Founder Mode
Founder Mode
Podcast Description
Founder Mode is a podcast for builders—whether it’s startups, systems, or personal growth. It’s about finding your flow, balancing health, wealth, and productivity, and tackling challenges with focus and curiosity. Each week, you’ll gain actionable insights and fresh perspectives to help you think like a founder and build what matters most.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of entrepreneurship, personal growth, and effective decision-making. Episodes cover topics like health management for founders, relationship maintenance during intense work periods, and creating opportunities through strategic risk-taking. For instance, Episode 1 discusses the concept that luck can be manufactured, while Episode 2 delves into the challenges of balancing health and hustle for entrepreneurs.
Founder Mode is a podcast for builders—whether it’s startups, systems, or personal growth. It’s about finding your flow, balancing health, wealth, and productivity, and tackling challenges with focus and curiosity. Each week, you’ll gain actionable insights and fresh perspectives to help you think like a founder and build what matters most.
EPISODE 11
From hand-carving a single silicone spatula in her kitchen to running a portfolio of revived consumer brands, Sam Rose walks Kevin and Jason through the through-line of her career: obsess over the customer, build a brand (not just a product), and make logistics as lovable as design. She explains how a “collision with the customer” on Kickstarter forced her into customer-service mode before she even had inventory, why color stories beat strict SKU rationalization, what the GIR sale to Pattern taught her about single-channel risk, and how vertical integration led to Manifest’s 3PL and the launch of Endless Commerce. Sam also breaks down AI’s role in just-in-time inventory, predicts an LLM-powered shopping future that both excites and unnerves her, and offers two free months of her commerce OS to fellow founders.
CHAPTERS
00:00 – Collision with the Customer & Kickstarter Lessons
02:44 – Scaling GIR: Color Stories vs. SKU Discipline
07:32 – Acquisition Insights: Building a Balanced Brand Portfolio
09:54 – Manifest & the Cost of Learning Curves
13:03 – Endless Commerce and AI-Driven Supply Chains
OFFER
Get two months free on any tier and free onboarding to Endless Commerce when you mention the Founder Mode podcast or that Jason & Kevin sent you!
LINKS
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endlesscommerce.com • LinkedIn • X/Twitter
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