Female Startup Club

Joining me on this episode is Christina Pardy from Sh*t That I Knit. Sh*t That I Knit is a knitwear and accessories brand dedicated to creating high-quality, handmade products using premium, sustainable materials and are handmade by a team of 170 artisan women in Lima, Peru. Working with companies like STIK allows these women to knit from home, enabling them to take care of their children while ea...

Joining me on the show today is Nina Zilka, Co-Founder of natural skincare brand Alder New York.  Alder New York is a queer and woman-owned independent skincare brand that makes products designed to work for all skin types, no matter your age, gender, or ethnicity. Their vegan line is formulated with the best plant-powered extracts and clean, dermatologist-approved ingredients for healthy skin.  I...

Joining me on the show today is Jordan Taylor, Co-Founder of a platform called Medley.  Medley is a membership platform redefining personal and professional growth, on a mission to make high-quality experiences accessible to broader audiences. Members are algorithmically matched into small, diverse groups that meet monthly in sessions led by certified coaches. Medley members benefit not only from...

Joining me today is Carly Stein, the founder behind Beekeepers Naturals. Founded by Carly Stein in 2017, Beekeeper's Naturals is an innovative company on a mission to reinvent the medicine cabinet. Using unique remedies from the beehive (like royal jelly and propolis), the beekeeper-led team is committed to providing the cleanest, most powerful solutions to modern health issues—like brain fog, chr...

Joining me on the show today is Ju Rhyu, Founder of Hero Cosmetics.  Hero makes super-powered skincare products to put you back in control of your skin and to help restore your confidence and they’re best known for their Mighty Patch acne patches And here’s a super Fun fact, they sell a box every 15 seconds with over 2 million boxes sold in over 8,500 retail doors. In this episode we’re covering w...

Joining me on the show today is Priscilla Tsai, Founder of COCOKIND. COCOKIND is a clean, conscious, and accessible skincare brand, dedicated to providing natural products at an accessible price. After years of using severe prescription acne treatments, Priscilla realized that traditional approaches to fighting skin concerns were unsustainable, unhealthy, and stigmatizing. Instead, she wanted to f...

Tuning in with me today is Bethany McDaniel, the founder of Primally Pure.  Primally Pure is a holistic skincare and wellness brand that handcrafts natural and non toxic products with a whole person approach to well-being for skin, body, and mind. Based out of Southern California, they formulate each product with real, recognizable ingredients.  What started with a $250 investment from her in laws...

Joining me on the show today is Alex Taylor, Co-Founder of Perelel.  Perelel is on a mission to create a world with healthier babies and moms by offering women’s pre and postnatal vitamins and supplements designed to adapt to each unique phase of motherhood, along with educational content and an intimately supportive community.  A first of it’s kind to be Co-Founded by an OB/GYN, Perelel vitamins...

Joining me on the show today is Maeva Heim, founder of Bread Beauty Supply. Or Bread for short.  Now, I Actually met Maeva by chance last year when I was in Melbourne visiting a friend and I recognised her voice from a podcast I’d listened to her speak on before and the rest is history - now she’s here with us sharing her story.  But, back to the episode - Bread is the best shampoo alternative and...

Joining me on today’s episode of the show is the founder behind a company called La Luer. Nicole invented a skin tech product called the Mira device - and my goodness - you’ll never need to pay for a facial again.  La Luer was born out of Nicole’s need to develop a solution to maintain healthy skin while working long hours. She struggled with dullness, blemishes and uneven skin tone.  From thousan...

Joining me on the show today is Alison Cayne, the founder of New York based biz Haven’s Kitchen.  Originally a cooking school that started out in 2012, Haven’s Kitchen is now helping cooks of all kinds in the kitchen with their ridiculously yummy looking, vibrant squeeze sauces. I highly recommend jumping on the website to get a taste for what these delicious pouches look like. As soon as you see...

Joining me on the show today is Dianna Cohen, the founder of haircare essentials startup, Crown Affair. Crown Affair is a company that’s reimagining hair rituals and taking a considered approach for the top of your noggin.  And this story all starts from an unassuming google doc. When Dianna decided to share her hair care routine with some women in her life - and that document suddenly went all ov...

Joining me on the show today is Hilary Quartner, co-founder of Hilma.  Hilma launched January 2020 by 3 remarkable women; Hilary Quartner, Nina Mullen and Lily Galef, and makes natural alternatives to your medicine cabinet staples that are backed by scientific research. They offer clean label and clinically researched herbal-based alternatives for upset stomach relief, head tension and allergy and...

Joining me on the show today is Isabel Aagaard, one of the co-founders behind sustainable startup LastObject.  LastObject is creating sustainable reusable alternatives to replace single use items in your bathroom like the Q tip, tissues and cotton pads with many more to come.  A big part of this episode is talking about the incredible kickstarter campaign that put them on the map, reaching their g...

Joining me in today’s episode is Melanie Bender, Founding General Manager of Versed Skincare.  Versed launched as the first community-driven mass beauty brand and the first clean skincare line to debut in over 1,850 stores as part of Katherine Power’s lineup of super impressive brands including Who What Wear and Avaline. Driven by a team of skin experts and a community of 16 million people, Versed...

Joining me on the show is the CEO of Malala Fund, Suzanne Ehlers. For our 80th episode, I wanted to do something a little different to our usual founder stories. But let’s rewind a year. Female Startup Club was born so we could empower women to launch startups and solve global problems, primarily through ecommerce. On May 27th when we launched our very first program for women we also knew we wante...

Joining me in this episode is Beth Fynbo - the Founder of Busy Baby!  Busy Baby is the company behind a nifty thing called the Busy Baby Mat and was born out of seeing first hand how difficult it can be when your baby is old enough to start grabbing at things on a table. Beth was a new mum at 40 and looking for products to help her and her friends as new mums, but struggled to find exactly what sh...

Joining me on the show today is the fairy boob mother, Annette Azan. Founder of Nuudii System. Nuudii system is a radical innovation for women’s boobs, it’s something in between going braless and wearing a bra and is an invention all women can benefit from.  It’s been a decade long journey so far for Annette and in this episode we cover everything from the very beginning when she would lock her pr...

Joining me on today’s episode is Aishwarya Iyer, the founder behind the most instagrammable olive oil company you’ll ever come across, Brightland.  Brightland was founded when Aish was going through an elimination diet to figure out what was causing her stomach issues, and she discovered a frightening fact that 80% of the olive oil we consume is actually rotten. I know, so gross. She decided it wa...

Joining me on the show today is CEO and Founder of Kinfield, Nichole Powell.  Launched in 2019, Kinfield makes Great Essentials for the Great Outdoors—effective, plant-powered skincare and body products made from ingredients that are safe for both people and planet. They believe in a happier, healthier tomorrow through more time in the great outdoors, and are creating products you actually need to...

Joining me on today’s show is Polly Rodriguez, the founder behind the sexual wellness company Unbound.  Since its start, Unbound has gone from being a labor of love operating out of a tiny NYC apartment to a leader in changing how people explore and enjoy their sex lives. Their mission is to make sexual wellness products that are body safe, affordable and elevated in design. Polly shares the harsh...

Everyone hates it when the dentist tells you to floss. It’s like that thing that you know you need to do - that will prevent most of the issues with your teeth and gums yet you don’t do it. And you certainly don’t meet many people who say they LOVE flossing. Right? Well, Chrystle and Catherine are changing that and the way we think about flossing.  Founded by a dentist and her self confessed lazy...

Joining me on today’s show is Sophie Baron, the woman behind London’s cutest meal delivery startup for babies, Mamamade.  In March 2019, Mamamade came to life when Sophie struggled to find healthy and fresh options for her baby. She set out to develop a product that would provide some support for other parents going through the same struggle. Mamamade delivers unprocessed, unrefined combinations o...

Joining me on the show today are two total boss women in business, Rebecca Minkoff and Ali Wyatt.  Rebecca and Ali teamed up a few years ago to create the Female Founder Collective. It’s a network of businesses led by women, supporting women with a mission to enable and empower female-owned and led businesses to positively impact communities, both socially and economically.  We’re talking about th...

Joining me on the show today is Tai Adaya, Founder of Habit Skin. The company that’s telling you the anti-aging truth around sunscreen. Habit is solving the annoying problems we have with sunscreen by innovating with SPF formulas and changing consumer behaviour.  Launched during the pandemic, Tai shares exactly what it takes to get a small business off the ground, how long it took to develop her p...