Relationships, Integrity and Community: Three Tenants for Any Successful Business with Jamie Grayson, Baby Gear/Safety Expert and Media Personality
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Lindsay Pinchuk
5 • 854 Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Jamie Grayson is the first male guest to be featured on Dear FoundHer, and it’s easy to see why the exception was made for him! Jamie is exceptional. Shortly after starting as a product demonstrator and personal shopper in New York City’s buybuyBaby store, customers began emailing the store to ask for him by name. In March, 2010, New York Magazine named him the city’s best baby-gear expert, and soon he was doing 50 engagements a year as one of the most well-respected experts in the baby gear and child safety space. Jamie spent every spare moment researching his products and newfound industry because he believed his customers, and later his audience, deserved the most honest and helpful information to make their decisions.
Thanks to this “human first” philosophy, Jamie’s millions of followers remain just as devoted to him, even as his brand continues to evolve. He’s shed his “BabyGuy” moniker, yet he remains as passionately dedicated as ever to helping parents make decisions about the best gear for their children with his reviews and events. As his social media platforms expand to include activism, business advice, pop culture, and theater, his approach remains the same: a business is essentially a community of friends.
On this episode of Dear FoundHer, hear Jamie discuss the dangers of having a business plan, the pros and cons of social media, and how no one really knows what they’re doing.
Quotes
• “I was the only man working with all of these doulas and taking childbirth classes. I really loved being around all this really cool, strong female energy.” 9:12-9:26 | Jamie)
• “I realized that with support, education and just a little bit of empathy as a human, you can make a drastic difference.”(19:56-20:05 | Jamie)
• “Knowing your worth and what to charge is one of the hardest things about this whole space. (22:54-23:00 | Jamie)
• “It is impossible to do everything by yourself.” (32:16-32:19 | Jamie)
• “That’s in our mission statement on my site: Human being first, business second.” (35:47-35:50 | Jamie)
• “This influencer culture we live in, I don’t love. When people call me an influencer, I hate it.”(48:25-48:31 | Jamie)
Connect with Jamie Grayson:
Instagram | http://www.instagram.com/thejamiegrayson
TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@thejamiegrayson
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| 0:00.0 | Dear Founder, as you know, there's no blueprint for entrepreneurship. You wear so many hats, |
| 0:09.7 | you burn the minite oil, you pour your heart and soul into everything that you do. But without a doubt, |
| 0:15.3 | the journey is worth every single second that you put into it. I'm Lindsay Pinchuk, host of the Deer Founder podcast. |
| 0:22.7 | I say this because I've lived it for over a decade. |
| 0:25.8 | I started my first company with $500 in my pocket and a baby in my belly. |
| 0:30.5 | I grew it and I sold it all. |
| 0:32.7 | This podcast is my weekly letter to you. |
| 0:35.5 | We'll talk all things starting, growing, nurturing, and in some |
| 0:39.7 | cases, even selling a business. Together with some of my closest contacts, I'm here to help you find |
| 0:45.2 | your own success, whatever that means to you. The ride as a founder is the ride of your life. |
| 0:50.8 | So come on and join me for another episode that will get you one step closer to |
| 0:55.0 | reaching your own founder goals. Welcome back to another episode of Dear Founder, a really, |
| 1:00.6 | really special one at that. And I'm so excited to bring on our special guest. But before we |
| 1:05.1 | start today's episode, I want to take a minute to say thank you. Today's episode is all about |
| 1:10.5 | community. And it's so important that I take a minute to thank thank you. Today's episode is all about community and it's so important |
| 1:12.4 | that I take a minute to thank the one right here. Your continued support and listening and |
| 1:17.0 | sharing the podcast has really helped us to support so many of you in so many ways in just a few |
| 1:22.1 | short months. I have one more thing I want to say thank you for and that is the fact that this |
| 1:27.4 | community has given me one of the greatest gifts I've received since leaving the first come I have one more thing I want to say thank you for, and that is the fact that this community |
| 1:27.7 | has given me one of the greatest gifts I've received since leaving the first company that I founded |
| 1:32.4 | last summer. As you know, I kicked off my big program earlier this month, and in doing so, |
| 1:38.4 | many of you came to me asking for ways to work with me one-on-one. Your belief in me is so appreciated, |
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