563: From $500 to 120 Stores - How She Lost It All | Kristina Karlsson
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What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
In this episode, Kristina Karlsson, founder of Kikki.K and Dream Life, opens up about building a $100M global brand, losing it all, and why she's starting again—this time, on her own terms.
She reveals:
✅ The wild journey of scaling Kikki.K to 120 stores in 6 countries
✅ How losing her business twice reshaped her view of failure and resilience
✅ Why journaling became her most powerful tool for balance and clarity
✅ The hard lessons from choosing the wrong investors and CEOs
✅ How she’s building Dream Life with more freedom, purpose & creativity
If you’ve ever had to start over—or fear what would happen if you did—this episode will leave you inspired, grounded, and ready to create again.
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562: The Billion Dollar Woman Behind The Rock & Henry Cavill | Dany Garcia
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What You’ll Learn in This Episode
In this episode, Dany Garcia—founder, producer, chairwoman, and the powerhouse behind brands like ZOA Energy, Teremana Tequila, GSTQ, Seven Bucks Productions, and the XFL—shares how she built a billion-dollar business empire from scratch.
She reveals:
✅ How she went from finance to managing Dwayne Johnson & producing blockbuster films
✅ Why she “fires herself” from roles to grow her companies faster
✅ The mindset needed to lead high-performance brands across fashion, sports & film
✅ How she built GSTQ from a teenage idea into a mindset-driven fashion label
✅ The origin story behind buying and reinventing the XFL
✅ Why obsession and ROI go hand-in-hand when creating legacy brands
If you’re an entrepreneur thinking bigger, craving full creative control, or balancing multiple business ventures—Dany’s insights will shift your perspective entirely.
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561: $300M Worth of Facebook Ads Advice in 45 Minutes | Jordan Menard
In this episode, Jordan Menard breaks down what it really takes to scale Facebook ads in 2025. He shares why creative is now the targeting, why brands need to focus more on offers than tactics, and how to fix your conversion economics to unlock serious scale. Jordan also walks through his exact ad creative process—including scripting, ad types, and how to test offers to find your hero. If you're spending money on ads and not getting results, this episode will change the way you approach performance marketing forever.
Listen to Nathan and Jordan discuss:
- How Jordan built a $300M+ track record in Facebook ads without a website or outbound marketing
- Why scaling doesn’t start in Ads Manager—it starts with better inputs: offer, creative, numbers
- The four leverage points that unlock profitable scale: product, audience, margins, and operations
- How to use AI to generate ad angles and customer pain points
- The two creative briefs Jordan uses for every ad: scripted for actors, unscripted for influencers
And much more business advice…
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560: The College Dropout Who Built an $11 billion Toy Empire | Nick Mowbray (Best of Foundr) [VIDEO]
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What You’ll Learn in This Episode
In this episode, Nick Mowbray, co-founder of ZURU, shares how he and his brother built a backyard hot air balloon project into a global toy & consumer goods empire with over $3 billion in projected revenue.
He shares:
✅ Why they lived off cents for 7 years in China to make ZURU work
✅ The brutal lessons from getting sued as a young entrepreneur
✅ How their first viral product generated $100M+ in revenue
✅ The “2% better every week” mindset that helped them outpace Hasbro & Mattel
✅ Why they never raised VC money and still scaled to billions
This is a raw, relentless look at what it actually takes to go from zero to global dominance—without outside funding. If you want to scale fast, build lean, and think bigger, you’ll want to listen to this one.
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559: How a $100M Exit Left This 30 Year Old Lost | Jake Kassan
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What You’ll Learn in This Episode
In this episode, Jake Kassan, co-founder of Movement Watches, reveals the emotional rollercoaster of building and selling a business for $100M—and what came after.
He shares:
✅ How he scaled Movement from a $5,000 credit card to a $100M exit
✅ The loneliness and identity crisis he faced after selling
✅ Why chasing money alone didn’t fulfill him
✅ The creative spark that led him to YouTube
✅ His advice for founders struggling with burnout or searching for meaning
If you’re a founder chasing big goals, feeling stuck, or wondering what comes next—this episode is packed with raw, honest insights that rarely get shared.
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Hear the stories, learn the proven methods, and accelerate your growth and future through entrepreneurship. Welcome to The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan.
About the show:
For over a decade, The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan has been a leading entrepreneurship podcast for open-book conversations with, by, and for founders. Whether you're starting, building, or dreaming about your business, The Foundr Podcast is where you can access experienced founders who've been in your shoes to learn their proven methods, lessons from failure, and inspirational stories.
Past guests include Emma Grede, Mark Cuban, Neil Patel, Kendra Scott, Alex Hormozi, Trinny Woodall, Tim Ferriss, Sophia Amoruso, Simon Sinek, Tony Robbins, Amy Porterfield, Ed Mylett, Michelle Zatlyn, Reid Hoffman, Scooter Braun, Dany Garcia, Marc Lore, Ariana Huffington, Pat Flynn, Lewis Howes, Jordan Harbinger, and many more.
About the host:
Nathan Chan is the CEO of Foundr and the creator of The Foundr Podcast. Chan literally started from knowing nothing. He was just an average guy working in a 9-5 job he utterly hated. He knew nothing about entrepreneurship, nothing about startups, nothing about marketing, and nothing about online or how to build a business. In the past decade, Chan's built Foundr into a global leader in entrepreneurial education, helping tens of thousands of aspiring entrepreneurs start and scale their businesses.
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