How to Go From Idea to Product, Smoothly
Shopify Masters episode in which the host talks with Zachary Quinn, co-founder of Love Your Melon and founder of Oceanfoam, a foam roller brand made with algae. Zachary says he picks ideas by keeping a long whiteboard or phone list and noticing which ones keep rising to the top. He says Love Your Melon began as a college class project, grew to over 40,000 college ambassadors, and gave almost 10 million dollars to pediatric cancer research and over 250,000 beanies to kids, before he and his partners passed it on in their 30s. He says it took about two years after the sale, including becoming a father and taking his first job, before he was ready to start Oceanfoam. He says he first wanted ocean recycled plastic, learned it cannot be made into foam, and then found algae based material through a pair of algae slides. Shopify, which produces the show, is the sponsor named in the description. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the captions cover roughly the first 12 minutes of the 35 minute episode, so later topics are not summarized. All claims are Zachary's own and are not independently checked. Nothing here is medical, fitness, financial or legal advice.
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Shopify Masters episode in which the host talks with Zachary Quinn, co-founder of Love Your Melon and founder of Oceanfoam, a foam roller brand made with algae. Zachary says he picks ideas by keeping a long whiteboard or phone list and noticing which ones keep rising to the top. He says Love Your Melon began as a college class project, grew to over 40,000 college ambassadors, and gave almost 10 million dollars to pediatric cancer research and over 250,000 beanies to kids, before he and his partners passed it on in their 30s. He says it took about two years after the sale, including becoming a father and taking his first job, before he was ready to start Oceanfoam. He says he first wanted ocean recycled plastic, learned it cannot be made into foam, and then found algae based material through a pair of algae slides. Shopify, which produces the show, is the sponsor named in the description. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the captions cover roughly the first 12 minutes of the 35 minute episode, so later topics are not summarized. All claims are Zachary's own and are not independently checked. Nothing here is medical, fitness, financial or legal advice.