building but cute

Building but cute takes you behind the scenes with a young, scrappy, and imperfect team as they build a plush toy brand from the ground up. Each episode follows Mikey Schumacher and the team as they tackle one real problem they’re trying to solve that week. No highlight reels. No recycled, goofy LinkedIn founder wisdom. Just the messy, chaotic reality of building something from scratch, and figuri...

Building but cute takes you behind the scenes with a young, scrappy, and imperfect team as they build a plush toy brand from the ground up. Each episode follows Mikey Schumacher and the team as they tackle one real problem they’re trying to solve that week. No highlight reels. No recycled, goofy LinkedIn founder wisdom. Just the messy, chaotic reality of building something from scratch, and figuri...

Building but cute takes you behind the scenes with a young, scrappy, and imperfect team as they build a plush toy brand from the ground up. Each episode follows Mikey Schumacher and the team as they tackle one real problem they’re trying to solve that week. No highlight reels. No recycled, goofy LinkedIn founder wisdom. Just the messy, chaotic reality of building something from scratch, and figuri...

Building but cute takes you behind the scenes with a young, scrappy, and imperfect team as they build a plush toy brand from the ground up. Each episode follows Mikey Schumacher and the team as they tackle one real problem they’re trying to solve that week. No highlight reels. No recycled, goofy LinkedIn founder wisdom. Just the messy, chaotic reality of building something from scratch, and figuri...

Building but cute takes you behind the scenes with a young, scrappy, and imperfect team as they build a plush toy brand from the ground up. Each episode follows Mikey Schumacher and the team as they tackle one real problem they’re trying to solve that week. No highlight reels. No recycled, goofy LinkedIn founder wisdom. Just the messy, chaotic reality of building something from scratch, and figuri...

Building but cute takes you behind the scenes with a young, scrappy, and imperfect team as they build a plush toy brand from the ground up. Each episode follows Mikey Schumacher and the team as they tackle one real problem they’re trying to solve that week. No highlight reels. No recycled, goofy LinkedIn founder wisdom. Just the messy, chaotic reality of building something from scratch, and figuri...

Building but cute takes you behind the scenes with a young, scrappy, and imperfect team as they build a plush toy brand from the ground up. Each episode follows Mikey Schumacher and the team as they tackle one real problem they’re trying to solve that week. No highlight reels. No recycled, goofy LinkedIn founder wisdom. Just the messy, chaotic reality of building something from scratch, and figuri...

In a world racing toward AI, what does it mean to build a dream plushie business from the ground up? Join Mikey Schumacher, Founder and CEO of but cute, as he shares the journey of creating a plush toy brand that embraces anxiety, awkwardness, and all the beautifully imperfect parts of being human. In Episode 4, Mikey is joined by Jovita, but cute’s Operations Specialist, to dive into how we’re bu...

In a world racing toward AI, what does it mean to build a dream consumer brand from the ground up? Join Mikey Schumacher, Founder and CEO of but cute, as he shares the journey of creating a plush toy brand that embraces anxiety, awkwardness, and all the beautifully imperfect parts of being human. In Episode 3, we dive deeper into the USC New Venture Seed Competition, pitch competitions, and how bu...

In a world racing toward AI, what does it mean to build a dream consumer brand from the ground up? Join Mikey Schumacher, Founder and CEO of but cute, as he shares the journey of creating a plush toy brand that embraces anxiety, awkwardness, and all the beautifully imperfect parts of being human. In Episode 2, we dive deeper into the Slauson & Co. Family and Friends Accelerator that but cute i...

In a world racing toward AI, what does it mean to build a dream consumer brand from the ground up? Join Mikey Schumacher, Founder and CEO of but cute, as he shares the journey of creating a plush toy brand that embraces anxiety, awkwardness, and all the beautifully imperfect parts of being human. In Episode 1, we explore the story behind but cute — where it started, why it matters, and what it tak...