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Angie and Dee Cowger, the Co-Founders of The Custard Stand and Custard Stand Food Products, join the show to share their journey from renovating a car wash to taking their chili recipe across the nation. Hear how to start a business with your significant other, grow your production team, sell to major retailers and consumers, the most creative uses of chili, and the time they saw the Northern Lights in Alaska. Connect with Angie and Dee at CustardStand.com and on Facebook and Instagram @CustardStand

Joe Pellettieri, the Inventor of Big Mouth Billy Bass, joins the show to share his journey from being interested in product management to designing some of the most legendary singing and dancing toys. Hear where the idea for Big Mouth Billy Bass came from, what other songs were considered, what made it a hit, the little tweaks that make or break a product, and who made Big Mouth Billy Bass starstruck. Connect with Joe on YouTube @JoeP5300 and Twitter @JoePellettieri

Tiffany Krumins, the Founder of Ava the Elephant and ‘Opu Probiotics, joins the show to share her journey from appearing on the first episode of Shark Tank to delighting consumers of all ages with her inventions. Hear how Shark Tank has changed since the pilot, how to craft a prototype, start businesses from the heart, how Tiffany’s battle with cancer changed her perspective, and the thing she can do with her toes. Connect with Tiffany at TiffanyKrumins.com, AvaTheElephant.com, OpuProbiotics.com, and on social media @TiffanyKrumins

Justin Kittredge, the Founder and Janitor of ISlide, joins the show to share his journey from setting Guinness World Records at the free throw line to starting the customizable slides business popular with professional athletes, rappers, and more. Hear how to offer a customizable product, get the attention of A-list influencers, create a culture of accountability, get better at free throws, and how he went viral with DJ Khaled. Connect with Justin at ISlideUSA.com, LinkedIn, and Instagram @ISlideJanitor

Lindsey Fleischhauer, the Co-Founder of Totes Babies, joins the show to share her journey from growing up in a family business to making it simple to shop with babies. Hear how to gather valuable feedback early on, gain insights from trade shows, make note of new product ideas, beat the claw machine, and raise child inventors. Connect with Lindsey at TotesBabies.com and social media @TotesBabies

Drew Wolgemuth, the Founder and CEO of Wove, joins the show to share his journey from suffering a training accident as an Army Ranger to creating the world's best engagement ring shopping experience. Hear how to create a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), offer the best customer experience possible, apply military techniques to your business, improve your memory, and the perks of having no front teeth for over a year. Connect with Drew at WoveMade.com and on social media

Desiree Haller, the Founder and CEO of SubSafe, joins the show to share her journey from soggy sub sandwiches in the cooler to inventing the products to keep them fresh. Hear how to differentiate your products, create a lifestyle brand, inspire your team to be entrepreneurial, Desiree’s favorite sub of all time, and the showdown with the goliath grouper. Connect with Desiree at TheSubSafe.com and on social media

Cam MacKugler, the Founder of Seedsheet, joins the show to share his journey from Olympic-level cross-country skiing to inventing the roll-out garden. Hear how to offer custom and preset options, navigate a seasonal business, create machines for your product, the time Cam skied with a buffalo, and his investor pitch on a chairlift. Connect with Cam at Seedsheets.com, LinkedIn, and WeFunder.com/Seedsheet

Virginia Frischkorn, the Serial Entrepreneur and Founder of Partytrick, joins the show to share her journey from being intrigued by parties as a kid to starting several businesses to help you throw awesome parties. Hear how to find your true target customer, come up with fun ideas for parties, gather customer feedback, keep yourself entertained during long runs and long flights, and the most unique party Virginia has ever thrown. Connect with Virginia at Partytrick.com, VirginiaTrafton.com, and Instagram @Partytrick

Thomas Dambo, the Sculptor and Recycled Artist, joins the show to share his journey from dumpster diving to creating giant trolls out of trash around the world. Hear how to create something really big, turn a hobby into a career, never fear failure, find treasure in trash, and the coolest spots to explore in Denmark. Connect with Thomas at ThomasDambo.com, TrollMap.com, and Instagram @ThomasDambo

Jordan Scott, the Founder and CEO of Cobble, joins the show to share her journey from trying to figure out fun things to do in the city to creating the app that does it for you. Hear how to curate a ton of content, market your app, launch in new cities, juggle personal life and professional life, and Jordan’s must-visit spots in NYC. Connect with Jordan at TryCobble.com, Instagram @MsJordanScott, and LinkedIn

Tamara and Sean Turman, the Co-Founders of PocketBook Protector, join the show to share their journey from wanting to start a business together as siblings to creating a solution for bags picking up germs in public. Hear how to create a product, prototype and iterate, find your target customer, divide your roles in a family business, and Tamara’s improvised song. Connect with Tamara and Sean at PocketBookProtector.com and on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube

Paul McCarthy, the Founder and CEO of Snapfix, joins the show to share his journey from growing up with 11 siblings on a farm in Ireland to creating the maintenance platform for the world. Hear how to stay focused on simplicity, expand internationally, instill a culture where it’s okay to make mistakes, the tradition of jumping in cold water at Forty Foot, and how often he gets confused for Paul McCartney. Connect with Paul at Snapfix.com

Dr. Brian Sutterer, the Physiatrist and YouTube Star, joins the show to share his journey from enjoying science class to breaking down major sports injuries on YouTube for hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Hear the most notable sports injuries in recent memory, how to build your subscriber base, speed up your production process, monetize on YouTube, and the thing that still makes Brian feel uneasy. Connect with Brian on YouTube and Twitter @BrianSuttererMD

Edgar Blazona, the Furniture Designer and Serial Entrepreneur, joins the show to share his journey from graffiti artist to building and selling BenchMade Modern. Hear how to differentiate your product, prepare for due diligence when selling your company, bust out of a creative slump, how far he can spit, and the one thing you must do at Burning Man. Connect with Edgar on LinkedIn and Twitter @EdgarBlazona

Shannon Erley, the Founder and CEO of Pomp, joins the show to share her journey from struggling with acne to creating a company to connect consumers with licensed estheticians. Hear how to validate your idea, create a marketplace, focus your time as an entrepreneur, host a fantastic dinner party, and Shannon’s secret apple pie ingredient. Connect with Shannon at PompBeauty.com

Dana Branstetter, the most beautiful bride of all time, joins the show for a very special family edition during Thanksgiving week - exactly 1 week after the wedding - to be interviewed by her husband, Max Branstetter. Hear the scare during wedding week, the most emotional moment, what it was like walking down the aisle, the funniest moments from the speeches, and the songs that got people fired up. Connect with Dana on Instagram and Facebook

This episode is dedicated to Grandpa Fred. Gogie Padilla, the Founder and CEO of Answer Sure, joins the show to share her journey from her mother nearly being scammed to starting a company to prevent scams. Hear how to beat the learning curve, offer a variety of services, stay tenacious, give your customers peace of mind, and her dream place to go for a morning walk. Connect with Gogie at AnswerSure.com

Mary Harcourt, the Founder and CEO of CosmoGlo, joins the show to share her journey from running a salon to inventing the shadowless arc light that's brightening several industries. Hear how she came up with the idea on a cocktail napkin, how to go from prototyping to shipping, adjust from a service business to a product business, stay profitable, and the craziest things she saw on safari. Connect with Mary at TheCosmoGlo.com and Instagram @TheCosmoGloLight and @MaryHarcourt_

Nick Fogle, the Founder and CEO of Churnkey and Co-Founder of Wavve, joins the show to share his journey from teaching himself how to code as a shuttle driver to launching and selling creative startups. Hear how to find problems to solve, sell your business, reduce churn, overcome self-doubt, and whether Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul is better. Connect with Nick on Twitter @NickFogle