Alex Brown is an ecommerce entrepreneur, crowdfunder, speaker and active consultant with countless success stories under his belt. After building The Beard Club to $10M in its first year, his passion for startups and helping companies grow led him to share his knowledge through advisory work and on multiple stages all around the world.
- Bullet points
- 00:30 - Intro
- 04:30 - The start of the entrepreneurial journey
- 08:00 - The college experience
- 10:20 - Meeting a business partner
- 11:20 - Raising money on crowdfunding
- 16:20 - How to have a successful campaign
- 20:05 - What to do before launching
- 22:35 - The most important drivers behind pre-launch in today’s age
- 24:30 - The Dollar Beard Club
- 28:22 - Getting funding and cash flow
- 31:50 - Selling in the USA, Canada and globally
- 35:00 - Focus on encouraging consumption
- 34:50 - Don’t overcomplicate things
- 40:00 - Subscriptions aren’t always the best strategy
- 41:23 - The importance of social and environmental consciousness in brands
- 44:30 - You don’t have to be perfect
- 51:18 - Stepping back from the day-to-day operation
- 57:52 - The Mastermind event
- 01:01:16 - Rapid fire question round
- 01:01:18 - Any unusual drinking or eating habits?
- 01:05:07 - How do you get into a state of flow?
- 01:06:37 - What silly thing should people do more of?
- 01:07:24 - What habit or opinion do you have that people tend to disagree with?
- 01:09:45 - What non-traditional lesson would you teach at school?
- 01:12:29 - What books had the biggest impact on your life?
- 01:14:07 - What do you do or where do you go to get inspired?
- 01:15:05 - What’s the best advice ever given to you?
- 01:16:17 - Would you rather fight one horse-sized duck or one hundred-duck sized horses?
- 01:17:22 - How would you convince someone to do something that is good for them, but that they don’t want to do?
- 01:19:13 - What makes you happiest?
- 01:22:00 - Any asks or requests for the audience?
