Ryan Treft's guest appearances

Ryan Treft

Learning From Others

Operators Series

Chris Stafford

Damion Lupo

Paul Smith

Michael Anthony

Corey Taylor

Ajay Agarwal

Scott Carson

Bobby Umar

Michael Lee

Aaron Walker

Brett Swarts

Nik Sharma

Clay Clark

Brad Gibb

Jordan Gross

OwlTail

When customers purchase from Gerard Ecker’s Ocean and Co, a part of the money they spend goes to help rid the ocean of plastic. Meanwhile, Ryan Treft’s Coalatree sells eco-friendly goods, and his Peejamas helps parents with a difficult part of child-rearing – nighttime potty training. Learn more about these founders and their businesses in today’s episode. During the conversation, you’ll learn about increasing average order value, COVID-related changes, and how to approach bundling with your customers.  Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:  Spikes from bundling The importance of increasing average order value Third-party apps in Shopify that can help regulate bundles How things have changed since COVID hit Forecasting inventory Navigating manufacturing Approaching bundles with customers Recommendations for brands with a smaller quantity of SKUs The percentage of order value that goes to marketing Where to meet e-commerce founders  Resources: Gerard Ecker Ocean and Co Ryan Treft Coalatree Peejamas

When customers purchase from Gerard Ecker’s Ocean and Co, a part of the money they spend goes to help rid the ocean of plastic. Meanwhile, Ryan Treft’s Coalatree sells eco-friendly goods, and his Peejamas helps parents with a difficult part of child-rearing – nighttime potty training. Learn more about these founders and their businesses in today’s episode. During the conversation, you’ll learn about increasing average order value, COVID-related changes, and how to approach bundling with your customers.  Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode: <ul> <li>Spikes from bundling</li> <li>The importance of increasing average order value</li> <li>Third-party apps in Shopify that can help regulate bundles</li> <li>How things have changed since COVID hit</li> <li>Forecasting inventory</li> <li>Navigating manufacturing</li> <li>Approaching bundles with customers</li> <li>Recommendations for brands with a smaller quantity of SKUs</li> <li>The percentage of order value that goes to marketing</li> <li>Where to meet e-commerce founders</li> </ul> Resources: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerard-ecker/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gerard Ecker</a> <a href="https://oceanandcompany.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ocean and Co</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-treft-8a9b45/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ryan Treft</a> <a href="https://coalatree.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Coalatree</a> <a href="https://www.peejamas.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peejamas</a>

 Ocean and Co: Gerald Ecker & Coalatree: Ryan Treft

Would you turn down a guaranteed 6 figure income in the real estate industry to go start a new toy company when your partners had no experience in toys and you had no background in the toy industry either. Well that’s of our next guest, Ryan Treft, did. President and partner at IFS360, as well as an investor in other ventures like KoalaTree, a clothing line geared towards outdoor adventures, and Peejamas, PEE-Jamas. Kickstarter’s most successful kids’ campaign to date, a startup of pajamas for kids, for potty training kids. And Ryan Treft turned down 6 figures in real estate which been a wise move because a year later, the housing bubble burst but Zoobies, his toy company was doing 7 figures. Welcome Ryan Treft to LearningFromOthers 00:01:50 – How the funny pictures started 00:03:03 – Ryan tells us how he started in Zoobies 00:09:23 – “I think knowledge from experience is the best way to go. You just throw yourself into things.” 00:12:18 – What prompted his exit in Zoobies 00:18:47 – His thoughts in kickstarter and experience 00:26:55 – Using Facebook for ads 00:28:08 – How Peejamas started 00:32:53 – His thoughts on IndieGogo 00:35:56 – Treft on IFS360 00:43:25 – Treft explains First Mile 00:47:15 – Treft on his educational background 00:51:06 – Learning from mistakes 01:07:29 – “What weird food combination do you like?” Entrepreneur Ryan Treft shares success advice on Learning From Others podcast.

Would you turn down a guaranteed 6 figure income in the real estate industry to go start a new toy company when your partners had no experience in toys and you had no background in the toy industry either. Well that’s of our next guest, Ryan Treft, did. President and partner at IFS360, as well as an investor in other ventures like KoalaTree, a clothing line geared towards outdoor adventures, and Peejamas, PEE-Jamas. Kickstarter’s most successful kids’ campaign to date, a startup of pajamas for kids, for potty training kids. And Ryan Treft turned down 6 figures in real estate which been a wise move because a year later, the housing bubble burst but Zoobies, his toy company was doing 7 figures. Welcome Ryan Treft to LearningFromOthers 00:01:50 – How the funny pictures started 00:03:03 – Ryan tells us how he started in Zoobies 00:09:23 – “I think knowledge from experience is the best way to go. You just throw yourself into things.” 00:12:18 – What prompted his exit in Zoobies 00:18:47 – His thoughts in kickstarter and experience 00:26:55 – Using Facebook for ads 00:28:08 – How Peejamas started 00:32:53 – His thoughts on IndieGogo 00:35:56 – Treft on IFS360 00:43:25 – Treft explains First Mile 00:47:15 – Treft on his educational background 00:51:06 – Learning from mistakes 01:07:29 – “What weird food combination do you like?” Entrepreneur <a href="https://www.learningfromothers.com/ryan-treft/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ryan Treft</a> shares success advice on <a href="https://www.learningfromothers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learning From Others</a> podcast.