How Entrepreneurs are Scaling Disruptive Consumer Businesses with Steve Berg
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Steve Berg is a partner at Stride Consumer, investing alongside dynamic founders of passion brands like Jeni's Ice Cream, Urban Decay, Skinfix and Patrick Ta Beauty over his 20-year career.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. The world is absolutely awash in different products. Consumers have nearly infinite choices, and the key to lasting success for any company is loyalty.
2. The whole strategy at Stride is to be that partner that helps with that next stage of growth. Be the most knowledgeable, resourceful, collaborative, supportive partner through the stage where you go from chasing the market leaders to catching and surpassing them.
3. Look for a founder who really has a compelling story as to why they are trying to change the world and why it's personal to them.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Boom, shake the room, Fire Nation, JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire, brought |
| 0:07.3 | to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals |
| 0:11.4 | with great shows like the Gold Digger Podcast. |
| 0:13.8 | Today, we'll be breaking down how entrepreneurs are scaling disruptive consumer businesses. |
| 0:19.6 | To drop these value bombs, I brought Steve Berg in the EO Fire Studios. |
| 0:22.9 | Steve is a partner at Stride Consumer, investing alongside dynamic founders of passion |
| 0:28.1 | brands like Jenny's ice cream, Urban Decay, Skin Fix, and Patrick Tabudy over his 20-year |
| 0:34.1 | career. |
| 0:35.1 | In today's Fire Nation, we're going to talk about the phrase following your passion. |
| 0:38.5 | What it actually means, we'll talk about insurgent brands and how to grow your market share |
| 0:43.2 | faster. |
| 0:44.2 | And what a company like Stride looks for and its investment and so much more. |
| 0:48.8 | And a big thank you for sponsoring today's episode goes to Steve and ours sponsors. |
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| 1:20.2 | Ever thought about giving a TEDx talk? |
| 1:22.2 | It's one of the most powerful ways to share your message with the world. |
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