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694: We Were Two Weeks From Shutting Down - Then We Found Our $30M Product

Podcast: The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan · Foundr Media

Opublikowano: 2026-08-13

Chris and Jake Yap were two weeks from shutting down. A billion-dollar retailer had copied every product they launched and sold them for one tenth the price, then put it in the news - buy this coffee table from us for $499, or from them for $49. They'd burned their business savings, their personal savings, and taken out personal guarantee loans chasing speed. Jake was telling his wife he wasn't sure he could make rent. Then in those two weeks they made one switch that changed everything: instead of testing designs, they started testing problems. Little Lively launched last October, grew 30...