been building businesses since he was a kid. With plenty of failures and a few big wins along the way. He's the founder of Influicity, where he helps businesses get more customers with marketing that actually works. He's married to his beautiful wife Alana, and is the girl-dad to Ryley and Mikki. 

 Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here.Jon talks to Mike Benton, president of Responsive Mortgage. Mike and his co-founders took this business from zero to $17M in revenue, in under 2 years. And they'll be at $30M in no time.Mike breaks down exactly how he did it, why it's so predictable, and how he plans to scale even faster.Want more episodes like this? Let JD know with a comment (on Spotify or YouTube). Or drop an email to [email protected] JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | ThreadsFollow this podcast on Instagram.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Grow your business with JD's marketing agency Influicity here.Download JD's free business playbooks here.Get JD's bestselling book, Marketing Superpowers here.___Jon Davids is an entrepreneur and speaker. He's been building businesses since he was a kid. With plenty of failures and a few big wins along the way. He's the founder of Influicity, where he helps businesses get more customers with marketing that actually works. He's married to his beautiful wife Alana, and is the girl-dad to Ryley and Mikki. 

Are you in growth mode? Learn how Influicity helps you get more customers here.This episode originally aired as #171 on February 21, 2025.Today, Jon is joined by the founder of PopUp Bagels Adam Goldberg to discuss the phenomenal rise of his bagel business and the hustle behind it. Want more episodes like this? Let JD know with a comment (on Spotify or YouTube). Or drop an email to [email protected] JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | ThreadsFollow this podcast on Instagram.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Grow your business with JD's marketing agency Influicity here.Download JD's free business playbooks here.Get JD's bestselling book, Marketing Superpowers here.___Jon Davids is an entrepreneur and speaker. He's been building businesses since he was a kid. With plenty of failures and a few big wins along the way. He's the founder of Influicity, where he helps businesses get more customers with marketing that actually works. He's married to his beautiful wife Alana, and is the girl-dad to Ryley and Mikki.