The Fort - An Entrepreneurship Podcast
Business:Entrepreneurship
Mike Beckham is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Simple Modern, a leading producer of premium drinkware and lifestyle products. Founded in 2015 and based in Oklahoma, SimpleModern currently generates a nine-figure annual revenue and is committed to generosity, donating at least 10% of annual profits to nonprofit organizations. Under Mike’s leadership, the company has grown into a category leader for Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Sam’s Club.
We discuss:
We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners.
https://www.thefortpod.com/survey
Links
Simple Modern
Mike on X
Topics
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:03:48) - Starting Simple Modern
(00:15:46) - How much thought do you need to put into a product as simple as a cup?
(00:17:51) - The Stanley Phenomenon
(00:22:06) - Influencer marketing
(00:24:15) - The pros of hiring your friends
(00:33:21) - Learnings from spending 10 years as a pastor
(00:43:43) - Hypergrowth
(00:48:05) - AI
(00:55:23) - Product Licensing
(01:04:00) - Building moats
(01:09:07) - Does Amazon take more and more margin out of products as you grow?
(01:18:35) - Becoming an ESOP
(01:27:01) - Offshoring and China
(01:34:22) - What are some disadvantages to selling online?
Support our Sponsors
Better Pitch: https://bit.ly/42d9L0I
Fort Capital: https://bit.ly/FortCapital
Follow Fort Capital on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/fort-capital/
Chris on Social Media:
X: https://bit.ly/3BYIjcH
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/45gIkFd
Watch The Fort on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3oynxNX
Visit our website: https://bit.ly/43SOvys
Leave a review on Apple: https://bit.ly/45crFD0
Leave a review on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Krl9jO
The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts
RE #119: Ray Washburne - Luxury Retail, Tex Mex, Trump, & Texas
#118: Chris Torres & Vangeli Gelekas - NFTs 101
RE #117: Chris Powers - The Barbell Theory in Real Estate
#116: Mitchell Baldridge, CFP/CPA - Founder of Baldridge Financial
#115: James Beshara - Angel Investing, AirBnb, Clubhouse, & Being Content
#114: Patrick Dossett - Navy SEAL and Founder of Madefor
RE #113: Chris Powers - Executing Your First Real Estate Deal
RE #112: Nick Huber - Self Storage, Twitter, & Sweat (Part 2)
#111: Tomas Hoyos - Co-Founder & CEO of Airsubs
#110: Matteo Franceschetti - Co-Founder & CEO of Eight Sleep
#109: Jeff Worn - President & CEO of South Georgia Pecan Company
RE #108: Brady Wood - Founder of Woodhouse 'A Hospitality Legend'
RE #107: Sean Dalfen - President & CIO of Dalfen Industrial
RE #106: RE Private Equity - Stay Small or Grow a Platform?
RE #105: RE Private Equity w/ 'The Real Estate God'
RE #104 - Fort Capital's 2020 Annual Letter
RE #103: Fort Capital's 2020 Year in Review
RE #102: Jonathan Wasserstrum - Co-Founder & CEO of SquareFoot
RE #101: Chris Weekley - Executive Vice President at David Weekley Homes
#100: Tommy McGuire - President of Echo Evironmental
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The emPOWERed Half Hour
Organic Marketing Simplified: Effective podcasting strategy for growth and monetization
THE GO BIZ GUY
The Sigma Femme Podcast
Habits and Hustle
Founder’s Story