#1. Tipsy Elves Co-Founder Evan Mendelsohn: Taking the Road Less Travelled

In this episode, Darren Reinke chats with Evan Mendelsohn, the co-founder of Tipsy Elves. Tipsy Elves is an e-commerce company that makes and sells fun clothing and outfits for every holiday.

Evan talks about leaving a stable job at a major law firm to start an ugly Christmas sweaters e-commerce business. We discuss taking the road less travelled, tuning out negative voices, building a company grounded in “fun”, what he has learned from building his company, his advice to aspiring leaders and entrepreneurs, and more.

Show Notes:

• The genesis for creating Tipsy Elves [1:15]
• Taking the leap from working at a major law firm to starting Tipsy Elves [3:05]
• Tuning out the negative voices [8:22]
• Telling his colleagues and family he was leaving law to start Tipsy Elves [10:20]
• Building a company grounded in a value of “fun” [14:00]
• Maintaining a sense of fun as the company has grown and become more complex [16:10]
• Lessons learned from the pandemic [18:32]
• The impact of the pandemic on him moving forward [21:06]
• Staying ahead of the competition [22:32]
• Lessons he has learned about himself in starting and growing Tipsy Elves [24:18]
• Advice to other entrepreneurs and up and coming leaders [26:32]
• Growing and getting better [29:31]
• Advice to people who are stuck between what they feel called to do vs. what they feel like they should do [31:53]
• The future of Tipsy Elves [33:07]

Show Links:

Tipsy Elves Website

Tipsy Elves on Instagram