Adam Hanin is the Head of Business Development at eHouse, which builds and optimizes e-commerce sites for shoppers. He is also the former Founder and Operating Partner at Commerce12, which was acquired by eHouse in 2024, and the former Founder and President of Skye Associates, a full-service e-commerce company specializing in fashion brands and retailers.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
- [1:57] Adam Hanin talks about his first business manufacturing and selling school uniforms
- [8:09] How Adam transformed a licensing deal into a retail company in the fashion industry
- [13:03] Adam’s first major business failure — and how it led to profitable new ventures
- [26:24] Lessons learned during acquisition negotiations and integrations
- [37:27] Commerce12’s strategic merger with eHouse
In this episode…
Entrepreneurship requires playing the long game and anticipating failures. However, introducing innovative business models and reinventing the wheel are no easy tasks. What does it take to create value, sell multiple companies, and survive industry changes?
The Head of Business Development at eHouse, Adam Hanin, talks about his entrepreneurial wins and losses, including multiple company acquisitions. With host Todd Taskey, Adam describes how his failures created profitable new ventures, the lessons he learned when negotiating transactions, and how he transformed a licensing deal into an e-commerce fashion business.
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