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The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

221: Zero to $9 Million in 4 years: How Chris Peters & Rob Ward Built Quad Lock From a Kickstarter Campaign

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to our newest podcast format, video interviews! You can expect more of this format in the coming months. Subscribe to our YouTube channel here to be notified when we publish new videos. Today I had the pleasure of sitting down with the co-founders of Quad Lock, a mounting device to securely attach your smartphone to your bike, car, motorcycle, arm or in any situation where you need a hands-free moment. These guys are killing it with $9 million in yearly earnings in only four years! This was a phenomenal interview, as Peters and Ward gave us 45 minutes of pure gold on how they built a strong brand reputation and high-quality product, how they manufacture their products in China, how they got started as a simple Kickstarter project, and so much more. They also discuss brand longevity, how to become trendsetters, and how they overcame their biggest scaling challenges. If you want to learn how to build a long-lasting brand and scale your physical-products business, this is an interview you don’t want to miss! Key Takeaways What you need to build a physical-products brand with a strong reputation Why Kickstarter is a good way to introduce your brand to the market, as long as you do it right How to get started and maintain manufacturing out of China Quad Lock's biggest challenges around scaling, and how they have overcome them Quad Lock’s philosophy on hiring A-players

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0:00.0

This is episode number 221 with Chris Peters and Rob Ward of The Founder Podcast.

0:08.2

What you need is thirst.

0:09.9

You need to be a thirsty human.

0:12.0

Who is intent on learning.

0:14.0

It's a really fascinating exploration of human potential.

0:17.6

Now, now, now, now, now, now.

0:20.7

The Founder Podcast.

0:22.9

Even the greatest entrepreneurs had help.

0:25.8

If you want to learn from the most successful founders on the planet,

0:29.2

you are in the right place.

0:31.5

Branson, Mark Cuban, Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss,

0:33.7

Arianna Huffington, Steve Case, Gary V, Sophia Amoroso,

0:36.7

Barbara Corcoran, Damon John.

0:38.5

Learn from the greatest minds in business today with interviews hosted by Nathan Chan.

0:43.1

This is not your average entrepreneur podcast.

0:46.8

The Founder Podcast.

0:53.8

Hey guys, thank you so much for tuning in.

0:57.2

Before we start today's episode, I just want to let you know that our goal at founder

1:02.1

is to help entrepreneurs succeed however we can by giving away high quality content in the

1:07.4

form of interviews, blog posts, podcasts, YouTube videos, you name it.

1:12.5

We put out so much content to help you.

1:14.8

And another interesting project that we're working on right now is partnering with world-class

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