29. Sam @ goodmorning.com on 'Peak Mattress', DTC Differentiation & Educated Guesses
We chat to Sam Prochazka, Founder of goodmorning.com, about what it's like to run a DTC mattress company, how he approaches understanding his customer personas, goodmorning.com's multi-brand strategy, and what being an entrepreneur means to him.
We chatted to Sam this week about his current business and his experience as an entrepreneur. Tune in to learn:
- how goodmorning.com is fixing the "suboptimal" experience of mattress shopping
- how Sam's team creates customer personas based on their specific jobs to be done
- what it was like to be in the DTC mattress game in 2017 - where 2 competitors were entering the industry each week ('Peak mattress')
- Why goodmorning.com offers 7 brands as opposed to one so that they can serve "every bedroom, body, and budget"
- the impact of the pandemic on consumer durables' share of wallet, and how goodmorning.com is adapting
- the 'swarming of the puck' analogy for business: how to approach management strategies at different company sizes