171: How to Build a Brand... from Halloween Costumes 🍂 to Personalized Wardrobe Delivery 👚 - Jalem Getz of Wantable ⭐

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Millionaire Interviews Podcast & Sir Austin Peek

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4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Jalem Getz is the CEO and founder of Wantable, Inc, a personalized eCommerce company focused on women's fashion and fitness products. Their goal at Wantable is to develop a deep relationship with their customers and offer them a platform for discovery. Because each customer is unique, Wantable dynamically adjusts the product assortment for each user. Jalem is 47 years young and lives in the Cayman Islands. This Episode is Sponsored By: LinkedIn Jobs makes it easy to get a match with quality candidates, who make the most sense for your role. LinkedIn Jobs uses knowledge of both hard skills and soft skills to match you with the people who fit your role the best. Get $50 your first job post at: millionaire-interviews.com/linkedin-jobs Bubble introduces a new way to build a web application. It is a no-code, point-and-click programming tool. Bubble is giving a 40% discount for the first 3 months by using the coupon code – Millionaire, just visit: millionaire-interviews.com/bubble F5 Cloud Services expertise as a service lets you achieve worry-free DNS infrastructure in minutes. F5 has 20 years of experience in app services and they know what you need in order to implement a great-performing app. F5 is offering a free trial for our listeners, just visit: millionaire-interviews.com/F5 Want to Support the Show? Well we'd love for you to join our Patreon Group! What's in it for you? Well you'll instantly get a scheduled call from Austin, where he'll help you with your current or future business... Sign-Up Now at millionaire-interviews.com/patreon. 😀😎😍 *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Jalem Getz Interview. *** Support this Podcast via Patreon Feedback? Questions? Comments? We would love to hear from you! Hollar at us via: Twitter (@acpeek or @millionairepod), Instagram (@millionaire_interviews), LinkedIn (@austincpeek), Facebook (@millionaireinterviews), or Email: [email protected]. 😎😍😀

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0:00.0	Yeah, so anybody who's starting a company or at least for my perspective, it requires three ingredients.
0:06.5	You have to be willing to work at your absolute limit for as long as possible.
0:11.4	And people say, oh, I work 10 hours, I work 50 hours, whatever it is.
0:14.1	I mean, whatever your limit is, you need to give it that and then beyond it a sustained pace period.
0:19.2	There's been no escaping hard work in my three companies.
0:22.4	We got 50 or 60 thousand orders a day, but at the time, it's that we have 20 thousand orders in one day.
0:32.1	And they said, how was that even possible? We don't get 20 thousand orders in a year.
0:36.2	And the key was two things. One, first, move as advanced and two, building a-
0:42.9	I learn not to work with your spouse, right? Because at the end of the day, when you're working hard,
0:46.9	start growing your business for us, you know, it's frustrating. You want to come home and kind of
0:50.6	build a unwind. It's very difficult to kind of unwind and vent on your partner.
0:55.3	I entered it with a strategy and that strategy was not to get large VC money.
1:00.0	Because two things, I didn't think I needed it. And two, I didn't want to give up control of the
1:04.6	organization. Good morning. My name is Gillem Getz. I'm 47 years old. I live in Grand Cayman,
1:12.0	which is the largest of three islands in the Cayman Islands. And I work remotely at my company,
1:18.0	which is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. That company is wantable. We are an online personal
1:23.4	styling service for women and men. We focus on women's ready to wear and men's and women's fitness
1:29.1	apparel. And as a personal styling service, we're really in the business of curating assortments of
1:34.8	apparel for our customers. They get the opportunity to try it and the comfort of their own home
1:39.2	before they purchase. And everything is sent to them is a surprise. We do use technology,
1:44.7	mixed with human stylists to curate products. Again, so that customers kind of have that
1:49.6	surprise in the light when it arrives at their doorstep. There's other players in the space that
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