Making It with Jon Davids
How do you take your company from your dorm room to $100M, in just a few years? How do you make $25K a month off TikTok? How do you turn a $1M investment into a $1B payoff? Join entrepreneur and investor Jon Davids as he deconstructs success with the creators, innovators, and disruptors who are making it happen.
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Today, Jon digs into the FTX scandal. He uncovers how Sam Bankman-Fried built a $32 billion business on lies. And how you can steal his best strategies. Putting them to work legally and ethically across your business.
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JD speaks with Brian Scudamore, founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK. This clip is from episode 181, originally aired in March 2025.
You can find the original episode at this link, or on your favourite streaming platform.
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Jon chats with Shawn Nelson, CEO of Lovesac. Hear how Shawn started with a simple side hustle in College and turned it into a $700M publicly traded company.
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JD spoke with Manjit Minhas, co-owner of Minhas Breweries and Distillery. They take an inside look at Manjit's 9-figure family business.
This clip is from episode 173, originally aired in February 2025. You can find the original episode at this link, or on your favourite streaming platform.
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Jon breaks down the success of a high-end dog club that brings in almost $3M annually, and lets us in on the four key lessons you can apply to your own business.
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Today's conversation is with JD and Carolyn Sarnoff, CMO at Pattern. They start off with a BIG sales mistake so many businesses make. And they go deeper into Pattern's success strategy.
This clip is from episode 164, originally aired in January 2025. You can find the original episode at this link, or on your favourite streaming platform.
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Jon breaks down how Ryan Reynolds transformed his acting career into a lucrative brand empire. Listen now or watch the video here.
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JD talks with Daniel Rowles, host of the Digital Marketing Podcast, about why more startups are failing today than in the past. This was from their 2025 predictions episode!
The full episode is #162. It originally aired in January 2025. You can find the original episode at this link, or on your favourite streaming platform.
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Jon is joined by Ghassan Halazon, CEO of EMERGE Commerce, Inc.
They discuss a grab bag of innovative business ideas. From hotel "boxes" to "boomer commerce" and more.
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Today, we're bringing back a classic. JD chats with the one and only Kevin O'Leary about his journey to making his first million, transitioning from business operator to investor, and his transformation into a celebrity businessman.
All this and so much more from "Mr. Wonderful" himself.
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In this episode, Jon shares how 3 different businesses are bringing in clients with quirky tactics. And they actually work!
Jon digs into the tactics behind each strategy. And shares lots of examples so every business owner can put these tactics into action.
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Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Check out a great highlight from Jon's chat with Jordan Harmon, President and co-founder of Angel Studios.
This clip is from episode 144, originally aired in September 2024. You can find the original episode at this link, or on your favourite streaming platform.
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Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here. Today, Jon will shares the story of Hobby Lobby. This company was founded by Dave Green and Hobby Lobby.
He took one aisle in the general store and made it the whole story.
JD shares key insights that you can steal from the Hobby Lobby story and apply to your business right now.
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Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Check out a great highlight from Jon's chat with Gregg Majewski, CEO of Craveworthy Brands, and former CEO of Jimmy John's.
This clip is from episode 125, originally aired in April 2024. You can find the original episode at this link, or on your favourite streaming platform.
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Take Jon's new masterclass, Instant Marketing Machine. Today, we're going back to a conversation between Jon and Chris Riccobono, founder of UNTUCKiT. Relive the story of how Chris turned a wild idea into a $200 million business, and all the challenges that came with it.
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Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Check out a great highlight from Jon's chat with Jason Fried, founder of 37signals.
This clip is from episode 128, originally aired in May 2024. You can find the original episode at this link, or on your favourite streaming platform.
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Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Today, JD is joined by entrepreneur Dave Garden. They start by chatting about a luxury toilet company. Then Jon gets into Dave's entrepreneurial journey. Going from a single truck to building a national electronics retailer. Dave also shares what he's doing now with Kiiwi.
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Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Check out a great highlight from Jon's chat with Drew Green, CEO of INDOCHINO.
This clip is from episode 129, originally aired in May 2024. You can find the original episode at this link, or on your favourite streaming platform.
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Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Today, JD talks with SoundCloud CEO, Eliah Seton, about how AI is changing the music industry and more.
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Get your personalized AI Growth Cheatsheet here. Check out a great highlight from Jon's chat with Jordan Harmon, President and co-founder of Angel Studios.
This clip is from episode 144, originally aired in September 2024. You can find the original episode at this link, or on your favourite streaming platform.
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