Patagonia is a true marketing lesson that every brand, new or existing, should muster. It has won by choosing harder paths and sometimes at the cost of "growth," "convenience," and even "profit."

In this episode of The Marketing Guy, tag with me to unpack the real story behind Patagonia.

You’ll hear how its founder, Yvon Chouinard, almost accidentally built one of the most trusted brands in the world, why the collapse of Chouinard Equipment in 1989 became a defining inflection point, and how Patagonia grew from a niche climbers’ brand into a $100M+ business without playing by traditional corporate rules.

If you work in brand, growth, product marketing, or leadership, this killer episode will genuinely change - I mean that - how you think about long-term advantage and brand equity.

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Disclaimer: This episode is not about a fighting game. It is about discipline, mastery, and marketing strategy that every brand should closely watch.

Using Street Fighter as the lens, this drop explores how competition is embedded in culture, why honesty magnetizes fan following, how characters evolve into archetypes, and what brands today misunderstand about longevity.

Presenting The Street Fighter Way, a game that has been serving the fighter within us virtually since 1987. Grown into a mega marketing strategy lesson for anyone building products, brands, and trying something new to endure.

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Boredom is not laziness. (You read it right!) It is not a lack of ambition either. It's a human state that drives some of our strangest behaviours. One of them is "buying" things we haven't planned for. In this episode of The Marketing Guy, we will explore:(a) What boredom really is (b) Difference between the two types of boredom (c) How it is used in business and marketing(d) Why did Google have to invent micro-moments to explain the modern intent(e) How platforms like Temu use boredom, including McDonald's, KFC, and AmazonOne promise: you will emerge from this podcast with a new perspective on the concept of boredom.Streaming on your favourite podcast platforms. @TheMarketingGuyRachit#Boredom #MicroMoments #AttentionEconomy #Google #Temu #KFC #TheMarketingGuyRachit

From hot-rod culture and its garage-born rebellion, to the rise of Hot Wheels and the physics of play, this podcast explores how small sparks of imagination turn into global obsessions. This is genuinely a story about meaning, identity, nostalgia, adult collectors, cultural symbols, and the strange truth that some brands don’t just sell products, they spark behaviour.Mattel Hot Wheels didn’t grow because of scale. It grew because it tapped into something primal in humans, which is (a) speed, (b) mischief, (c) customisation, and (d) the thrill of building your own world. And those same forces continue to shape marketing today, fandom, and the way people choose what to love.If you enjoy decoding culture, creativity, and the thinking behind why certain brands “blow fire,” this episode will take you right into that engine.

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Marketers love talking about creativity, but rarely about Creative Velocity. Creative Velocity is the speed at which great ideas actually turn into something real.

In this episode of The Marketing Guy, I bring together two worlds that seem miles apart: Pixar’s storytelling magic and Formula 1’s obsession with precision and speed. It turns out, both operate on the same underlying engine: a repeatable process for producing world-class output consistently.

Using one Pixar hero and one F1 legend, this episode breaks down how the best marketing teams manage momentum, navigate “the dip,” iterate fast, and avoid the creative stalls that kill campaigns and brand ideas.

🎧 Pixar x F1 Podcast: (a) Why Creative Velocity matters more than raw creativity, (b) How Pixar builds stories that move cultures, (c) How F1 teams iterate under insane pressure, (d) And how the same system applies to your marketing, campaigns, and content

This is the link to one of my earlier podcasts on brand vs performance marketing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E83a5P3eiE

Why do most brands struggle with their value proposition?Because they’re busy describing the product, instead of describing what the customer becomes.This episode of The Marketing Guy breaks that mindset wide open.From Apple’s “1000 songs in your pocket” to why even a simple chips or waffers brand can make you feel healthier, this episode's drop dives into how great marketing transforms identity, not just benefits.If your product or brand's messaging feels flat or forgettable right now, this episode will genuinely change how you think.

Book recommendation: "Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman." Available on Amazon and in bookstores near you.

In this episode of The Marketing Guy, dive with me into the real story behind Web3. How it started, why it exploded, why it crashed, and why it could still shape nearly 10% of global GDP in the coming decade.(a) The journey from Web1 → Web2 → Web3 (in simple language)(b) How 2021 became the year of monkey NFTs, meme coins, and overnight millionaires(c) Why brands like Reddit, Nike, and Starbucks bet on Web3(d) The future of digital ownership and the coming $10T+ tokenized economyWeb3 is quietly evolving behind the scenes, and it should definitely intrigue you 🤑 Watch the episode to find out a whole lot more. Also, listen to it on your favorite podcast streaming platform.🔥 This podcast is no crypto worship. All clarity, context, and a grounded view of the future.

What do a fried-chicken shoe, a rotting burger, and a gothic dance have in common? They all broke the "rules of marketing" and won big.In this episode of The Marketing Guy, I introduce you to three real stories that prove how weirdness, imperfection, and even a little absurdity can outperform strategy.The three stories are:🐔 Crocs × KFC: The chicken-scented shoe that sold out in minutes🍔 Burger King: The moldy Whopper that made people trust fast food again🩰 Netflix’s Wednesday: The dance that wasn’t planned, and became a billion-view trendThis is The New Rules of Weird Marketing, where imperfection becomes influence, and weirdness becomes the real mantra for connecting.

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