Episodes: 71
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Neutral
Listener location: USA
Publicly listed emails
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Phil Masiello - Entrepreneur and brand-growth advisor with experience building, scaling, and exiting companies across ecommerce, retail, and digital businesses.
Misha Kuryla - Scaling A Consumer Brand Across Retail, Wholesale, Online Ordering, And Nationwide Shipping; Operational Consistency, Team Building, And Adapting After Covid-related Disruption.
Layne Mayfield - Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition, Leveraging An Established Brand And Customer Base, Consolidating Business Systems, And Building Owner-independent Operations.
Kristin Wilenga - Building A Fashion And Lifestyle Brand, Using Industry Relationships To Open Doors, Identifying Breakout Product Demand, And Expanding Through Retail And New Customer Use Cases.
Pattie Friedman - Building A Fashion And Lifestyle Brand, Using Industry Relationships To Open Doors, Identifying Breakout Product Demand, And Expanding Through Retail And New Customer Use Cases.
Bari Harlam - Social-impact Entrepreneurship, Gender Equity, Diverse Decision-making, Workplace Flexibility, Community Engagement, And Reaching Younger Audiences Through Social Platforms.
Outdoor Gear Entrepreneurship: Building a Marketplace from the Ground Up with Jake Cohn
October 06, 2026
In this episode of The Growth Class, host Phil Masiello interviews Jake Cohn, President of Out&Back Outdoor, Inc. Jake shares the unconventional journey from professional freer skier and entrepreneur to building and scaling an outdoor gear marketplace that ultimately led to the acquisition of The Locals Sale by Out&Back Outdoor. He discusses how a simple idea to sell excess ski gear evolved into a community-driven business, the importance of staying adaptable when business plans inevi...
Niche Digital Platforms: Scaling Local Wine Events Worldwide with Eric Orange
October 05, 2026
In this episode of The Growth Class, host Phil Masiello interviews Eric Orange, Founder and CEO of LocalWineEvents.com. Eric shares the story behind building one of the longest-running digital platforms for wine, food, beer, and spirits events, after a poorly attended wine dinner in 2000 revealed a simple problem: people needed one place to discover local experiences. He explains how a $1,500 startup evolved into a global event discovery platform, the importance of solving a clear market need...
Food Brand Manufacturing: Scaling Production In-House with Marshall Rader
September 30, 2026
In this episode of The Growth Class, host Phil Masiello interviews Marshall Rader, co-founder and CEO of The GFB. Marshall shares the story behind turning a personal need for better gluten-free food into a nationally distributed CPG brand, from developing the first products by hand to building an in-house manufacturing operation and expanding into major retail channels. He explains why The GFB chose to manufacture its own products, how bootstrapping and disciplined operations helped the compa...
Building for Consumer · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
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The publicly listed emails for The Growth Class with Phil Masiello: phil@pmasiello.com and phil@philmasiello.com.
Podseeker estimates The Growth Class with Phil Masiello reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
The Growth Class with Phil Masiello typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Founders, co-founders, owners, and senior operators with firsthand experience building, acquiring, scaling, or exiting businesses, especially in ecommerce, retail, consumer products, startups, or purpose-driven ventures. Common among recent guests: Built or scaled a consumer brand; Acquired and transformed an established business; Raised venture capital. Recent guests include Misha Kuryla, Layne Mayfield, and Kristin Wilenga.
Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.
Recent episodes cover Entrepreneurship, Ecommerce, Retail, Brand Strategy, and Business Scaling. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.
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