In This Episode You’ll Hear About:

• How Brian Ree started his first tutoring business in high school
• How the internet boom inspired an idea for an online fine jewelry lifestyle brand
• How a hobby turned into a content business and developed 450,000 active subscribers
• Why studying and reading about other entrepreneurs and finding patterns is an important part of the entrepreneur’s journey
• How he came up with the idea for DAILYLOOK
• The challenges he faced from pivoting DAILYLOOK into an eCommerce brand
• His process of choosing a business model that would drive customer retention organically
• What he learned from making the best,and worst, hiring choices 
• The ins and outs of raising $11.5 million of capital
• How his Co-Founder helped the company be as successful as they are today
• The importance of physical health in building a business
• Experiencing self-doubt as an entrepreneur and how to overcome it 

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To Find Out More:

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Quotes:

• “I think there's a lot to be gained in experience from working with great teams and great people.”
• “I definitely recommend having and surrounding yourself with as many experienced mentors as possible.”
• “People that didn't have positive experiences with other coworkers in previous jobs will still tend to give a mediocre or medium type of reference check.”
• “When you start a business, I do recommend that, depending on the business of course, that you have a co-founder.”
• “I think the mental game is a challenging one. And with time and experience, I've learned my ways of how I cope with things in challenging times.”
• “As an entrepreneur, self-doubt can creep in from many different angles and places and times.”
• “I try to maintain the perspective and mindset of being a lifelong learner and always intellectually curious and open to learning new things. Learn from new people around you.”

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