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The Margin Room

Shopé

The Margin Room is a podcast for early-stage DTC founders building from zero to seven figures.

These are raw, operator-to-operator conversations about retention, revenue, systems, mistakes, and the real decisions that shape a business long before it looks “successful.”

You’ll hear from founders who are a few steps ahead - not nine-figure operators far removed from the early grind.

We talk profitability, cashflow, owned channels, delegation, and the personal stakes behind building a brand under pressure.

This is not the place for fluff or gurus.

Just honest conversations from inside the work.

Hosted by Shopé, Co-founder of ALTAR Aesthetics Company and Founder of Building Block Digital.

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Episodes

13 episodes

  1. From Patagonia’s Special Ops Gear to DTC: ForgeLine's Eric Neuron and Jason McCaffrey 56:28
  2. Reviving a 200 Year Old Brand: Lord & Taylor's Sina Yenel, Part 1 32:47
  3. A Top Pickleball Pro Built an 8 Figure Paddle Brand in 9 Months, Bootstrapped | James Ignatowich 1:02:23
  4. She Built a Multimillion Dollar Waxing Empire. Now She Is Changing What They Sell | Andrea Wissing 54:37
  5. He Had to Wire $1.26 Million He Did Not Have | 14 Years of DTC with Josh Sprague 50:29
  6. The Worm Queen's Playbook: How Kim Rogers Built RogersHood to Multi-Millions on $6,210 and No Ads 1:25:49
  7. 7 Figures in Functional Mushrooms, Made In House: How Jason Scott Built Feral Fungi Without Cutting Corners 48:31
  8. $200K in 3 Months: The Skincare Brand He Built for His Own Birthmark (Matthias De Potter) 47:28
  9. From Wall Street to 500 Stores: The Beef Tallow Brand Running 90% Margins (Harri Magaldi) 1:02:31
  10. A Supplement Brand on Education Alone - 83% of Customers Come Back (Scott Schwab) 48:25
  11. He Built a Running Brand on Culture Alone - What That Actually Costs (Terrance Diggs) 1:12:48
  12. Why Most DTC Founders Misread Their Numbers with Sebastian Valiente 53:09
  13. Headed to 8 figures by focusing on only 2 metrics (Ryan Carter) 36:04