Bouqs will overtake 800-Flowers and FTD

John Tabis, The Bouqs, Brand (branding), eCommerce, Marketing, Non-Tech, Physical Product

If you think that headline is an exaggeration, you should know The Bouqs Company is already doing 10s of millions in annual sales.

John Tabis, the flower company’s founder, says his advantage is shipping directly from flower farms to customers. Meanwhile, the established companies are married to local shops whose flowers often look as cheesy as the mylar balloons they try to upsell their customers.

Still not convinced? Listen to the interview.

John Tabis

The Bouqs

John Tabis is the founder of The Bouqs Company, which is an ecommerce floral delivery service.

Andrew: Hey, everyone. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. I try to go as deep as possible. I think today’s guest told our producer that he doesn’t like to go deep. So, we’ll talk about that in this interview, why not?

Here’s the thing. Here’s what drew me to today’s interview. I really thought that the flower business was pretty much done. It was wrapped up. We had our leaders in the flower space. People knew where to buy their flowers and that was it. It’s kind of like trying to come up with a new soda, cola brand. We’ve got Coca Cola. We’ve got Pepsi. We’ve got Dr. Pepper, which I’m drinking right here. I thought it was done. Then I found out about today’s company.

Today’s entrepreneur built a company that, well, it’s doing well. It’s thriving, got outside funding, gets a lot of...

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