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My Biggest Lessons with Chris Meade

Chris Meade used Gorgias to generate over $1,000,000 in retail sales, learn how he did, and you can too.

After starting an Instagram account about the life of a baseball player. It grew into a community, and before he knew it a brand. This is his story, and the lessons learned along the way.

Key moments in this episode of My Biggest Lessons

4:35 Professional athletes who have made it to the big leagues

5:30 Waiting until 1M in sales before spending money on advertising

7:00 Founder dynamics with a large age gap and working with your wife

8:00 College World Series the fire Marshall set up.

10:00 Business never escapes us Chris audiogram

10:30 Hiring a fractional CEO, and what you get from hiring them. When you need to spend more money.

17:00 getting into stores like Sheilds

18:00 Driving retail sales and sell through

19:45 Generating $5000 a day in sales from a single pop-up

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Chris Meade is the co-founder & CMO of CROSSNET, the world’s first four-way volleyball game. Chris was honored with Forbes 30U30 for the 2021 Sports category. CROSSNET combines elements of the childhood game four square and volleyball in a competitive game to 11, win by 2. CROSSNET is now available at 3000+ retail stores such as Walmart, Target, DICKS, Academy Sports, Sam’s Club and 20+ other retailers.