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Exit Strategy S1:E4 // Nik Sharma: How To Build and Invest in Great DTC Brands

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Today's topics:
(12:24) Nik gives his background, hes an investor in a handful of DTC startups. He’s hands on, does something for each brand every week
(14:20) Getting domain names and handles for a startup. Nik just paid low 5-figures for judy.co (16:00) Moiz talks about how he came up with the Native name and dealing with trademark issues. Had to pay high 6-figure to get Native trademark.
(19:10) Talks about Nik’s brand Judy. Disaster kit - launched recently. Talk about founders and their backgrounds.
(22:40) General talk about the state of DTC today. Brandless shut down, Outdoor voices issues. And how will economic down-turn affect this?
(31:15) Blowback around Outdoor Voices and Away. Moiz says he was Joe Exotic when running Native
(37:00) Native got huge publicity once, but only drove an extra $25k in sales. Why court press then? (40:00) Talks about how to get press coverage
(44:00) How to find good agencies (marketing, pr, etc)?
(49:34) What agencies do you (Nik) recommend?
(54:40) What are other industries that need to be disrupted?
(55:50) What DTC brands do you (Nik) admire right now?
(1:00:00) Discuss how much of your budget should be allocated to brand versus performance. (1:08:00) Moiz discusses subway ads Native was supposed to run on NY subways this summer. Because of covid, ridership down 90%
(1:12:20) How can someone starting out today learn about DTC advertising? Nik says he just talks to a lot of people. Looks at what other brands are doing.
(1:20:04) They discuss the possibility of brands cutting acquisition costs by sharing audience

Our host is Moiz Ali, founder of Native. He took Native from $0 to $100M in 28 months, so he can ask the tough questions that only operators have the right to ask.

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