Episodes
This week, we're incredibly honored to have John Rossman - a sought-after business advisor, keynote speaker, and author. He wrote The Amazon Way, an excellent book that explains Amazon's 14 Leadership Principles and shares the tools, mechanisms, and habits needed to create change in a team or business.
As a former Amazon executive, John played a key role in launching the Amazon Marketplace business and running the enterprise services business.
Since leaving Amazon, he has worked with...
Published 02/07/23
This week's episode is with Blake Hutchison, the CEO of Flippa. Founded in 2009, Flippa is the leading global marketplace where individuals and business owners buy and sell websites, apps, online businesses, and other digital real estate.
With over 3 million active users today, Flippa's peer-to-peer platform makes it super easy for buyers to connect with sellers, streamlining the process from negotiation to transaction. In this episode, Yoni & Blake took a deep dive into Flippa's...
Published 01/18/23
This week's episode is with Fernando Campos - the co-founder of MarketplaceOps who specializes in scaling CPG brands on Amazon. MarketplaceOps leverages fully-integrated technology and proprietary marketing techniques to beat your competition with repeatable strategies.
Fernando has generated more than $150M in revenue for his clients and sold two businesses in the Amazon space. His companies were ranked in the Inc. 5000 in 2019 & 2020, and in Entrepreneur360 in 2016, 2017, 2018 &...
Published 11/18/22
This week's episode is with Randall Crowder, COO of Phunware (NASDAQ: PHUN). Phunware (NASDAQ: PHUN) is reimagining the way brands engage consumers in a mobile-first world that is quickly becoming mobile-only. They're also the first publicly traded company to issue its own cryptocurrency with PhunToken and PhunCoin as they work to commercialize a truly decentralized data economy.
Randall is passionate about new venture creation and the innovative spirit that fuels entrepreneurs and advances...
Published 10/25/22
Gilad started selling on Amazon in early 2015. Without much prior experience, he and his brother started their PL journey and built two brands together. Over time, they opened an agency named AdvantiQs and built a team. They provided full account management services for clients in the US and Israel.
In late 2020, they decided to take the business to the next level and jump into the booming aggregator space. They have since then slowly shifted their focus to acquisitions and rebranded as...
Published 10/07/22
Tomer Rabinovich is an Amazon seller who has created and launched multiple private label brands. His first product went live in March 2015 and he became a seven-figure seller within his first year. A sought-after speaker, Tomer’s addressed thousands of people around the world. His audiences range from intimate mastermind groups to national and global conventions and trade shows.
Though he’s still an active online seller, Tomer’s real passion is helping other sellers and online retailers...
Published 09/21/22
Ophir and Joe are serial entrepreneurs that joined forces to build a new economy around marketing and entrepreneurship. Furlough is an ecosystem that is structured on the pillars of giving, collaboration, and growth.
Topics & Timestamps:
0:00 Episode introduction
3:56 About Joe
14:02 Lessons
17:26 Giving value to the community
26:10 Working with the right clients
34:50 Crypto, Web3, NFT
46:43 Connecting people with people
✨ Connect & collaborate with Joe and...
Published 09/16/22
This week's episode is an exciting one as our host Yoni Kozminski gets into a conversation with the author of a book he has read, applied, and recommended to so many. Our guest is Dr. Geoff Smart, one of the authors of Who: The A Method for Hiring and Chairman & Founder of ghSMART.
Founded in 1995, ghSMART helps Fortune 500 CEOs & boards, entrepreneurs, and heads of state to achieve their goals through hiring, developing, and leading talented teams with confidence.
The firm was...
Published 09/08/22
In this week's episode, Mina Elias comes back to the podcast to talk about being intentional with your time and building the optimal lifestyle for you. Mina is an Amazon PPC expert, industry speaker, and a multiple seven-figure seller in the supplement industry. He founded Trivium Group, an Amazon Advertising Agency, with the belief that by implementing strategic marketing strategies, every eCommerce brand can reach its revenue goals.
Topics & Timestamps:
00:00 Guest...
Published 08/22/22
In this week's episode, host Yoni Kozminski sat down with Michael Barron - COO of NeedleSmart. This is an open, honest discussion about the value of mentorship and the time Yoni and Michael spend with each other, weekly. NeedleSmart is a market leading, patented needle destruction technology engineered in the UK.
The NeedleSmart Pro device takes a hypodermic needle at the point of use, heats it to over 1,300 degrees Celsius and compresses it into a ball. It takes just a fraction of a second...
Published 08/04/22
This week's episode is with Kyle Mealy, Director of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships at Rocket Clicks. Rocket Clicks is earning national attention for breaking the traditional digital marketing agency model. It has cracked the code to maximize the benefits of a boutique agency: Incredibly low Client to Analyst ratio, hyper specialized expertise in SEO and PPC, coupled with the benefits of a "large" agency.
Kyle loves building bridges, opening doors, and amplifying the organizations he...
Published 07/19/22
This week's episode is with Vance Lee, co-founder of Playground Theory. Vance is an ecom entrepreneur with 13 years background as a brand growth and marketing strategist.
Since starting Amazon FBA in 2015, he’s mastered crowdfunding and the pre-order launch strategy to launch products and grow brands. He’s raised over $7M in successful launches and broke records with 2 of his launches–both #1 Most Funded in their niches and ranking in the top 1% of crowdfunding projects of all...
Published 07/08/22
This week's episode is with Chad Rubin, Founder & CEO of Profasee - a dynamic pricing platform enabling Amazon brands to predict the perfect price for every product at each precise moment.
Topics & Timestamps:
0:00 Episode introduction
3:09 About Chad Rubin
8:06 Fatherhood and family first
12:04 Amazon repricing
21:02 Building and growing
31:57 Intentional lifestyle
40:13 Building for exit
✨ Connect with Chad...
Published 06/10/22
**Trigger Warning: Some parts of this content/video/episode have mentions of suicide/suicide attempts, abuse, addiction, trauma, and injuries and events from active duty service.**
In today's episode, we hear the inspiring entrepreneurship and life journey of George Bryant where he shares meaningful messages and his experiences in dealing with and overcoming challenging and difficult situations in life. He is a New York Times Best Selling Author, Top-Ranking Podcast Host, and one of the most...
Published 05/25/22
As the CEO and Co-Founder of D8a Driven, Nater's entrepreneurial focus is on the SaaS platform that is an amalgamation of his +10 years leading eCommerce businesses. From a University dorm room in 2008, Nater built the first multi-store grocery delivery platform in the PNW, which brought him to Amazon.com where he learned and experienced blowing up brands on the Amazon marketplace.
This led him to develop an Amazon consulting agency that did the same for brands and sellers driving over...
Published 05/13/22
Despite the current situation in Ukraine, Yoni was fortunate enough to sit down with Vitalii Khyzhniak - CEO of Profit Whales, a full-service marketing agency for Amazon brands that accelerates sales growth using on & off Amazon traffic to give them an edge over competitors and diversify their revenue streams while increasing their business evaluation.
Aside from talking about the origin story of Profit Whales and how it can help Amazon brands, the conversation also focused on Vitalii's...
Published 04/29/22
This week's episode is with Brandon Young, Founder & CEO of Seller Systems. Brandon Young is an award-winning Amazon seller and consultant, considered by many to be one of the leading experts in Amazon Private Label and Amazon SEO. His strengths lie in his in-depth knowledge of Amazon’s ranking algorithm and ability to create data based processes which improve the success rates and profitability of FBA businesses.
As the lead instructor at Seller Systems, he (along with his team) offers...
Published 04/13/22
For our 77th episode, host Yoni Kozminski sat down with Norman Crowley, Founder of Cool Planet, Ava, and Crowley Carbon. Norman founded and sold three businesses for more than $750 million before the age of 40. These included The Cloud - Europe's largest WIFI operator, Inspired Gaming Group - the world's largest company in the server based gaming domain, and Trinity Commerce - one of the first eCommerce services companies in the world.
He is currently on a mission to cool the planet, and...
Published 03/30/22
This week's episode is with David Schomer, Co-Founder and CFO of 80Twenty Capital and co-host of the Firing The Man Podcast. In his current role, David manages three portfolio companies on Amazon and various e-commerce channels. He also co-hosts Firing The Man podcast with Ken Wilson where they interview industry experts in Amazon FBA, Walmart WFS, Shopify, and many more.
Topics & Timestamps
0:00 Episode introduction
3:36 David Schomer guest introduction
12:22 Amazon selling...
Published 03/16/22
This week's episode is with Adrian Johnston, Co-Founder & Head of Strategy in Australia at Una Brands. Una Brands is an e-commerce aggregator headquartered in Singapore. Prior to launching Una Brands, Adrian spent 5 years as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group specializing in Retail.
Before this, Adrian spent 3 years in banking at Goldman Sachs in London. Adrian holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in Maths from Oxford University, an MBA from INSEAD business school and an MPA from...
Published 03/02/22
This week's episode is with Andy Hooper, CEO of Global E-Commerce Experts. Andy has been successfully expanding businesses into new markets for over 15 years.
An accomplished specialist in e-commerce, he now works with companies around the world providing comprehensive gateways and solutions to new markets, especially US-based organisations transitioning into the EU.
Global E-commerce Experts is a world-leading agency that provides a complete e-commerce management solution for those...
Published 02/16/22
In this week's episode, host Yoni Kozminski sat down with Robert Hankinson - President of Channel Precision. Channel Precision is a software and services provider for large scale, Amazon businesses. It began with a team of Amazon experts who built the most robust suite of Amazon solutions for use at one of the largest and most successful Amazon retailers.
With a primary focus on footwear and apparel, Robert has led the growth of the company for a decade now with well over 9 figures in...
Published 02/09/22
This week's episode is with Josh Dittrich. Josh is a visionary entrepreneur, seller, investor, advisor, and husband and father of five. Most recently, he built and sold two eCommerce businesses for 8 figures and was recently featured in a Business Insider article about how he did it.
This has inspired him to write the book "Aggregator Navigator - The Ultimate Guide to Maximizing the Exit of Your Amazon Brand" to demystify the selling process of selling to an aggregator.
He is also the...
Published 02/02/22
This week's episode is with Philipp Triebel, Co-Founder of SellerX. After a career in finance, Philipp built an online consumer brand out of NYC. He has acquired many family-owned businesses around the world and is now looking forward to helping sellers exit their businesses.
He co-founded SellerX - Europe’s leading aggregator of e-commerce businesses. Their goal is to be the Buyer of Choice for top Amazon FBA and other e-commerce sellers and to establish an innovative new model for the...
Published 01/26/22