by Jeff Slater | Aug 11, 2017 | Branding Issues, Interesting Brands, Marketing People
When two former Warby Parker employees left to start their own company, they both had travel nightmare stories that guided their business idea. The luggage they used for travel didn’t meet their needs, fit their lifestyle or do what they wanted it to do and it was way...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 9, 2017 | Branding Issues, Foodpreneurs, Interesting Brands, Marketing People
Tina Sharkey and Ido Leffler don’t like to pay the brand tax. According to these two serial entrepreneurs: BrandTax™ is the hidden costs you pay for a national brand. We’ve been trained to believe these costs increase quality, but they rarely do. We estimate the...
by Jeff Slater | Aug 2, 2017 | Advertising, Interesting Brands, Marketing Advice, Marketing People, Marketing Start Ups
While we are all busy snapping and posting photographs on Instagram, TouchNotes is a service that allows you to send postcards from your phone using that very same photo. The service has been around since 2008, but I just learned of it through an ad on TV and then by...
by Jeff Slater | Jul 31, 2017 | Branding Issues, Marketing Advice, Marketing People
For the last ten years, I believed websites were on life support. I still believe that in the near term, this marketing platform will die. People visit websites to learn or buy something. No one wants to go through a tedious website filled with information that isn’t...
by Jeff Slater | Jul 24, 2017 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing People, Marketing Start Ups
When Gail Becker’s young boys received a diagnosis of having celiac disease, she started to purchase every gluten-free product in sight. The problem she found was that they still were laced with fat, sugar and often unhealthy ingredients. She became inspired to create...
by Jeff Slater | Jul 17, 2017 | Foodpreneurs, Marketing Advice, Marketing People
Ellen Bennett was a nineteen-year-old cook working in Mexico and attending culinary school. She got an inspiration to create amazing apparel for chefs. Today her LA based business focuses on creating high-end durable aprons, chef gear, and other kitchen fashion. And...
