The Harvest Growth Podcast

Your phone rings again. Being one of the first calls since your breakthrough product launched last week, you smile, hoping it's another sale. Instead, it's a partner calling. She asks if you have heard about the several new products in potential foreign markets similar to yours - all copycats. The news hits like a ton of bricks, leaving you shocked, disappointed and worried. Although you...

Doing social good through your business can help you live a more fulfilling life - both as an entrepreneur and as a person. It can also do the same for your employees, helping to increase their productivity and dedication to your mission. Today's guest, Mike Martin, has benefited from social entrepreneurship in many ways; he is an inventor and product designer whose altruism has helped him ov...

Today we talk with Mike Scully, Founder of Lever Gear - a company that makes beautiful compact multitools and gadgets for conveniently carrying your must-have tools (pills, toothpicks, phone chargers, etc.) everywhere you go. Now set to make at least 1 million dollars in annual revenues by 2024, Lever Gear's recent success has not come on a platter - they have had to overcome several obstacle...

  If you want to stop manufacturing in China or need to diversify (and need reliable overseas suppliers), look to India. The country is currently rising as a manufacturing hub - even Walmart now spends $10 billion annually in sourcing from India - and may become the preferred alternative to China. But what makes India such a good option for entrepreneurs? We discuss all that on this podcast episod...

On today’s episode, our guest shares a unique perspective on how the daily 9-5 grind, despite its hurdles, can be the perfect launchpad for entrepreneurial success.   Mark Washington is the Founder and CEO of Supergut , a company that makes great-tasting products with gut-balancing nutrition for better digestive health. Since launching, they have sold over three million products. During the episod...

Today's guest started his company by doing what most entrepreneurs do - outsourcing manufacturing to China. But after this nearly affected his product's quality and production rate, he started looking for affordable ways to manufacture at home. What he found opened the floodgates to more opportunities - he could launch more successful products by shipping faster and testing the market qu...

Amy Livingstone and Julie Wilson started designing and manufacturing baby products to make childcare less stressful while they were both on maternity leave. Today, their company, Cheeky Chompers , has sold over three million products in thousands of retail stores across 30 countries excluding the US, having just launched in the US market through Amazon. Livingstone and Wilson join us on the podcas...

Dr. Marien Zanyk is the CEO and Founder of Zaneez, a company that produces unique health and fitness products such as AnkleSTONE ®. While her products are a remarkable invention, Dr. Zanyk spent her early days as an entrepreneur doing all her marketing alone, self-funding her business, and seeking free business resources. Today, she has progressed to securing a deal with the NBA and other professi...

Matt Smith Founder and CEO, Snooze Mattress Co.   Today's guest is disrupting his industry by doing what no one had done before - listening to the customers. For years, high return rates plagued the sleep industry as customers complained that many mattresses didn't help them sleep better. Our guest, Matt Smith, was determined to solve this problem.   Despite having several years of exper...

In many inspiring entrepreneurial stories, you often hear “fast forward to…” and then learn about all the success they’ve achieved. But in reality, there is no such thing as fast forward in entrepreneurship. The journey through building a successful business is not linear and is showered with adversity, challenges and successes along the way. In today's episode, we talk with Saul Ryan, Founde...

Today we talk with Jason Zotara, Founder and Managing Partner of Ten26 Media , an advertising agency that's helped many small businesses and Fortune 500 brands succeed through Google Ads and paid media. Having spent more than 20 years in marketing overseeing the spend of millions of dollars in paid media campaigns, Zotara shares with us his deep wealth of knowledge in Google Ads that has skyr...

Todd Rosenbaum  Founder, XeroPicks.com Our guest on today’s episode built a million-dollar business on Amazon by reinventing toothpicks, turning an everyday essential into an exciting, highly sought-after asset. His toothpicks, infused with stimulating flavors and hydrating active ingredients in each unique variant, now help with dry mouth, bad breath, cigarette cravings and other unique needs.  ...

After months of investing in Facebook and Google advertising, Alicia Long decided her company needed a low-cost alternative that could grow her business rapidly. She and her team searched for a while and discovered the power behind TikTok. "Facebook and Google are largely pay-to-play," she tells us, "but TikTok is all organic."   And once she started creating content on TikTok,...

Guest: Addie Gundry, Founder and CEO of HelloPluie.com   After building a unique product to help parents easily change their babies' diapers in public spaces, today's guest faced a steep marketing task - convincing owners of public buildings to adopt her invention. Although there was a need for the product, most establishments notoriously treated diaper changing tables as an afterthought...

Guest: Nikko Regar, Marketing and Sales Director, Flip Lok Is there a place for TV Advertising in today's internet-first economy? Is it still justifiable to launch national TV campaigns when you can reach millions of people for a fraction of the cost on Facebook? For today's guest, the answer is an enthusiastic yes. That guest is Nikko Reger, Marketing and Sales Director for Flip Lok , t...

Greg Amundson President & Inventor, InstaTrim.com   Today we talk with Greg Amundson, a trailblazing inventor and entrepreneur whose story will inspire you to keep working hard when all the chips are down. Greg began his company, InstaTrim , in the midst of the 2008 housing market crisis and grew it into a multi-million dollar business.   "The idea came to me in the middle of the night,&q...

Chet W. Sisk Futurist, Author, Keynote Speaker   In the past few years, we've witnessed a global pandemic, an energy crisis, the effects of climate change and several other global woes, but nothing has quite prepared us for the dawn of new AI technology. Since ChatGPT's launch in late 2022, this superhuman technology has transcended the realm of science fiction and is now feared by many...

If you're having sleepless nights because your 3-week-old YouTube Ad is not pulling in leads or your budget seems too small to run a marketing campaign, this episode is for you! Join us now as your host, Jon LaClare, shares the unique processes, techniques and mindset that's helped Harvest Growth attract millions in revenue for many small businesses. It is a throwback to HG’s very first...

Sonia Hounsell & Joelle Flynn Co-Founders FunkkOFF.com    Today we speak with Joelle Flynn and Sonia Hounsell, two ambitious entrepreneurs helping women live happier, healthier lives through their product, FunkkOFF! FunkkOFF! is a teeth refresher that goes the extra mile - it is uniquely designed to aid women in cleaning their teeth anywhere, even in public, and at any time without worrying ab...

Tim Dworianyn AwesomeDynamic.com Why do some product listings on Amazon show up as the first search results? Why do some listings get more sales and reviews than others? Can Amazon be helpful to product marketers who already have a dedicated e-commerce site?   Joining us to address these questions, and more, is Tim Dworianyn, an e-commerce expert whose agency, Awesome Dynamic , has consistently do...

Michael Cherkezian and Justin Barad ChubbyButtons.io   Today's episode is a 20-minute masterclass on solving big business problems when you're new to entrepreneurship. Our guests are Michael Cherkezian and Justin Barad, inventors of the world's first wearable Bluetooth remote , developed their product without any engineering or product development background and got a spot on Shark...

Zack Fleishman, CEO and Co-founder SharkWheel .com   If you saw a square or snake-like car wheel on your way to work, would you stop to look? Most likely. And you may also tell others about it. This reaction is natural - we do this when we see something "worth making a remark about," as marketing author Seth Godin puts it in his 2003 Ted Talk. Godin also says that this factor ultimately...

Ethan Woods, Owner and CEO Grillbots.com   For many entrepreneurs, getting their product on the shelves of large retailers is a home run. It usually means more publicity and awareness, higher sales, and less operational costs in exchange for lower profit margins. But today's guest on the podcast turned his back on retailers after an experience that gave him "sleepless nights."   Eth...

Konel Banner, Co-Founder and Inventor InstaFire.com   Have you wanted to grow your business into a phenomenal success, but the demands seem too high for your small operation? Then securing a licensing deal may be a smart option. Today we talk to Konel Banner, Co-Founder and Inventor of InstaFire.com , who grew his startup to $1.6 million dollars in revenues before getting a deal. InstaFire's...

Ashley Prosek, Director of Marketing PeterThomasRoth.com   When Trinidad Sandoval made a TikTok video to review an eye-tightening product in 2021, she had no idea what was coming. In under four days, the video garnered millions of views and attracted magazine reviewers who called it "movie magic" and "amazing.” That product is the Instant FIRMx Temporary Eye Tightener made by Peter...