Instead of burning budgets on Facebook ads, Talya Elitzer, CEO, Overmind Merchandise [https://www.overmind.co/], grows global merch sales with just seven employees by building worlds, not products.

In this episode, she reveals the underground community-building strategies that transformed grassroots buzz into international demand. 

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Lessons from the things she made

• Culture moves in different ways
• Build a world, not just a product
• Scale is a strategy, not a starting point
• Confidence clears confusion
• Vulnerability builds loyalty
• Let instincts override the brief

Discussed in this episode

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