JD Jernigan is Founder & CEO of Propagate, an ecommerce investment platform that generates passive income for investors. JD is an expert in sales and marketing, having scaled multiple online stores himself before starting Propagate.

In this episode, we discuss starting off in dropshipping, running a digital marketing agency, building his first tech startup, how he thinks about ecommerce today, and the challenges of a first-time founder.

GUEST

• JD Jernigan LinkedIn
• Propagate Website

PODCAST

• Safa Mahzari
• Patreon
• Alluxo Website

TERMS

• Ecommerce = Buying and selling products through an online store
• Dropshipping = Outsourcing the inventory and fulfillment of orders
• SaaS = software as a service
• Print on demand = Where copies are not printed until orders are received
• Apliiq = print on demand vendor that plugs into Shopify

TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 - Episode intro
• 0:50 - JD's background
• 4:42 - What is print on demand?
• 7:03 - What is ecommerce dropshipping?
• 14:18 - Running a marketing agency
• 23:53 - What is Propagate?
• 32:46 - Safa's experience in ecommerce
• 38:16 - Wrap up and final thoughts