Chris Meade Hosts My Biggest Lessons, talking to other merchants and founders about the mistakes they made. In a year with supply chain questions, and reliability you can't afford you mess up. Thankfully for you, these founders have so you don't have to.
My Biggest Lessons with Chris Meade
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Chris Meade Hosts My Biggest Lessons, talking to other merchants and founders about the mistakes they made. In a year with supply chain questions, and reliability you can't afford you mess up. Thankfully for you, these founders have so you don't have to.
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November 8, 2022
BFCM Prep and Lessons Learned with Shray Joshi
<p>Chris Meade used Gorgias to generate over $1,000,000 in retail sales, <a href="https://www.gorgias.com/customers/crossnet" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">learn how he did, and you can too</a>.</p><p>Shray Joshi joins Chris to share big mistakes they've made during BFCM in years past.</p><p>Sign up for Chris' weekly newsletter <a href="https://chrismeade.beehiiv.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cross Commerce</a> here, and connect with him on <a href="https://twitter.com/chrismeadej" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjmeade/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Linkedin</a>. </p><p>Chris Meade is the co-founder & CMO of CROSSNET, the world’s first four-way volleyball game. Chris was honored with Forbes 30U30 for the 2021 Sports category. CROSSNET combines elements of the childhood game four square and volleyball in a competitive game to 11, win by 2. CROSSNET is now available at 3000+ retail stores such as Walmart, Target, DICKS, Academy Sports, Sam’s Club and 20+ other retailers.</p>
November 1, 2022
Baseball Lifestyle started as a community, now it's a thriving band | Josh Shapiro
<p>Chris Meade used Gorgias to generate over $1,000,000 in retail sales, <a href="https://www.gorgias.com/customers/crossnet" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">learn how he did, and you can too</a>.</p><p>After starting an Instagram account about the life of a baseball player. It grew into a community, and before he knew it a brand. This is his story, and the lessons learned along the way.</p><p>Key moments in this episode of My Biggest Lessons</p><p>4:35 Professional athletes who have made it to the big leagues</p><p>5:30 Waiting until 1M in sales before spending money on advertising </p><p>7:00 Founder dynamics with a large age gap and working with your wife</p><p>8:00 College World Series the fire Marshall set up.</p><p>10:00 Business never escapes us Chris audiogram</p><p>10:30 Hiring a fractional CEO, and what you get from hiring them. When you need to spend more money.</p><p>17:00 getting into stores like Sheilds </p><p>18:00 Driving retail sales and sell through</p><p>19:45 Generating $5000 a day in sales from a single pop-up</p><p>Sign up for Chris' weekly newsletter <a href="https://chrismeade.beehiiv.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cross Commerce</a> here, and connect with him on <a href="https://twitter.com/chrismeadej" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjmeade/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Linkedin</a>. </p><p>Chris Meade is the co-founder & CMO of CROSSNET, the world’s first four-way volleyball game. Chris was honored with Forbes 30U30 for the 2021 Sports category. CROSSNET combines elements of the childhood game four square and volleyball in a competitive game to 11, win by 2. CROSSNET is now available at 3000+ retail stores such as Walmart, Target, DICKS, Academy Sports, Sam’s Club and 20+ other retailers.</p>
October 25, 2022
What happened when Birddogs advertised on Pornhub? Cael Schwartz
<p>Chris Meade used Gorgias to generate over $1,000,000 in retail sales, <a href="https://www.gorgias.com/customers/crossnet" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">learn how he did, and you can too</a>.</p><p>Cael Schwartz is head of product at Birddogs, he stopped by the DTCX studio in NYC to talk about their growth, Shark Tank, and advertising on platforms like Pornhub and Grinder.</p><p>Key lessons in this episode.</p><p>5:00 The Impact Chubbies had on two ecommerce founders</p><p>6:13 Backlash from marketing emails </p><p>7:45 Funny stories </p><p>11:13 Day in the life of a head of product at an ecommerce company. </p><p>14:00 Inventory fuck ups</p><p>16:00 Begging suppliers to slow down after Shark Tank </p><p>21:00 Ordering 6 months of back inventory by accident</p><p>22:00 TV ads and alternative advertising networks including Pornhub and Grinder</p><p>28:00 Why Birddogs keeps everything in house<p>Sign up for Chris' weekly newsletter <a href="https://chrismeade.beehiiv.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cross Commerce</a> here, and connect with him on <a href="https://twitter.com/chrismeadej" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjmeade/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Linkedin</a>. </p><p>Chris Meade is the co-founder & CMO of CROSSNET, the world’s first four-way volleyball game. Chris was honored with Forbes 30U30 for the 2021 Sports category. CROSSNET combines elements of the childhood game four square and volleyball in a competitive game to 11, win by 2. CROSSNET is now available at 3000+ retail stores such as Walmart, Target, DICKS, Academy Sports, Sam’s Club and 20+ other retailers.</p> </p>
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