081: How To License Major Brands and Celebrities

With Rhett Silverstein, Inbound Licensing Expert

Rhett Silverstein is the Founder of Hegemon, an agency that represents consumer product manufacturers in partnering with big brands, celebrities, and athletes. Before founding Hegemon, he was a brand licensing agent at Beanstock and a New York lawyer. Today, Rhett is going to share some valuable knowledge on how inventors, startups, and small manufacturers can license big brands and celebrities for their products.

Today we talk about:

• What is inbound licensing?
• Why would a product startup want to consider it?
• What should a product company have ready before reaching out?
• How do you work with an agency to get in front of these people?
• How are these deals generally structured?

Episode Links:

Rhett Silverstein / Hegemon Links:

• Website: https://hegemonagency.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhettsilverstein/

The Product Startup Podcast Links:

• Website: https://www.ProductStartup.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ProductStartup/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ProductStartup/
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ProductStartup/
• Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ProductStartup/
• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ProductStartup/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProductStartup
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MakoInvent

Mako Design Links:

• Website: https://www.makodesign.com/
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• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MakoInvent/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/MakoDesign/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MakoInvent/
• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/MakoInvent/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/MakoInvent/

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Thanks for tuning in! See you next time.