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by Brie Hansen, Annie Bolding, & Lauren Cooper
Welcome to Brush & Banter —the podcast where creativity meets real-life hustle. We go beyond perfect brushstrokes to explore the messy, magical, and meaningful side of being an artist. We’re here to bring you conversations with working artists, practical tips to grow your creative business, and a built-in painting companion for your next project. Brush & Banter is co-hosted by Brie Hansen, President of Zibra; Annie Bolding, Founder of It’s a Disco Day Designs; and Lauren Cooper, Founder of Rosemont Lane Design Studio.
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- 3 days ago26 min
What Made Brie Hansen Leave Michael Kors to Take Over Zibra | Behind the Brushes Part 3
Brie Hansen left a senior merchandising role at Michael Kors, where meetings with Michael himself were part of the job, to join a family paintbrush company she was not entirely sure she wanted to work for. In the final installment of Behind the Brushes, Zibra founder Mike Sherman interviews Brie about the arguments, experiments, and growing trust that led him to hand over the president role. They revisit Mike’s doubts that anyone would buy paintbrushes online, the website Brie pushed for anyw...
- 2 weeks ago22 min
IKEA Hacks, Lift Safety, and the Hours We Forget to Bill | Banter with Annie & Lauren
Two seasons of furniture-flipping guests have been whispering their magic in Annie Bolding's ear, and she's finally ready to take her brush off the wall and onto an IKEA shelf (under a strict no-husbands-allowed assembly policy). In this banter episode, she and Lauren Cooper dig into the dopamine decor takeover on their feeds and the one room Lauren says should never go colorless. Then they get real about the hidden costs that sneak into every project, including the design hours most artists ...
- Oct 14, 202634 min
Why Mike Sherman Started Zibra Before He Had a Product | Behind the Brushes Part 2
Zibra’s first breakout product was not a paintbrush. It was a universal package opener that sold 110,000 units in five weeks after Mike Sherman and a small group of former colleagues spent six months working nights and weekends on a company that still had no product. In Part 2 of Behind the Brushes, Mike and his daughter Brie trace Zibra from a virtual business model and an idea bank to television appearances, Home Depot shelves, and the Square, Round, and Triangle brushes that still anchor t...
- Oct 7, 202633 min
How Zia Sherman Engineers Zibra Paintbrushes for Longer Runs | Behind the Brushes Part 1
Before Zia Sherman engineered Zibra paintbrushes, she formulated lipstick and foundation at Estée Lauder. In the first installment of Behind the Brushes, Zia sits down with her sister, Brie, and their dad, Zibra founder Mike Sherman, to explain what actually makes a brush hold more paint, release it smoothly, and maintain a crisp line. They get specific about filament shape and diameter, why Zibra has used the same proprietary formula and manufacturing process since 2005, and how Zia tests pa...
- Sep 30, 202635 min
Mural Minimums, Mom Guilt, and a Bob Mackie Tribute | Banter with Annie & Lauren
Lauren Cooper has breaking news: after years of announcing that she hates painting, she likes it again. In the first banter episode of Brush & Banter, Annie Bolding and Lauren Cooper skip the guest and catch up like the mural besties they are. Annie, 28 weeks pregnant and about to leave a rental full of gray walls, talks about the artist version of nesting, the nursery mockups piling up on her iPad, and a Disco Day aesthetic that's growing up a little. Lauren shares baby news of her own, ...
- Sep 23, 202642 min
How Marilena Madio Built Her 20+ Year Mural Business to 300K Followers While Raising Three Kids
Marilena Madio didn't start with a business plan. She didn't register her company name for years. She raised three kids while building WallWear into a 20+ year mural powerhouse, and she did it by simply saying yes to work and showing up consistently. In this episode, she walks through how she grew incrementally around her family, priced her work fairly from day one, built a thriving membership community for other muralists, and watched 22 years of daily social media posting finally explode in...
- Sep 16, 202641 min
How Furniture Flipping Content Helped Abby Askew Buy Her First Home
Abby Askew hit a massive milestone last year when she bought her first home as a direct result of building her furniture flipping business and content brand, @FlippedByAbby. Now she's been taking viewers along the renovation journey, filling it with vintage treasures and DIY projects. This is Abby's story of how she started with curb alerts and Facebook Marketplace flips as a side hustle, scaled it into millions of followers across platforms, and turned the transformation documentation into i...
- Sep 9, 202651 min
How Seasonal Window Painting Became Predictable Revenue with Lindsey Mae Art
Most artists treat seasonal work as a gamble - feast when demand peaks, hustle for leads when it doesn't. Lindsey Stimpson Lewis - owner of Lindsey Mae Art - flipped the script. By building a loyal roster of clients who lock her in a full year in advance, she's turned seasonal work into predictable, recurring revenue. In this episode, she walks through her "Christmas in July" booking strategy, how she manages capacity with a priority system, and why eliminating the constant churn of new clien...
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About Brush & Banter | A Zibra Podcast
Welcome to Brush & Banter —the podcast where creativity meets real-life hustle. We go beyond perfect brushstrokes to explore the messy, magical, and meaningful side of being an artist. We’re here to bring you conversations with working artists, practical tips to grow your creative business, and a built-in painting companion for your next project. Brush & Banter is co-hosted by Brie Hansen, President of Zibra; Annie Bolding, Founder of It’s a Disco Day Designs; and Lauren Cooper, Founder of Rosemont Lane Design Studio.
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