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The Story of a Brand Show

Hiccapop - How to Start a Product Business

The Story of a Brand Show

Ramon Vela

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.9147 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of Story of a Brand, we’re sitting down with CEO and Co-Founder Davis Clute.

With a couple of previous start-ups under his belt, Davis created the brand Hiccapop. Hiccapop is a brand solely dedicated to rethinking children’s products for the modern parent.

With Hiccapop growing in success, Davis released his latest book, “How to Start a Business (In 50 Pages),” which provides insights to upcoming entrepreneurs.

Insights including past experiences, how to expect and overcome failure, and ways to de-stress during your business’s growth. Please tune in to today’s episode as we go over the entrepreneurial insights of Davis Clute.

In part 1, Davis discusses His Mentor experience, Focusing on customer service and product development, Going over the keys of success, Learning from failure, Growing a business in a stress-free environment, Getting your product out to the public.

Join Ramon Vela and Davis as they discuss Hiccapop on The Story of a Brand.

For more on Hiccapop, visit: https://www.hiccapop.com/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Recorded at Attention Agency Studios.

0:07.5

This is not your average entrepreneur or e-commerce podcast.

0:12.1

And he's not your average host.

0:14.8

This is the story of a brand with your host, Ramon Vela.

0:21.5

If you're already going into the business thinking that you have to buy your revenue,

0:26.6

you already lost.

0:27.8

Pack it up, go home.

0:29.6

That's already an uphill battle just by the way you're thinking about it from the get-go.

0:33.6

So I would really challenge people to think about marketing is,

0:36.8

how would you market it if you didn't have a dime?

0:42.7

Have you built an online brand that consumers love?

0:46.0

Do you sell in consumer categories that are essential to everyday life?

0:50.2

Do the majority of your sales go through Amazon FBA?

0:53.7

If this sounds like you, you should get to know Forum brands.

0:59.4

Forum is a team of expert investors, operators, and many ex-Amazonians who provide

1:05.3

entrepreneurs and owners with the most efficient and lucrative way to sell their

1:09.7

e-commerce businesses.

1:11.4

If you're interested in exploring a sale and cashing out years of your profits in one day,

1:17.5

visit us at forumbrands.com to schedule a call.

1:22.8

Hey, everyone, this is Ramon Vela, and this is another episode of the story of a brand. Like always, I have an

1:30.1

amazing founder and brand that we're going to review and take a look at and unpack and find out

1:37.2

what it is about them that people connect with. But before I do, I have actually been thinking about

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