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Today, I have my buddy Chad Rubin back on the show. Last time we heard from him, he was running a $20M company selling vacuum filters over at Crucial Vacuum. But over the years, the increased Amazon competition caused his shop to become far less profitable. In this episode, we discuss the state of Crucial Vacuum today, the overall Amazon landscape and how he’s been able to turn his company around. What You’ll Learn What happened to Crucial Vacuum since 2016 The overall Amazon selling landscape today What it takes to be successful on Amazon Other Resources And Books Profasse […] The post 473: The Great Amazon Shake-Up Of 2023: What It Means For The Future Of Online Selling With Chad Rubin appeared first on MyWifeQuitHerJob.com.

Tackling the Slippery Slope of Scaling In this episode, Nate is joined by Chad Rubin, Founder and Board Member of Think Crucial and CEO and Founder of Profasee, to talk about the challenges of scaling for small and growing businesses. Among many other things, Chad is an expert in identifying industry problems and finding the appropriate solutions. Make sure you pour yourself up your favorite brew and get to your favorite podcast-watching spot to take in all of the fascinating insights Chad had to offer. From one coffee-loving e-com professional to another: enjoy! YT Timestamps: 0:00-0:27 Intro 0:28-2:30: Introducing Chad and his coffee of choice 2:31-4:46: Going from finance to e-commerce 4:47-6:20: The evolution of Crucial Vacuum into Think Crucial 6:21-8:34: The inspiration for Skubana [extends into the next section] 8:35-12:30: The thought process behind Profasee 12:31-17:46: Communication: a lesson from tough times 17:47-20:26: Which startups succeed and fail 20:27-24:33: Major scaling challenges 24:34-26:22: Learning to pass on the torch 26:23-28:44: How to use automation 28:45-33:02: Software solutions to be aware of 33:03-35:36: Retrospective advice 35:37-37:53: The importance of taking time off to build on yourself 37:54-38:25: Where to get in contact with Chad 38:26-38:43: Outro

Hey everybody and welcome back to Eggs! Today we have special guest — the founder and CEO of Profasee — Chad Rubin.Chad is a lifelong entrepreneur. In 2008 he decided to set up his first eCommerce shop — Crucial vacuum — selling vacuum cleaner parts out of his garage. It was a great success! It wasn't long before that site exploded from just one to thousands of different SKUs, but that experience showed Chad one thing. Due to a lack of proper technology to manage their growth — and thousands of products — their warehouse became an absolute jungle to manage. To solve his own problem, Chad created Skubana, which went on to become one of the most powerful operations platforms in e-commerce.On the back of the Skubana platform, Crucial Vacuum evolved from selling vacuum cleaner parts exclusively to covering all the replacement parts for your home. It also got a new name — Think Crucial. Skubana was eventually acquired by 3PL central, and in addition to the continued success of Think Crucial, in 2021 Chad launched his latest venture — Profasee. Profasee is a platform that enables Amazon resellers to dynamically predict the perfect price and the perfect moment for the products they sell using AI and comprehensive data management.Joining us today for a conversation about his entrepreneurial journey, starting, scaling, and selling businesses, the state of eCommerce and so much more. Please join us in welcoming to the show, Chad Rubin. Our Guest:Chad RubinFounder and CEO of ProfaseeOfficial website: https://profasee.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itschadrubin/----Credits:Hosted by Michael Smith and Ryan RoghaarTheme music: "Perfect Day" by OPMThe Carton:https://medium.com/the-carton-by-eggsThe Eggs Podcast Spotify playlist:bit.ly/eggstunesThe Plugs:The Showeggscast.com@eggshow on twitter and instagramOn iTunes: itun.es/i6dX3pCOn Stitcher: bit.ly/eggs_on_stitcherAlso available on Google Play Music!Mike "DJ Ontic" shows and infodjontic.com@djontic on twitterRyan Roghaarhttp://rogha.ar

Chad Rubin (Ecommerce Renegade) builds e-commerce businesses. Fresh out of college and Wall Street, he took his family vacuum business online and built his own direct to consumer e-commerce business called Crucial Vacuum. He grew it from 0 a $20 million dollar valuation in just 7 years. He happens to be a top 250 Amazon seller. He co-founded Skubana with DJ Kunovac and built one of e-commerce's hottest operational softwares.

After being let go from his comfortable Wall Street position during last decade’s recession, Chad Rubin turned his family’s vacuum company into the successful online retailer Crucial Vacuum, turning it into an eight-figure business in just seven years. He is also a top 250 Amazon seller and the co-founder of operations software company https://www.skubana.com/ (Skubana). On top of his business ventures, Chad is concerned with the environment and sustainability, planting trees to compensate for the paper used to make his companies’ air and coffee filters. In this episode, Chad discusses his path from Wall Street finance to ecommerce, the benefits of direct-to-consumer retail, and why mentorship is so important to him. Also: head over to the http://dowellanddogood.co/facebook/ (Do Well & Do Good Facebook community) to vote on which non-profits nominated by our guests should receive 10% of Dorothy’s agency profits.   Show Notes: What is Chad most excited about in his life right now? Building his businesses, specifically Skubana. Why didn’t his parents’ brick and mortar vacuum business inspire him to become an entrepreneur? Parents lived beyond their means and were always struggling to pay rent while every other parent in town had successful careers in finance. How did he go from working on Wall Street to selling vacuum components online? Was overworked on Wall Street, and meanwhile parents’ company was walloped by Walmart. Started researching ecommerce and convincing his parents to sell their parts online. Eventually let go from his finance job, which opened him up to pursue online retail. What was Chad’s mindset when he was laid off? Was rattled because he had just proposed to his now-wife, but quickly took retraining and development classes. Saw an opportunity to help out his dad. Views being laid off as a blessing. What advice does Chad have to those who have been laid off? Hard to feel good in the moment, but you can start looking for opportunities that your job previously closed off to you. What beliefs about money did Chad’s family instill in him growing up? Parents were always preoccupied with paying the bills, which taught him the value of money. Still kind of paranoid about money, which is a good source of drive but can also cause anxiety in other aspects of his life. What has motivated Chad the most to achieve financial freedom? Initially he needed to pay rent and the bills, but also not wanting to replicate what it was like growing up. What’s one of the biggest misconceptions that Chad thinks young people have about achieving financial success? That you ever slow down; even successful entrepreneurs are always on the lookout for new avenues for success. Were there moments that Chad wanted to give up and go back to his old job? Yes, but they were only fleeting moments. Did Chad have to deliberately work on his mindset and stay positive? Yes, and he actually outsourced his warehouse division to cut down on personal and logistic stress. What is the common approach to selling on Amazon, and how does it differ from what Chad teaches in his book? Amazon marketplace has 2-3 million sellers, like a very large digital flea market; instead, Chad sold direct to consumer, cutting out the middleman. What are some similar direct-to-consumer companies? Warby Parker, Dollar Shave Club, and other common podcast advertisers. Does Chad think ecommerce is a good path for those looking to get out of the 9-to-5 rat race? And if so, how can they identify good opportunities in the marketplace? Understand that ecommerce is only 10% of all retail sales right now. There’s a lot of ground that can be capitalized on. If your venture does take off, you need to start working on your next before someone copies and improves on your current one. How has risk-taking played into Chad’s success? He has an appetite for risk, because...

Chad Rubin builds e-commerce businesses. Fresh out of college and Wall Street, he took his family vacuum business online and built his own direct to consumer e-commerce business called Crucial Vacuum. He grew it from 0 a $20 million dollar valuation in just 7 years. He also happens to be a top 250 Amazon seller. Unsatisfied with existing ERP software, he co-founded Skubana with DJ Kunovac and built one of e-commerces hottest operational softwares. Skubana is the only software that you'll ever need to manage and accelerate the growth of your e-commerce business. It is beautiful, intelligent, and highly intuitive and incorporates every feature imaginable to drive your future success. So how did he get here? And how does he manage multiple businesses? Find out in this candid interview... — Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast on iTunes Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast on Stitcher Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast via RSS Join The Unofficial Shopify Podcast Facebook Group — Learn: Chad's mindset for success How Chad grew his businesses to $10mm with only two employees Why you should shop the competition And many more golden nuggets of success wisdom Links: Chad's book: "Cheaper Easier Direct" Skubana Crucial Vacuum Think Crucial Recommended Reading: "Virtual Freedom" Recommended Reading: "Essentialism" Free Guide I want to send you a sample chapter of Ecommerce Bootcamp, absolutely free. Tell me where to send your sample at ecommerce-bootcamp.com

Chad Rubin. He builds e-commerce businesses. He owns a direct consumer e-commerce business called Crucial Vacuum and grew it from zero to a $20 million valuation in 7 years. He happens to be a Top 250 Amazon Seller. He co-founded Skubana with DJ Kunovac and built one of e-commerce’s hottest operational software. Skubana is the only software that you’ll ever need to manage and accelerate the growth of your ecommerce business. It’s beautiful, intelligent, and highly intuitive and it also incorporates every feature imaginable to drive your future success, especially in ecommerce. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Virtual Freedom What CEO do you follow? –  Gary Vaynerchuk Favorite online tool? — Trello or Asana Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Go after passion and change a major in college   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:28 – Nathan introduces Chad to the show 02:17 – Chad shares how he made the zero to $20M valuation for Crucial Vacuum 03:48 – Chad shares what he thinks is Walmart’s biggest mistake 04:27 – Skubana is making 50,000 orders a month 04:47 – Chad shares a mistake he made and how he lost money 05:08 – Chad had to minimize his headcount from 20 employees to 2 05:40 – Skubana is a SaaS business 06:00 – Number of customers that Skubana is currently serving 06:46 – Skubana’s pricing: 07:07 – Minimum of $999 a month 07:10 – Pricing is customized and is based on users 07:34 – Average RPU 08:00 – MRR 08:05 – Skubana did a seed round 08:41 – Raised 880,000 on the first seed round 08:45 – Chad put in $1M 08:59 – James Thompson is one of Skubana’s investors 09:43 – Chad messaged 10 people that he looked up himself to try and get them involved 10:10 – Chad starting building Skubana for 3 years and it just went live last year 10:29 – Chad raised the $880K when they had the prototype 11:15 – First year revenue 12:30 – Chad wanted Skubana to be available for everybody 12:40 – When Chad raised their pricing, a lot of their customers churned off 12:53 – Skubana is not an entry level software 13:27 – Chad individually called customers to inform them about the increase in pricing and they got emails too 14:12 – Most of Skubana’s RPU growth is coming from new customers 14:27 – Chad shares how people find Skubana 14:48 – Chad wrote a book and hit #7 bestseller 15:22 – Chad has a subscription list from their blog because they’re adding value 15:45 – Number of people on their list 16:22 – Skubana is pairing with other companies for a win-win sale 17:30 – Chad cares more about the quality of the customers as opposed to the quantity 18:05 – Chad shares about the successful webinars he held for certain companies 19:00 – Chad spends a lot of time guest blogging 19:25 – CAC is currently zero 21:20 – Team size 21:40 – Total overhead cost 22:00 – Team location is in NYC and New Jersey 22:10 – Chad is still thinking of raising another round 22:29 – Chad wants to raise $1M 23:30 – Connect with Chad through Youtube, Twitter and his email 25:10 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: Mistakes happen for us to LEARN from it. Make your product KNOWN to the public at low costs by INCREASING your online presence. Need direction? Go hard after your passion!   Resources Mentioned: Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Drip – Nathan uses Drip’s email automation platform and visual campaign builder to build his sales funnel Toptal – Nathan found his development team using Toptal for his new business Send Later. He was able to keep 100% equity and didn’t have to hire a co-founder due to the quality of Toptal Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible. Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books. The Top Inbox  – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens and follow-up with email sequences Youtube – Chad’s business Youtube channel Chad@Skubana.com – Chad’s email address @Ecommrenegade – Chad’s Twitter handle Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Do you want to discover what steps to take to automate your business processes and get more done with less employees? In this interview, Chad Rubin CEO of Crucial Vacuum reveals how he is able to Run a Fully Automated 8-Figure eCommerce Business with only 2 employees! In this Episode You will Discover: Why Chad […] The post How Chad Rubin is able to Run a Fully Automated 8-Figure eCommerce Business with only 2 employees! appeared first on SweetProcess.

Our guest today is Chad Rubin, the co-founder and CEO of Skubana. Chad shares with us how he and his business partner developed Skubana. Skubana is an All-in-One E-Commerce Operation software. It allows Amazon sellers and other e-marketplace sellers to run their business from one central location without tons of employees or software costs.   During the show today Chad tells us about his background and how Skubana has changed the way e-commerce get done. He offers his insight on the future of Amazon and how the Chinese market is going to change things. There is a ton of great information on today's podcast.   Some of the topics we cover are:   Chad's background on Wall Street and Crucial Vacuum How multiple softwares can get expensive and useless The ups and downs of running a warehouse Working with Wal-Mart.com and Jet.com How e-commerce is like Monopoly Chad's opinion on the future of marketplaces How ecommerce has embraced “Amazon-faction”   Also today Chad is offering to give a free copy of his book Cheaper, Easier, Direct to our listeners. Plus anyone needing referrals to 3PLs can e-mail Chad at chad@skubana.com.   Resources Mentioned Today:   Colorit Cuttingboard.com Skubana Amazon Cheaper, Easier, Direct, by: Chad Rubin and Frank Turner Jet.com Crucial Vacuum   If you have any questions or anything you'd like us to discuss on the podcast please go to ecomcrew.com and fill out the contact form. Also we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks for listening!

Today I have Chad Rubin with me on the show. Chad is an ecommerce veteran who has been selling online for quite some time. He’s the founder of Crucial Vacuum which is a company that is worth 20 million dollars with only 2 employees. He’s also the creator of Skubana which is software that will pretty much manage your entire ecommerce operation. What You’ll Learn How Chad got into ecommerce and why he decided to sell vacuum filters. The challenges of selling on his own site. How he exponentially grew his business by leveraging other marketplaces. How he established a […] The post 117: How To Create A 20M Dollar Company With Only 2 Employees Selling Vacuum Filters With Chad Rubin appeared first on MyWifeQuitHerJob.com.

7 years ago, right in the heat of the 2008 recession, Chad Rubin took over his parents' failing vacuum brick and mortar business and converted it to an Ecommerce and Amazon Private Label business called Crucial Vacuum selling own-branded vacuum spare and accessories such as: vacuum bags, vacuum rollers, vacuum hoses, vacuum filter and vacuum belts.    Over time, he has turned Crucial Vacuum into a leading brand in the Vacuum parts and accessories space largely through his Amazon stores in the US, Canada, UK and Germany.Where they currently rank number 1 in the vacuum accessory space and are amongst the top 300 sellers on Amazon.com (they ranked #298) and top 1000 Amazon Worldwide sellers (they ranked #540).    Chad's entrepreneurial eyes have more recently spotted the absence of a cost efficient all-in-one backend SaaS solution for multi-channel sellers. Realising this gap, he went on to co-found Skubana, a cloud-based multi-channel solution that focuses on backend processes in order fulfillment such as: printing shipping labels, stock and inventory management, warehouse replenishments connected to front end order management systems and SKU profitability analytics.   Chad and I had a conversation lasting well over an hour about scaling an Amazon business and the need for a solution like Skubana when scaling an ecommerce business.      Message from Our Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Remarkety. Remarkety is an email marketing platform specifically built for eCommerce businesses.With Remarkety, emails are automatically triggered by shopper behaviour and purchase history.With a few simple clicks, Remarkety allows you Recover abandoned carts, win back inactive customers, make product recommendations, deliver newsletters and more.In other words, emails you will send through Remarkety will be highly targeted: with glaring improvements on your open rates, click rates and, most importantly, conversions. You are also able to track revenue generated from every single email sent by Remarkety.   Try Remarkety absolutely free for 30-days. No credit cards and no contracts.To sweeten the deal, 2x eCommerce listeners can get Remarkety for 30% off an entire year using the coupon code PODCAST30.   Visit Remarkety.com to learn more.Remarkety is email marketing for eCommerce. Simplified.