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Bear Handlon

Bear Handlon

Aug 12, 2026

39:56
Just take a few wraps off, bro.
39:58
Yeah, because if you think this is going to be some glamorous thing and I'm not going to work for anyone and I don't answer to the man, and I would put it in context of what Mallory and I did, our scenario was like, all right, let me paint this picture.
40:13
If I were to tell you that there's a 7% chance of success in the very beginning, For five straight years, you're not going to make a penny.
40:22
For every hour that you're not doing your military job, you are going to be focusing on this little infant baby that is a business.
40:28
You're going to get less sleep.
40:30
You're not going to be going out to the bars with your buddies when everyone else is having a good time on the weekends.
40:34
When you're going on vacations, you're working the entire time.

6 MINS LATER

47:06
No.
4:27
So let's just start there.
4:29
Perfect.
4:29
Yeah.
4:30
So I co-founded the company Born Primitive.
4:31
We're an apparel brand.
4:32
Started with workout activewear and we've expanded into a ton of different categories.
4:37
We have performance footwear now and jeans and flannels and tactical and hunting, outdoor, all kinds of categories that have done really well.

44 MINS LATER

48:18
So maybe just give us like a brief synopsis of what that looks like compared to maybe how you did it or how most people do the business without investment

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