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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Jon talks about the "anti-sale" process. And why not trying to sell actually lands you a lot more revenue.
If you're a business builder or you hope to do that one day, this episode is for you.
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Jon talks to Mike Benton, president of Responsive Mortgage. Mike and his co-founders took this business from zero to $17M in revenue, in under 2 years. And they'll be at $30M in no time.
Mike breaks down exactly how he did it, why it's so predictable, and how he plans to scale even faster.
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This episode originally aired as #171 on February 21, 2025.
Today, Jon is joined by the founder of PopUp Bagels Adam Goldberg to discuss the phenomenal rise of his bagel business and the hustle behind it.
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Jon sits down with Nick Friedman, co-founder of College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving. This business pulls in $300M a year. And it all started as a college side hustle.
Nick shares the full story with Jon. Going from $0 to $1M to $10M to $100M and beyond.
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Jon shares one of the most important lessons for any business owner. It's called front-end design.
Today's podcast is pulled from a training session Jon did for Influicity Academy, our client training portal.
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Jon talks to a woman who took her business from nothing to $100M/yr by doing the weird thing. Saying no to Amazon. Saying no to Target. Saying no to investors.
And just going 100% hard on delighting customers.
Andrea digs into every step along the path to $100M.
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Jon covers the strategy behind True Classic, which went from 0 to 9 figures in just a few years.
This is an encore of episode 183.
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Jon speaks to BEDGEAR founder and CEO, Eugene Alletto about bootstrapping this 9-figure business.
BEDGEAR pioneered the category of sleep science before it was cool. And they built a big business while they were at it.
Jon and Eugene talk early days, growth hacking, customer-financed growth, and more.
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Jon tells the story of Herman Knaust, who turned a tiny mushroom farm into a $6 billion business.
And he did it all with a mountain. (Yes, an actual mountain).
This is the story of Iron Mountain. If you're a business builder, there's a lot to learn from this one.
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Jon Davids shares the story of Greg Flynn, the biggest franchise owner in the USA.
From a handful of Applebee's to 3,000 spots, Flynn Group is constantly breaking bottlenecks.
JD shares the tactics and lessons that you can steal. And use in your business right now.
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Jon Davids shares the story of Nicole Tanner, who built a $100M business selling soda.
Plus the tactics and lessons that you can steal. And use in your business right now.
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Jon Davids breaks down the story of John Morgan, the founder of Morgan & Morgan.
This is the biggest personal injury law firm in the USA. And it brings in $2 billion every single year.
JD talks about how John built it. Plus a critical lesson that every business builder can learn from. (And it has nothing to do with being a lawye...
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Jon Davids breaks down the story of Johnny Morris, founder of Bass Pro Shops.
Johnny bootstrapped the business from the backroom of his dad's liquor store. And today it generates $10B in annual sales.
Jon talks about how he did it. Plus a critical lesson that every business builder can learn from.
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Jon talks about a pre-sales call video. That's a special video you send to clients after they've express interest, but before the sales meeting.
If you sell to people in-person, on the phone, or on zoom, you NEED to understand this.
And if you have a retail or eCommerce business, it's just as important.
JD breaks it all down and shows you how to do it.
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Jon does a strategy session with Jarall Medical Management. This is a medical billing company currently at $2M in annual revenue.
The founder, Dr. Alan Bass, wants to reach $10M in the next few years. Jon lays an exact roadmap to make that happen.
This strategy session focuses on how to grow through paid ads, how to recruit and train your team, and why you shoul...
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JD talks about packaging today. But not physical packaging. It's all about the framing of your product/service so that your customer MUST have it.
This is all about offer/market fit. And it's a must for every business.
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Jon breaks down the story Siete Foods, and how they started from a kitchen recipe to dominating stores nationwide.
This episode originally aired in November 2024.
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Jon sits down with a $2.5M/yr business owner and shows him how to double sales. The company is called Swedish Door, founded by Paul St-Germain.
In the episode, Jon breaks down the StoryFunnel™, developed by Influicity and used with hundreds of our clients.
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Jon sits down with Omair Tariq, founder and CEO of Cart.com. This is a wild story of a kid's near death experience to building multiple million dollar companies.
This episode originally aired in March 2025.
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