Second Act

Welcome to Second Act, the show about what founders do after the exit. I’m your host, Jerrid Grimm, and my guests share what they learned in their first act, what they would change, and what they’re doing now.

Second Act is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 4 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Second Act, a business show with 4 episodes published.

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  Episode #4

  Tea to Tech: David Segal's Second Act

  Sep 11, 202649 minS1

  How a master brand builder went from loose leaf tea to healthy salads, and ultimately to taking on the big banks. David Segal is the co-founder, and the David, in DAVIDsTEA, the vibrant retail powerhouse that became a sensory playground for tea lovers across North America. His ability to turn a centuries-old commodity into a $200 million public giant made him a legend in the retail world. Then he took the winnings from that success and ran a multi-layered second act that started in the restaurant kitchen, returned to the tea leaf, and ultimately ended up in the executive suite of a high-growth financial technology startup called Highbeam.

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  Episode #3

  Pints to Pets: Michael Oxton's Second Act

  Jul 22, 20261h 3mS1

  <p>How the co-founder of a craft beer powerhouse is reinventing canine healthcare.</p><p></p><p>If you have ever spent a weekend in New England, you have likely held their iconic owl logo in your hand. This local craft legend grew from a late-night kitchen experiment into a brand that defined New England's hazy IPA boom, generating over two hundred million dollars in lifetime sales.</p><p></p><p>At the marketing helm of this empire was Michael Oxton, a visionary who understood that stories sell products just as much as quality ingredients. What happens when you succeed...

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  Episode #3

  Pints to Pets: Michael Oxton's Second Act

  Jul 22, 20261h 3mS1

  How the co-founder of a craft beer powerhouse is reinventing canine healthcare. If you have ever spent a weekend in New England, you have likely held their iconic owl logo in your hand. This local craft legend grew from a late-night kitchen experiment into a brand that defined New England's hazy IPA boom, generating over two hundred million dollars in lifetime sales. At the marketing helm of this empire was Michael Oxton, a visionary who understood that stories sell products just as much as quality ingredients. What happens when you succeed in one field and don’t know where to go next? For Michael, he realized his next great challenge lay inside the dog bowl rather than the pint glass. Oxton ran a completely different playbook from most food and beverage founders

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  Episode #2

  Sauces to Scents: Alison Cayne's Second Act

  Jun 24, 20261h 7mS1

  How the founder of a cooking school created a line of fresh sauces, landed distribution at Whole Foods, closed it all down and why she's using her second act to change the way people look at scents, and themselves.

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  Episode #2

  Sauces to Scents: Alison Cayne's Second Act

  Jun 24, 20261h 7mS1

  <p>How the founder of a cooking school created a line of fresh sauces, landed distribution at Whole Foods, closed it all down and why she's using her second act to change the way people look at scents, and themselves.</p>

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