73. Dee Murthy, CEO and Co-Founder of Young & Reckless and Menlo Club
Hurdle with Emily Abbate
iHeartPodcasts
4.9 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2019
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This guy isn’t busy at all (sarcasm alert): The CEO of Los Angeles-based Five Four Group works tirelessly building a slew of fashion brands (including Menlo Club, Young & Reckless, Grand Athletic Club, New Republic). He also chimes in regularly on his own podcast, DEETOUR, as well as a thrice-weekly news show with his business partners — Chris ‘Drama’ Pfaff and his brother Anand — called Group Chat. But back in 2007, life looked really different. Struggling to keep his business afloat during the financial crisis, Murthy decided to do some self-work and sign up for a triathlon. That race happened at a critical point for him, and come 2014, Murthy and his team were launching more and more brands and he was really coming into his own.
In episode 73, we talk about what he says is the single best thing he's done in his career — create a run club to coincide with his athletic wear brand — and how that has changed him as a business person. The serial entrepreneur offers up must-hear advice for anyone struggling to find their way, and we share a bunch of laughs along the way.
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| 0:00.0 | Herdlers, Emily Abadi here with episode 73 of hurdle, a podcast that talks to everyone |
| 0:07.4 | from entrepreneurs to top CEOs and athletes about how they've gotten through tough times, |
| 0:12.6 | hurdles of sorts, by leaning into wellness. I can't believe we're at episode 73. These |
| 0:18.7 | numbers are really tripping me out. Today's episode is with Dee Murthy. |
| 0:23.5 | He's the co-founder of Menlo Club and Young and Reckless, both California-based clothing brands, |
| 0:28.8 | in addition to a slew of other things. |
| 0:31.1 | But we'll get to that in just a moment. |
| 0:34.2 | Before I do, shout out to today's sponsor, Athletic Greens. |
| 0:39.9 | Containing 75 proven vitamins, |
| 0:45.3 | minerals, and whole food sourced ingredients, it's my go-to insurance policy that helps me start my day off right. They are offering hurdle listeners a super awesome deal. It's 20 travel packs, |
| 0:51.0 | a $79 value, absolutely free with your first purchase. Just head on over to |
| 0:56.6 | Athletic Greens.com slash hurdle. Again, that's athletic greens.com slash hurdle to get yours |
| 1:02.6 | today. No code necessary. Today's episode's also brought to you by Woop. If you follow me on |
| 1:09.6 | Instagram and that's at Emily Abadi, then you know that I have |
| 1:12.6 | been loving getting to know more about myself and my training through the wrist-worn heart |
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| 1:25.0 | And to be honest, I am pretty hooked. |
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| 1:49.4 | All right. So, D, the guy wears a lot of hats. He's at the helm of 5-4 group, which is the |
| 1:56.3 | holding company for a slew of fashion brands. He's also a podcaster. You can find him over on his show |
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