About this podcast
Starting Small, is a podcast hosted by young entrepreneur Cameron Nagle. Tune in, as Cameron interviews CEO‘s, founders, and entrepreneurs, discussing the stories on how their organizations and businesses were created from the ground up.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 288 episodes
- STEELPORT Knife Co: Ron Khormaei · 46 min · Episode 291Ron Khormaei left Iran alone at 15, a year before he’d have been drafted. He finished high school in Oregon and went on to earn a bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD in electrical…
- Maman: Elisa Marshall · 36 min · Episode 290Elisa Marshall was 12 and running an eBay business out of Unionville, Ontario. She had asked for Spice Girl dolls for her birthday, listed a spare on eBay, and watched it go for…
- Realberry: Chad McWhinney · 28 min · Episode 289Chad McWhinney was in seventh grade in 1986 when he and his fifth-grade brother Troy built a roadside strawberry stand at their grandparents’ mobile home park. They sold out both…
- Caldera + Lab: Jared Pobre · 30 min · Episode 288Jared Pobre graduated USC in 1999 with a finance degree, took a short detour into wealth management, and quickly pivoted into the early internet industry instead. By 2001, during…
- ICON: Jonathan Ward · 44 min · Episode 287Jonathan Ward ended up on Broadway at seven years old by complete accident. His mom signed him up for an open audition on a trip to New York, mostly just to kill time, and he…
- Ring: Jamie Siminoff · 48 min · Episode 286Jamie Siminoff invented the video doorbell in his garage. Five years later, Amazon acquired his company, Ring, for approximately $1 billion. In between, he appeared on Shark…
- Kinzie Foods: Walter Kinzie · 1 h 1 min · Episode 285Walter got his first job at four years old sweeping a lumber yard in Edna, Kansas, a town of 150 people. At seven, his dad co-signed a $125 bank loan so he could buy a pig — and…
- Green Compass: Meredith Cook · 36 min · Episode 284Meredith Cook grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of four kids in a small house with two working parents. She was later diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, which made…
- FOND: Alysa Seeland · 39 min · Episode 283Alysa Seeland grew up on her grandparents' dairy farm in northern Illinois, chased a Division I volleyball scholarship through high school, and pivoted to speech and debate when…
- TUMI & ROAM: Charlie Clifford · 57 min · Episode 282Charlie Clifford grew up a self-described "scrappy Jersey guy" in a town of 5,000 people, and won his first entrepreneurial prize in sixth grade: a watch, for out-hustling a…
- PrizePicks & The Hidden Jams: Adam Wexler · 38 min · Episode 281Adam Wexler played fantasy football since seventh grade — and turned that habit into a $4.15 billion exit. He built his first company out of a dorm room at the University of…
- Nick Stenson Beauty: Nick Stenson · 32 min · Episode 280Nick Stenson cut his first head of hair at 12 years old, in his mother's Chicago salon, with zero training and a customer's grandson in the chair. He was on track to become an…
- The Original Southside: Meredith Mills-Merritt · 34 min · Episode 279One family recipe has grown into one of the fastest-rising brands in ready-to-drink cocktails. Inspired by her mother's gin, lemonade, and mint summer cooler, Meredith…
- TRUFF: Nick Guillen and Nick Ajluni · 33 min · Episode 278What started as two college friends chasing side hustles and building an Instagram account called @Sauce has grown into one of the most recognizable premium food brands in…
- Yes Way Rosé: Erica Small and Nikki Huganir · 29 min · Episode 277Before Yes Way Rosé became one of the best-selling rosé brands in America, it started as an Instagram account. Long before they sold a single bottle, Erica Small and Nikki…
- Angela Caglia Skincare: Angela Caglia · 33 min · Episode 276Angela Caglia spent decades behind the scenes as one of Hollywood’s most trusted estheticians before launching her own skincare brand. Her career started treating celebrity…
- SIMPLi: Sarela Herrada and Matt Cohen · 44 min · Episode 275Long before SIMPLi hit shelves at Whole Foods, Sprouts, Erewhon, and Wegmans, Sarela and Matt were traveling globally working directly with farmers to source regenerative organic…
- Chef Merito: Lauren Corugedo · 23 min · Episode 274Lauren Corugedo grew up watching Chef Merito operate like a hidden gem in Los Angeles kitchens long before the rest of the country caught on. Founded in 1985 by her Cuban…
- Delavie Sciences: Dr. Kyle Landry · 31 min · Episode 273Dr. Kyle Landry wasn’t trying to build another skincare brand. Before Delavie Sciences, he was doing postdoctoral research at Harvard studying extremophiles — organisms capable…
- Pocket Prep: Peter Murphy · 29 min · Episode 272Working full-time while studying for a professional certification, Peter realized the real problem wasn’t intelligence — it was the format. Most working adults were trying to…
- Cymbiotika: Shahab Elmi · 32 min · Episode 271Shahab Elmi didn’t come from the wellness industry. He came from building and exiting companies — from telecom retail to media — before turning his focus to something much…
- Scarlett Chase: Sandra Powers Murphy · 32 min · Episode 270Sandra Powers Murphy spent decades building a career in finance — running her own firm, working with institutional clients, and raising six kids along the way. She wasn’t…
- Colossal: Mary Hagen · 28 min · Episode 269Mary Hagen knew early she wanted to build something — launching her first business at 20. Today, she’s the CEO of Colossal, a company that’s quietly reshaped how fundraising…
- Magiktea: Julian Tcherassi · 35 min · Episode 268Julian Tcherassi didn’t start Magiktea trying to compete with traditional tea brands. He found something most people had never heard of — palo azul, a tree bark used for…
- Pulp Riot / Danger Jones: David Thurston · 47 min · Episode 267David Thurston didn’t set out to build the fastest-growing hair color brand in professional beauty history. But that’s exactly what happened. As the founder of Pulp Riot, David…
- sunday: Christine De Wendel · 38 min · Episode 266Christine de Wendel spent more than a decade helping scale two of Europe’s biggest startup success stories — first at Zalando, then as COO of ManoMano. Both companies grew from…
- MarqVision: Mark Lee · 49 min · Episode 265Mark Lee started MarqVision while earning his J.D. at Harvard Law, convinced that brand protection was about to break. Counterfeiting and IP theft had grown into a $3 trillion…
- Saddleback Leather Co. - Dave Munson · 27 min · Episode 264Dave Munson didn’t launch Saddleback Leather with a business plan. He was living in Mexico, burned out from ministry work, when he designed a leather bag he couldn’t find…
- Art of Tea: Steve Schwartz · 41 min · Episode 263Steve Schwartz didn’t start Art of Tea because tea was trendy. He started it after watching Western medicine fail his mother. That moment sent him down a path few founders take —…
- CellarTracker: Eric LeVine · 42 min · Episode 262Eric LeVine didn’t set out to build a startup. He was a Microsoft engineer during the dot-com boom who just wanted to keep track of the wine he owned. So he built a simple…
- LIT: Justin Norris · 31 min · Episode 261After years running a packed West Hollywood fitness studio and launching multiple FitTech products, revenue flattened, Justin Norris' health slipped, and the business stalled. A…
- Archer (Formerly Country Archer): Eugene Kang · 28 min · Episode 260At 22 years old, Eugene Kang bought a tiny jerky business from an 80-year-old butcher he met on a road trip. It was doing about $500K a year and relied entirely on private-label…
- French Florist: Michael Jacobson · 34 min · Episode 259When Michael Jacobson took over his uncle’s barely-profitable flower shop in 2018, many saw a sinking business — he saw potential. Through a mix of technology, obsessive customer…
- Pocono Mountain Maple: Nicole Bentler · 23 min · Episode 258As the founder of Pocono Mountain Maple, a 450-acre certified organic maple farm located in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, Nicole has always had a deep…
- Whisker (Litter-Robot): Jacob Zuppke · 37 min · Episode 257From early experiments in pet tech to running one of the most successful bootstrapped companies in the country, Jacob Zuppke has led Whisker (maker of Litter-Robot®) into a…
- Nomi Health: Mark Newman · 47 min · Episode 256Mark Newman has spent his career fixing broken systems. At just 20, he co-founded HireVue, a company that reimagined hiring through video interviews, scaling it into a platform…
- MINNIDIP: Emily Vaca · 38 min · Episode 255Emily Vaca launched MINNIDIP in 2017 as a bold antidote to sad blue kiddie pools — designing a sleek, adult-friendly inflatable that was missing in the market. She bootstrapped…
- Highland: Boone Whiteside and Ben Medalie · 42 min · Episode 254What started on a Denver apartment stovetop has turned into an eight-figure clean haircare brand trusted by tastemakers and barbers alike. In this episode, Boone Whiteside and…
- BeatBox Beverages: Justin Fenchel · 41 min · Episode 253In this episode I'm joined by Justin Fenchel, co-founder and CEO of BeatBox Beverages, one of the fastest-growing RTD (Ready-To-Drink) brands in the U.S., redefining how…
- Rotten: Michael Fisher · 28 min · Episode 252Michael Fisher was making gummy worms in his kitchen during COVID when he realized candy hadn’t been reimagined for today’s consumer. With no food science background, he started…
- HOP WTR: Jordan Bass · 33 min · Episode 251After a career in venture capital and running e-commerce at The Wonderful Company, Jordan Bass set out to reinvent the occasion of “cracking a cold one.” In 2020, he co-founded…
- Full Glass Wine Co.: Neha Kumar · 35 min · Episode 250In less than two years, Neha Kumar has helped build Full Glass Wine Co. into one of the fastest-scaling wine companies in the U.S., completing 7 acquisitions and growing to $200M…
- Gardyn: FX Rouxel · 34 min · Episode 249After building a career in AI and tech, FX Rouxel set out to solve a massive problem: how to grow real food at home—without soil, land, or waste. He launched Gardyn, a…
- Free Rein Coffee: Karl Pfluger, Paul Anderson, and Arlyn Davich · 47 min · Episode 248Co-founders Karl Pfluger, Paul Anderson, and Arlyn Davich teamed up with actor Cole Hauser to acquire a 25-year-old roastery in San Angelo, TX. Since launching in October 2023…
- Ozlo (sleepbuds): N.B. Patil · 30 min · Episode 247After 22 years at Bose, N.B. Patil left with the IP behind their discontinued Sleepbuds—and turned it into the most funded sleep product in Indiegogo history. He co-founded Ozlo…
- Forbes Functions: Cameron Forbes · 27 min · Episode 246In this episode, I'm joined by Cameron Forbes of Forbes Functions, a full-service event planning agency known for creating stylish, story-driven events for top brands, creators…
- REBEL: Emily Hosie · 29 min · Episode 245Emily Hosie spent over a decade inside some of the biggest names in off-price retail—Saks Off 5th, Holt Renfrew, and TJX—before launching REBEL, the first curated marketplace for…
- Halfday Iced Tea: Mike Lombardo · 41 min · Episode 244Mike Lombardo didn’t come from food and bev. He was a college student, Army National Guard soldier, and drummer chasing big ideas. But when his high school swim teammate Kayvon…
- Heraclea: Berk Bahceci · 33 min · Episode 243Berk Bahceci left a career in antitrust law in Washington, D.C., to build something deeply personal. Born in Turkey and raised around olive groves, Berk saw a massive blind spot…
- Aceable: Blake Garrett · 40 min · Episode 242From a nearly $50k debt to a multi-million dollar company, Blake Garrett, founder of Aceable, didn’t follow the usual path. In this episode, Blake shares how his background in…
