18: Dyrdek Machine’s Latest Build w/ Jolie CEO Ryan Babenzein
Build With Rob
Rob Dyrdek
5.0 • 636 Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Machine Method Phase: BUILD
Rob calls it a “shotgun venture creation wedding,” and that couldn’t be more fitting for his newest Dyrdek Machine venture, Jolie with former Greats founder Ryan Babenzein. Ryan had started and sold companies, and found himself consulting, but he grew tired of giving his energy and ideas to other people and longed to work for himself once again. One day he found his skin was dry and bought a water filter for his shower that changed everything. Research revealed all of the harmful chemicals that are in municipal (tap) water are harmful to your skin and hair, but shower water filters have never been thought of as a crucial part of any beauty routine. Enter Jolie (named after Ryan’s wife, but also means “pretty” in French), a beauty company that will change the way you think of your shower. Rob and Ryan talked only a few times over Zoom before Rob jumped in on the deal, and this podcast is the first time the two newly minted partners have ever met in person.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Build with Rob. |
| 0:04.0 | I am Rob Deerdeck, CEO of the Deerdeck Machine, a one-of-a-kind venture creation studio where we manufacture amazing companies using our process we call the machine method. |
| 0:16.6 | It is our passion to create companies with like-minded do-or-dire entrepreneurs. |
| 0:24.0 | And this show is all about the lessons that we have learned along the journey. |
| 0:28.8 | On today's episode, our latest and greatest and newest super doer-dire entrepreneur, Ryan Babenzine. You know, look, when you have a chance to partner |
| 0:41.4 | with a guy like Ryan, you jump on it. You know, we have a machine method process here. It's very |
| 0:47.1 | methodic. We go through the discovery phase, the diligence phase. And when we get through that, |
| 0:52.4 | we decided that golden gator, we're going to pull that trigger. And that usually, you know, takes a couple of months |
| 0:58.6 | to really get through. We want to understand that entrepreneur, understand the idea. But every now |
| 1:04.7 | and again, there's going to be a great, a superstar entrepreneur with an absolutely amazing idea that you kind of |
| 1:15.3 | push back through the whole process and you just want to get to a deal. And that is exactly |
| 1:20.6 | what we did with this concept. I think everybody's going to really understand why after listening |
| 1:27.3 | to him, what a world-class |
| 1:29.0 | entrepreneur he is and how lucky we are to be able to create this new venture Jolie together. |
| 1:35.8 | Ryan Babinzin. |
| 1:38.2 | Welcome to build with Rob. |
| 1:40.0 | Welcome to the Deer Deer Deer Deerick Machine. |
| 1:41.5 | Welcome to Beverly Hills, California, to the penthouse where the Deer Deer Deck Machine lives and sits. |
| 1:47.7 | My friend, the first time that we have ever met each other is right here, right now, on this podcast, in this day, because we now are partners in a brand new venture. |
| 1:59.9 | Can you believe it? I can't, man. It's good to meet you. It's good |
| 2:02.9 | to meet you. I mean, who would have thought in this day and age that you can meet somebody for the first time over Zoom? Because think about it, even it was like a year ago, we would have had to call on the phone and then fly somewhere and meet to decide whether or not we could do a business together pre-COVID. |
| 2:17.1 | But instead now it's like, okay, |
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