Goldberg: Early E-Commerce Tech Was Expensive While Marketing Was Free
Randy Goldberg · Bombas: From Shark Tank to over a BILLION in sales (with founders David Heath & Randy Goldberg) · Oct 10, 2024 · at 4:18
Bombas co-founder Randy Goldberg contrasts the economics of starting a direct-to-consumer brand a decade ago versus today.
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“If you could afford e-commerce at that moment, and you could afford to build a site, the marketing was basically free. Now that's totally flipped, right?”
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