Dominating Consumer Niches
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A New Zealand entrepreneur built multiple billion-dollar consumer goods companies through aggressive market entry and bootstrapped growth, starting with toys and expanding into diapers, hair care, and robotic house manufacturing.
Core Business Model:
- Built most profitable toy company in the world
- Started by selling door-to-door in New Zealand
- Bootstrapped manufacturing by building own factory in China
- Aggressively pursued retail buyers with daily contact until securing orders
- Scaled to billions in revenue with $1B annual profit
Additional Venture Expansion:
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Fastest Growing Diaper Company
- Created Rascal Diapers and Million Moon (sold at Target)
- Built while on medical leave with Crohn's disease
- Scaled to hundreds of millions in revenue
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Monday Hair Care
- Fastest growing hair care company on TikTok
- Direct-to-consumer model
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Robotic House Manufacturing
- Building world's largest factory (larger than Tesla's)
- Focus on autonomous robot-built houses
- Self-funded entire operation
Key Success Factors:
- Completely bootstrapped - no outside investors
- Family-owned business with brother
- Extremely scrappy approach to building
- Aggressive sales tactics (daily buyer contact)
- Vertical integration (building own manufacturing)
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Full video: 52:07SP
Shaan Puri
Host of MFM
Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.