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The Journey from Startup to Raising $22 Million with Investors with Brandon Gell of Clyde

Brandon Gell is the Co-founder and CEO of Clyde, a technology company that helps retailers—from startup to enterprise—offer product protection plans to customers. Brandon and his team are on a mission to provide customers with quality assurance, merchants with easier wins, and insurers with greater reach.
  • March 17, 2021
  • The eCommerce Wizards Podcast
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In this episode

While warranties don’t seem very exciting, they are actually an essential component to building customer loyalty. After all, if your consumers can’t trust your product to work or be fixed, how can they trust your company? The product protection industry has suffered for years from unhelpful insurance policies and short-lived warranties, but Clyde is here to change all that.

With a passion for taking care of customers, Brandon Gell founded Clyde in order to offer the best consumer warranty experience possible. His mission is to provide peace of mind for consumers while also driving revenue for merchants. This vision, along with Brandon’s expert business techniques, has helped him grow Clyde from a prototype to a successful brand. So, what is his advice to entrepreneurs looking to take their businesses to the next level?

In this episode of the Ecommerce Wizards Podcast, Guillaume Le Tual interviews Brandon Gell, the CEO and Co-founder of Clyde, about the secret to his successful business growth. Brandon discusses the strategies he used to build his company into a valuable brand, the vision behind his business model, and his experience raising millions of dollars in funding from investors. Stay tuned for all of this and more!

What you’ll learn

  • Brandon Gell shares the vision behind Clyde and explains how the company helps both consumers and merchants
  • How can warranties help you drive lifetime value for your customers?
  • The ins and outs of the Clyde integration
  • Brandon talks about building and growing Clyde with his co-founders
  • Brandon’s advice to entrepreneurs on how to create a successful company

About Brandon Gell

Brandon Gell is the Co-founder and CEO of Clyde, a technology company that helps retailers—from startup to enterprise—offer product protection plans to customers. Brandon and his team are on a mission to provide customers with quality assurance, merchants with easier wins, and insurers with greater reach.

Since founding Clyde in 2017, Brandon has raised $22 million from investors and has used that funding to grow the company into a valuable online brand.

The Ecommerce Wizards Podcast is hosted by Guillaume Le Tual, CEO of MageMontreal. Watch more episodes on our YouTube channel.

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