# 236 - "We Hit $680M Last Year, But It Started as a Joke" | Shawn David Nelson, Founder of LoveSac

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Podcast: [Making It with Jon Davids](https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-it-with-jon-davids-744293)
Published: 2025-12-16T10:00:00+00:00
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Grow your business with a customized AI Growth Plan here . Jon chats with Shawn Nelson, CEO of Lovesac. Hear how Shawn started with a simple side hustle in College and turned it into a $700M publicly traded company. Follow JD across social: LinkedIn | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | YouTube | Threads Follow this podcast on Instagram . Subscribe to JD's newsletter here . Schedule a free Marketing ROI Checkup with JD's team here . Grow your business with JD's marketing agency Influicity here . Learn how to drive revenue with social media with the 15-day challenge here . Download JD's free business playbooks here . Get JD's bestselling book, Marketing Superpowers here . ___ Jon Davids is an entrepreneur and speaker. He's been building businesses since he was a kid. With plenty of failures and a few big wins along the way. He's the founder of Influicity, where he helps businesses get more customers with marketing that actually works. He's married to his beautiful wife Alana and is the girl-dad to Ryley and Mikki.

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