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Dropping Bombs

Brad Lea

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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This episode was sponsored by Cardiff, 365 Cycles & 365 Regroup

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Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode features Ben Berman — the founder who sold his car at 21, launched a bicycle parts company with $2,500 and no experience, and built it into America's largest online bicycle parts retailer by selection.

Ben breaks down the Covid wave that 4X'd his orders overnight, why "hire smart people and get out of their way" is dangerous advice, and the documentation system that finally freed him from his own company after nine years trapped inside it.

If you're making real money but can't step away without the wheels falling off, this episode has a name for your problem and a blueprint for fixing it.

🔗 Connect with Ben

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamin.berman

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Jamin.Berman

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365 Cycles: https://365cycles.com

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Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

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0:00.0	We already have a freaking eight figure business. You could probably exit it for a load of money.
0:05.0	So I sold my car for $2,500.500. Now is my seed money. No loans, no investments.
0:09.4	How old were you? 21. Profitable every year, nine years. COVID hit. Our business grew 400% in three weeks.
0:16.3	How do I build a killer team? I have like a fundamental concept.
0:25.5	What it is, Brad, back again with another episode of dropping bombs today in the studio, folks. I got a real treat for you,
0:30.5	real life entrepreneur, Ben Berman in the house. What's happening, Ben?
0:35.9	Excited to be here. Where are you from? I'm from New Hampshire. New Hampshire. Oh, Ben Berman, folks.
0:41.4	If you guys don't know him, go to at jammin.com. J-A-M-I-N like Ben J-A-M-I-N.
0:49.9	Dot Berman. Follow them on social media. Or you go to 365 regroup dot com and if you guys are
0:58.0	bike bros 365 cycles dot com you started that right yep you invented that you you kind of little
1:05.9	built that sucker into a eight figure and growing. You're the largest bicycle parts retailer in the
1:13.2	United States? Online, yeah. Online. Biggest selection. Yeah, biggest selection of parts and
1:19.8	accessories for bicycles. Okay, but you're not the biggest? Who's the biggest? Well, the biggest.
1:26.5	They usually sell bicycles. So there's some other competitors that sell bicycles that probably have larger revenue.
1:32.3	You're selling parts.
1:34.3	But yeah, parts and accessories were the largest.
1:36.3	Parts and accessories.
1:37.3	365 cycles, folks.
1:39.3	If you guys have bikes, that's where you go get all the parts if you need them.
1:42.3	I'm trying to figure out, though, number one, I want to talk a little bit about how you built that.
1:48.6	Because it's pretty impressive how the story, but also kind of what you're really doing now, which is like helping business owners basically turn their business into an asset.
2:02.3	Yeah.
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