"Built to Scale" eCommerce Show

Apr 25 2024 83 ep. 18 mins 7

A few years ago we were broke university students. Living in a place of Eastern Europe nobody knows - Lithuania. Fast forward a few years, we’re founders of AdKings Agency. An industry-leading boutique eCommerce growth agency responsible for one of the fastest-growing US eCommerce brands and taking it from $0.5M to $26M in a single year without any external funding. Now we’re working on helping to grow and scale a dozen other eCommerce businesses to 8 or 9-figures. Managing over $18M in paid media ad spend a year and delving deep into sophisticated eCommerce exits, investments, and acquisitions world. Our world is intense, crazy, ever-changing, and challenging. This podcast is simple. Every week we, Darius, and Justin are going to open up our & our agency lives. We’re going to share behind the scenes insights about what makes our clients' businesses grow at the speed they are growing. We’re going to share our best-learned marketing methods, channel insights, and growth hacks that took us millions of dollars to figure out. And we’re going to open up insights from our client's business development strategies from operations management to raising capital that supported this growth. Nothing held back to help you transform your business into an 8 or even 9-figure powerhouse. Are you ready to click play? - Darius Kunca & Justin Gecevicius 👉 We're releasing new episodes every Monday, Wednesday & occasionally Friday.

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Fast Growth Fiasco: The Raw $80M Truth Behind our DTC Success (and how we almost lost it all)

Apr 25 2024 62 mins  
Welcome to this gripping podcast episode—' Fast Growth Fiasco: The Raw $80M Truth Behind Our DTC Success.' Today, strap in as we uncover the rollercoaster ride of our explosive journey, where we scaled to $80 million in record time. But it wasn't all smooth sailing; we teetered on the brink of disaster. From nail-biting market shifts to harrowing payment processor mishaps, learn

Networking for eCom Founders: Positive Effects, Finding Potential Partners & Sponsoring

Oct 18 2021 13 mins  
Are networking events worth the effort? We’re discussing the benefits, our recent experiences, and the biggest takeaways we’ve gotten from our recently attended events in this episode. If you work in an agency or are an eCommerce business owner, you’ll want to know if you should or shouldn’t attend these types of events. On this episode: Whether or not digital business owne

10x Your Productivity: How To Make Sure Meetings Don’t Kill Your Time

Oct 15 2021 11 mins  
Ineffective meetings are a problem arising more often in our organization recently, so we’re implementing strategies to improve that. During this episode, we’re sharing how you can improve your own business by having better, more productive meetings. On this episode: What makes a meeting ineffective. What people use meetings for versus what they should be used for. Why should

$16M With A Four People Team: Planning Ahead, Outsourcing Work & Effective Hiring

Oct 11 2021 14 mins  
An acquaintance of ours got to 16 million in revenue with only 4 people on their team. While this is a great situation to be in, there are also a lot of things that could go wrong. The growth stage is always exciting, but as quickly as a business can grow, it can also burn out. Today, we’re sharing tips on how business owners can avoid this crash and burn. On this episode: A litt

AdKings October Special: Building An ‘A’ Level Team To Fuel Growth, $100M Brand Update & Investors Mindset

Oct 08 2021 36 mins  
In this episode we’re covering three takeaways that we’ve made in the past month at AdKings. Our perspectives on hiring have changed a lot recently, which is an aspect we’ll be focusing on heavily today. There’s a project ongoing that we are aiming to build up to $100,000,000 a year, so you’ll hear the details on that too. Lastly, we’ll reveal why we’ve changed from b

9 Figure DTC Innovation: What The Origin of eCom Can Show You About Building Powerhouses

Sep 24 2021 6 mins  
We’ve got an interesting thought about how many direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands the world needs. This idea was sprouted from research I was doing as we worked to start our eCommerce brand. Listen to the episode to learn what DTC means, what new brands need to do to see more tremendous success, and how we’re implementing some of these lessons in our own business. On this episode

Bootstrapping Vs Venture Funding: Which Path Will You ChooseFor Your eCom Brand?

Sep 20 2021 10 mins  
We have been considering getting venture capital ourselves lately, so in this episode we’re sharing all of the different pros and cons that we have found. There’s a lot to think about when deciding if looking for funding makes sense for your business or not. On this episode: The biggest benefit of venture capital. How hiring A-level players can support your business goals. How

10X Your Business With Mentors: The Most Powerful Question To Break Through Plateaus

Sep 17 2021 6 mins  
When you’re growing a business, you inevitably reach a point where you hit a plateau or the business becomes stagnant. When this happens, you may be wondering why this is happening and what you can do about it. Having a mentor and knowing the right questions to ask is the solution. Their wisdom and support can help you to continue to grow your business. On this episode: How hitti

$10K Mastermind Experience: 10-Figure Networking & Why Entrepreneurs Need Masterminds

Sep 13 2021 9 mins  
Would you be willing to pay 10K for a mastermind? Many people would struggle to part with this amount of money for a five-day event, but after a recent experience, we’ve had a change in perspective. Listen to this episode to learn more about the benefits of a mastermind and why it makes sense to pay 10K now without even batting an eye. On this episode: The three main benefits you

Scaling From $0.5M to $26M In A Year: How To Build An eCom Business That Can Scale With Kyle Hunt

Sep 10 2021 57 mins  
Let’s welcome our guest Kyle Hunt to the show. Kyle is an American entrepreneur and investor with 8 years experience in starting, scaling, buying, and selling eCommerce companies. Currently, he is the CEO of Family Gifts Co, an 8-figure business with accelerated growth. Listen in as we discuss how to grow and scale your eCommerce business, managing your business through periods o