Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 4 p.m.
<p>Today on the Pass the Secret Sauce podcast, we have Jeremy Parker. Jeremy is an award winning documentary filmmaker and serial entrepreneur. He is the Co-founder and CEO of Swag.com, the best place for companies to buy quality promotional products that you'll actually want to keep. They work with 5,000+ companies including Facebook, Google, Amazon, Netflix, Spotify and Tik Tok. They are #218 on the 2020 Inc 500 (fastest growing companies in the US). Jeremy was also named by CrainsNY as one of the 40Under40</p>
<h1>In this episode we discuss:</h1>
<ul>
<li>How overcoming obstacles make someone stronger [2:52]</li>
<li>Learning entrepreneurial skills from working at his father’s company [4:28]</li>
<li>Becoming an award winning filmmaker [6:01]</li>
<li>Advice for planning out telling a story telling of your product or company [7:56]</li>
<li>Businesses he started and what he learned from them [10:13]</li>
<li>How they got in touch with celebrities and pitch their business and why universities are harder to get in touch with than celebrities [16:14]</li>
<li>Starting swag.com and the obstacles they had to overcome to start it [19:59]</li>
<li>How he comes up with and visualize his design ideas [22:38]</li>
<li>How swag.com helps companies buy and distribute products [23:31]</li>
<li>Incredible company growth in a pandemic and how they got to work with companies like Netflix, </li>
<li>Amazon, Google, TikTok etc [25:01]</li>
<li>How they source and supply products - their process and systems [29:57]</li>
<li>Their next project [33:28]</li>
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<h1>Links to sources and tools</h1>
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<li>Follow Jeremy on LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyianparker/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyianparker/</a></li>
<li>Visit <a href="https://swag.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://swag.com/</a> to learn more about their products and services
You can also use affiliate links when it’s relevant. </li>
<li>Listen to more episodes:
<em>Growing a Purpose Driven Company with Eco-friendly Products with Farzan Dehmoubed - <a href="https://bit.ly/3buTYnn" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3buTYnn</a>
</em>Beyond Profit: Making a Difference with Your Business with Erik Bergman - <a href="https://bit.ly/38C2rmW" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/38C2rmW</a>
*How to Automate Your Affiliate Marketing Program and Online Business with Mark Thompson - <a href="https://bit.ly/3nzzcp5" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3nzzcp5</a></li>
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