Early Struggles and Pivot
📌 Casey started with no business experience, moving in with his mom and quitting his restaurant job after emptying his savings account with his partner, Ted.
💍 The core idea stemmed from the shared frustration of losing traditional wedding rings during activities like working out or playing sports.
❌ The first batch of silicone rings arrived with awful quality and were unsellable, forcing them to manually trim 50,000 rings with eyebrow scissors.

Product Launch and Initial Marketing
💻 After building the website, they realized that launching is not enough; they stressed over minor expenses like a $99 website theme.
📣 Lacking marketing funds, they focused on free outreach and sent a ring as a gift to Andy Dalton's wife, who was married to the Cincinnati Bengals quarterback.
📺 A key moment occurred when Andy Dalton was featured on HBO's *Hard Knocks*, articulating their product's value perfectly, leading to a 3x or 4x sales increase the next day.

Scaling the Business
🛑 After the initial sales spike, Casey decided to quit his restaurant job to focus fully on the company, despite financial risks.
🏃 Being the first mover in the category drove a fast-paced strategy to avoid being crushed by better-funded competitors.
📈 Within months, they scaled to 13 people in a 200 sq ft office, eventually growing to $30 million in revenue with close to 100 employees and a 20% profit margin.

Key Points & Insights
➡️ When starting, focus on identifying a problem first, then develop the solution, rather than aiming for immediate perfection.
➡️ Don't let concern over external perception paralyze your idea; people are generally not thinking about you or your initial product offering.
➡️ If you know people have a problem, not solving it by offering your solution is actually selfish.
➡️ The immediate goal should be getting the product to customers and talking to them relentlessly to understand how to improve it.

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