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This is an amazing accomplishment but this reads as if it was an undergrad student building a company Chad is an ex-IB, ex-VC, accomplished exited founder, who was a board observer for a co that previously exited to unilever as well The company happened in 32 months, but this was built from 10 years of experience and connections

Stanford dorm room to billion-dollar exit in 32 months. Not in tech. In CPG. Grüns was founded in August 2023. Unilever just acquired it. Poppi took 9 years. Liquid I.V. took 8. Dr. Squatch took 12. The timeline: Month 1: First sales. Pre-seed from Stanford classmates. Month 6: $6M seed. Vanterra, SugarCap, Selva. Month 14: Profitable. Month 21: $100M run rate, online only. $35M Series B at $500M valuation. Month 24: $300M run rate. 6,300 retail doors. All Targets. All Walmarts. Every Sam's Club. Month 32: Acquired by Unilever. The product: 8 gummy bears. 60 ingredients. $80/month. 80% of customers use it daily. Chad Janis was a VC before this. Board observer at Chubbies, Brooklinen, Dr. Squatch. He watched the Dr. Squatch exit to Unilever from the inside. He didn't just build a brand. He built the brand Unilever was going to acquire. Unilever already owns Liquid I.V., Nutrafol, SmartyPants. They're not buying a gummy supplement. They're buying 80% daily compliance and a DTC subscription engine legacy brands can't replicate. 32 months. The fastest launch-to-billion in CPG history.

He's not wrong that customer acquisition is where the money is right now but, the reason this skill is even worth so much is because it's the same skill that builds personal brands, grows audiences, and creates distribution. When you can acquire customers on social media you're basically holding the keys to any business. Why should you cap yourself at $250K doing it for someone else when you could be building your own brand and your own distribution?

The Jews told people that the male g spot was in the ass to normalize homosexuality, when in reality the real male g spot is in the foreskin — which they took from you Unbelievable

Biggest takeaways from a weekend in Morocco (a place I never imagined I’d be): - Think ahead and think big. The biggest players think long term, they’re willing to sacrifice short term gains for big long term multiples. - Being as skilled as you can at direct response is important, but so is systems. There are guys that scale further than you can even imagine, focussed mainly on systems and not direct response. - AI is coming and it’s coming fast. Make sure to keep up, use it to fortify your edge and collect data as a priority. Appreciate the lads @spencepawliw @shauneng @karlocreates for just being seriously genuine dudes and putting on a great time.

I attended the Evolve Mastermind as an 18-year-old high school student… And this one piece of advice completely dismissed every limiting belief in my mind. First of all, going from sitting in a school classroom to a room full of successful entrepreneurs was… mind blowing to say the least. The room was estimated to be worth BILLIONS… But the craziest part wasn’t the money, it was how old these guys were. I met several guys under 20 doing over $100k a day like it was nothing. And they weren’t some gurus flexing their dashboards on IG while living in Miami. To be honest, most of them don’t even have social media… So I asked them one question: “What’s your secret in order to get to this point? Is there anything I’m missing?” They all told me the same thing. “There is no secret. Just get the work done.” At that moment, I was confused. I thought there was some type of “sauce” or “process” I was missing out on… But then one of them said: “All the information is already out there. The only thing I did differently was take action on it.” That’s the sentence that changed everything for me. We have every piece of information to succeed in this game of business. There are absolutely zero excuses and the only thing holding you back is yourself. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been extremely creative and would thrive in ideas. But the one thing I didn’t do? Take action. I’d mentally masturbate and deep dive into analysis paralysis thinking about the “what if”. For instance, I was going to start ecom in May 2019 - 5th grade at the time. I remember spending days thinking about taking action but never did. Where would I be now? Who would I have become if I just started? Listen. Dwelling upon the past and feeling regret doesn’t get you anywhere. But I’m writing this post to change another persons perspective. That’s it. That’s all you have to do. You may have expected some gate kept A.I process or some scaling secret. No. You’re over complicating it. You have Evolve, X, etc etc The information is already there. You just need to take action on it. Thank you @shauneng , @spencepawliw and @zakaria_airak for hosting this event. I will come back to this post someday and you’ll see how your actions changed my life. And for every reader, I want it to be the same way for you. Use this opportunity and take action. — Grey

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Wtf, roubaram 12 toneladas de KitKat KKKKKK O caminhão tava indo da fábrica na Itália pra Polônia… Isso dá mais de 413 mil barras de chocolate 🍫

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i recommend every young person to live in one of these in nyc/paris at least once in their life.

I lied. I love the game. I love the hustle. I love being doubted. I love the uncertainty. I love the feeling of knowing it's just a matter of time.

bro, it's so over for designers google stitch is insane. 🤯

just buy a gun bro 😭

go to college graduate get a job 4 week holiday work till 70 die yeah it's a scam take that risk and bet on yourself instead

Imagine how big you have to be to not even show up to your own music video and instead have another big artist do your music video for you.