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The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

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Hear the stories, learn the proven methods, and accelerate your growth and future through entrepreneurship. Welcome to The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan. About the show: For over a decade, The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan has been a leading entrepreneurship podcast for open-book conversations with, by, and for founders. Whether you're starting, building, or dreaming about your business, The F... more

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While every brand was raising prices during inflation, Elina Wang cut hers—and nearly tripled revenue. The co-founder of ESW Beauty turned a juice bar epiphany and a $25,000 bank loan into a $20 million business across 10,000 retail doors, fully boot... more

Tori Gill was still cutting hair on weekends when she sold her first 20,000 sunscreens. A former hairdresser with two kids, no e-commerce background, and a product that took two years to develop, she launched Sun & Daughter on Boxing Day 2024 and has... more

I see it every single time. Great product. Solid branding. Ads running. And yet it won't scale. Conversions are flat, the economics don't work, and the founder is convinced it's the creative or the funnel or the targeting.

It's never the ads. It's t... more

A Victoria's Secret Angel and a Goldman Sachs investor built one of the

most talked-about luxury body care launches in recent memory without

raising a cent or paying a single influencer. Jasmine Tookes spent two

decades on the world's biggest runw... more

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Jasmine Tookes
Co-founder of Brunel, Victoria's Secret model
Brunel
Episode: 669: They Built a Luxury Beauty Brand in Year One — With a Team of Two | Brunel
Sabrina Carstenfeldt
Co-founder of Brunel, former Goldman Sachs investor
Brunel
Episode: 669: They Built a Luxury Beauty Brand in Year One — With a Team of Two | Brunel
Paul Tran
Founder of Manscaped
Manscaped
Episode: 667: He Built a $300M Men's Grooming Brand in JUST Three Years | MANSCAPED
Jess Zeng
Co-founder of By Lumine
By Lumine
Episode: 666: Jess & Victor Started A Jewellery Brand With $2,000 — Now It Brings In $40K A Month
Victor Chan
Co-founder of By Lumine
By Lumine
Episode: 666: Jess & Victor Started A Jewellery Brand With $2,000 — Now It Brings In $40K A Month
Eric Ries
Creator of The Lean Startup; author of Incorruptible
Self-employed/Author
Episode: 664: He Changed How the World Builds Startups. Now He's Warning You About What Comes Next | Eric Ries
Daniel Kitay
Founder of Funday Sweets (Funday Natural Sweets)
Funday Sweets
Episode: 662: I Bet Everything On Sugar Free Candy — Now It Brings In $100 Million A Year
Donna Gilbertson
Founder of Junie Quick Dry Hair Towel
Junie
Episode: 661: Donna’s Corporate Career Ended Overnight — So She Built A $51K Brand In 2 Months
Molly Sims
Model turned entrepreneur and founder of YSE Beauty
YSE Beauty
Episode: 659: How Molly Sims is Disrupting a $200 Billion Industry

Hosts

Nathan Chan
Host and CEO of Foundr; long-running interviewer of founders and business leaders.
Leah Finch
Co-host in Foundr-related series; contributes to founder-focused conversations.

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 1.3k ratings
  • When Pressure Becomes Precision

    A $70M hole and a 45-day clock would break most leaders. What’s powerful in this story is the moment of precision, the ability to identify the single decision that could reframe everything. Debt became context, not identity. Amazon wasn’t a miracle; it was the natural outcome of disciplined leverage, timing, and trust built long before the crisis. This episode quietly shows how real scale is earned under pressure.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Anum — The Platinum CEO
    United Kingdom5 months ago
  • The Quiet Lessons That Actually Compound

    What resonated most here is the honesty in how lessons are lived, not just learned. So many talks about business focus on strategies, but what you shared highlights character, response to reality, and the courage to iterate without ego. That’s the kind of clarity that doesn’t just prepare someone for 2026 — it prepares them to lead it. Really appreciated the way you grounded ambition in real experience.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Anum — The Platinum CEO
    United Kingdom6 months ago
  • The Art of Intentional Scarcity

    What a sharp reflection — true scarcity isn’t about limiting access, it’s about amplifying significance. When done with soul, it elevates both the brand and the buyer.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Anum — The Platinum CEO
    United Kingdom7 months ago
  • Solitude as Soil, Not Isolation

    This episode whispered what many fear to admit: being alone isn’t absence — it’s preparation. The lessons you learned in solitude are the roots from which your next impact grows. Thank you for showing that the most powerful leaders are first comfortable standing on their own.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Anum — The Platinum CEO
    United Kingdom8 months ago
  • Replacement of reading

    Being time poor I have been using this Podcast to fuel my education. Listening upon my one hour walks outdoors this not only helps with wellbeing but also intellectually. I would love to see more smaller businesses on these episodes as not all of us want to scale to ginormous heights, some just want a steady business that can help maintain the lifestyle you wouldn’t get working for a corporation.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    NattyOlie
    Australia8 months ago

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667: He Built a $300M Men's Grooming Brand in JUST Three Years | MANSCAPED
Q: What was the exact testing strategy behind high-performing ads like the singing hairball monsters and the Super Bowl spot?
The team prioritized witty, not vulgar, humor and tested whether provocative women-influenced ads could drive more clicks; ultimately they chose to empower men and focus on brand narrative over sensationalist visuals to sustain long-term CAC efficiency.
667: He Built a $300M Men's Grooming Brand in JUST Three Years | MANSCAPED
Q: When did you start raising money and how did the funding morph as you grew to $300 million in revenue?
Funding began with friends and family and gradually expanded to support inventory needs; about $23 million helped reach the nine-figure scale, with the understanding that building a durable, profitable business mattered more than chasing quick exits.
664: He Changed How the World Builds Startups. Now He's Warning You About What Comes Next | Eric Ries
Q: What is the clearest signal that it's time to pivot?
The pivot is obvious to an external observer, but within a founding team the facts are private; you need shared reality and dashboards that show that the current strategy is flawed and that the hypothesis driving it has broken.
662: I Bet Everything On Sugar Free Candy — Now It Brings In $100 Million A Year
Q: How did you approach the risk of importing large quantities during COVID, and what changed after the initial shipment?
The founder described a costly $250,000 bill for eight containers and the realization that importing finished stock in bulk was unsustainable, which led to pivoting to a bulk importation/bulk pack model closer to local Copac capabilities to reduce risk and increase flexibility.
662: I Bet Everything On Sugar Free Candy — Now It Brings In $100 Million A Year
Q: What were the early drivers that convinced Chemist Warehouse to submit a purchase order before funding existed?
The guest explained that a combination of existing relationships, a strong personal motivation to succeed due to financial pressures, and a clear plan to underwrite a portion of the order with support from private investors created enough confidence for Chemist Warehouse to commit early.

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A high-output, founder-focused show that explores entrepreneurship, growth, branding, and market strategy through in-depth conversations with successful founders and industry leaders. Episodes frequently surface practical lessons on building durable businesses, going direct-to-consumer, navigating retail, and leveraging marketing, product development, and governance to sustain long-term value. The format often blends tactical frameworks with candid founder origin stories, including how teams, margins, and partnerships shape trajectories. The show stands out for its pragmatic, battle-tested insights from a mix of bootstrapped and funded ventures, with a recurring emphasis on actionable takeaways that listeners can apply to their own ventures... more

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