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How I'd Get a Product Into Distribution Today
I run a toilet paper and paper products business. We have about 140 people and sell through 700 distributors in 15 countries. This guide is everything I'd tell you if you wanted to start a toilet paper business without building a factory first, or if you already have a commercial product and want to get it into distribution. The first 15 pages are free!
What's in the free sample
- Start Here: who this sample is for, whether you're starting a toilet paper business or getting a commercial product into distribution
- A full chapter on the three ways in: distribution, private label or manufacturing
- How distributors actually decide, and how I'd go after a first one
- Pricing: margin vs. markup, and the mistake that quietly eats your profit
- A look at building a business that runs without you
- A look at everything inside the full 72-page guide
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Luis, CBA Facility Solutions
It was eye opening for us... understanding your business from a different perspective. It was amazing.
We're both new to business... there was a learning curve. But we expedited that learning curve.
I can tell you have a ton of knowledge that helped me just bypass a lot of the hard learnings of doing it... from scratch.
You laid out a lot of nuggets in this call, Jake. I'm really excited about all of this.
It's good to be able to talk to somebody that understands exactly what it's like to go through all this stuff.
You just have more tactical business knowledge, like systems... just putting things into play.
What's in the full guide
Start Here: Why I Wrote This Guide
- 1
Why "Boring" Businesses Work (and Is This One for You?)
- 2
The Three Ways In: Distribution, Private Label or Manufacturing
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How Much Capital Do You Actually Need?
- 4
Funding It: Investors, Supplier Terms and Financing Inventory
- 5
Your First Pallet: Buying, Pricing and Selling It
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Finding and Vetting Manufacturers and Suppliers
- 7
If You Do Build: Converting-Line Basics
- 8
Who Buys: B2B vs. Retail and Online
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Selling Outside the US: Importing, Freight Forwarders and Local Markets
- 10
Systems: Building a Business That Runs Without You
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Scaling Past $1M: What Changes
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Buy vs. Build: Acquisitions, Roll-Ups and Exits
- 13
Your 90-Day Action Plan and Next Steps
Appendices
- A
Supplier Vetting Checklist
- B
Pallet Math Worksheet
- C
First-Customer Outreach Scripts
- D
Glossary
- E
FAQ
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