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Imperium Shaving monthly sales plummeted from $50,000 to $300 during the pandemic

Dan Jansen · Advice Line with Serial Entrepreneur Mark Cuban · Jan 29, 2026 · at 29:02

Dan Jansen, founder of Imperium Shaving, describes the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on his artisanal razor business to Mark Cuban and Guy Raz.

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“Typical month in sales, 50,000, let's say. When the pandemic hit, we had 300 dollars in sales.”

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Imperium Shaving's monthly sales plummeted from approximately $50,000 to $300 immediately following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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prediction date: 2020-04-30, stated by the speaker

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