Guests

Michael Dubin co-founded Dollar Shave Club and served as its CEO, the subscription grooming brand that disrupted razors with its viral 2011 launch video. With a decade in media and marketing, Dubin grew the company from a \,500 DIY video into a billion-dollar business.

2 episodes

Avani Modi Sarkar co-founded Modi Toys in 2018, creating Hindu faith-based plush toys celebrating South Asian culture. After 15 years in corporate, she launched the company to increase diversity in play. A Rutgers Business School alumna, she's a Forbes Next 1000 honoree and Inc Female Founder 100.

1 episode

Randy Hetrick founded TRX Training in 2004 after a 14-year career as a Navy SEAL and earning his MBA from Stanford. He invented the TRX Suspension Trainer in 1997 while deployed overseas, turning a field problem into a global fitness brand.

2 episodes

Shireen Qadri co-founded Moji Masala with her husband JD Walsh. Based in Philadelphia, the company makes pre-measured Indian spice blends from her mother's heirloom recipes, launched in 2019 to simplify authentic home cooking.

1 episode

Todd Bartlett Graves is the co-founder and co-CEO of Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, a fast-food chain he built from a single campus restaurant into over 550 locations nationwide through conviction and persistence.

2 episodes

Valerie Abenroth is the co-founder and co-owner of Large as Life puzzles, a company that creates life-size animal trivia puzzles. Based in Boise, Idaho, she focuses on product design and development for the brand, which launched in 2024 with puzzles featuring red pandas, king penguins, and koalas.

1 episode

Breezy Griffith is the founder and CEO of SkinnyDipped, a snack company she launched in 2016 with her mother Val after a friend's cancer diagnosis. The Seattle-based brand reinvents classic treats with better-for-you ingredients, starting with their signature chocolate-covered almonds.

1 episode

Valerie Griffith co-founded SkinnyDipped in 2016 from her dining room table with her daughter Breezy and two best friends. The Seattle-based snack company makes better-for-you dark chocolate covered almonds.

1 episode

David Burmeister is the director of operations at Midwest Pasta Co., a St. Louis-based artisan pasta company founded in 1994 that crafts fresh pasta to order using traditional methods. He oversees both the storefront and production facility, bringing over a decade of hands-on pasta-making expertise.

1 episode

Evan Sledge founded Whiskey Morning Coffee in 2018 after developing the idea in a class at Texas Christian University. The Tolar, Texas company ages coffee beans in whiskey barrels and is on track to exceed $1 million in sales this year.

1 episode

Shane Lyons is Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Vesti, an artisanal sandwich catering company in Los Angeles. A Food Network alum and Next Food Network Star finalist, Lyons created Vesti's focaccia sandwiches inspired by Mediterranean conservas; the company now caters to Netflix and SpaceX.

1 episode

Elan Lee is co-creator and CEO of Exploding Kittens, the company behind Kickstarter's most successful card game. A former Xbox developer and pioneer of alternate reality games, he blends technology and storytelling. Lee also created Throw Throw Burrito and is based in Los Angeles.

1 episode