Mall Kiosk to Billion-Dollar Exit — Jason Ellis on Building Spring Mobile

Episode notes

Jason Ellis started selling phones from a mall kiosk. He built Spring Mobile into a billion-dollar company and sold it to GameStop. A mall kiosk. That's where Jason Ellis started. From there, he built Spring Mobile and Simply Mac into a technology empire worth over a billion dollars — then sold both companies to GameStop. In this episode, Jeff Cluff sits down with Jason Ellis to unpack the entire journey: the early hustle, the scaling decisions, the near-failures, and the billion-dollar exit strategy. If you've ever wondered what it actually takes to build a massive business from nothing, this is your playbook.