The Big Idea with Elizabeth Gore

R. Riveter co-founder and CEO Lisa Bradley tells Elizabeth Gore how she and her network of fellow military spouses grew a collection of handbags made at kitchen tables to 150,000 bags and $33M in lifetime sales, with a Shark Tank deal along the way.

Former U.S. Army Green Beret and CIA contractor Evan Hafer sits down with Elizabeth Gore to retrace his journey from an Idaho logging town to founding the publicly-traded Black Rifle Coffee Company that has supported veterans since day one.

Filmmaker, photographer and pro climber Jimmy Chin joins Elizabeth Gore to talk about his new book, "Rules to Live By," his new documentary, "Everest: The Other Side," and how courage and perseverance can turn a passion into a career.

Alex Schinasi, co-founder and president of Hulken, tells host Elizabeth Gore how she grew the rolling tote brand from 50 bags shipped out of her apartment into a multimillion dollar, family-run business with a cult following.

Tecovas CEO David Lafitte joins host Elizabeth Gore to talk about how the "Warby Parker of cowboy boots" grew into a Western lifestyle brand with 50+ stores nationwide, and why “radical hospitality” is critical to the company’s success.

When Bear Mayer needed gas money, his dad gave him two options: get a job or start a company. Bear tells host Elizabeth Gore the story behind Bruce Bolt, his baseball and softball batting glove brand that's worn by pro athletes and expanding into golf and football.

Dermalogica founder Jane Wurwand started out sweeping salon floors at the age of 13. She joins host Elizabeth Gore and traces her story from arriving in L.A. with little more than a suitcase, to building an industry-defining, global skincare brand without outside investors. Jane also shares her sage advice for struggling entrepreneurs: cry, have a cocktail, then keep going.

Serial entrepreneur Adrian Balfour grew up herding sheep in rural Ireland. These days, he's building AI software at Envorso and Empwr.AI, running a wool empire in rural Pennsylvania, and helping to bring the Rugby World Cup to the U.S. for the first time. Big Idea host Elizabeth Gore talks with Balfour about his singular career, from bootstrapping his first startup, PCubed, with no venture capital, to co-founding Major League Rugby and the Seattle Seawolves club, to his current day-to-day as both a tech CEO and sheep farmer.

Danny Alexander might have the best job title in the business: Chief of Product and Purpose at Who Gives a Crap. The co-founder and Chief of PP walks host Elizabeth Gore through how his company turned a relatively unsexy product into a global brand with a cult following, why they’ve donated over $14 million to clean water and sanitation projects worldwide, and how the pandemic toilet paper panic nearly broke their supply chain.

What happens when a guy who's never worked in fashion decides to solve a major problem with menswear? You get Collars & Co, the dress-collar polo brand that went from 300 shirts to a Shark Tank deal, a brick & mortar expansion, and millions in sales. Founder Justin Baer joins Elizabeth Gore to talk about viral success, the power of "no," and why paid influencers aren't the guaranteed win they used to be.