Broke at 17 to $100M Bootstrapped Empire - Josh Snow's Unfiltered Journey
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0:14The benefit of being broke is that you have nothing to lose.
0:42The negative feedback is amazing.
0:57Almost always like you see the impact right away in a few months, like literally three months, their whole life changes.
1:20They are hyper effective gummy bears. They are going viral and they are selling out every day.
1:48You don't have to pay $200 for the gummies.
5:28I saw that presentation it was so captivating that I started to dream of being able to tell stories about products in such an inspiring way.
7:22You're going to either end up on a TV show or you're going to have one—it's just a matter of time.
10:08Media democratizes access to information and insights, allowing entrepreneurs to reach audiences and build relationships more effectively.
12:54Vitamin toothpaste, where you brush your teeth and absorb vitamins sublingually—it's about creating new operating systems for health.
13:44Here's my product that they've paid me for.
13:44That felt so [ __ ] cool.
13:51How does it feel to have 100 million people do that?
14:48Burn the boats.
15:44Nobody wanted to join me because it seemed foreign.
16:18Give someone a choice.
16:30Is that a signal or is that noise?
17:15So the first thing was efficacy and aesthetic.
18:07Have you started developing these peptide and vitamin infused products already?
19:01How much could we help with the CoQ10 think by having a brand that is exciting?
19:58The customer I I think radical obsession over the investor happy?
20:49We now have bots through AI that read everybody's right?
22:46Everybody's smile is important to us.
23:27And it's that delight that really locks in the customer.
24:34Like how how did that part of the experience how was that for you knowing that it was in your brain and now it's in the world.
25:48So we invented an opportunity for anybody to experience snow.
26:38That's why Prime became a billiond dollar company so quick because by the time Gatorade had had 15 pivoted and [ __ ] shot the lights out.
36:23Like a computer did this for me. How did that feel when you started automating all this money?
37:30I can go in there and fix a few things before the team wakes up. I love to be involved in everything I’m doing.
39:06It’s hard work. You have to be obsessed. It’s like being an athlete — if you’re not all in, you won’t succeed.
39:37Obsession and perfectionism make products good because you can tell when someone's put in that level of care.
43:03Negative feedback is actually valuable—it's an opportunity to learn and get better.
44:19Hero product creation is critical because it builds trust and provides a strong brand foundation.
46:09Turning a detractor into a promoter is possible through personalized, empathetic follow-up.
55:40I swear to God. If I pivot that way, it really messes up my knee. I’ve got to have surgery.
56:25Just do one. Get it out of the way because you will never feel more alive.
66:33Your path doesn't dictate where you're going—where you're going is shaped by your mindset.
72:45Loneliness and the refusal to ask for help are the biggest epidemics in entrepreneurship.
102:01Learning to be comfortable in your own thoughts and feelings is key to personal growth.