Making It with Jon Davids

Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Today, JD chats with Jeff Dudan, CEO of Homefront Brands. How did Jeff go from a small painting company in college to building a massive, million-dollar home service company? Find that out and more in this packed episode.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Today,  Jon talks about Buc-ee's. The little convenience store in Texas that became a MEGA-store. And a cult favorite.In this episode you'll learn some of the strategies behind how co-founders Arch "Beaver" Aplin and Don Wassick built Buc-ee's into a retail empire.  Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Today, Jon talks with Mike Lazerow, co-founder of Buddy Media. Mike shares his journey as an entrepreneur, building multiple companies. Plus he talks about how he sold Buddy Media to Salesforce.com for $800M. This is a fast-paced episode with lots of great lessons.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Today, Jon talks with Manjit Minhas, co-founder of Minhas Breweries. Hear how Manjit turned a $10,000 investment into a multi-million dollar alcohol business, and all of her helpful insights in the world of entrepreneurship.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Today. Jon speaks to investor and best-selling author, Codie Sanchez. They cover Codie's journey from corporate finance to social media star and "boring business" advocate. Codie shares insights on buying businesses, overcoming failures, and the power of attention as leverage in today's market.This episode originally aired in 2024.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Today, JD does some rapidfire Q&A with Brian Scudamore, Founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK. What are his sales? How did he start? What was his most expensive mistake? All that and way more in this candid conversation.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get your personalized 1-Minute Marketing Roadmap here. Today, Jon talks with Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify, about how Shopify transformed from a small website builder for indie companies to one of the world's top e-commerce giants.Harley also shares timeless business lessons for every business builder today.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get your personalized 1-Minute Marketing Roadmap here. Today, JD breaks down the secret strategies behind Costco's $254 billion success that can help you dominate your competition.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube Get JD's best content to your inbox — subscribe at jondavids.com.

Get your personalized 1-Minute Marketing Roadmap here. Today, we're taking a dive back into the Making It archives for JD's excellent chat with Jake Karls of Mid-Day Squares. Tune in to hear how Jake and his team went from a simple kitchen operation to a full-blown booming chocolate brand.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get your personalized 1-Minute Marketing Roadmap here. Today, JD delves into Rolex's $11 billion success story and the brand's ability to manufacture scarcity. Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get your personalized 1-Minute Marketing Roadmap here. Today, JD tells us about the journey Chomps. They make meat sticks. And they're redefining the category for the modern day consumer. Hear how this business started small and grew to $490 million last year. Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube Get JD's best content to your inbox — subscribe at jondavids.com.

Get your personalized 1-Minute Marketing Roadmap here. Today, JD chats with Mike Lazerow, serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, and founder of Buddy Media. He sold that company to Salesforce.com for $800M. They get into Mike's journey through business, technology, venture capital, and more.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.Get Mike's book here.Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get your personalized 1-Minute Marketing Roadmap here. Today, Jon tells us about how Ron Mittelstaedt took a few small town trash companies to $7.2 billion in annual sales. This is the story of Waste Connections and the big business of small-town trash.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.And follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get JD's 1-Minute Marketing Roadmap here. Today, Jon shares the inspiring story of Harris Rosen, who transformed a rundown motel near Disney World into a thriving hotel business with $260M in annual sales.Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.And follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube

Get JD's new playbook Instagram Selling Machine here. Today, JD talks with Bobbi Brown. She's the founder of the billion-dollar makeup brand, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, and later Jones Road Beauty. How did Bobbi go from a freelance makeup artist to a business mogul and the industry's first beauty influencer? Don't miss out on this story!Subscribe to JD's newsletter here.And follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube