Female Founder World
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Are There Still Biz Opportunities in Fashion?
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tanya Taylor launched her self-titled fashion brand in 2012. It was a different time for the business of fashion: pre-Tik Tok, pre-Instagram, and befo...
How to Stop Renting and Start Owning Your Social Media Audience
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Safer Valentine is the co-founder and COO of Norby, a venture-backed startup empowering creators and founders to own their audience with practical...
What Makes a Successful Founder?
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Nisha Dua, a Managing Partner at BBG Ventures, which she Co-Founded with Susan Lyne in 2014. BBG Ventures is an early-stage fund bac...
Ethically Scaling an Artisan Supply Chain with Mo’s Crib
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mo’s Crib is an ethical homewares brand out of South Africa. Sisters and cofounders Mo and Michelle Mokone use recycled PVC plastic, reclaimed from ...
How Swoon Expanded into 260 Target Stores
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Ross is the cofounder of Swoon, a beverage company on track to take one billion grams of sugar out of the supply chain. Links Subscribe to ou...
How to Scale Without Paid Ads
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kerrigan Behrens launched Sagely Naturals in 2015 with her cofounder Kaley Nichols after spotting a gap in the market for accessible, approachable CBD...
Tips From a Brand-Building Expert
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After years spent building brands at her design studio, Well Fed, Celeste Perez decided to bring her own consumer product to market: Droplet, a line o...
Parachute Founder, Ariel Kaye, On Building a Home Decor Empire
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ariel Kaye made the big shift from corporate life to entrepreneurship in 2014 when she saw space in the home bedding category for direct-to-consumer, ...
How to Build a Business You Want to Work For
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hey founder fam. Today you will meet Taylor Elyse Morrison, the woman behind Inner Workout. She started her career in a Fortune 100 before joining a h...
Reimagining a Women-Led Internet With Diem Founder, Emma Bates
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Bates wants to change the way women share and discover wisdom on the internet. Her startup, Diem, is a new social audio app with candid conversat...
She Built the First Female-Led Brewery in New York City
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TALEA is the first and only female-owned and operated production brewery in NYC. Cofounders Tara and LeAnn left their corporate careers to launch TALE...
Inventing a Viral Beauty Tool Using a 3D Printer with Contour Cube's Sarah Forrai
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Forrai’s pandemic project, Contour Cube, is now a trademarked beauty tool with nearly 200,000 TikTok followers. Using a 3D printer, Sarah desi...
What Happens When Meghan Markle Wears Your Jewelry Brand?
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica Warch is taking on the diamond industry with ethical, lab grown alternatives. When she launched her business, Kimaï, she knew Meghan Markle w...
How Poppi Hit 1 Billion Impressions and Landed on Shark Tank with Founder Allison Ellsworth
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest on the show today, Allison Ellsworth, is the founder of Poppi, a tasty apple cider vinegar-based bev that has all of the health benefits you...
How to Launch an App as a Non-Tech Founder With Mady Maio, Camber Founder and Host of the Okay Sis Podcast
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What if every Yelp review was written by a person you know? That’s the idea behind Mady Maio’s new travel recommendations app, Camber. It helps yo...
Rachel Roff's Lessons After Launching Urban Skin Rx Across 10,000 Stores
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Roff launched her own medspa in Charlotte, North Carolina back in 2006, specialising in diverse skin tones and melanin-rich skin. By 2022, she ...
Luna Bay Booch is Building a Better-For-You Booze Business
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today you’ll meet Bridget Connelly, the cofounder of Luna Bay Booch—the first and only female founded, female run hard kombucha company in the Uni...
How to Build the Next Big Masstige Beauty Brand
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsay Holden couldn't think of an affordable, clean haircare brand that she actually wanted to shop. So, she created one. Odele Beauty is a clean ma...
Chillhouse Founder Cyndi Ramirez's #1 Tips for Future Founders
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cyndi Ramirez, founder and CEO of Chillhouse, is paving the way for a modern approach self-care, both at her spa, and in your home. When Cyndi first l...
Keira Rumble Started a Global Food Empire From Her Home
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Keira Rumble is a serial entrepreneur. She's an influencer and the founder of two businesses: functional snack brand, Krumbled Food, and Habitual Beau...
The TikTok Formula Powering a Viral Cotton Candy Biz
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Harpel launched Art of Sucre in 2016, spinning fresh cones of cotton candy at events. Then the pandemic hit, events stopped and Emily had to piv...
One Influencer Generated 1,000 Orders: Inside Tower28’s Launch Plan
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Liu, founder of Tower28 Beauty is the guest on today’s show. For over 15 years, Amy Liu worked as a beauty executive at some of the fastest grow...
Sugarbreak is Reaching New Customers Through Roblox Games
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you thought about creating a game to reach new customers? Scarlett Leong is the cofounder of Sugarbreak, a new biz curbing your sugar intake and...
NFT Use Cases for Consumer Brand Founders
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can the founders of consumer brands use NFTs as a marketing and community-building tool, and to generate revenue? Which brands are already doing t...
Create Your Paid Community From Scratch With HeyMama Cofounder, Katya Libin
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Few business buzzwords have reached the status of ~community~. It’s a marketing catchall phrase used interchangeably to represent everything from mi...
Miss Excel Manifested Her Way to Making Six Figures in 24 Hours
02 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Does the thought of posting your face on TikTok still make you cringe? Would you do it for $100,000? What about $100,000 in one day? Kat Norton goes b...
She Pivoted from Scientist to Startup Founder to Launch a First-Of-Its-Kind Fertility Tracker
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s time to rest and regroup ahead of the new year, so we’re dialing back our publishing schedule throughout December. We'll be back dropping dai...
How Jeanne David Created the Fastest-Growing Food Company in America
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s time to rest and regroup ahead of the new year, so we’re dialing back our publishing schedule throughout December. We'll be back dropping dai...
Meet the Business-Building Baddie With 20+ Years of Experience Creating Brands for Women
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More than 50 million people experience menopause each year, and this number is growing as the population ages. And yet, their wants and needs ar...
The Anatomy of a Top-Tier Influencer Collab
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jordan Rondel started out baking and decorating beautiful cakes in Auckland, New Zealand. Now, she lives in LA selling cool-as-hell DIY cake kits thro...
When to Quit Your Day Job
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kinfield wasn’t Nichole Powell’s first business idea, but it was the one she quit her job to pursue full time. How did she decide this was T...
She Won Glossier’s $50K Grant to Create Her Dream Ethical Beauty Brand
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Abena Boamah won the Glossier Grant Initiative in 2020 to grow her business Hanahana Beauty. The clean beauty brand originally fostered its foll...
Balancing Profit and Purpose With Isabel Aagaard, Cofounder of LastObject
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Isabel Aagaard didn’t just create a product, she started a movement. Her business, LastObject, creates eco-friendly, premium, beautiful...
How This Founder Gave Soda a Wellness Makeover
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The truth is, you don’t need to be an industry expert to start a successful business in a particular field. But it sure doesn’t hurt. Marisa...
The Secret Sauce for High-Impact Influencer Marketing
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julianne Fraser is a superstar influencer marketer with experience shaping the influencer strategy for your favourite millennial brands like Brookline...
Eight Sleep is Creating the Tesla of Mattresses
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“The #1 Smart Mattress with bed cooling technology, designed to help you fall asleep faster and stay asleep.” That’s the SEO line that comes up ...
Why You Should Be Telling Your Network About Your Biz Idea With Kristin Olszewski, Founder of Nomadica Wines
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s start with some facts: Sales of wine in cans have reportedly jumped from just $2 million in 2012 to $183.6 million in 2020. Nielsen reports th...
How to Take Your App From Idea to 2 Million Downloads With Dipsea Founder, Gina Gutierrez
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have a great idea for an app? Dipsea cofounder Gina Gutierrez created the first version of her app, Dipsea, in her kitchen with a 200-person em...
133,000 Email Signups in 48 hours: Lessons From Michelle Cordeiro Grant, Founder of LIVELY
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I first connected with Michelle Cordeiro Grant when she was just getting started on LIVELY. I was working as a fashion editor and stopped by LIVELY’...
A Simple Hack to Set Your Pricing Strategy With Sarah Moret, Founder of Curie
18 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Moret is the founder and CEO of Curie. Like most good ideas, Curie was born out of a personal need, as Sarah struggled to find natural personal ...
Carly Stein Tapped An Uncommon Ingredient To Create A Fast-Growing Wellness Company
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to start a company in the wellness space, but it feels like all the good ideas are taken? Carly Stein tapped into a lesser-known ingredien...
The Herbs Every Entrepreneur Should Be Taking According to Wooden Spoon Herbs Founder, Lauren Haynes
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Haynes is the herbalist-turned-entrepreneur behind Wooden Spoon Herbs, a down-to-Earth wellness brand making organic tinctures, teas and tonics...
$350k in Sales in 20 Mins: Influencer Marketing Tactics STAX.’s Matilda Murray Swears By
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matilda Murray left a job in HR to build luxe Aussie activewear brand, STAX. She leads the charge on marketing and PR and is a wizard when it comes to...
What ModelCo Founder Shelley Sullivan Would Do If She Was Starting a Beauty Brand From Scratch Today
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley Sullivan built one of Australia’s most loved beauty brands, ModelCo. The company started from one product, an eyelash curler, and quickly gr...
Freck Beauty Almost Failed Pre-Launch, Now They're in Sephora
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your Kickstarter campaign goes viral for all the wrong reasons? Remi Brixton’s crowdfunding campaign for her freckle pen, Freck Be...
Selling on Amazon, Upselling on Ecommerce, and How to Vet Your Beauty Biz Idea With Winky Lux Founder Natalie Mackey
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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Fiona Co Chan Built Her Beauty Business, Youthforia, on TikTok
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
40 Million: That’s how many views Youthforia has on TikTok. Founder Fiona Co Chan leveraged the platform to launch her color-changing blush oil duri...
From Idea to $100 Million+ Annual Revenue With Ilia Beauty Founder, Sasha Plavsic
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sasha Plavsic was way ahead of the clean beauty movement when she launched Ilia 10 years ago. She started with just a lip balm, and now you will find ...
How Three Wishes Co-Founder, Margaret Wishingrad, Went From Biz Idea to Being Stocked at Wholefoods in 2 Years
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Margaret Wishingrad is the co-founder and CEO of Three Wishes, a healthy-while-delicious cereal. Before founding Three Wishes, she was Chief of Staff ...
How Suzy Holman Went From Idea to Million Dollar Product Launch in 90 Days
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is it possible to go from idea to million-dollar launch in 90 days? Suzy Holman did! Suzy is a multiple seven-figure entrepreneur who got her start as...
Jacquelle Amankonah Horton Quit Google to Launch an App to Unite Fandoms, Fave
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jacquelle Amankonah Horton is the Founder and CEO of Fave, a new social platform and marketplace dedicated to empowering superfans. Before Fave, Jacqu...
6 Weeks Post-Launch: Behind-the-Scenes with Cattie Khoury As She Gets Toodaloo Superfoods Off the Ground (and Into Erewhon Market)
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cattie Khoury is on a mission to help people heal their bodies and the planet through plant-based superfood snacks that are filled with adaptogenic he...
Lillian 'FlexMami' Ahenkan Built Her Company on Instagram
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do you go from being a person, to becoming a brand, and then leveraging that brand to sell products (and a lot of them)? Lillian 'FlexMami' Ahenka...
These Are the Scrappy Marketing Strategies OffLimits Founder, Emily Elyse Miller, Is Using to Reimagine Cereal Culture
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Elyse Miller may have raised $2.3 Million to launch OffLimits, but it’s thanks to some scrappy marketing strategies (that any biz owner can le...
Jaclyn Johnson Started a Million-Person Movement
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do you grow and monetize a modern media company? Jaclyn Johnson built the blueprint with Create & Cultivate, a media company providing content...
The Real Behind the Scenes of Turning Your Idea Into a Successful Business With Trinity Mouzon Wofford, Founder of Golde
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Trinity Mouzon Wofford is the co-founder and CEO of Golde and the youngest Black woman to ever have her products stocked in Sephora stores. From...
Innovating in the $1 Trillion Non-Alc Beverage Industry: Lessons from Kin Euphorics Founder Jen Batchelor after Selling 1 Million+ Servings
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ever thought about entering the non-alc industry? Jen Batchelor started Kin to transform the world’s oldest social ritual, drinking, into a consciou...
Tactics for a Sell-Out Beauty Launch With Topicals Founder, Olamide Olowe
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Olamide Olowe is the founder and CEO of Topicals, a skincare company transforming the way people feel about skin through effective products for eczema...