The Shopify Growth Show

This week, Jim is joined by Kendra Kawala co-founder of Maker Wines, to discuss how she and her partners were able to create a new product category in the wine industry and grow her company to be one of the biggest in the space, through pounding-pavement grit early on as well as using savvy growth tactics while scaling.

TOPICS DISCUSSED IN TODAY’S EPISODE
 
  • What is Maker Wine
  • Working with 15 different wineries
  • Calculating order economics
  • Business school benefits vs cons
  • Finding the right co-founder
  • How to scale
  • Getting conviction up front
  • Applying b2b tactics to d2c
  • Timing
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Additional episodes you might enjoy:
Startup Ideas by Paul Graham (#45)
Nathan Barry: How to Bootstrap a Company to $30M in a Crowded Market (#41)
How I Met My Biz Partner and Less Learned Hitting $2M ARR (#44)
Ryan Hamilton on his Netflix special, touring with Jerry Seinfeld, & how to write a joke (#10)
How We're Validating Startup Ideas (#51)

 

What is The Shopify Growth Show?

What would you do if you were starting today? To help, here are half-baked startup ideas, growth marketing tactics, and stories from founders and creators - including my own journey as a bootstrapped business owner. All of the content is centered around helping founders, creators, and investors starting today.