Making It with Jon Davids

Jon Davids (JonDavids.com) tells us about the unbelievable story of Harry Singh, a former cab driver who became a billionaire by continuously solving problems and innovating his business strategy. Learn how Singh transitioned from owning a small repair shop to creating a thriving oil distribution empire.

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Listen here or watch the video at youtube.com/@jondavids. In this episode, Jon breaks down Taylor Sheridan's journey from struggling actor to Hollywood powerhouse. And how he built Yellowstone into a cultural touchstone. Complete with his own real estate empire. This episode explores Sheridan's strategic pivot to writing, his creation of successful spin-offs, and his savvy business model integrating real estate and content creation.

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Join JD (JonDavids.com) and special guest Charles Schwartz as they dive into the greatest hits of 2024 in business, marketing, and entrepreneurship. From standout products and underhyped trends to personal wins and fails, this episode is packed with reflections and insights to close the year on a high note.

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JD (JonDavids.com) and Adam Miller, the founder of Cornerstone OnDemand, who built and sold his company for $5.2 billion. Now, Adam is dedicating his efforts to combating global challenges like homelessness, gun violence, and climate change through his new venture OnePlanet.

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Jon(JonDavids.com)explores the remarkable journey of Louisa Schneider, who transformed a dismal ear-piercing experience with her daughter into Rowan, a booming business with over 60 locations. Learn about her innovative approach using licensed nurses, pop-up events, and home services that disrupted the industry, leading to massive growth and revenue.

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Join JD (JonDavids.com) as he dives into an inspiring conversation with Jake Carls, co-founder of Mid-Day Squares. Discover how this innovative chocolate brand skyrocketed to $30 million in revenue with minimal marketing spend, resilience, and raw authenticity.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) delves into the inspiring story of Joe Coulombe, the founder of Trader Joe's, who transformed his struggling convenience store into a massively successful cultural icon. Today Trader Joe's makes more sales per square foot than Walmart, Whole Foods, or Costco.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) chats with Codie Sanchez about her journey from corporate finance to becoming an entrepreneur and author. Codie shares insights on buying businesses, overcoming failures, and the power of attention as leverage in today's market.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) explores the story of Veronica and Miguel Garza, co-founders of Siete Foods. Learn how they started from a kitchen recipe to dominating stores nationwide, leveraging community support and smart financing strategies.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) tells us about the rise of Randy Nonnenberg. Hear about his story and how he went from blogging from his living room and turned into a billion-dollar marketplace for cars.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) sits down with Isaac Olowolafe, a real estate entrepreneur turned tech investor. Hear Isaac's amazing story of his growth through the industry and how he went from buying apartments to founding a real estate empire, and so much more.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) sits down with the CEO of Digital and Savvy; Maha Abouelenein. Maha runs a super successful PR firm and has some incredible insights and tips when it comes to growing your business in the real world and online. If you want your business to grow big and fast, you won't want to miss this episode!

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Jon (JonDavids.com) sits down with the President and Chairwoman of Lifeway Foods; Julie Smolyansky. Listen in as Julie tells us about the wild path of her career which has seen its share of loss, massive innovation, and her battle to have her product available in every grocery store.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) tells us about a man named Todd Graves bootstrapped a simple idea of a chicken finger restaurant into an empire. • His restaurant is called Raising Cane's • They've grown to 700 locations across the US • It's a private company — Todd Graves owns 90% Jon tells you exactly how he did it.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) tells us about how the world's biggest and most recognizable brands, and how they turned existing ideas into profit machines.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) tells us about Enterprise, who took the basic business model of car rentals and turned it into money printing machine.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) sits down with the Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur magazine; Jason Feifer. Jason has some excellent advice for your business, including how to get coverage, how to get customers, the current trends he's noticing in the business world, and so much more.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) sits down with the President and co-founder of Angel Studios; Jordan Harmon. Listen in as Jordan tells us how a lawsuit in his earlier career nearly ruined him, but eventually lead to massive success.

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We revisit the story of Jon's (JonDavids.com) first company he made while still in college, and how you can copy this exact same formula for your company today.

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Listen to Jon's (JonDavids.com) appearance on the Coffee with Closers Podcast.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) tells us all about "value anchoring." What is it? Why is it important? And most importantly, how can you start utilizing it in your business right now? Tune in to get all the details.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) sits down with Anthony Scaramucci. Taking a bit of a turn from the usual content, Anthony talks with Jon about politics, world events and the ins and outs of business culture.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) tells us about how you don't need to change your product if your business is struggling. Instead, you can try a simple and more focused solution.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) talks all about how some of the major companies utilize a special tactic to get you to spend as much as possible, and it's something you can start doing TODAY with your own business.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) sits down with Kevin O'Leary — aka Mr. Wonderful. He's chairman of O'Leary Ventures and sits in the centre chair on Shark Tank. Jon and Kevin cover a wide range of topics including personal and career growth and just how much "Mr. Wonderful" really makes.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) talks about some of the biggest companies in the world, and what they do behind the scenes from their public image to make even more money.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) tells us about the rise and popularity of Blank Street Coffee and how it changed the playbook of the coffee-drinking world.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) was a featured guest on The Product Startup Podcast in May 2024. Here's the audio from that episode!

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Jon (JonDavids.com) talks about Hunts Brother Pizza, and how they used their food to fix an obvious problem in over 9,500 stores across America.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) chats with Ryan Hanley, the host of The Ryan Hanley Show podcast. Jon and Ryan break down the highs, lows and successes of getting into business.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) chats with David Silberman, Co-Founder and CFO of Pingpod. David tells Jon all about how they turned a simple idea of a ping-pong facility into a booming tech success story.

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Jon's (JonDavids.com) new book is out now from anywhere and everywhere you get your books. Get more info and your copy now at MarketingSuperpowersBook.com.

Jon breaks down some of the bigger points that you can get the full scope of in his book, and how it will be a game changer on how you see your business.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) tells us about Brian Curin's climb and the many successful business ventures he has had across the board.

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Jon (JonDavids.com) tells us the lesser-known stories and challenges about the billionaire co-founder of Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson. 

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Jon (JonDavids.com) talks with Drew Green, CEO of Indochino. Drew is not only a fascinating business person, but an all-around incredible person. Tune in to hear all about the highs and lows of Drew's amazing journey and how he became the smash success he is today.

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In today's episode, Jon talks with Jason Fried, CEO of 37signals about how his company made products for themselves and how that translated into a massively successful business.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us how Hamdi Ulukaya took his simple love of yogurt, and turned it into a $2B powerhouse brand.

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In today's episode, Jon talks with Ghassan Halazon, founder and CEO of EMERGE Commerce about how he buys companies, why eCommerce businesses are so hard, how he's pivoting his company, and more.

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In today's episode, Jon talks with Gregg Majewski about how he built his empire and how that led to his massive growth.

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In today's episode, Jon talks about the rise of one of the most popular watch brands on the market today, MVMT Watches.

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Canadian rock music icon Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace sits down with Jon to talk about the downfalls of the music industry and what Raine is doing with his brand-new business to help revitalize it. 

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Temu is the internet megastore with thrift shop vibes. They’re selling everything from blankets to bluetooth speakers. At blowout prices. But here's the weird part — these guys didn't exist 24 months ago. And now they’re having an arm wrestle with Amazon. So how did they get here? Jon did some digging. Here's what happened...

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Peter and Jared turned eggs, dates, and almonds into a $600M payday. And they did it in 5 years. They're the creators of RXBAR, the protein snack that went from obscurity to ubiquity in no time. But it was actually a grind. And there's a serious lesson from how they did it. Here's what happened.

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Hugo Bibby and Rupert Bonnington of Pockla join Jon to talk about how they help brands create new and unique ideas for their companies.

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Andre de Wet joins Jon to talk about how he's building an e-commerce offering for Africa. And how he's going to take it to the rest of the world.

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In today's episode, Jon chats with Shafkat Kassim of Jettrav about expanding your business by creating a loyal community.

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In today's episode, Jon chats with Donal O'Sullivan about the myths and realities behind building a community for your company.

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In today's episode, Jon teaches us about what we can learn from Stanley drinkware company about finding out who your real customers are, and how small changes can lead to massive success.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us about Ryan Babenzien, the CEO of Jolie. Learn about how Ryan reinvented the way people look at something as simple as a showerhead. 

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In today's episode, Jon tells us about celebrities with successful alcohol business ventures, and the real secret behind why they're so marketable.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us all about how Joe Coulombe went from being on the ropes and nearly out, to turning around and building a massive comapny.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us about how Kim Kardashian built her own brand and how she's managed to keep it going strong.

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In today's episode, if you've got the guts for it, Jon tells us about how Laura Spaulding went from making five figures as a police officer to eight figures being the CEO of her own crime scene cleanup company.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us all about how Costco changed the retail game completely and made a fortune doing it.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us all about how Ryan Reynolds took a different path through his career in the entertainment industry, and how it led to him building an empire.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us all about how Manjit Minhas entered a highly competitive industry with an ad agency.

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No episode this week, just a quick holiday greeting and thank you from yours truly. Thanks for tuning in throughout 2023 and I look forward to having you back in 2024. A lot of big things are planned, so don't miss out!

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In today's episode, Jon talks with Adam Robinson, the CEO of Retention.com. Adam built his company from the ground up with no help or backers and is entirely transparent about everything he does. Tune in to learn about his very unconventional methods and what you can learn from them.

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In today's episode, Jon talks with Kunal Gupta. Kunal is an all-around jack of all trades with an expansive and amazing story to back it all up. Sit back and get ready to be amazed!

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In today's episode, Jon talks with the CEO and co-founder of Propel Holdings, Clive Kinross. They will talk about what Propel Holdings does, and how Clive has been able to reach and remain successful in the business world.

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In today's episode, Jon has to opportunity to talk with Eliah Seton at Web Summit 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. Eliah talks about what SoundCloud is doing to make music distribution the best it can possibly be for musicians all over the world.

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In today's episode, Jon chats with Kasey Whitman, the President of the Watson Gloves Company based in Vancouver, BC. Having been with the company for 23+ years, Kasey tells us how he stepped in to the role of running a business that dates back just over 100 years.

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In today's episode, Jon talks about why cereal has the best marketing and branding, and how you can apply that to your business.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us how the company Aviator Nation built a 9-figure company with help from their loyal followers and fanbase.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us how Tyler Perry started with nothing and rose to fame and fortune in his own way.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us how Jessica Simpson went from pop star, to reality TV star, to a fashion icon in her very twist and turn career. 

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In today's episode, Jon breaks down the business model behind the colossal success of Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour."

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In today's episode, Jon tells us about how you can increase your profit with one simple product.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us about how two tech guys made it big by advertising their cookie brand through Tiktok.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us about how Ben Shapiro and Jeremy Boreing built a multi-million dollar business on the back of politics and controversy.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us all about how he made his first $300k while n college and how you can copy exactly what he did to achieve that same success.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us about how one person brought in over $13M selling a very basic product.

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In todays episode, Jon talks about the business of cruise ships, and the valuable lessons you can learn from their model of work.

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On today's show, Jon talks with David Lui, CEO and co-owner of Kit and Ace. Jon and David will discuss what led him to step into this role and what the plans for the future look like for the company.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us about why some of the internets most popular influencers got into the business of beverages and how they did it.

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In today's episode, Jon tells us about Jim Pattison, and how we went from doing basic sales to being a self-made billionaire in his 90s.

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In today's episode, Jon talks about the important lessons you can learn and use from the broadway business model.

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On today's show, Jon talks with Michael Jones, the co-fouder and CEO of Thrive Farmers. Jon talks with Michael all about how his dreams of being rich led to feelings of emptiness, but then he used that to do so much good in the world.

For more information on Michael and Thrive Farmers, you can visit the company website.

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On today's show, Jon talks with his sister Batsheva Davids all about her new business Davids Legal. Her and Jon will discuss how that's been going and he will answer some of the tough questions that are raised about a new business.

For more information on Batsheva's business, you can visit the company website.

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