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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Jonathan Boos: Founder of Würkin Stiffs | #ThePlaybook 261

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Jonathan Boos, Founder of Würkin Stiffs, shares his insight on: [5:30] – The way he identified the problem with the collar stays that were on the market and how he developed a product that provided the solution [8:40] – How he went from selling collar stays out of the back of his car to landing accounts with major retailers [11:45] – The biggest lessons he learned from his experience on Shark Tank, including how he should have handled the better offer he received after the show [21:39] – Why ecommerce has become as essential part of his business model in recent times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On this episode of the playbook, I have Jonathan Booze, inventor, shark tank contestant, and the founder of

0:07.4

Working Stiff. And we're going to talk about how the experience of having a typical stubborn caller inspired this unbelievable

0:16.4

business which now has created a huge e-commerce opportunity.

0:21.8

Join me for all of this and more on the playbook.

0:25.6

This is entrepreneurs, the playbook,

0:27.9

where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes,

0:30.9

celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional

0:35.7

playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom.

0:41.7

I'm your host host David Melzer.

0:44.3

This Dave Melcher with entrepreneurs the playbook and I have an ultra entrepreneur, a plain old

0:49.2

working stiff, Jonathan Booz, he's the founder of working Sniffs, he's also an inventor obviously,

0:54.9

and was one of the first contestants on Shark Pink, season two.

0:58.6

And we're going to get into that story, but Jonathan, welcome to the playbook.

1:01.8

Hey David, I'm really happy to be here.

1:04.1

Talk to you.

1:05.7

You know, so funny, I was telling you about some drama

1:07.8

with my three teenage girls and my wife,

1:10.4

and I was giving their ages and you said,

1:12.4

oh, are they twins?

1:13.8

And now I know why, because you have an identical twin.

1:17.2

And somehow your twinness has related to either the inception of the idea

1:22.2

or the credibility of

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