Adam Bridegan - The Pandemic as a Turning Point

The Story of a Brand

Ramon Vela

Business, Entrepreneurship

5 • 145 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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“To not allow it to change us that will be the biggest mistake in the pandemic,” says Adam. Today we have Adam Bridegan, Co-Founder of Made In, former CMO of Rhone, and Founder of Gaylord.

Adam didn't grow up well off. His parents believed in him and had always encouraged him to give back to the community. Since its founding, Adam has been at Rhone. While there, one of his team members co-founded Made In, a direct-to-consumer brand.

Adam is a father of 3 kids. He has always been busy with work and building things, but Covid coupled with his wife's scare with breast cancer, made him stop and reflect on his life, his children, and the decisions in his life. That's why Adam calls it his turning point.

In part 1, he talks about:

* Gratitude
* His life before the pandemic
* The pandemic as a turning point
* Experience with Covid

Join Ramon Vela and Adam Bridegan as they break down the inside story on The Story of a Brand.

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0:00.0	Recorded at Mute Six Studios.
0:07.9	This is not your average entrepreneur or e-commerce podcast.
0:11.6	And he's not your average host.
0:14.0	This is the story of a brand with your host, Ramon Vela.
0:20.3	And I was not expecting COVID to really impact me, but it did. I got hit really, really hard.
0:29.5	And I, well, yes, physically it impacted me, but I would say mentally and emotionally, it impacted me.
0:36.5	But I would say mentally and emotionally, it impacted me as well because for those who, you know,
0:43.3	suffered from COVID and the after effects, it really does play with your brain and your emotions and your thoughts.
0:52.3	And it was unusual, right?
0:54.8	For me to experience those things.
0:58.3	And I had to do a lot of self-reflection
1:03.1	and internalize all the feelings
1:05.7	of everything that I was going through.
1:08.6	And a lot of scenarios are playing out in your mind as far as you start playing the
1:14.0	what if game.
1:16.3	And that was, I think that was a real turning point for me, right?
1:21.7	I have three kids.
1:22.9	I have an amazing wife.
1:25.7	And it was it, it was heavy, right, to try to think about the impact that this could have
1:34.4	on my life, but also on the life of my family. And it really did impact me. And that's,
1:41.9	and I think it has impacted millions of people across the globe.
1:46.6	And I think the biggest mistake that we can make throughout this pandemic is to not allow it
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