Female Founder World

Strapsicle cofounder Lou Rice is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy. Lou tapped a cultish, niche TikTok community and launched a product to them. Now just a couple of years after launching, it's on track to hit $5,000,000 per year with zero employees. Lou shares the superpower hire that helped her tap this community, her Amazon advice, and her plans to use live shopping t...

Camilla Marcus is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Camilla is the founder of west~bourne (on top of being a chef, activist, author and mom of four—phew!). A trained chef, Camilla started her NYC zero-waste restaurant in 2018 with the goal to start a CPG company with a focus on regenerative farming. In 2020 she threw herself into advocacy work, and finally in 2022 she l...

Mia Plecic is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Mia is the founder of Slick Hair, the world's first hair slick stick. After COVID hit, Mia knew she had to reach customers online, so she started posting on TikTok. One night, a TikTok went viral and she ended up making $40,000 in sales overnight.  In this episode Mia shares how she's landed worldwide distribution at store...

Annie Evans is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Annie is the creator of Dream Ventures, a fund and incubator built to connect female founders with investors. After building and eventually closing her own startup, Annie wanted to help women access resources and capital to build their business. She created Dream Ventures, which has helped kickstart the growth of companie...

Damn, this one hurts. In 2021, Target committed to investing more than $2 billion in Black-owned businesses, including adding 500 Black-owned brands to its shelves. Except, now they're not. Target announced that they will be rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, joining Walmart, Amazon and Meta who have made similar changes. Let's unpack it in the show today. LINKS Get 25% OFF...

Kelley Arena is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Kelley is the founder of Golden Hour Ventures, the fund and venture studio helping more women access capital. Kelley built a career in investment banking before launching her own venture firm. She's also the co-creator of Dream Ventures, an accelerator for founders looking for funding. This conversation is the fundraisin...

Babba Rivera is on the Female Founder World podcast for the second time with Jasmine Garnsworthy. You can listen to our first conversation here. https://bestie.femalefounderworld.com/podcasts/female-founder-world/episodes/2148661332  Babba is the founder of Ceremonia, the venture-backed clean haircare brand that's blown up in the last few years. They've won 45 beauty awards, have been featured by...

Charlotte Cruze, founder of Alice Mushrooms, is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Charlotte is the co-founder of Alice Mushrooms, the functional mushroom chocolate bar that went from zero to Erewhon/Forbes/celebrity investors in two years! In 2022 Charlotte and her cofounder launched Alice, a functional mushroom chocolate brand that is blowing up. In this conversation C...

Priyanka Ganjoo is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Priyanka is the founder of Kulfi Beauty, the first-ever South Asian-owned beauty brand to join Sephora shelves. After building a career in the beauty industry, Priyanka saw first hand how underrepresented South Asian communities were in beauty. She sought to create the brand she wished existed, and Kulfi beauty was bo...

This is the second part of Ali Kriegsman's convo on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Ali is the co-founder of Bulletin, the acquired venture-backed retail tech company and the author of How to Build a Goddamn Empire. She's been on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and was named one of "The Most Creative People in Business" by Fast Company. After selling her company Ali has been...

Ali Kriegsman is on the Female Founder World podcast for the second time with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Part 2 of this conversation with Ali will be released on January 2. Ali is the co-founder of Bulletin, the acquired venture-backed retail tech company and the author of How to Build a Goddamn Empire. She's been on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and was named one of "The Most Creative People in Business"...

Gloria Allorbi is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Gloria is the founder of Gloria’s Shito, a food brand bringing the flavors of Ghana to the United States. Gloria's business is fully bootstrapped and it's pretty crazy how far she's gotten without investors. She has been doing her own PR, and landed on the Today Show and Food & Wine, launched the brand into Erewhon, an...

Another day, another female founder cancellation. Today Jasmine's unpacking the Matilda Djerf headlines we're all talking about. LINKS Download the Female Founder World app and join the group chat Get 25% OFF your first VistaPrint order using the code FFW25 at checkout: https://www.vistaprint.com Get up to 50% off custom holiday cards, wall calendars, and more at VistaPrint.com with the code HOLID...

Aliett Buttelman is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Aliett is the co-founder of Fazit Beauty, the company that created Taylor Swift’s viral glitter freckles (and tons of other incredibly innovative beauty and skincare products). They launched the first XL acne and nose pore patches in 2022.  Aliett talks about how they pivoted from not being able to raise VC money, th...

Samantha Coxe is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Samantha is the founder and CEO of Flaus, the company making flossing cool and easy. After a painful and expensive trip to the dentist, Samantha started looking for an electric flosser to compliment her fave electric toothbrush. Nothing existed and she knew there was a huge gap in this market, so she created the world’s...

Pickle cofounder Julia O’Mara is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Julia is the co-founder and COO of Pickle, an app that’s essentially AirBnb for your closet, allowing you to rent out and borrow from peers. Julia and her cofounder met while working in investment management and were drawn to the idea of understanding purchasing decisions. They raised $250,000 from frien...

Laura Henshaw is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Laura is the co-founder and CEO of KIC, a health and wellness app and lifestyle brand. After spending her college years modeling, she teamed up with her bestie Steph Claire Smith, who was also dealing with body image issues and disordered eating, to start a business. They launched an ebook on all things healthy eating a...

Lisa Sahakian is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Lisa is the founder of one of the coolest jewelry brands around, Ian Charms. After designing jewelry first as a gift when she couldn’t find anything she liked, Lisa’s brand has become a fave of A-list celebs like Justin Bieber and Dua Lipa. In this convo Lisa shares how she started getting her pieces on celebs and the i...

Jasmine Garnsworthy is on the Female Founder World podcast today sharing exactly how team the Female Founder World team pulled off a 700+ person even in New York City last week!  LINKS Get up to 50% off custom holiday cards, wall calendars, and more at VistaPrint.com with the code HOLIDAY50: www.vistaprint.com Join a live Q&A with Jasmine in the Female Founder World group chat: https://bestie.fema...

Emily Whittaker is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy. Emily is the Executive VP of North America and Global Marketing at VistaPrint, Female Founder World's presenting sponsor this season! In this episode Emily chats about leading a large team, how she’s developed the leadership skills necessary to execute on a big vision, and learnings from the small businesses she’s sup...

Shana Davis, founder of Ponte Firm, is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Shana is the founder of Ponte Firm, the influencer agency that has managed to sign the most impressive lineup of creators. After starting her career at major fashion houses and publications like Tom Ford, WWD, and Vogue, Shana launched her own influencer agency. In five years she went from zero cli...

Kristin Charbo, founder of Glonuts, is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Kristin is the founder of Glonuts, the healthy donut replacement that’s been a major hit at places like Erewhon, Alfred and Bristol Farms. After starting a mobile coffee cart business, Kristin and her partner (in life and business partner) realized their healthy donuts were the sellout item. They d...

Get tickets to our NYC Summit: https://www.femalefounderworld.com/summit-2024 Natalie from our content team is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Natalie Abatemarco's on our editorial and partnerships team at Female Founder World, but she's also an influencer. Maybe you've seen her on TikTok or Instagram? Natalie’s lifestyle content has allowed her to partner with brands...

Kristine Locker is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Kristine is the founder of Locker, the app and browser extension that have revolutionized online shopping. As a non-technical founder, Kristine has built a team, raised $3.5M, and gained hundreds of thousands of users for Locker.  Kristine bootstrapped to her first 10,000 users, and after hearing over 50 “no’s” raised...

Get tickets to our NYC Summit: https://www.femalefounderworld.com/summit-2024 Mary Gui is on the Female Founder World podcast with Jasmine Garnsworthy! Mary is the founder of Sock Candy, the fashion-forward socks that have been blowing up online. In her first year in biz Mary made $80,000 and by year three she hit $720,000. Sock Candy has been featured by the New York Times, collaborated with Katy...