How to bring an old tech (like journals) online

Cathryn Lavery and Allen Brouwer, BestSelf, eCommerce, Non-Tech, Physical Product, System

Today’s guests have had a runaway success with a journal, a freaking journal! Technology that has existed forever.

Cathryn Lavery and Allen Brouwer are the cofounders of BestSelf, which develops physical products for high achievers and entrepreneurs.

I’ll let them tell you how much revenue they’ve made. They’ve expanded and expanded, and today they even have software, a Chrome extension that’s coming out. It’s called Win the Day. When you open up a new tab on your Chrome browser, imagine seeing a clear goal you have for the day and the three things you need to do to achieve that goal.

Cathryn Lavery and Allen Brouwer

BestSelf

Cathryn Lavery and Allen Brouwer are the cofounders of BestSelf, which develops physical products for high achievers and entrepreneurs.

Andrew: Hey, everyone. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. And I’ve been waiting to do this interview for a very long time. I’m actually not quite sure why we couldn’t do this sooner. I’m going to ask in a moment.

Joining me is an entrepreneur who I’ve known for a long time. I actually didn’t even know she was an entrepreneur. Then I just kept watching her become one and sell stuff and then win a Shopify competition and then kick ass. I started asking her to do an interview here and for some reason, I couldn’t make it happen. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s me or maybe she was feeling a little uncomfortable about doing an interview or maybe something.

So she agreed to do it. Then she brought on her cofounder. I thought this was just going to be the two of us, Cathryn. So we’re going to find out about her...

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