How do you build a purpose driven company? How do you buy and sell companies during a global pandemic? These are some of the subjects that you’ll hear about in today’s episode. During this podcast, you’ll hear from Edward Wimmer, owner of Road ID, and Taylor Holiday, managing partner of Common Thread Collective and partner at 4x400. Listen in to hear them discuss selling direct-to-consumer, acquisition opportunities on social media, and dealing with production and delivery delays.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

• The origin of Road ID
• How Edward built a shopping cart and started selling direct-to-consumer 
• Taylor’s experience with Road ID
• How Taylor acquired and sold businesses and navigating that through a global pandemic
• Whether businesses need to pay attention to seller discretionary earnings
• Acquisition opportunities on social media
• Dealing with delays in production and late deliveries
• How Edward has seen product lines with fitness wearables fluctuate over time
• Whether Fitbit has evolved its products based on Apple’s products
• Expanding “hero” products
• Whether you should launch an e-commerce startup now
• What to focus on when starting from scratch today
• The first platform Edward used
• Channels brands should focus on today
• Advice for listeners

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Edward Wimmer

Taylor Holiday