In this episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast , Jon LaClare breaks down a hard truth many product founders don’t want to hear: building your entire business on Amazon is far riskier than it looks. While Amazon can be an incredibly powerful sales channel—with built-in trust, massive buyer intent, and fast early revenue—speed does not equal control. Jon explains how fees quietly erode margins, why Amazon always puts its own interests first, and how even successful products can

Welcome to the HG blog post series, #MeetTeamHG, where we will be posting an interview with each person on our executive team! Colin started at Harvest Growth in January 2026 as their Marketing Coordinator and Product Launch Expert, bringing a strong blend of data-driven strategy, creative execution, and hands-on experience across digital marketing, automation, and content production. In his role, Colin supports product launches and ongoing growth initiatives by aligning mess

In this episode, Jon LaClare sits down with Jim Wilkinson, a multi-patented inventor, author, manufacturer, and longtime mentor to inventors and entrepreneurs. With more than three decades of hands-on experience, Jim has helped bring countless ideas from concept to real products found in homes, and even automobiles, around the world. Jim shares how his lifelong passion for innovation led him to write "The Practical Inventor," a no-nonsense guide designed to help inventors avo

In today’s episode, your host, Jon LaClare, leads an important conversation that healthcare marketing rarely explains: the placebo effect and why it deserves far more attention. This discussion is inspired by the launch of Pluseebo, a transparent, intentionally humorous product designed to spark awareness around belief, expectation, and honesty in healthcare. While Pluseebo is lighthearted on the surface, its launch highlights a much deeper reality supported by published sci

AI is transforming the job market faster than many of us realize, and that’s creating both challenges and opportunities. In this episode of the Harvest Growth Podcast, your host Jon LaClare breaks down why entrepreneurship is becoming one of the most future-proof career paths, how to validate a business idea, and how to leverage AI rather than be replaced by it. Through decades of launching products for hundreds of companies, the team at Harvest Growth has developed a simple