Female Startup Club

Joining me on the show today is Molly Fienning. Co-Founder of Red Clay Hot Sauce.  Like the name suggests, this is a mighty hot sauce. Red Clay is a cold-pressed, made-for-foodies hot sauce & hot honey brand, which was named "Tabasco for the 21st century" by Food and Wine Magazine. Crafted by a talented Southern Chef, Red Clay sauces lead with flavor to enhance your plate of food, versus burning y...

Joining me on today’s episode is Denise Woodard, Founder of Partake foods. Partake is a US-based line of super yummy snacks that are also gluten-free, vegan and allergy-friendly. The company was founded in 2017 by Denise when her then 1 year old daughter Vivian was diagnosed with several food allergies. Now in more than 6,000 retail stores across the US including Target and Whole Foods, Partake is...

Joining me on today’s episode is Sashee Chandran, Founder of Tea Drops.  Founded in 2015, Tea Drops is a woman forward, innovative tea company creating magical tea moments. By making an assortment of bagless, organic, whole leaf teas, Tea Drops sheds 20% less waste than traditional tea bags. Tea Drops has become a favorite among new and experienced tea drinkers alike, launching innovative tea expe...

Joining me on today’s episode is Sara Berks, Founder of MINNA.  MINNA is a queer led home textile brand collaborating with master artisans in Latin America to make soft things for every room in your home. In this episode we’re chatting about how Sara’s journey to find herself evolved into a full blown biz, why she decided to pull back on the wholesale side of her business and how she finds artisan...

Joining me on today’s episode is Cherie Hoeger, Founder of Saalt. Saalt is a company aiming to modernize reusable period care. In 2018, Saalt launched its flagship product—the Saalt period cup—with the vision of making cleaner, more sustainable period care accessible to everyone. Leading Saalt's social impact efforts, Cherie began networking with impact partners to provide their period cups to und...

Joining me on today’s episode is Serena Hood and Lucinda Chambers from Collagerie.  Collagerie is your shortcut to style, curating the best of fashion, interiors, beauty and lifestyle in a tech meets fashion e-commerce platform. Co-founded by former Vogue editors Lucinda and Serena, the platform celebrates shopping at every price point, bringing you an innovative way to discover things you’ll love...

Joining me on today's show are the two co-founders of Goverre, Regan Kelaher and Shannon Zappala.  Shannon and Regan, began collaborating on all things ‘wine’ in 2015. Their passion for great wine, dislike of plastic glasses and a love for Southern California’s outdoor lifestyle led to the birth of GOVERRE. GOVERRE is a portable wine glass tumbler with silicone sleeve and a drink-through lid.  In...

Joining me on today’s episode is Sharelle Klaus, Founder of DRY Soda Company.  DRY Soda Company creates a line of beautifully flavored, lightly sweet non-alcoholic beverages made with just a handful of ingredients called DRY Bubbly. Founded in Seattle in 2005 by mother of four Sharelle Klaus, DRY Botanical Bubbly was created to be an exciting, refreshing and sophisticated beverage that tastes grea...

Joining me on today’s episode is Kailey Bradt, founder of Susteau, previously known as OWA haircare.  SUSTEAU is an innovative clean beauty brand delivering concentrated, effective formulas. These first-of-a-kind water-activated powders deliver everything you need and nothing you don’t. In this episode you'll hear how Kailey decided to reinvent the wheel with a powdered shampoo, got the money she...

Joining me on this episode is Emily Elyse Miller, Founder of the rule breaking cereal brand, OffLimits.  OffLimits is a counterculture cereal brand featuring out-of-the-box flavors and relatable cartoon characters. OffLimits currently offers two flavors (and characters!) that are both gluten-free and plant-based. DASH, is the first ever female cereal character, brings equal parts Intelligentsia co...

Today I’m chatting to Ali Bonar, Founder of the world’s first Granola Butter called Kween. Kween is a food company on a mission to bring the fun back into eating & empower people to love their bodies, just the way they are. Their flagship product, Granola Butter, is the world's first oat-based spread. In this episode you’ll hear how Ali started creating this brand alongside her co-founders, her to...

Joining me on today’s episode is Cyndi Ramirez-Fulton, Founder of Chillhouse.  Chillhouse is an experiential flagship in Soho which offers a suite of spa services and in addition to their physical space, they have a line of products ranging from press-on chill tips to candles and Chill Wear. The Chill Times is the media arm of Chillhouse that covers beauty, health, fitness, and wellness topics. Bo...

Joining me on the show today are the two co-founders behind Needed, Ryan Woodbury and Julie Sawaya.  Needed is a nutrition company on a mission to empower women to find real nourishment on their journey to motherhood and beyond. They partner with women's health practitioners and mums to make better nutritional products and information more accessible in order to optimally nourish women going throu...

Joining me on the show today is Rebecca Melsky, Co-Founder of Princess Awesome and Boy Wonder.  Princess Awesome makes clothes for girls with themes usually found only in the boys' section. Think: dresses with dinosaurs, dragons, math, and science. Their little brother brand, Boy Wonder, similarly flips the script on boys' clothes. In this episode you will learn how Rebecca went about finding her...

Joining me on today’s episode is Kelsey Moreira, Founder of Doughp.  Serving up nostalgia with every scoop and curating special moments of self-love, Doughp is the legit cookie dough company that burst onto the dessert scene in 2017 in San Francisco. After a journey in self-discovery and sobriety, Kelsey renewed her love for baking and inadvertently created an amazing edible cookie dough recipe fr...

Joining me on today’s show is Jordan Schenck - Co-Founder and CMO of Sunwink.  Sunwink is a plant powered wellness company for the masses. Their first products to market are a suite of sparkling tonics that have functional benefits from the superfoods and superherbs within and taste delicious. In this episode we’re covering so much of the good stuff, like how Jordan came to be part of this project...

Joining me on the show today is Sophie Kahn and Bouchra Ezzahraoui, Co-Founders of Aurate.  Aurate is the premier, direct-to-consumer fine jewelry brand offering ethically sourced, luxury jewels without the retail markup. Founded in 2015 by Bouchra and Sophie, the company seeks to democratize the fine jewelry industry through its online driven model, accessible price points and social impact strat...

Joining me on this episode is Fran Dunaway, founder of TomboyX. When TomboyX founders, Fran Dunaway and Naomi Gonzalez, started the company out of their garage, they did so because of one simple fact - they wanted underwear that fit who they are, not who others told them to be. It became very clear very quickly that they were not alone. TomboyX is dedicated not only to making high-quality apparel...

Joining me on today’s episode is Erica Liu Williams, Founder of Gr8nola.  Gr8nola is delicious, low-sugar granola made with unique & functional superfoods. Born in Erica’s kitchen during a cleanse, tested & proven at the farmers market, and voted into the pantries of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech companies like Google, Twitter and more, their mission is to create superfood snacks that are as delic...

Joining me on the show today is Kimberly Lewis, Founder of CurlMix. Curlmix is a haircare brand for curly hair, made simple. But as many stories go, the brand wasn’t always what we know it as today. When Kim started the brand back in 2015 it was originally a subscription DIY beauty and haircare box. When it was failing and Kim was close to giving it all up, she pivoted and went on to scale the bra...

Joining me on the show today is Olamide Olowe, founder of Topicals.  Founded by two young women of color with chronic skin conditions, Topicals is transforming the way you feel about skin by making the treatment of stigmatized skin conditions like eczema and hyperpigmentation synonymous with the luxury and fun of self-care. Believing you shouldn’t have to hide, feel less-than, or settle for produc...

Joining me on the show today is Ashley Merrill. Founder of luxury sleepwear company Lunya.  Lunya is a company that’s reinventing sleepwear for the modern woman through carefully crafted pieces that are transitional and beautiful.  In this episode we’re covering Ashley’s path to getting started, her advice for the early days of building a business in the fashion industry and why a wholesale model...

Joining me on today’s episode is Ariane Goldman. Founder of HATCH.  HATCH is a contemporary lifestyle brand dedicated to chic clothing for before, during and after pregnancy. While pregnant in 2010, Ariane noticed a void in the maternity clothing market and it was at that moment the concept of HATCH was born. The brand is designed to celebrate the many changes that a woman’s body experiences throu...

Joining me today is Tonya Papanikoluv, the founder Rainbo.  Rainbo is a sustainable medicinal mushroom company offering supplements and functional foods. Rainbo educates consumers on the healing power of fungi and their mission is to optimize health, open minds and get millions of people healthier with medicinal mushrooms. The mushrooms are grown locally and sustainably in Canada with love and hea...

Joining me on the show today is Jenna Owens, Founder of Fitish.  Fitish is a skincare company committed to embracing balance, using ingredients that do exactly that for the skin and body. Founded in April 2017, Jenna has grown their line with beauty and wellness products geared towards active people. They believe that the anti-inflammatory benefits of CBD, along with botanical extracts, have an un...