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The Advantage with Mike Wystrach

The Advantage with Mike Wystrach

WiseTrack Co. 1 Episodes Aug 19, 2026

The Advantage is a weekly podcast for founders and operators in direct-to-consumer, consumer packaged goods, and e-commerce. Host Mike Wystrach shares lessons from building Freshly to $550M+ in revenue and its sale to Nestlé, and now invests in and builds consumer businesses. Each episode features candid, tactical conversations with founders and operators about fundraises, pivots, channels, hires, and the numbers behind them. New episodes are published every week.

Episodes

$600M Operator: Start in a Niche. Just Don't Plan to Stay There. | Sam McBride
$600M Operator: Start in a Niche. Just Don't Plan to Stay There. | Sam McBride Aug 19, 2026 01:03:04 Sam McBride is the CEO of Kettle & Fire and the founder of Colter Ventures, where he writes $40 to $150 million checks into a handful of businesses at a time.This episode is presented by Proppel. Hire A-player marketing and ops talent from the US and LATAM, and get 10% off your first hire: https://www.weareproppel.com/theadvantageFull show notes and everything mentioned: https://mikewystrach.c
Navigating the Creator Economy | Vitalii Dodonov, Stan
Navigating the Creator Economy | Vitalii Dodonov, Stan Aug 12, 2026 00:49:09 Vitalii Dodonov is the co-founder and CTO of Stan, a creator commerce platform that's generated over $600M for it's creators. Every other platform in the category takes 10 to 20 percent of what a creator sells. Stan takes nothing.Presented by Proppel. Hire A-player marketing and ops talent from the US and LATAM, and get 10% off your first hire: https://www.weareproppel.com/theadvantageMike's IG: h
The Best Hire beehiiv Almost Never Made | Daniel Berk
The Best Hire beehiiv Almost Never Made | Daniel Berk Aug 5, 2026 00:52:00 Daniel Berk is giving you the Owned Audience Playbook · beehiiv's first sales hire on betting on yourself Presented by Proppel · A-player marketing and ops talent, 10% off your first hire → https://www.weareproppel.com/the-advantage-proppelDaniel Berk built a $78,000-a-year podcast working one hour a week. He learned the system as beehiiv's first sales hire, joining at 12 employees and under $1M i

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