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5 min read"Kindness plus hard work plus intelligence leads to good things," Colin McIntosh says near the end of this conversation. He should know. After being fired twice and laid off once, he incorporated Sheets & Giggles in October 2017, shipped his first box a year later, and hit his first million-dollar month by November 2020 — roughly 25 months after launch. The company now does about $12 million in annual sales selling bed sheets, comforters, pillows, crib sheets, and even mattresses from a Shopify storefront, with roughly 80-20 split between direct-to-consumer and Amazon sales. But the path was anything but linear, and the operating principles he used to get there are the real story.
The business model comes first
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:26) **The Hook: $1M/Month from Bed** - The host introduces Colin, founder of Sheets & Giggles, who sells bed sheets and hit $1M/month in revenue, often working from his bed.
- 2 (05:01) **Finding the Idea: Business Model First** - Colin explains his approach to validating a business idea by writing the business model before choosing the product.
- 3 (06:33) **Validation: The Brand Identity Map and Selling Before Building** - Colin details his specific process for validating the Sheets & Giggles concept before manufacturing.
- 4 (08:58) **The $284,000 Kickstarter Campaign** - Colin breaks down the math and execution behind his massive crowdfunding launch.
- 5 (11:04) **The Special Sauce: Podcast Sponsorships** - Colin reveals the unconventional marketing strategy that has been most effective for his brand.
- 6 (12:09) **Brand Differentiation: Using Friends and Not Ironing Sheets** - Colin explains how he makes a "boring" product category like bed sheets stand out.
- 7 (12:48) **The Four Rules for a Great Brand Name** - Colin shares his specific framework for naming a company, using "Sheets & Giggles" as the example.
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I Make $1M/Month From Bed
This is the breakdown of how Colin McIntosh made $1M a month selling bedsheets online... From his bed.
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