{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KORE Outdoors Podcast","title":"Riding the entrepreneurial roller coaster with Brent Firkser of GOSO Cookware","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4071,"description":"The KORE Outdoors podcast was created for outdoor founders like Brent Firkser. He's been the audience, and now he's the guest for episode 50. Brent built GOSO Cookware, a carbon steel pan with a fully removable handle, and turned it into a $166K Kickstarter and a growing business he runs solo from his home in Nelson, BC. He breaks down how the KORE Network shaped GOSO from idea to launch, why finding a manufacturer willing to work with a solo founder was harder than designing the product, and how he wrestled with pricing a premium product. It's a candid look at building a physical-product business alone and defining success on your own terms.\nRegister for the KORE Summit \nTopics covered:\nGrief as the catalyst — regret minimization as the real reason he started GOSO\nThe KORE Network as a zero-to-one engine — mentorship, manufacturer intros, community over silo\nWinning over a manufacturer as a small, unproven customer\nKickstarter mechanics — the $1 pre-sale filter, the accidental early launch, hitting funding goal in hours\nPricing psychology — second-guessing your own value, \"buy once, cry once\"\nBrand as vehicle for community, not the product itself — GOSO's ethos and the Backcountry Table event\nDefining entrepreneurial success — control of time, enjoying the process, decoupling self-worth from the business cycle\nSolo-founder resilience — patience, perseverance, self-compassion, \"weathering the storms\"\nLinks\nGOSO website\nBackcountry Table event page\nChuk Outdoors\nRUX\nWildelore\nLaunchboom\nBarebones\nPete Day of Mosko Moto\nThe KORE Podcast is a production of the Kootenay Outdoor Recreation Enterprise. Learn more about KORE and the podcast: https://koreoutdoors.org/podcast  #koreoutdoors #craftgearfromhere","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qlVqE0xMySoCN4mnwA1jvuYxPRuI6vUunHCwOqAb4Zw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzUxNzA2LzE3MTE5/OTU2NDMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}