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[–] NegativeLookBehind 170 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is it marketing? I bet it’s marketing.

[–] Hoomod 88 points 9 months ago

In other words, the branding is one of the main selling points

Basically

[–] phoneymouse 49 points 9 months ago

There is a How I Built This podcast that interviews the founder. He was in marketing/advertising as a creative his entire career before he started the company. Actually, he didn’t even have enough money to make the first batch, so he created a video and Facebook page that went viral and got him enough interest and actual orders to prove to investors that they should fund him.