In this episode, our guest host Craig interviews Cody McGuffie, the founder of EverBee. Cody shares his story of starting EverBee. They talk about his background, motivation to solve financial problems, personal challenges, and life-changing events. Cody reflects on career choices, family beliefs, and his ventures into drop shipping, Amazon FBA, real estate, and e-commerce. He discuss the initial launch and feedback of a product and his entrepreneurial journey leading to the birth of the software idea for EverBee. The Etsy Seller Podcast is hosted by Cody McGuffie, CEO and founder of EverBee. In each weekly episode of this podcast, you’ll hear from experienced Etsy Sellers on how they run their Etsy business, how they got their first sales on Etsy, how they market their Etsy shops and so much more. EverBee is a Etsy product analytics tool that helps Etsy sellers find best selling products and keywords so they can sell more on Etsy. It helps Etsy sellers speed up product research and product discovery so they can get their first Etsy sales and grow their business. Sign up for EverBee for free at the link - https://everbee.io Timestamps with key takeaways: [12:07] Blue collar entrepreneurship. [21:24] Downsides of owning a business. [30:23] E-commerce and financial freedom. [36:09] Failed entrepreneurial projects. [50:03] The unique value of Everbe. [56:04] Long-term vision and growth. Entities mentioned: ecommerce, Everbee, Etsy, e-commerce sellers, tool, product research, Amazon FBA, drop shipping, Shopify, Walmart.com, business growth, software development, niche, marketplace, product, success, financial shift, platform, software companies, business ventures, sales, products, selling, marketplace, Amazon tools, Google sheet, inventory, growth, entrepreneurship, financial problems, financial pressures, financial burdens, money problem