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On this week’s episode, we caught up with serial entrepreneur and product innovator, Brandon Gonsalves.  Having just sailed around the world with his business partner to celebrate the sale of their most recent apparel brand, you can hear in Brandon’s voice the pent-up desire to get back into the game and tackle some of the projects he’s been thinking deeply about during his travels.  Given his broad skill set and resume; as the founder of several successful companies across the outdoor recreation, eco-friendly fabric, apparel, luggage, and hardgoods industries nexus, before mastering direct to consumer e-commerce; Brandon’s got a lot of options on where to most productively devote his energy. The good news for our listeners is, that he still hasn’t quite made up his mind. So if you’ve got a world-changing product that you’re considering Kickstarting and want to learn what goes into creating back-to-back-to-back successful funding campaigns from someone who’s done it… please join us as we make friends with Brandon Gonsalves (and who knows, maybe you’ve got something he might be a good friend to have a hand in :)

Bio:

Brandon Gonsalves is a serial entrepreneur that has founded and scaled several companies in the outdoor space over the past 15 years. After growing up in New England, he relocated to Utah to set the foundation for what would become his first entrance into the business world. Since that time he has gone on to be a part of several award-winning projects.   He continues to bring a unique skill set to everything that he works on and is focused on achieving high levels of design and brand cohesiveness while being conscious of overall business success. His latest venture, Common Thread is a multi-disciplinary design studio focusing on product design, marketing, brand identity, manufacturing, packaging, graphics, strategy, and more.   When he is not in the studio you can find him climbing or paragliding in the local mountains he now calls home.