Ian Blair: A Founder’s Life in High Gear – From SaaS to DTC and Big Waves to Biohacks

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High Stakes Growth

Jetset

23 episodes

2 days ago

High Stakes Growth takes you inside the boldest decisions behind today’s most exciting brands. We bring you candid conversations with the founders and CMOs who built them—unpacking the high-stakes moments, tough calls, and game-changing strategies that made these brands what they are today. No fluff. No surface-level insights. Just real stories from the leaders who made it happen. Hosted by Forest Bronzan and Leah Lloyd, they bring a combined four decades of consumer brand expertise to these conversations.

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Marketing

Business,

Entrepreneurship

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Ian Blair: A Founder’s Life in High Gear – From SaaS to DTC and Big Waves to Biohacks

High Stakes Growth

52 minutes

4 months ago

Ian Blair: A Founder’s Life in High Gear – From SaaS to DTC and Big Waves to Biohacks

Ian Blair is the former co-founder and CEO of the mobile app builder BuildFire, and today is the co-founder and CEO of Laundry Sauce, a laundry detergent brand.

Expect to hear about:

– BuildFire: How Ian started a mobile app builder that built 15,000 apps and sold it during a SaaS downturn.

– CEO x2: How Ian managed 80+ hour work weeks to run both BuildFire and Laundry Sauce at the same time.

– Betting Big on Detergents: How Ian reverse-engineered his financial goals by choosing a high-LTV, non-discretionary DTC category.

– Leveraging AI: Why Ian believes AI will unlock efficiency in ad creative and customer research across ecommerce.

– Personal Interests: Ian's obsession with biohacking and love for extreme sports like skydiving, big-wave surfing, and heli snowboarding.