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Cameron Nagle 10/3/26 Cameron Nagle 10/3/26

A Broadway Kid, a $1,000 Bet and a Land Cruiser Shop Everyone Thought Was Crazy

ICON founder Jonathan Ward went from Broadway at age seven to a $1,000 bet on Land Cruisers, a commission from Toyota and a Bronco for Ford. He shares how it all started.

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Cameron Nagle 9/25/26 Cameron Nagle 9/25/26

He Spent Every Dollar of His Pre-Sales Building the Product. Then Shark Tank Sent $100,000 a Day, and Ring Was Born.

Jamie Siminoff built a doorbell to fix a problem in his own garage. Five years later, Amazon bought Ring for roughly a billion dollars.

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His Company Produced Trump’s Inauguration and Drive-In Concerts for Hundreds of Thousands — Kinzie Foods’ Origin Story

Cameron Nagle 9/4/26 Cameron Nagle 9/4/26

His Company Produced Trump’s Inauguration and Drive-In Concerts for Hundreds of Thousands — Kinzie Foods’ Origin Story

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$40 Million in Two Years, Almost No Paid Ads: How Meredith Cook Built Green Compass on Word of Mouth

Cameron Nagle 8/28/26 Cameron Nagle 8/28/26

$40 Million in Two Years, Almost No Paid Ads: How Meredith Cook Built Green Compass on Word of Mouth

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A Fire Destroyed $4 Million of Her Product. She Rebuilt Without a Single Outside Investor.

Cameron Nagle 8/17/26 Cameron Nagle 8/17/26

A Fire Destroyed $4 Million of Her Product. She Rebuilt Without a Single Outside Investor.

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He Built TUMI Into a Public Company, Then Started Over to Fix What It Couldn’t Do

Cameron Nagle 8/7/26 Cameron Nagle 8/7/26

He Built TUMI Into a Public Company, Then Started Over to Fix What It Couldn’t Do

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He Built a Company Worth Up to $4.15 Billion Without Taking VC Money — Now He’s Funding Music Discovery

Cameron Nagle 7/24/26 Cameron Nagle 7/24/26

He Built a Company Worth Up to $4.15 Billion Without Taking VC Money — Now He’s Funding Music Discovery

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From a Chicago Salon Chair to L’Oreal’s Creative Director to His Own Shelf at Ulta

Cameron Nagle 7/21/26 Cameron Nagle 7/21/26

From a Chicago Salon Chair to L’Oreal’s Creative Director to His Own Shelf at Ulta

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Cameron Nagle 7/11/26 Cameron Nagle 7/11/26

A 370% Jump in Shipments: How a Family Cocktail Recipe Became a National Ready-to-Drink Brand

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They Started With an Instagram Account Called @Sauce. Now TRUFF Is in 17,000+ Stores.

Cameron Nagle 6/26/26 Cameron Nagle 6/26/26

They Started With an Instagram Account Called @Sauce. Now TRUFF Is in 17,000+ Stores.

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13 Million Bottles Later: How an Instagram Community Became One of America’s Best-Selling Rosé Brands

Cameron Nagle 6/19/26 Cameron Nagle 6/19/26

13 Million Bottles Later: How an Instagram Community Became One of America’s Best-Selling Rosé Brands

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Barbra Streisand Asked Her “Why Aren’t You Doing It?” Now Her Serum Is the #1 Seller in Its Category

Cameron Nagle 6/12/26 Cameron Nagle 6/12/26

Barbra Streisand Asked Her “Why Aren’t You Doing It?” Now Her Serum Is the #1 Seller in Its Category

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They Brought the First Regenerative Organic Certified Ingredients From South America to the U.S. — On Purpose

Cameron Nagle 5/29/26 Cameron Nagle 5/29/26

They Brought the First Regenerative Organic Certified Ingredients From South America to the U.S. — On Purpose

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Her Grandfather Built It With One Seasoning in 1985. Nearly 40 Years Later, It’s in Dodger Stadium.

Cameron Nagle 5/23/26 Cameron Nagle 5/23/26

Her Grandfather Built It With One Seasoning in 1985. Nearly 40 Years Later, It’s in Dodger Stadium.

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NASA Found an Organism on the Outside of the Space Station. He Turned It Into a Skincare Line.

Cameron Nagle 5/15/26 Cameron Nagle 5/15/26

NASA Found an Organism on the Outside of the Space Station. He Turned It Into a Skincare Line.

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He Mocked Up the App in PowerPoint, Sold Two Copies on Day One. Pocket Prep Now Has 8 Million Users.

Cameron Nagle 5/8/26 Cameron Nagle 5/8/26

He Mocked Up the App in PowerPoint, Sold Two Copies on Day One. Pocket Prep Now Has 8 Million Users.

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200 Million Packets, $150 Million in Revenue: How Shahab Elmi Rebuilt Trust in an Industry Full of Junk Supplements

Cameron Nagle 4/16/26 Cameron Nagle 4/16/26

200 Million Packets, $150 Million in Revenue: How Shahab Elmi Rebuilt Trust in an Industry Full of Junk Supplements

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Cameron Nagle 12/12/25 Cameron Nagle 12/12/25

His Fitness Studio Revenue Flattened and His Health Slipped. One Cold Plunge Turned LIT Into a Recovery Brand Backed by Pro Athletes

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He Bought a $500K Jerky Business From an 80-Year-Old Butcher at 22. It’s Now Projected to Hit $500 Million

Cameron Nagle 12/5/25 Cameron Nagle 12/5/25

He Bought a $500K Jerky Business From an 80-Year-Old Butcher at 22. It’s Now Projected to Hit $500 Million

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He Took Over His Uncle’s Flower Shop Doing $600K a Year. It’s Now a $9.5 Million Business Going Franchise

Cameron Nagle 11/26/25 Cameron Nagle 11/26/25

He Took Over His Uncle’s Flower Shop Doing $600K a Year. It’s Now a $9.5 Million Business Going Franchise

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