Sean Riley - Co-Founder of Dude Wipes Speaks on Partnering with Mark Cuban and Growing to $100+ Million in Revenue

The Casey Adams Show

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Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Today I sat down with Sean Riley, co-founder and Chief Executive Dude of Dude Wipes. Sean shares the story of how he and his co-founder turned a simple idea into a successful business, with the help of entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban. We'll hear about the challenges they faced and how they were able to scale their company to over $100 million in revenue. Sean also offers insights and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to make their mark in the world of business. Learn more about Dude Products: https://dudeproducts.com/ Follow Sean Riley on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spriles/ - Subscribe to The Casey Adams Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-casey-adams-show/id1328795944 Follow me on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/casey Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CaseyAdams TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caseyadams YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/CaseyAdams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Casey Adams Show.
0:02.5	Today I am joined by Sean Riley,
0:05.2	the chief executive dude of Dude Products.
0:08.1	Thanks so much coming to the show, Sean.
0:10.2	Yeah, Casey, thanks for having me, dude.
0:12.2	Excited to be here.
0:13.4	Of course.
0:14.0	So it's been crazy to see how much you guys have grown over the years.
0:18.6	I recently, I shouldn't say recently,
0:20.2	but just I think earlier this year, I finally hopped on the dude wipes wave. And I will say, just not only
0:26.9	game changer, but just seeing your product out there in the market, the way that you guys have
0:30.7	really penetrated the toilet paper business and how you're killing that space has just been
0:35.8	super cool to see. But for those that, for the people that may not be familiar
0:39.9	with dude products, Sean, I'd love for you to give
0:42.0	just a quick high level overview
0:44.0	of what it is that you guys have created.
0:48.0	Yeah, man, well, thanks, thanks for coming on board.
0:50.1	And that's what we always say since the beginning.
0:52.0	It's just kind of one butt at a time for us, one wipe at a time. You know, we were, we were just some dudes in an apartment after college, drinking beers, eating burritos, you know, trying to think, how can we get out of the nine to five? We had our first paychecks. And, you know, we wanted to create something fun and different.
1:11.6	And we really saw that there was a gap in the market. I was giving home a bunch of baby
1:17.4	wipes from Sam's Club to the apartment. And everyone was kind of quickly using them, getting
1:22.0	hooked on them. And this is a place where we had, you know, five guys living there, another four
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