HeyJaredStartups With Stu
Stu Draper, a serial entrepreneur, knows just how exhilarating it is to launch a startup to the moon. He is a 9-time Inc. 5000 honoree before age 40 with tens of millions generated in revenue from his startups and an angel investor in 8 businesses.
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From Frat House to Wing Empire: The Matt Friedman Story (opens the original)
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Matt Friedman had a commercial kitchen available every night after 6:30pm — the fraternity house kitchen. He installed a phone line, printed some flyers, went to Sam's Club for wings and one type of Coke, and started delivering buffalo wings to college students at the University of Florida. That was 1993. Twelve banks said no when he tried to get a loan. His parents said yes to $50,000. Wing Zone was born. Matt Friedman is the founder of Wing Zone — a brand he built from a $500 frat house experi
The Buyer’s Perspective: How to Build a Business Worth Acquiring (opens the original)
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A dentist Stu knew from church retired after decades of practice and just closed the doors. Didn't sell it. Didn't know he could. Just locked up and walked away from what could have been a real exit. Jason Morris heard the story and said it almost happened to a company he knows every week. Rich Jarvis is the founder of Epic Capital Funds — $830 million under management, $3.4 billion in the pipeline — and Jason Morris is his partner at Impact Equity Partners, a 14-year portfolio CEO turned busine
Glowball and Life as a Youth Baseball Entrepreneur (opens the original)
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Aaron Pridmore watched a kid rip his shirt off, climb the backstop to the song "Rodeo," and dance for the entire crowd at his first Banana Ball youth tournament. 75 teams had shown up from 48 different states. Parents were cheering for both sides. Kids who were about to quit baseball said they were coming back next season. He knew right then he'd found his life's work. Aaron Pridmore spent 26 years at Best Buy as a district manager and territory manager, ran the youth Banana Ball tournament oper
The AI Startup Solving Mental Healthcare's Biggest Hidden Problem | Episode 70 (opens the original)
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Ty Palmer built an app that plays a donkey sound when you're being an ass in an argument. It detects 48 emotions, analyzes tone of voice in real time, and even catches you being passive aggressive over text. Therapists loved it. Then they told him what they actually needed help with. Ty Palmer is the co-founder of Clary AI — an AI-powered admin platform for mental health clinics — and Donkey Chats, the couples communication app that nearly went on Shark Tank. He's bootstrapped multiple companies
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