Quitting a full-time job to start a $6M/year clothing brand

+ the impact of SharkTank and Metta World Peace on their business.

👋 Hey Failories! It's Nico over here.

It's been a crazy week with the launch of our first digital product on Tuesday. I'll be writing about the pre-sale next week. If you're new and want to know what I'm talking about, reply back to this email.

Two new great interviews today; the first one is with a startup that has gone to SharkTank and is currently making $6M in revenue - I completely recommend it!

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Buttercloth: Quitting a full-time job to start a $6M/year clothing brand

Danh Tran started his now-successful brand Buttercloth after finding dress shirts to be highly uncomfortable. He went all-in on his idea of making dress shirts as comfortable as t-shirts, even selling his house to fulfill his dream. Partnering up with Metta World Peace and getting into Shark Tank were the two of the moments that made the business start to take off. In 2019, they made $6M in sales with 7%-12% profit margins.

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How Depression Killed Thepresence, a Visual Website Builder

Inspired by the iOS app Launchpad, Miloslav Voloskov started drafting ideas to what eventually was called Thepresence. This aimed to provide a more modern and unconventional take on website builders. But this venture got shut down even before it was able to take off. A mental illness shutting down a business that could have changed the drag-and-drop website builder game? It’s more likely than you think.

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