Female Startup Club

Imagine having an idea so big that it changes the way we live and betters the world… Meet Blueland, a company that’s disrupting what’s under your kitchen sink and the way you clean your house. Sarah Paiji Yoo went from Harvard Business School to investment banking, launching multiple startups to Blueland. A purpose driven company that’s reimagining cleaning products and the way we consume plastic. Sarah’s mission is to eliminate single use plastic and become a company that lives in every household. We talk about her journey and how this idea came about (spoiler alert: there were multiple ideas before this one), the process of bringing something into the world that literally didn’t exist and the moment that Kim Kardashian tweeted about the company 3(!) times after seeing it on Sharktank.LINKS WE MENTION:Blueland's websiteBlueland's InstagramSarah's Instagram 📱 Join 160K smart chicks in the Female Startup Club universe→ Apply to join our inner circle: https://apply.femalestartupclub.com/apply→ Female Startup Club's Instagram: www.instagram.com/femalestartupclub→ Doone Roisin's Instagram: www.instagram.com/dooneroisin→ Get opportunities delivered to your inbox here: https://female-startup-club.beehiiv.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Running a business can be really isolating, and when Sapphire Bates when through that sense of loneliness herself while running her first business she decided to do something about it and start The Coven. It’s an online community for female founders and freelancers, where you subscribe to a monthly plan that suits your budget and gets you access to workshops, events, online resources and a highly engaged support network so you don’t have to do it alone. Right now she has around 1000 paying members and another 2500 on a waiting list to join. She’s also just launched an amazing course on how to start and grow a membership driven platform and it’s full of the good stuff. We chat about what it’s been like to build her business from the ground up and the importance of community, taking learnings from her previous business to create her membership based venture and the ins and outs of running a successful platform.LINKS WE MENTION:The Coven's website: https://thecovengirlgang.com/The Coven's InstagramSapphire Bates Instagram📱 Join 160K smart chicks in the Female Startup Club universe→ Apply to join our inner circle: https://apply.femalestartupclub.com/apply→ Female Startup Club's Instagram: www.instagram.com/femalestartupclub→ Doone Roisin's Instagram: www.instagram.com/dooneroisin→ Get opportunities delivered to your inbox here: https://female-startup-club.beehiiv.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Omg I never knew how fab soap bars could be. Kassi Emadi started her conscious brand a few short years ago with the vision to bring sparkle back into a tired industry, through a millennial focused brand. She moved back in with her parents and grew her UK made brand out of the garage, and it’s nuts how quickly she grew it and found her tribe. Nuddy is stocked in retailers around the globe like Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Pretty Little Thing and Boohoo, and it’s all managed by Kassi herself. The best part is where she tells us about a very special project she launched as we went into lockdown, spoiler alert: she’s given away more than 15,000 soap bars for people in need during the current pandemic. I love this episode SO much - if you could have seen my face and all the silent LOLs I was having you would be in a FIT. We cover every step of the way to launch a purpose driven brand, what to do when things go wrong, prioritising stellar customer service, the most important revenue driver and why it's important to leverage your network: sliding into DMs is def a thing.If you know someone who has an idea and wants to launch a brand, please share this with them.LINKS WE MENTION:Nuddy's website: https://nuddy.co.uk/Nuddy's InstagramKassi's Instagram How I Built This podcast 📱 Join 160K smart chicks in the Female Startup Club universe→ Apply to join our inner circle: https://apply.femalestartupclub.com/apply→ Female Startup Club's Instagram: www.instagram.com/femalestartupclub→ Doone Roisin's Instagram: www.instagram.com/dooneroisin→ Get opportunities delivered to your inbox here: https://female-startup-club.beehiiv.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A conversation about footwear with Lisa Seskin, the founder of Australian label LMS. If you’ve ever wondered what the process is to manufacture and produce a footwear label from scratch - this is an episode for you. We’re going over the challenges Lisa faces in building this business and the big wins she’s had - like being worn by mega celebs Bella Hadid and Emma Roberts - and exactly how she did it. We chat about the pros and cons of wholesale, what she thinks about retail stores and the benefits of being a true DTC brand.LINKS WE MENTIONLMS ShoesLisa's InstagramLMS Instagram📱 Join 160K smart chicks in the Female Startup Club universe→ Apply to join our inner circle: https://apply.femalestartupclub.com/apply→ Female Startup Club's Instagram: www.instagram.com/femalestartupclub→ Doone Roisin's Instagram: www.instagram.com/dooneroisin→ Get opportunities delivered to your inbox here: https://female-startup-club.beehiiv.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I’m chatting to Eva Goicochea, the founder of a sexual wellbeing company called Maude. A brand that's championing the path for modern intimacy, sexual health and education. Eva started the brand back in 2015 and has pioneered the path forward for changes in how we see and speak about our intimacy, mental health and sexual wellbeing. We managed to squeeze this episode in after a few tech issues - which is the story of my life right now - and an important meeting that Eva had coming up, so it’s quick but it’s got everything you need to know about building a brand in an industry that’s typically regarded as taboo - and shouldn’t be - and the challenges that come with it. And while I have you here I just want to give a huge thanks to everyone that has taken the time to leave a review, it really helps others ears find us and have a listen. If you’re loving these episodes as much as I am, please head to the app and leave us a review!This is Eva for Female Startup Club.📱 Join 160K smart chicks in the Female Startup Club universe→ Apply to join our inner circle: https://apply.femalestartupclub.com/apply→ Female Startup Club's Instagram: www.instagram.com/femalestartupclub→ Doone Roisin's Instagram: www.instagram.com/dooneroisin→ Get opportunities delivered to your inbox here: https://female-startup-club.beehiiv.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Imagine being able to add new pieces to your wardrobe every month, and then give it back once you’re over it. Today’s episode is about a startup company that does just that, Onloan is a fashion rental subscription that sends you new pieces of your choice every month, from the cult brands we’re all obsessed with on Instagram. The 2 female founders are on a shared mission to reduce waste, curate brilliant independent designers and reignite a love of clothes without the guilt. After getting featured on the today show early on in the journey the company took off to quickly became one of the UK’s leading fashion rental services, whilst fulfilling on it’s mission to do good and create positive change in consumer shopping behaviour in an attempt to impact the fast fashion crisis that’s clogging up our landfill. This is Tamsin Chislett for Female Startup Club.LINKS WE MENTION:Onloan: https://onloan.co/Onloan's InstagramFemm Street: https://www.femstreet.com/First Round Capital Blog: https://firstround.com/review/Seed Legals 📱 Join 160K smart chicks in the Female Startup Club universe→ Apply to join our inner circle: https://apply.femalestartupclub.com/apply→ Female Startup Club's Instagram: www.instagram.com/femalestartupclub→ Doone Roisin's Instagram: www.instagram.com/dooneroisin→ Get opportunities delivered to your inbox here: https://female-startup-club.beehiiv.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I’m chatting to Nia Davies about her self funded CBD wellness startup called Yugenial. This was such a fascinating episode and I was learning a lot about an industry I know little about. We’re covering the challenges Nia faces in building a business that fits into what the government calls a ‘high risk’ space, how she works around the fact that normal marketing channels aren’t accessible for her and why we need more consumer education and regulations to evolve.LINKS:Yugenial's Instagram Nia's InstagramYugenial: https://yugenial.com/ 📱 Join 160K smart chicks in the Female Startup Club universe→ Apply to join our inner circle: https://apply.femalestartupclub.com/apply→ Female Startup Club's Instagram: www.instagram.com/femalestartupclub→ Doone Roisin's Instagram: www.instagram.com/dooneroisin→ Get opportunities delivered to your inbox here: https://female-startup-club.beehiiv.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey guys! Welcome back to Female Startup Club. If you’ve been following along on my Instagram you’ll know how excited I was to be recording this next episode with Sarah Lee and Christine Chang, the founders of Glow Recipe. You’ve probably seen this brand on social media — their Instagram has more than 725,000 followers at the time of recording — or maybe you’ve heard about their most loved Watermelon Sleep Mask which sold out 7 times consecutively and amassed 5000 person waiting lists at the time of launch… In today’s episode I got to chat to Sarah and Christine about the wild ride they’ve been on over the last few years and what it’s been like to build a brand at this scale. It’s packed with the good stuff and loads of advice for other entrepreneurs and I’m just so chuffed that this interview came about. We ended up having a few tech issues so bear with us while we have a giggle throughout the ep, and in the end we ran out of time to do the 6 quick questions! But it’ll be back to business as usual for the next one so don’t worry. TOPICS WE COVER:The origin story of Glow Recipe Bootstrapping the business through self funded startup capitalPivoting from a DTC ecommerce k-beauty curation website to a product line of their own Bringing k-beauty to the American consumer and introducing a new product to a new market The Shark Tank experience “One step at a time approach. You need to be patient and resilient and stay focused on what matters for your business.” Navigating the relationship of being close friends and co-founders and the key to success Launching in partnership with Sephora and advice for other brands wanting to follow suit Lessons from working in a huge global corporate company; L'OréalThe realisation moments that led to the first product; Watermelon Sleep MaskThe importance of packaging and focusing on the experience of a product; how it feels in your hand, what it looks like, how it makes you feel, what it looks like on your shelfie The Influencer launch strategy they used The ONE key moment that really moved the needle and sold out the entire site How the brand keeps the community engaged and evolving, in particular through social media and surprise and delight pop-upsWhy it’s important to listen to your community and implement the feedback you receive What’s working in marketing at the moment Advice for women wanting to launch a brand  LINKS:Glow Recipe: https://www.glowrecipe.com/Glow Recipe's InstagramSarah Lee's InstagramChristine Chang's Instagram   📱 Join 160K smart chicks in the Female Startup Club universe→ Apply to join our inner circle: https://apply.femalestartupclub.com/apply→ Female Startup Club's Instagram: www.instagram.com/femalestartupclub→ Doone Roisin's Instagram: www.instagram.com/dooneroisin→ Get opportunities delivered to your inbox here: https://female-startup-club.beehiiv.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to another episode of Female Startup Club. The flavour of the hour today is a nifty brand called True Gum that produces all natural, plastic free chewing gum out of Denmark. And yes I know exactly what you're thinking... And it is true. Chewing Gum has plastic in it and how gross is that. But the funny thing about this brand is that I actually spotted them in my favourite cafe in Geneva and bought a pack, loved it, searched it on IG and became an instant fangirl. They've got such a beautiful and educational Instagram which is where I learnt that chewing gum has plastic in it and after I googled the brand I was happy to see there's a female founder in the mix, and alas that's my intro to the brand. I got in touch on Instagram and the rest is history.To put things into perspective, True Gum is now stocked in thousands of supermarkets around Europe and the world, and is producing up to 500 kilos of chewing gum each day in their own factory.TOPICS COVERED:Zabrina’s life before working on True GumThe True Gum origin storyHow they reached their first customersInvesting and partnering with another Startup to grow your productThe struggles of switching from kitchen production to a factory manufacturerThe importance of having the right packagingHow to sell your product in a large retail store, merchandising and POS Reaching online customersHow having the right investors can help your product developmentEducating customers on the right choices for being sustainable and making the way in big supermarketsTrue Gum: Focusing on being plastic-freeHow Covid-19 has impacted the productPlastic waste and how it affects our environmentThe True Gum marketing strategy: Being organic and plastic freeZabrina’s advice on women who want to kick off a sustainable startupZabrina on winning the day and dealing with failureLINKS WE MENTION:True GumTrue Gum's Instagram Zabrina’s email: zabrina@truegum.com📱 Join 160K smart chicks in the Female Startup Club universe→ Apply to join our inner circle: https://apply.femalestartupclub.com/apply→ Female Startup Club's Instagram: www.instagram.com/femalestartupclub→ Doone Roisin's Instagram: www.instagram.com/dooneroisin→ Get opportunities delivered to your inbox here: https://female-startup-club.beehiiv.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you love puzzles? Do you love puzzles but not so much love the boring stock images we often see used on puzzles? In today’s episode I’m talking to Jiggy, a startup company that makes stunning puzzles in partnership with female artists, that you can then glue and hang up on the wall should you so desire! Kaylin started the brand after her own journey of a late night love of puzzling and soon decided she wanted to bring some sparkle to this space and do things differently. This brand is so cool and it’s an episode packed with value for your ears.THINGS WE TALK ABOUT: Why you don’t need to reinvent the wheel but you can reinvent the packaging Finding inspiration in the things you love and working to reinvent and bring to market How to fund your startup when you quit your day jobNavigating the manufacturing process with no prior knowledge and the power of reaching out to friends of friends Shout about your idea to everyone who will listen rather than keep it a secret: crowdsource advice, get feedback and advance the idea Bootstrapping vs raising money Sometimes you don’t need a fancy websiteIs your brand worthy of word-of-mouth marketing Launch strategy + puzzle parties (OMG SO FUN!)Partnerships The impact of the current global pandemic on businessExpanding the business through trade shows and wholesale Advice for other women wanting to launch a biz LINKS WE MENTION: JIGGY’S InstagramKaylin’s InstagramThe SkimmLean Luxe&Walsh by Jessica Walsh 📱 Join 160K smart chicks in the Female Startup Club universe→ Apply to join our inner circle: https://apply.femalestartupclub.com/apply→ Female Startup Club's Instagram: www.instagram.com/femalestartupclub→ Doone Roisin's Instagram: www.instagram.com/dooneroisin→ Get opportunities delivered to your inbox here: https://female-startup-club.beehiiv.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.