Join your hosts Dave Hamilton and Shannon Jean as they sit down with Puffco Founder and CEO, Roger Volodarsky. The episode is a master class in building a niche business to produce the best products and customer experience that is possible. Roger is a true champion of creating products that solve particular problems and building a business that reflects his self-expression.
00:00:00 Small Business Show #333 for Wednesday, June 23, 2021
* Interview with Roger Volodarsky, CEO and Founder of Puffco
* Pre-30yo Angst combined with a few Light cannabis arrests = Puffco
* Started with Puffco Classic, January 2014 — Built for himself!
* Then the Puffco Pro, October 2014
* Try to impress yourself
* Companies led by community members
* All ideas are soldiers in the world of ideas
* “Dabbing” = Vaporizing Concentrates
* Attention and Intention
* A thought about pre-filled THC Distillate vape cartridges
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* 00:21:49 Favorite “no” product?
* Cleaning clip, herbal vaporizer
* Releasing a product I didn’t want to release, but it led to the Puffco Plus
* “Let’s give the people what they want… it’s not something I would ever use.”
* Puffco Glass Open
* Mothership Glass
* CEO’s Job: Vision, Money, People
* For people: Looking at the world through the same lens; same value system.
* “Do I inspire you? Do you inspire me?”
* Curious and Passionate
