In this episode of 9 to NEVER, your host Kennedy Meek answers several very pressing questions being asked by our Zendrop users.  How much money do you need to start a dropshipping store?  Is dropshipping illegal?  Do you need a college degree to be successful?  All these questions and many more are being answered in this week's episode!

Florian Hartfelder is an eCommerce expert who was able to go from debt to over $444,000/month with his dropshipping business. He is the online entrepreneur behind several multimillion-dollar retail brands and has helped many students generate self-sustaining full-time incomes online with the dropshipping business model he teaches. He is a former Zendrop Select client turned Zendrop team member, bringing so much knowledge to the current state of the dropshipping industry and how you can...

Michael Aririguzo is the owner of multiple 7-figure E-Commerce companies, all started from the dropshipping space. Passionate about constant & never-ending growth, while advocating a conscious commerce framework to impact customers positively in the health & wellness space, he derives enormous gratification from pursuing both in his roles as an E-Commerce CEO for his team.  He lives in Scottsdale AZ, & his upcoming projects include building an exciting portfolio in Angel...

As an entrepreneur and innovator for 24 years, Karl Lillrud speaks to inspire and educate on subjects related to internet business. Karl loves sharing his experiences and the many tools and workarounds he has developed to force a way forward in complex situations. He leads e-commerce and online companies to reach the next level with his unique understanding of their business, goals, and challenges. Transforming their online strategy based on global data and market-leading insights as a...

Iron-clad business operations and excellent customer service are equally important as marketing is to a dropshipping store. So in this episode, we talked with COO of Zendrop, Brad Loeffler all about running a successful business.  In this episode, you will learn important customer service practices, how to handle frustrating and unhappy customers, how to effectively outsource and scale certain parts of your business, and the best proven practices to organize all business responsibilities so...

Chris Brogan is an executive-level strategist and CEO advisor. Working with companies in the 100M+ revenue range. Scouting M&A in B2B enterprise SaaS. He is also president of Chris Brogan Media, offering brand and digital content strategy as well as business strategy advisory services.  Chris is a sought-after keynote speaker and showrunner of The Backpack Show. He is the  New York Times bestselling author of nine books and counting. He’s working on his tenth: The Backpack. Chris has...

As the Director of Human Resources at a technology company, Madeline Mann worked with all the hiring managers, sifted through hundreds of applications a week, and was passionate about the fact that it was her job to make sure her company hired the best match for their team.   Seeing the high volume of resumes, and hearing the feedback from every single interview and application, some very clear trends emerged.  Because of this experience, Madeline went on to found Self Made Millennial. This...

Dean Pagano is the Director of Zendrop Select here at Zendrop. On a daily basis, Dean interacts with all of Zendrop's highest-selling clients, handing millions of dollars of revenue on a daily basis. Prior to working at Zendrop, Dean acted as an eCommerce consultant, advising many dropshippers who successfully scaled their businesses to 6 figures under his guidance.  In this episode of 9 to NEVER, Dean reveals all the secrets to scaling your dropshipping store. He also gives insight on...

Tracey is the Director of Marketing at MarketerHire, the marketplace for fast-growth B2B and DTC brands looking for high-quality, pre-vetted freelance marketing talent. She is also the founder of Doris Sleep and was previously the Head of Marketing at Eterneva, both fast-growth DTC brands marketplaces like MarketerHire aim to help.  Before that, she was the Global Editor-in-Chief at BigCommerce, where she launched the company’s first online conference (pre-pandemic, nonetheless!), wrote...

Dylan Pearson began his journey into eCommerce and Advertising in Chicago in early 2016. After countless brand failures, he realized advertising was the missing piece to his success. Today, Dylan's eCommerce brands have delivered products to over 25,000+ happy customers and Pondir is helping others grow their business with Facebook Advertising. In this episode, Dylan discusses his professional history in the eCommerce and advertising space. We dive into the modern way of running Facebook ads...

Giselle Ugarte is the Founder & CEO of Action-Forward, which exists to coach and support forward-facing influencers, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders to use the power of social media to launch new revenue streams, amplify messages and attract meaningful communities. She has a collective following of more than 500,000 worldwide, with TikTok and Clubhouse currently serving as her favorite playgrounds to connect and share (TikTok recognized her as one of the Top 100 Women to Watch in 2021...

Founder of Zendrop, Jared Goetz comes on the podcast to discuss his professional journey from throwing concerts in college, to working with YikYak, onto dropshipping, which ultimately led him to found Zendrop. Jared brings insight to the Entrepreneurial Mentality, the importance of a morning routine, and how he deals with his "lows" while running a company.

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Today we explore what it really takes to win big online as an e-commerce entrepreneur. Here are the secrets about dropshipping, by experts, that you didn't know. 

Let's discuss how the new OS update will affect the security and data protection of consumers. As advertisers, what's the best way to react?

Let's discuss the core principles for creating a successful dropshipping store as well as everything you need to know about influencer marketing

Let's discuss managing your expectations in business Thinking bigger with your life is the first step toward reaching your goals. In this episode, we talk about steps you can take to shift your reality to shape your desired life. LEARN MORE - https://www.zendrop.com/ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST - https://anchor.fm/zendrop Please enjoy and contact our support team if you have any questions at [email protected]

Let's discuss the valley of disappointment.  The process of change is never easy. We have built a culture that wants things to be ‘fun, fast, and easy.’ If something is not easy or others seem to be progressing more quickly than us we tend to default to, ‘well I must not be very good at this- I give up.’ What we need to realize is that true change is going to be hard, it is going to suck sometimes. Yes, there will be things you change that will be, ‘fun, fast, and easy’, but fundamentally...

Let's discuss how meditation and consistent mindful practices can grow your business and improve all areas of your everyday life. LEARN MORE - https://www.zendrop.com/ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST - https://anchor.fm/zendrop  Please enjoy and contact our support team if you have any questions at [email protected]

Let's discuss our best strategies for finding winning products and moving past losing products. On this Zendrop Live, we answered more of your questions about dropshipping and mindset. Enjoy! LEARN MORE - https://www.zendrop.com/ LISTEN TO THE PODCAST - https://anchor.fm/zendrop  Please enjoy and contact our support team if you have any questions at [email protected]

Every month at Zendrop, our team picks a book to read and comes together to discuss. This month, we read Essentialism by Greg Mckeown. 

On this week's episode of Zendrop Live, our CEO (Jared Goetz), COO (Brad Loeffler), and CMO (Kennedy Meek), sit down to discuss the importance of gratitude and how it can positively effect your productivity and work ethic. 

Let's discuss the plateau of latent potential and how the best entrepreneurs are able to use this inevitable "set-back" to propel their own growth. The Zendrop leadership team also answered some of your questions about e-commerce. Please enjoy and contact our support team if you have any questions at [email protected]

Connor Shelefontiuk came on today to show his amazing advice on how to prepare for the holiday season! Please enjoy and contact our support team if you have any questions at [email protected]