#151: He Built a $150M Company Without Taking a Single Dollar of Outside Capital | Erik Huberman
The SCALEit Method® with Allison Maslan
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#150: The Guerrilla Marketing Genius Behind One of California's Most Beloved Brands | Wing Lam
The SCALEit Method® with Allison Maslan
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#149: The Acquisition Secret That Took Him From Broke to $2 Billion in Revenue | Tom Shipley
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#148: How they built one of the largest Women Entrepreneur Platforms
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The SCALEit Method® with Allison Maslan
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#146: He Built a $110M Company by Giving Everything Away
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#145: The CEO's Guide to Manifesting with Matt Cooke
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#144: How CEOs Can Build a Personal Brand to Scale | Allison Maslan & Traci Stumpf
The SCALEit Method® with Allison Maslan
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#143: Natalie Jill Interviews Allison Maslan: The Decision That Changed Everything
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info_outlineWing Lam built a 35-year cult brand from tacos, surfboards, and the audacity to just ask.
How do three Asian brothers from Brazil open a fish taco stand in Southern California with no money, no connections, no blueprint, and turn it into one of the most beloved restaurant brands in the country? Wing Lam, co-founder of Wahoo's Fish Tacos, did exactly that. And in this episode he reveals the surprisingly simple philosophy behind it all: show up, add value, build real relationships, and never be afraid to ask.
Wing gets beautifully real about the early days of bartering tacos for surf brand logos, sneaking into X Games events through the back door, and how one birthday party for John Wayne's wife changed everything for his family's restaurant overnight. We go deep on what it takes to build a brand people feel emotionally connected to, how to navigate the messy reality of building a business with your brothers, and why philanthropy has been one of his greatest business strategies all along.
This one made me smile the whole way through. I think it will do the same for you.
In this episode:
- How Wing went from academic probation and surfing in Mexico to building a 35-year iconic brand
- The guerrilla marketing strategy that made Wahoo's the official restaurant of the surf and sports industry
- Why asking, boldly and often, has been his single greatest business tool
- What the band analogy taught him about building a business with his brothers for over three decades
- The non-negotiables that kept Wahoo's quality intact across 42 locations
- How Wing turned philanthropy into one of his most powerful relationship-building strategies
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