1. Take calculated risk 2. Mitigate risk 3. Repeat Skip 1 or 3 and you’ll plateau Skip 2 and you’ll implode

What’s the best ERP for an omnichannel CPG brand today?

This is cool @JaiDolwani Can’t say I’ve ever received anything like this in the mail. Creativity wins.

Agree. “Founder” means you were there at the…founding. Otherwise the term has no actual meaning.

Tried banana water...surprisingly good. Kind of makes you wonder why we don't "water" other stuff. I mean...we've milked every form of oat, nut, and seed. Why not just start watering everything?!

Over a glass of wine, it’s infinitely more fun to talk about roller coasters than hockey sticks.

Cracked $500K yesterday on Amazon - only the second time that's ever happened. Up ~100% YoY on Fall Prime Day. Prime Day continues to be...one helluva drug.

Move fast and fix things

Pacing is a wildly underrated human activity. (Walking, its -more-attractive sibling, gets the fanfare) At a minimum, you should be pacing on 100% of your phone calls. Exercise, straightening your posture, increasing blood flow, improving mood - it's all upside. Does it make you look unhinged? Yes. But there's NOTHING inspiring about a hinged person on a couch. - - - Note: all pacing is not created equal. Pacing outdoors is vast superior to pacing in your kitchen, for instance. Peak pacing occurs in the woods.

The functional side of business burns you out. The artistic side refuels you. Without the former, you can't survive. Without the latter, you can't last (nor can you have much fun). You'll inevitably lose the art at various points along the way. It's imperative you find your way back to it.

In between getting repeatedly kicked in the teeth, we get notes that refill the rocket fuel tank. Need those.

Prediction: this SKU is gonna do $150-200M in Year 1…

You can't ever fully control your destiny. Entrepreneurship gets you pretty close, though.

Billion dollar idea: IQDOG Million dollar idea: IQCAT Thousand dollar idea: IQPIG Hundred dollar idea: IQHEN

CPG businesses are just as much *services* businesses as they are physical product businesses. (at least they should be; the good ones are) Customer service, innovation partnership, etc. - most of what sets entities apart is how well they SERVE.

World class ops creates world class opps

Never been more motivated to avoid burnout...

Better to be lucky than good.*†‡ *Footnote 1: you must be good to get lucky. †Footnote 2: being "lucky" mostly just = being good. ‡Footnote 3: it takes a decade of "luck" to win.