178 - Building a $340M Chocolate Brand by Accident | Hu Chocolate

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Get JD's new playbook Social Media Selling Machine here. Today, JD chats with Brian Scudamore, founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK. Hear Brian's incredible rags-to-riches story and have a chance encounter at a McDonald's drive-thru into a multi-million dollar business.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.And follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

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Get JD's new playbook Social Media Selling Machine here. Today, Jon sits down with Brian Hamilton, chairman of LiveSwitch and founder of Sageworks. Hear how Brian built the first FinTech company in America, the challenges he faced, and the lessons he learned about entrepreneurship.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.And follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube Get JD's best content to your inbox — subscribe at jondavids.com.

Get JD's new playbook Social Media Selling Machine here. Today, Jon chats about Hu Chocolate. How did a restaurant accidentally create a multi-million dollar product? Tune in and find out!Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.And follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get JD's new playbook Social Media Selling Machine here. Today, Jon sits down with Omair Tariq, founder and CEO of Cart.com. Hear his remarkable journey from a scary life-altering moment to building multiple multi-million dollar companies.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.And follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get JD's new playbook Social Media Selling Machine here. Today, Jon tells us about Michael Rubin, CEO of Fanatics. How exactly did Michael go from a 14-year-old ski shop owner to the biggest sports apparel company in the world? Listen in and find out!Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.And follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get JD's new playbook Social Media Selling Machine here. We're jumping back into the Making It archives with one of our favorite episodes. Joe Mimran is the founder of Club Monaco, Joe Fresh, and so many other iconic brands. Of course, it didn't start this way for Joe, As it is with anyone else, Joe had his share of challenges and hardships he had to overcome before becoming a renowned entrepreneur. Today, Joe talks with JD about those challenges, some of the brands that lead to his success and so much more.Join JD's newsletter at jondavids.com And follow Jon across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get JD's new playbook Social Media Selling Machine here. In this episode, Jon Davids tells us about Marcus Lemonis, the man behind Camping World. Marcus rolled up and reinvented the RV industry. And built a behemoth while he was at it.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.And follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get JD's best content to your inbox — subscribe at jondavids.com.  Today, Jon Davids talks to Manjit Minhas, who bootstrapped her brewery to $200M+ in revenue. This is a Making It classic, originally aired in 2022.And follow Jon across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube