Lessons From Building Shyp and Airhouse with Kevin Gibbon

Published: Sept. 17, 2020, noon

b'Kevin Gibbon (@kevingibbon), co-founder of Airhouse and formerly co-founder of Shyp, joins Erik on this episode. Airhouse provides modern, all-in-one ecommerce operations for direct-to-consumer companies.

They discuss:

- Kevin\\u2019s entrepreneurial journey and how he came to start Airhouse.

- Lessons learned from founding Shyp.

- Why entrepreneurs need to be clear about whether they are building a business that is truly VC-backable.

- COVID\\u2019s implications for ecommerce and which changes endure post-COVID.

- Which subspaces in DTC are more likely to be successful than others.

- How to start a DTC brand and how Airhouse helps.

- Why it\\u2019s so difficult to start a DTC brand these days.

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