Anatomy of a Brand Podcast With Chris Cruz
For Brands That Refuse to Settle.This podcast is for the pioneers; the founders, creators, and teams who aren’t here to play it safe.
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What It Means To Build Against The Algorithm | Episode 40 w/ Aaron Underwood. (opens the original)
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Aaron Underwood doesn't make brands look old.He makes them feel like they've been here before.Aaron Underwood is the founder of Unto Dust, a visual identity studio built around story, craftsmanship, and the belief that the best brands don't need to be clever to be memorable. His work draws from vintage materials, old-world design, family histories, and the tactile imperfections of things made by hand. In this episode, we unpack what happens when a designer chooses depth over cleverness, and what
What Nobody Tells You About Betting Your Life on an Idea | Episode 39 w/ Aubrey & Tyler O'Laskey (opens the original)
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Subscribe and join our community for operators, marketers, and builders shaping the future. Somebody asked Tyler O'Laskey how to clean a mixer.His answer told him everything he needed to know about the leader he'd become. Tyler and Aubrey O'Laskey met at the Culinary Institute of America, cooked their way through kitchens like Blue Hill, and ran a private-chef and catering business in Lake Tahoe before opening Perenn — an 800-square-foot bakery in Reno that was open four days a week and was neve
How to Stop Waiting For Leads and Get Fully Booked | AOAB Episode 37 w/ Laura Higgins (opens the original)
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Most business owners think burnout looks like exhaustion. It doesn’t. It looks like watching your creativity disappear and wondering if you’re already gone. In this episode, we sit down with Laura Higgins, business coach for creative entrepreneurs and founder of The Next Level Club, the coaching program behind 1,000+ creatives scaling to six and seven figures. Laura built a multi-seven-figure coaching business, took it from $30–40K months to $100K months in six months, and became the person crea
5x Ironman, 15+ Brands: The Customer-Acquisition-First Playbook w/ Eric Hinman | AOAB Episode 38 (opens the original)
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Most brands are losing seventy cents on every dollar they spend to acquire a customer. They call it growth. In this episode, we sit down with Eric Hinman, a 5x Ironman finisher, angel investor in more than 15 early-stage wellness brands including Ten Thousand, Oakley, The Normal Brand, Beam, and Kane Footwear, and the founder of Founders Only Club, a retreat-based community connecting founders, creators, and investors. We unpack why customer acquisition beats branding in the early days, how a ni
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