Wisdom.MBA
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Reef, DC Shoes, Sanuk & the Road to Becoming a CMO with Michael Minter
Michael Minter has had a very successful career as a creative marketer working with some of the world’s largest footwear brands. Michael is currently the CMO of Reef, a 40-year-old legendary sandal brand that has recently seen an expansio...
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition & Nomadic Business Ownership with Bakari Akil
Bakari Akil is a visiting lecturer at Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management teaching students how to buy a business. Bakari is also a successful search fund entrepreneur and independent sponsor. Bakari recently sourced the a...
The Entourage Effect & Plunge’s Parabolic Rise with Ryan Duey
Ryan Duey is the Co-Founder + Co-CEO of plunge.com. Plunge has seen fantastic growth with increases in demand for cold plunge and contrast therapy coming out of the pandemic. Ryan and I go deep into what caused the company’s parabolic rise and ...
Product Development, Market Fit & Minimum Viable Businesses with Chris McKleroy
Chris McKleroy is the founder and CEO of Nocs Provisions, a company which has reinvented binoculars. Chris is a successful entrepreneur with a proven track record of designing disruptive products and bringing them to market.Prior to Nocs...
Start-up Exits, Social Impact in Surf & Venture with Bradley Harris
Bradley Harris is the principal and CEO of A-Frame - a venture studio built for sustainable growth. Brad and I met on acquire.com, an online marketplace for buying and selling startups. I was looking to purchase the surf and board sports ...