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The show for innovators, entrepreneurs, and startup leaders who dare to shape the future. In each episode, we dig into the journey of innovation -- traveling through doubt, failure, and experimentation on the path toward success and fulfillment.
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S4E34 | The B2B pivot that saved a startup: From retail hustle to high-margin accounts (opens the original)
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A retail space seemed like the obvious next step, until it turned into the most expensive lesson of the business. Chris Hull found his real growth engine somewhere else entirely: B2B. On this episode of #DAREwithDarwoft, a podcast from Darwoft in collaboration with Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, Chris Hull, founder of Cloud Candy Co , joins Ned to talk about pivoting from retail hustle to high-margin B2B accounts, why viral content didn't translate to sales, and what it took to reinvent a 100-yea
S4E33 | How she built a gourmet food company from scratch (and 5X'd sales in one month) (opens the original)
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A 7-year shelf life and zero refrigeration required changed everything for one backpacking trip, and it became the foundation of an entire company. Sara Willis built Luxefly Basecamp from that single insight. On this episode of #DAREwithDarwoft, a podcast from Darwoft in collaboration with Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, Sara Willis , founder of Luxefly Basecamp, joins Ned to talk about building a gourmet freeze-dried food brand as a solo founder, what it took to 5X sales in a single month, and he
S4E32 | Why 600,000 surgeries a year could soon disappear (opens the original)
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Surgery is currently the second most common intervention for older men, right behind cataract surgery, and it comes with a steep cost to quality of life. Tushar Sharma thinks there's a better way. On this episode of #DAREwithDarwoft, a podcast from Darwoft in collaboration with Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, Tushar Sharma , founder and CEO of Vivify Medical , joins Ned to talk about building a non-invasive alternative to a widespread surgical procedure, what it took to move from biomedical resear
S4E31 | How small businesses can use AI without losing the human touch (opens the original)
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Most small businesses don't need another AI tool, they need the work actually completed. Jojo Palacio built Cheerzz to be the operations team that gets it done, with a human always in the loop. On this episode of #DAREwithDarwoft, a podcast from Darwoft in collaboration with Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, Jojo Palacio, founder of Cheerzz, joins Ned to talk about ethical AI implementation, why the 80% of the economy without an AI department deserves support too, and what it took to go from HR lead
S4E30 | Innovation in the era of distributed teams (opens the original)
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Most companies are good at OKRs and rear-view metrics. Almost none of them are good at forward-looking strategy, especially when the team is spread across time zones. Dave Scott wrote the playbook to fix that. On this episode of #DAREwithDarwoft, a podcast from Darwoft in collaboration with Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, Dave Scott , three-time CPO, founder of ProductLeap , and author of "Product at a Distance," joins Ned to talk about his "Product House" framework, the real difference between pr
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