Tag: manufacturing
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52: Graham Stewart is Revolutionizing the Cotton Processing Industry with Fibre52
Summary First Customers #52 features Graham Stewart, founder of Fibre52, discussing his groundbreaking process to make cotton and textile industry more sustainable by replacing harmful chemicals with eco-friendly bioproducts. He shares insights into the challenges of introducing new technologies into traditional industries and the positive environmental and economic impacts of Fibre52’s innovation. Mentions & Links…
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51: Goldback’s Rise from Zero to One Million Customers
Summary Goldback, a company that offers a gold-based physical currency, experienced rapid growth in just four years from zero customers in 2019 to over 1 million customers today. Benjamin Shaffer shares the story of how their gold-backed currency solves the problem of making small transactions with gold. Mentions & Links Quotes Takeaways Key Moments 00:00…
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26: How did Tyler Robertson grow Diesel Laptops from $0 to $100 million in revenue in 8 years?
Tyler Robertson, Founder/CEO of Diesel Laptops, quit his six figure job in the truck service business and scaled his part time gig into a $100 million business. This is a great story about slow and steady growth, taking smart risks, and obsessing over solving your customers’ problems. Show Links Show Transcript This is an automated…
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Starting a watch brand… or maybe not.
I started building a watch brand in 2019. It didn’t work out. Here’s the story about what happened during one of many entrepreneurial experiments I pursued in 2019. In the past, I never thought about watches much. Wore them a few times, but couldn’t get into it. The Apple Watch [1] had enough utility to…
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22: How did CEO Alberto Voltolina grow MGG North America from $0 to $1.5 million in one year?
Alberto Voltolina, CEO/President MGG North America, American/Italian company that went from $0 to $1.5 million in one year. They are a worldwide leading equipment manufacturer and supplier for paint brush & paint roller manufacturers like Sherwin Williams, Baer, and more. This episode of the First Customers podcast is available on all major podcasting platforms and…
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12: How did COO Kent Wilson help RV SnapPads sell over 500,000 units across North America?
Kent Wilson is the COO of RV SnapPads, a fast growing company that started in their family garage and grew to over 500,000 units sold across North America. I was blown away by their story. This episode of the First Customers podcast is available on all major podcasting platforms including YouTube. They’ve built a great business with…
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Asteroid Mining Self Replicating Robots
What if we made an asteroid mining ship/robot that “hauls” the mined materials by using them to build onto itself, or replicating?