The Underdog: From Dead Broke to $30,000,000

This is the story of how KC Holiday went from being a waiter in a restaurant to emptying his entire savings account and building a $30M company.
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[@harshbaranwal1681]

Sir, your wife deserves the best, after showing that level of commitment, trust and cooperation. ❤️

[@superresistant8041]

That’s what I call a healthy relationship

[@rodriguezchen]

Wives like yours rarely exist nowadays

[@nathanlieu6840]

Bro picked a winner for a wife. Most people would tell their so get a better job, hell no your not wasting are little life savings, or I'm not sleeping in a car everyday.

[@chineduenwere465]

yep

[@plannerjoy]

He’s an amazing communicator. People with better ideas cannot communicate that well and they’re ideas cannot scale. It’s sad but true.

[@squirrelhallowino29]

It's all in the last piece of advice, we all talk really good to ourselves most of the time, if we lose that part of shame that we think anybody cares at all, we can communicate exactly what we want without fear of rejection

[@thatpersonyoudidntknowexis149]

What I like about this is that the ring isn't some mindblowing product. A lot of people get intimidated and overwhelmed at the thought of starting a business coz they think they can't and don't have a unique idea for it. But you can actually do it if you put your mind into it.

[@user-zn2bx1xs7b]

right? im totally amazed that some rubber band can make that much

[@rachidmohammed6784]

BRO, I LOVE STARTER STORY: a statement from someone who didn't believe in it in the first place. so like the content of the channel it proves that is possible and there is hope

[@theaccountantguy]

Entrepreneurship teaches you more than anything you will ever learn from anywhere else in life. It teaches you patience, persistence and perseverance and more than that you battle your fears and inhibitions everyday yet overcome those to build something to serve to others. Amazing story indeed, kc loved every bit of it. Best wishes, keep rolling 🎉

[@buildingpickleball]

these have evolved so well in such a short period of time. mad props.

[@VP-tl1gg]

Really appreciate all the great content you put out for us Pat - well produced, perfect length & tons of actionable advice, thank you so much!

[@LiveCertain]

Nothing short of Amazing! He's a great communicator and a great businessman. KC has proven that resilience, hard work and a supportive partner prevailed.

[@peterbehringer63]

Great discovery for me this channel on YT...and this story had loads of takeaway lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs....admire his grit & tenacity...it's necessary.

[@attilatech]

It was so inspiring to see the ups and downs of a business and the lucky break that came at the right time. Thank you for the inspiration! Now I have to go and solve a few problems.

[@Stellathediamond]

Mr KC Thank you for sharing your startup story . It was so informative and inspiring. God bless you in all you do! ❤🙏🏽❤️

[@MydasBuck]

Without this channel I would have never discovered such great people, thank you.

[@jeffreyzie]

Subscribed. Great format and storytelling 🔥

[@MaLiArtworks186]

Thanks so much. You have encouraged me!

[@IanRamon]

I actually have that problem!! i do not wear my ring because i do different sports. I LOVE STARTER STORY, helped me realize it is so normal to have many problems, challenges first years and it is not just me. it is a relief and the secret to succes is to keep going, do not quit and you eventually make it.

[@ZoneOutClips]

I love this video. It’s full of information. There’s a lot of videos like this on KZbin that just deceive the audience and don’t say anything of context.

[@ARelaxedSpace]

Amazing story, product and channel!❤

[@isawalter3465]

love this story thank you

[@incredifall]

Inspiring! Thanks!

[@jerryhughes4288]

The people who solve problems for the people in the world become successful

[@traemikal]

great job leveling up the story telling here with music scoring and narrative build up!

[@Tripl3333]

This is just mind-blowing.......................awesome story. Finally an excellent use of the internet. Again well done...

[@Psalms20A21]

🧠Problem Solving is a Super Power! ✅️Will Share. Thanks for Content!

[@krispai7669]

Entrepreneurship is one of the hardest things you can go through, as example in this story they had ideas and sought after them on their own. Without a mentorship trying to cut costs they had to learn on their own to always order a sample first.

[@osamedeuzzi3978]

Loved his advice!

[@Smurfas13]

Very inspiring story, never give up

[@mikestrives]

Love the scrappy early days stories 👌🔥🔥🔥

[@jesusisking3814]

Now here's the most beautiful love story: Me and you? Though we have fallen short of the glory of God by comitting just one sin which we deserve death and hell for, the Good News is that God loved us so much that He, All-Powerful and All-Knowing Spirit came to earth in a human body as Jesus Christ, the fullness of God bodily, to live a perfect life keeping and fulfilling all laws and commandments, not sinning ONCE, and then sacrificing Himself on a cross for YOU! By shedding His Blood, He paid the penalty for your sin so that you could be washed clean from all sins and develop a personal relationship with God and spend eternity together with Him in Heaven. How awesome is that?! That's God's grace. All you have to do to accept His gift of grace is believe from your heart that Jesus is God, He shed His precious Blood for you and He is risen from the dead, He's in full control of your life that He rules over you. Don't trust in your own goodness but fully trust in Jesus and follow Him. It's not by works or being a good person, it's only by God's grace through faith in Him. Jesus desires a personal relationship with you. Much love and God bless you!

[@theamicanstig]

So sick, can’t wait for my episode

[@DavieFogarty]

Best one yet!

[@codewithguillaume]

Pat this channel is by far my favorite

[@NokthulaMadondo]

Nail biting, edge of your seat storytelling genius. I was hooked from beginning to end. This starter story is all about perseverance. It's what separates winners from quitters.

[@piskooooo]

great video!!!

[@davidhack2409]

Epic stuff KC! You are the real Deal 💯

[@gorillagoldhunters]

Very good channel! Love this. Good voice bro.

[@nwokochagospel7260]

Awesome job, keep up the good work, we need a new video from starter story at least weekly

[@georgebrown2566]

KC you the man!

[@johnleesuccess]

love this!! keep up the great work!

[@jesusisking3814]

Now here's the most beautiful love story: Me and you? Though we have fallen short of the glory of God by comitting just one sin which we deserve death and hell for, the Good News is that God loved us so much that He, All-Powerful and All-Knowing Spirit came to earth in a human body as Jesus Christ, the fullness of God bodily, to live a perfect life keeping and fulfilling all laws and commandments, not sinning ONCE, and then sacrificing Himself on a cross for YOU! By shedding His Blood, He paid the penalty for your sin so that you could be washed clean from all sins and develop a personal relationship with God and spend eternity together with Him in Heaven. How awesome is that?! That's God's grace. All you have to do to accept His gift of grace is believe from your heart that Jesus is God, He shed His precious Blood for you and He is risen from the dead, He's in full control of your life that He rules over you. Don't trust in your own goodness but fully trust in Jesus and follow Him. It's not by works or being a good person, it's only by God's grace through faith in Him. Jesus desires a personal relationship with you. Much love and God bless you!

[@playgemji]

Love the new videos. You have a subscriber now 🙌

[@MeaningfulByJosephAlcantara]

Very inspiring!

[@edwardstimecapsule9837]

What an amazing journey very inspiring 🙏

[@myhappyvibe]

great story

[@eleventhvision]

He was very lucky to come up on this idea early if not first, their early marketing and branding was about as bad as it gets. This should give everyone hope. Great story , great speaker. A go getter for sure.

[@myriad860]

What an awesome video!

[@kaynesheenan]

Amazing stuff ❤

[@gustavo.visuals]

This story is incredible! Super deserving success. I wonder how the went about patenting it, as I know that's a huge cost. I have an idea for a product and the patent part has been holding me back.

[@capitalfriday]

Love the effort you’re putting into these! Great video!

[@Sparkyzachchannel.]

Hell yeah good stuff

[@faustinoelia965]

hello, new subscriber. just wanna let you i love ur content😄😄

[@AndyNC]

It is a great advantage to have a business partner with the same mindset and a life partner behind you.... even if you fail. Most people give up, because the partners are not supporting.

[@InsaneVids-999]

Not giving up on your dreams is truly what it takes to become successful

[@HeerKapoorlove]

All the best

[@DhangMaker]

Thanks for link ~ coming from X

[@gyaniadmi2347]

This story is insperitional 😊

[@Jazzmentl]

"Sending emails is free". I wonder what CRM he used to do his email marketing. Great story! Yay for the underdog 🙂

[@A7Lopez]

Most ppl used mailchimp back in those days. E-com wasn’t as developed as they are now.

[@GRANDDOSE]

I'm watching this while I'm wearing my silicone ring... that's how you know it's a great product! awesome story

[@eugeniocg3079]

Incredible

[@wedoebe]

👏👏👏👏👏 Great “Starter Story!” 🤭😉

[@lubindamaambo5808]

Great content from this channel!

[@reprogrammingmind]

Wow wha a great story. Two guys with the same problem solve it and bring it to market!

[@ahmedkharouf2863]

Please talk to us more about the doubts, the negative talk and the moment when these amazing entrepreneurs were about to call it off. I'm at one right now and finding it hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel

[@squibbelsmcjohnson]

You have to know when to call it off too.. Gonna fail 10x more then you succeed so if you really can't find a wait out and have tried everything, average business owner has had 10 failures whether businesses or products/inventions to their 1 success .. Gotta know when to Move onto something else though . What are you doing?

[@CK5com]

Wow, crazy!

[@IncreaseMedia1]

Dope!

[@littlenest]

Love this, such a real story! ♥

[@-PURPLE-HEAD]

I need to get eyebrow scissors and connections to an NFL quarterback.

[@drbeatzplayz491]

Lol I had no idea this was about the guy who made the ring I wear everyday. This makes the story even better.

[@Hajjat]

Great story! How did they come up with the name Qalo?

[@doronuzanhebrew]

excellent excellent

[@WinVault]

Dope intro

[@dylanP112]

How in the world can this company do these types of numbers? It’s so cheap to make and barrier to entry is extremely easy. It’s not like branding matters in this instance, so most people are going to go to Amazon and buy the cheapest one. I really don’t get how they grew to those numbers

[@dylanP112]

Which is true. I just went on Amazon and found a top selling brand called thunder fit that sells these rings for $12 and the designs look better in my opinion. So idk these numbers seem wild to me

[@eldanno5970]

Inspiring story, dude was always gonna be successful though. If it wasn’t the ring it would have been something else, right mindset, energy and fantastic communicator.

[@rishandprish]

Take a risk.... Go forward!

[@tensofdu1700]

In my mind, this should have never worked. I don't understand how this worked out for these guys.

[@compton8301]

In your mind, you'll never do anything.

[@unknwnvids]

Dude 100% same. I don't get it. Like who sees this shit and says "Yeah! Thats perfect!". It's just some cheap ugly piece of rubber and it looks real stupid.

[@robmcguckin7605]

@@unknwnvids Have you watched an episode of Shark Tank lately? Some of the ideas people come up with also seem equally crazy but there seem to be people out there that buy this stuff? Ex; fan cooled breast feeding apron, edible candles and a residential automated meal prep robot for $50k. I don't get it?

[@tankueytryn]

@@unknwnvidsTrends.... Try and propose to your wife with one of these and I'll bet she looks behind you for the real one!

[@TJ-po9ol]

Because it solves a problem, they dont have to wear it everywhere. When you are really handsome and tall like me, I get hit on at the gym & my wife doesnt like that. These solve that problem and show that im married while im working out or doing sports. @@unknwnvids

[@gaberoyalll]

13:30 ' 99 problems

[@honestly_vikh]

just wow

[@MuhammadIbrahim-pc9pr]

but how the fuck do you do 100M in sales in silicon rings of all things, my mind refuses to accept. pain.

[@wildhurstmanor]

His wife is awesome. Believed in his vision and worked along side. Kudos.

[@khalil-wc4bs]

she played her position right instead of just waiting at the finish line . kudos to her ...smart investment.

[@tankueytryn]

I read she almost left him

[@GlueTubber]

Awesome story! Much respect to you guys for sticking it out and making Qalo a success!!

[@student7052]

The unimaginable, unthinkable accidental advertisement that did it.

[@jeffreyzie]

Focus on being better not bigger 📝

[@jogb9515]

This is a fantastic video, so well done on so many levels. However there's too little information on the marketing: they're doing no sales, but then the quarterback promotes the ring which 3x's sales, and then they're doing $30mil? Online stores rely so much on their marketing so this really needed more filling out.

[@tankueytryn]

Bottom line. There's nothing proprietary about this product. It is a commercial.

[@TJ-po9ol]

He said that got them a boost, but then it faded. They obviously worked on SEO and advertising, likely facebook and IG at the time.

[@rileycx]

I just bought a ring because of this video

[@manolopourikas6]

this channel is gold

[@todrapayne]

This was wonderful, but there's a huge jump in the story. His partner said they couldn't afford for him to quit the restaurant, and then they were hiring two employees a month. And moving into a building. Where did that money all come from? Did they take a business loan? Did they crowdfund? Get a business grant? I think for most new business owners, that's where the real challenge is.

[@shobhavs613]

Its a min startup degree you completed watching this video

[@ahlamali3315]

loved it

[@stanislawtarasiuk5635]

Guys! You are, without a doubt, smart and extraordinary people. Do you have an idea how to charge business between Germany and the USA? Americans are delighted with German pedantry and punctuality. Yes, here in Germany is plenty of it. But what should we package it in and sell it in order to somehow help people overseas? I will be glad to receive any answer and comments.

[@JC-jz6rx]

theres always some amount of luck. guy knew the wife of a pro football player who aired on tv and talked about his product while being the key target audience? did i understand that right. thats like me trying to start a new chocolate bar company and being friends with Michelle buck.

[@tenslider6722]

Business is 50% luck

[@24HourDesign]

So F'n BadA$$. Great episode!

[@sutats]

11:07 Do you want to take a leap of faith, or become an old man, filled with regret.

[@othername2428]

Amazing story! Even more amazing is bro sounds EXACTLY like Ben Shapiro 😂😂😂

[@mirknankazmzad8517]

great story, but still don't understand why they did not get at least sample first rather than going all in.

[@hunterconley9497]

Did they not order a sample before their first batch of inventory?

[@kerenbanget1]

I bet , they did. Most suppliers did great sample, but the massive production sucks

[@mushrifsaidin]

@@kerenbanget1 it's like those free cheese samples in supermarkets. They always put in the cream of the crop and when you bought the wheel, it mostly tastes horrible lol

[@tankueytryn]

It's a commercial.

[@abm672]

What company did he start?

[@TalesOfTrillions]

The story of Kalo rings proves that sometimes the biggest breakthroughs come from the messiest mistakes.

[@Larimuss]

I think the most amazing thing here is people are buying silicone wedding rings.. legend.

[@Abdulwasay_Hashmi]

Man I first thought they marry each other😂

[@LeadGebLabs]

Love the content. Be cool if you offered a monthly subscription to starter story, rather than a one off payment.

[@mareksv1947]

They did everything wrong/backwards and still made it happen 😅

[@BeforeYouGoPro]

The "It" Factor