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How a 12-person team manages 17,000 stores

The Current powered by Kim Komando

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Technology, Tech News

4.6825 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Craig Dubitsky is the Founder of Hello Products (sold to Colgate) and the strategic mind behind the iconic EOS lip balm spheres. Now, he’s the Co-Founder of Happy Coffee alongside Robert Downey Jr. I ask Craig how a 12-person team gets product into 17,000 stores and how NetSuite saved his operations when hypergrowth literally broke their systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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All right, small business owners, I want you to really listen to this one. You know that

0:39.5

bright green, hello toothpaste? Well, a gentleman by the name of Craig Dubitsky actually built

0:45.3

that, and he sold it to Colgate. And those little Eos lip bomb spheres that took over every

0:50.8

checkout line in America, guess what? That was also Craig. Now he's teamed up with

0:56.5

Robert Downey Jr. to launch Happy. It's a coffee brand partnering with NAMI to support mental health.

1:03.4

And let me tell you something. Craig knows how to build brands that people love. And he'll be the

1:08.1

first to tell you that passion only gets you so far because at some point,

1:12.3

you really need systems that work. You really need to see your numbers, your inventory.

1:17.0

The whole operation in one place, not buried in a bunch of spreadsheets. And that's why Craig built

1:22.7

happy on NetSuite from day one. You see, it handles financials, inventory, supply chain so he can focus on

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