The first ten MLB players to wear his gloves all came to him
Bear Mayer was 16, broke, and out of gas money for a 1993 Land Cruiser named Jennifer. His father gave him two options: get a job or start a company. Eighteen prototypes later he had a batting glove, and the first ten major league players who wore it all came to him.
He tells Elizabeth Gore why he asked a chiropractor about the shape of a finger, how his grandfather got struck by lightning twice and gave the company its name, and why treating a retailer as a transaction was the mistake he had to unlearn.
Featuring
Bear Mayer, Founder and CEO, BRUCE BOLT
Presented by Block Advisors, built by H&R Block.
Timestamps
0:00 Tax break: shoppers are asking AI how to buy screen-free gifts
2:00 Meet Bear Mayer, founder of BRUCE BOLT
2:27 The mustache is a superstition, and it did not work
3:34 A 1993 Land Cruiser, no gas money, and two options
4:55 Step one was come up with an idea
6:10 He went back to his dad with a company, not a lawn-mowing plan
7:06 Why it is called BRUCE BOLT
7:50 His grandfather has been struck by lightning twice, both times golfing
8:38 Photoshop open in class, designs between baseball practice
9:30 Eighteen prototypes before the first sale
10:01 He asked a chiropractor what he needed to know about the hand
11:53 How the price was actually set
12:37 The first major leaguer found the gloves on his own doorstep
15:13 Everyone else pays influencers. This went the other way.
15:53 The Mets called because of where the padding was
16:28 The first eight to ten players came to them
17:32 The dirty unicorn: treating a retailer as a transaction
18:31 Softball is its own sport, not the girl version of baseball
20:24 How he decided when to enter a new sport
21:49 Everything is about the hands
24:10 Why relationships get you to the front of the line
27:43 The artifact: the natural series, and get a pair give a pair
29:42 His small business shout-out in Austin
31:08 Tax break: the SEP IRA
32:20 The SIMPLE IRA, the solo 401k, and how to choose
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