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Where do you even start when you are wanting to grow your brand’s revenue? Especially when it is extremely niche? Today Ben Jenkins, owner of Warstic.com, joins the show to discuss how he grew his high-quality baseball bat brand to over $8 million in the past four years alone.
Listen in as we discuss how to negotiate the valuation for investors and how Ben was able to accelerate the growth of his brand so rapidly. You will learn how he has managed his insane workload (while also making time for his family), how he designed his brand with impact, and how he got Jack White of The White Stripes to be involved in his company.
You’ll learn:
- Who Warstic.com is created for. (5:00)
- What made the Warstic bats different. (8:35)
- How Warstic valuated their brand. (15:30)
- What accelerated Warstic’s growth during the pandemic. (21:00)
- The biggest lessons Ben has learned from running a team. (24:33)
- How he manages work while still making time for his family. (33:21)
(With your host Andrew Youderian of eCommerceFuel.com and Ben Jenkins of Warstic.com)
What Was Mentioned
- Ben Jenkins: Website | LinkedIn | Instagram| Facebook | Twitter
- eCommerceFuel Capital
- Klaviyo
- Klaviyo Personalized SMS
- eCommerceFuel Forum
Image credit to Warstic.com featuring one of their premium bats.
Post by Andrew Youderian
Founder and Chief Instigator, eComFuel
Andrew quit an early finance job to sell CB radios online — an admittedly unorthodox career path. It set him on a course to found and sell multiple businesses, host a decade-running podcast, lecture at Harvard Business School and create eComFuel, the leading community for 7- and 8-figure online business owners. Andrew is fascinated with branding, AI, building community, investing and growing meaningful businesses that don't require sacrificing what truly matters.
