Hi, I'm Brian Smith, the founder of the billion-dollar Ugg brand, and I am one of the passionate

few.

Hey guys, thanks for tuning in to this episode of The Passionate View podcast.

It's your host, Omar here, and in today's inspiring interview, we get to hear from Brian

Smith.

He's the founder of Ugg Boots, and we get to hear the whole story of not only how Brian

conceived the idea for Ugg Boots on the sand on the beach one day, but ultimately how he

ended up taking action and how even though some of those early years were tough and had lots

of challenges, Brian would ultimately triumph and prove resilient to turn his idea into a reality.

And Brian also gets into what it's like to find the right

partners and investors and acquisitions and all the business side of it, but more powerfully is his

story and how actually the first five years of Ugg outsold the first five years of Nike's sales.

So it's a really interesting story of explosive growth and one man's determination

to make those dreams a reality. So hope you guys sit back, really get inspired by this one,

and apply a lot of the wisdom to your own life because it is a wild story. And we hear the

whole thing from scratch. And you should also know that Uggs as of this year is projected

to not only be a billion dollar business doing two billion in sales, but they are not stopping any time soon. We're talking crazy explosive growth. That's a cultural phenomenon. And also because so many of you have reached out and asked me, hey, Omar, how do you get in touch with these dream guests? Well, don't worry. I put together a free resource in the description below. And if you

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let's get right into this interview. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the inspiring story, the founder of Ugg Boots, Brian Smith. Enjoy. Thanks for being on the show today, Brian. My pleasure. Thanks for having me. Absolutely. Thanks for having us here. It's a beautiful home. Great. I love it. Thank you. So let's get right into it. A lot of people know about the

Ugg brand. Where did this all begin? I know you have a wild journey. So can you tell us a little

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