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The Harvest Growth Podcast
Jon LaClare
251 episodes
6 days ago
AI is transforming the job market faster than many of us realize, and that’s creating both challenges and opportunities. In this episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, your host Jon LaClare breaks down why entrepreneurship is becoming one of the most future-proof career paths, how to validate a business idea, and how to leverage AI rather than be replaced by it. Through decades of launching products for hundreds of companies, the team at Harvest Growth has developed a simple framework to iden...
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AI is transforming the job market faster than many of us realize, and that’s creating both challenges and opportunities. In this episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, your host Jon LaClare breaks down why entrepreneurship is becoming one of the most future-proof career paths, how to validate a business idea, and how to leverage AI rather than be replaced by it. Through decades of launching products for hundreds of companies, the team at Harvest Growth has developed a simple framework to iden...
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Episodes (20/251)
The Harvest Growth Podcast
The Placebo Effect, Prescription Drugs, and the Truth Behind Healthcare Advertising
In today’s episode, your host, Jon LaClare, leads an important conversation that healthcare marketing rarely explains: the placebo effect and why it deserves far more attention. This discussion is inspired by the launch of Pluseebo, a transparent, intentionally humorous product designed to spark awareness around belief, expectation, and honesty in healthcare. While Pluseebo is lighthearted on the surface, its launch highlights a much deeper reality supported by published scientific research. ...
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1 week ago
10 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
Why Entrepreneurship Is the Ultimate Hedge Against AI
AI is transforming the job market faster than many of us realize, and that’s creating both challenges and opportunities. In this episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, your host Jon LaClare breaks down why entrepreneurship is becoming one of the most future-proof career paths, how to validate a business idea, and how to leverage AI rather than be replaced by it. Through decades of launching products for hundreds of companies, the team at Harvest Growth has developed a simple framework to iden...
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2 weeks ago
13 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
From Side Hustle to Scalable Success: How to Build a Business That Lasts
In today’s episode, we sit down with Tyler Hall, owner of Hall Contracting, to unpack his nearly 20-year journey from evenings-and-weekends side work to leading one of Colorado’s most respected landscape construction and maintenance companies. What started as a small operation focused on craftsmanship, specifically water features, has grown into a business with nearly 100 employees, a powerful reputation, and a culture rooted in service, accountability, and family values. Tyler shares the rea...
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3 weeks ago
39 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
The Valuepreneur Blueprint: How to Build, Test, and Launch Products Customers Actually Want
Today, we sit down with Steve Waddell, award-winning author of Valuepreneurs and the inventor behind the innovative Nasoni fountain faucet. Steve shares a complete roadmap for transforming an idea into a viable, profitable product, while avoiding the common pitfalls that cause 90% of startups and 95% of new products to fail. In this episode, Steve breaks down his Value Driven Product Development (VDPD) system, a proven 5-stage, 15-step framework designed to reduce risk, validate your customer...
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1 month ago
40 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
Before ChatGPT, There Was the Infomercial: Why Long-Form Selling Works Better Than Ever in Our Short-Attention AI World
Did you know that one of the oldest marketing formats can still be one of the fastest ways to scale a product in today’s digital world? Join host and CEO of Harvest Growth, Jon LaClare, as he breaks down why infomercials continue to thrive in a modern, AI-first world. In less than ten minutes, you’ll learn how the best marketers leverage TV, streaming, and digital long-form promotions to drive awareness, conversions, and explosive product growth, and how you also can. Tune in now! In today’s ...
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1 month ago
9 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
Longevity Meets Innovation: The Marketing Strategies Behind a 70-Year-Old Industry Leader
Today, we talk with Jacob Beckstead, the Chief Marketing Officer of Bailey’s Group, one of America’s oldest and most trusted moving and logistics companies. Founded in 1952, Bailey’s has grown from a small family business in Provo, Utah, into a multi-location enterprise across Colorado and Utah while embracing cutting-edge marketing and operational innovations that keep it thriving in the digital age. Jacob shares how Bailey’s Group is leveraging AI technology, data-driven marketing, and huma...
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2 months ago
43 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
How to Double Your Revenue Without Doubling Your Effort
What if doubling your business didn’t require doubling your effort—or your budget? In this episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, your host Jon LaClare breaks down a simple but powerful framework that has helped hundreds of brands achieve what he calls “uncharacteristic growth.” Through years of running marketing campaigns across industries, the team at Harvest Growth has discovered a proven system: if you improve three key metrics—traffic, conversion rate, and average order value—by just 27%...
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2 months ago
7 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
How Authentic Content and AI Can Help You Stand Out in a Saturated Market
Are you struggling to stand out in a crowded, competitive market? Then you’ll love today’s episode featuring Landon Bellum, a Colorado realtor who turned his marketing background and love for storytelling into a powerful real estate brand. After a challenging first year where he made zero income, Landon refused to give up. Instead, he focused on creating genuine, high-quality video content that helped people trust him and ensured that everyone he knew understood what he did and that he did it...
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2 months ago
33 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
The Perfect Launch System Finale: How to Launch, Scale, and Sustain Long-Term Growth
Launching a new product can feel overwhelming. Do you start with ads, influencers, or retail? How do you know if your idea will actually sell, or if you’re about to waste your budget? In this final chapter of The Perfect Launch System, Jon LaClare not only shares the proven three-step process his team has used to launch over 300 products but also recaps the most important lessons from the entire series. This wrap-up brings everything together—covering preparation, production, and profit—to gi...
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3 months ago
9 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
The #1 Mistake That Kills 95% of Product Launches (and How to Avoid It)
Launching a product is thrilling, but without the right preparation, most fail to gain traction and eventually fail. In this special audiobook edition of the Perfect Launch System, Jon LaClare shares insights from Chapter 15 of the Perfect Launch System: What Not To Do: a crash course on avoiding costly pitfalls that sink 95% of new products. From weak messaging to poor pricing strategies, lack of demand validation to underfunded marketing, he reveals common problems to watch out for when lau...
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3 months ago
13 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
Retail Mastery: How to Get Your Product Into Walmart, Costco, and Beyond
In this episode, Jon LaClare interviews Jim DeBetta, a true retail veteran who has spent decades helping inventors and entrepreneurs bring their products into major retailers. Jim shares his fascinating journey from growing a $20 million retail startup to partnering with Shark Tank’s Kevin Harrington as VP of Commercialization—where he helped take winning products straight into stores like Walmart and Costco. Today, Jim focuses on guiding inventors through the complex world of product develop...
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4 months ago
27 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
From OxiClean to Startups: The 3-Phase Launch Blueprint Driving $2B in Sales
When most entrepreneurs set out to launch a new product, they don’t realize the odds are stacked against them. The harsh truth? Nearly 95% of product launches fail. But Jon LaClare, founder of Harvest Growth, knew there had to be a better way. Through years of experience working with both Fortune 500 giants and scrappy startups, Jon developed the Perfect Launch System—a three-phase blueprint that has helped over 300 products succeed, scale, and reach profitability faster than anyone thought p...
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4 months ago
50 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Building, Testing, and Scaling New Products
Do you have a great idea but don't know how to turn it into a market-ready product? Or are you worried your first shipment could end up unsellable? Join us as we speak with Jim Orrico, founder of Dream To Product, a company that has spent over a decade helping businesses design, assemble, and package groundbreaking new products, and even rescue defective products. For the first time, Jim has stepped out from behind the scenes to launch his own product, the AC Saver™, and it’s already a hit. ...
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4 months ago
37 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
From Patent to Payday: How Smart IP Turned a Purse Into $100 Million
What if the simplest ideas could lead to the biggest exits—if only you protected them the right way? On today’s episode of The Harvest Growth Podcast, we’re joined by Michael Frodsham, one of America’s top patent attorneys and an equity shareholder at Workman Nydegger. He's worked with major brands like Skullcandy and Traeger Grills, and now shares the real secrets behind building and protecting businesses that scale globally. Mike breaks down how even low-tech or everyday inventions, like a ...
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5 months ago
38 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
The Only Product of Its Kind: Strategies for Creating and Scaling a Category-Defining Device
What does it take to launch a successful product in a space where 97% fail before reaching the market? In this episode, we’re joined by Michael McCrary and Robert Hulet, co-founders of Prox PRD, the world’s first dedicated phone reminder device, to share their journey from concept to building a patented, category-defining product. Their story serves as a roadmap for entrepreneurs to validate ideas, simplify complex solutions, and scale a product from garage-level assembly to national media at...
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5 months ago
58 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
How to Build a Powerful Brand Through PR and Media Even If You’re Just Getting Started
In today's episode, we speak with Nathan Yearsley, CEO of Augason Farms, who went from having zero media experience to landing over 50 interviews across major TV, radio, and podcast platforms. He shares how Public Relations (PR) has become a powerful tool to transform not just his company's public perception, but also its business growth, and to transcend tough business climates. You’ll learn how Nathan used storytelling, vulnerability, and everyday technology to secure media features, establ...
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5 months ago
44 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
Video That Converts: How to Write Video Scripts That Sell
In today’s episode, we walk through Chapter 5 of The Perfect Launch System, showing you how to write video scripts that do more than just tell a story, but sell. Whether you're launching your first product or looking to scale, you’ll discover a simple, powerful framework for creating marketing videos that convert. From crafting a strong creative brief to structuring a persuasive script and polishing it for production, we cover the elements that can make or break your video, no matter your pro...
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5 months ago
11 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
The Anatomy of High-Converting Video Marketing: Lessons from 300+ Brand Launches
In this episode, we break down the real reasons why your videos might be falling flat, and what truly makes video marketing work. Drawing from insights across hundreds of brand launches, we dive into the psychology behind high-performing video content: from the power of clarity, emotion, and repetition to the role of authenticity in messaging. You’ll also learn how to craft videos that not only grab attention but also drive conversions across channels. Tune in now to start creating videos tha...
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6 months ago
17 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
The Science of Product Launches: How We Used OxiClean's Formula to Generate $2 Billion Across 300+ Brands
Last week, we discussed the direct response marketing strategies that made OxiClean a household name and helped it defeat major competitors. This week, we reveal how, using and refining these same strategies, we at Harvest Growth successfully launched 300+ new brands and generated over $2 billion in revenue. After leaving his position at Kraft Foods and OxiClean, our Founder, Jon LaClare, saw an opportunity that others missed - many entrepreneurs had great products but lacked a proven system...
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6 months ago
8 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
From Home Shows to Household Name: Why OxiClean’s Powerful Marketing Strategies Still Work Today
How did a small business outsmart a major corporation and turn a $40 cleaning product into a million-dollar empire? In this continuation of The Perfect Launch System series, Jon LaClare dives into Chapter 2 and unpacks the rise of OxiClean. You’ll hear the real behind-the-scenes journey of how a garage-born idea, backed by a family with grit and a belief in their product, evolved into one of the most iconic direct-response marketing success stories ever. Learn how the Appel family leveraged t...
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6 months ago
11 minutes

The Harvest Growth Podcast
AI is transforming the job market faster than many of us realize, and that’s creating both challenges and opportunities. In this episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, your host Jon LaClare breaks down why entrepreneurship is becoming one of the most future-proof career paths, how to validate a business idea, and how to leverage AI rather than be replaced by it. Through decades of launching products for hundreds of companies, the team at Harvest Growth has developed a simple framework to iden...