The 7 Laws of Scaling with Jim Huffman

No outside funding. No celebrity co-signs. Just grit, discipline, and branding. Bear Handlon built Born Primitive from a single product into a 9-figure eCommerce brand.

Born Primitive started as a niche apparel side hustle — now it’s one of the fastest-growing DTC brands in the fitness space. In this episode, founder Bear Handlon shares how he scaled without a dime of VC money, built an operationally lean machine, and turned authenticity into his biggest marketing weapon.

If you’re building a brand in a competitive space, this is a blueprint in niche ownership and brand discipline.

Key Topics Covered:
  • The mindset shift from side hustle to full-time founder
  • Building a resilient supply chain as a bootstrapped brand
  • Using rejection to sharpen focus and fuel growth
  • Branding lessons from a founder-led business
  • The role of military discipline in running a lean Shopify brand 
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What is The 7 Laws of Scaling with Jim Huffman?

A one-time, 8-episode season based on The Seven Laws of Scaling.

The 7 Laws of Scaling by Jim Huffman is the operating system that separates seven-figure companies from eight-figure ones.

Fewer than 5% of businesses ever cross $1M in revenue; less than 0.4% hit $10M. This book maps the seven sequential, compounding laws that decide whether a company scales or stalls — with a diagnostic worksheet in every chapter to pinpoint exactly which law you're breaking first.

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📖 Free ebook: https://growthhit.com/the-laws-of-scaling/
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