Female Startup Club

Joining me on the show today is Katie Sturino, dog mum, influencer and beauty entrepreneur! She’s the woman behind the brand Megababe, a brand creating products for women that no one seemed to want to talk about, products for booby sweat and thigh chafing. Katie found herself shopping for products that she couldn’t find anywhere else except the guys grooming department!! With her mega community be...

Joining me in today’s episode is the founder of a company that’s been dubbed the Warby Parker for kids, Pair Eyewear.  Sophia and her co-founder Nathan started Pair in 2017 after meeting at Stanford and decided to take on the challenge of designing beautiful eyewear that’s also customisable for kids while also giving back to children around the world who are in need of vision care.  We’re covering...

Joining me on the show today is Catharine Dockery, the founder behind Vice Ventures. A fund that invests in early stage startups from non-traditional verticals including cannabis, alcohol, CBD, e-sports, addiction recovery and sextech.  Catharine was going through a series of interviews for new jobs in the world of VC and was pitching in an alcohol brand only to be met with the same feedback on re...

Joining me on today’s show is Kristi Palmer, she’s the co-founder of California’s biggest cannabis company, Kiva Confections.  What started out of desperation in 2010 with duo Kristi and Scott Palmer has since grown into the best selling edibles company in California a decade later. Kristi bootstrapped her brand from her kitchen back when the landscape was very different and unregulated, through t...

Joining me on the show today is Emilie Hoyt, a seasoned entrepreneur of 20+ years who founded her clean beauty empire LATHER in 1999.  What started as a company to solve Emilie’s terrible migraine troubles slowly and surely grew into a full blown skincare company that’s taken her down the entrepreneurial path to success.  We’re covering how she bootstrapped her business and found creative solution...

Joining me on the show today is Lindsey Johnson, Co-Founder of the luxury towel company you need to know about, Weezie!  The duo behind the brand, Lindsey and Liz, have been friends for over a decade and after looking for a set of towels that we all dream about, Liz realised she couldn’t find exactly what she was looking for. And neither could her friends. The two set out to create a towel company...

Joining me on the show today are the two best friends behind the coolest wig company you’ve ever met, Jordynn and Sharon from Insert Name Here (or INH for short).  These two women were early employees of the beauty startup Colourpop and after spending a few years learning the ropes at the wildly successful business they decided it was time to get out there and launch their own thing. After connect...

Joining me on the show today is Melanie Masarin, Founder of the spirited booze free brand, Ghia. A Glossier alum, Melanie launched her brand earlier this year during the pandemic and it’s been on the tip of everyone’s tongue ever since.  We talk about the lightbulb moment she decided she was going to launch an aperitif, what actually happens in the lead up to the launch, the steps to doing a frien...

Joining me on the show today is serial entrepreneur Agnes Kozera, Co-founder of a marketplace called Podcorn! Podcorn is a platform built specifically for the podcasting community (hooray!) that matches brands with podcasters to help monetise podcast shows. Prior to that, Agnes was the co-founder of a super successful influencer platform called Famebit which was acquired by Google in 2016 for an u...

Joining me on the show today is Teresa Tsou, one of the co-founders behind the popcorn snack company called Pipcorn!  Launched in 2012 by Jen, Jeff and Teresa, with just $3,000, this is a snack company that’s gone on a rollercoaster of a journey since it started. They’ve gone from handing out popcorn in brown paper bags around Brooklyn to being on Oprah and Sharktank, to almost closing it down a f...

On today’s episode I’m joined by Rooshy Roy, Co-Founder of An Indian inspired skincare brand called Aavrani.  A first-generation Indian American, Rooshy grew up around her family making ancient Indian skin care treatments using ingredients like turmeric and almond oil, and through a chance encounter at business school on her second day there, she started her entrepreneurial journey with Aavrani. N...

Joining me on the show today is Laurel Angelica Myers, co-founder of the science led, purpose driven wellness brand that’s elevating CBD products, Prima.  The B-corp certified company’s core mission is to rise up against the modern day stress epidemic through education and products made with the highest standards of purity, potency and transparency. Recently called the Patagonia of CBD by Forbes,...

Joining me on the show today is Australia’s number 1 money podcast host, Victoria Devine. Founder of She's On The Money, the podcast for millennial women who want financial freedom in life.  Victoria launched her money related podcast, She’s on the money, in 2019 and since then it’s grown like crazy into a household show for women who want to change their money habits and learn where they can best...

Joining me on the show today is serial entrepreneur Nohémie Mawaka. We’re diving into her story of creating her first business that was started by chance, Stats Congo, and what it’s like to have the courage to step away from it all and start over. Now she’s taking her learnings from the first time around into her second venture Aluuka, a global healthcare platform that allows you to instantly pay...

In today’s episode I’m chatting to the queen of social media (literally), Rachel Pedersen.  Rachel has built a wildly successful digital agency and an even crazier social media following, and the purpose of this episode is to give you a step by step plan to launching your business TikTok account and reaching your goals. LINKS WE MENTION: Rachel Pederson In partnership with Klaviyo, the best email...

On today's episode I'm chatting with Olivia Landau, CEO and founder of The Clear Cut. Olivia’s business, The Clear Cut, is a direct to consumer jewellery business that’s completely disrupting the industry. They’ve flipped the traditional jewellery on its head through marketing, zoom call appointments and supply chain. She's a diamond expert, GIA Graduate Gemologist and 4th generation jeweller with...

Joining me on the show today is Jordan Jones, the Founder of sparkly lifestyle brand Packed Party. Packed Party launched 7 years ago in 2013 after a lightbulb moment she had late at night; her mum had told her she needed to throw herself a pity party and basically - the rest is history!  Fast forward today Jordan has been named one of Forbes 30 under 30, the brand has had explosive growth and expa...

Today I’m joined by someone I’ve been admiring from afar for a very long time, Carly Leahy, co-founder of Modern Fertility. Modern fertility is a women’s healthcare company that set out to launch the world’s first at home fertility hormone test in 2017 alongside Afton Vechery. Since launching they’ve successfully gone through Y-Combinator, raised 22 million dollars in funding, been named as Fast c...

After losing her first business through a relationship breakdown, Vivian got straight back in the game working on her second and most cherished jewellery brand Joie de Viv. After learning about the jewellery industry and the dark side of gold and diamonds, she set her intentions to create a brand full of transparency, being completely ethical and sustainable.  Viv invested 1 million dollars of her...

Joining me on the show today is Emma Rose Cohen, the founder of Final - the company who advocates for sucking responsibly.  In 2018 Emma set out to create the world’s first collapsable straw and make an impact on our oceans and the planet. She launched her idea on Kickstarter with the goal to raise around $12,000 and instead it went absolutely bonkers, raising 2 million dollars in total with aroun...

The Sheet Society is in the business of creating cosy sweet dreams and disrupting the global sleep industry, growing over a staggering 300% in just twelve months.  Born out of a desire to make purchasing bed linen uncomplicated and accessible, while also giving customer’s an extension of their personal style, and making sheet shopping sexy, Hayley & her husband Andy started The Sheet Society in 20...

On the show today is Catie O’Neill and Liv Burrows, the Australian founders behind the brand that’s gone completely viral on TikTok recently, My Glow 2.  My Glow 2 is an Australian skincare company that’s inspired by ancient beauty rituals, they’re based in country Victoria and in this episode we cover why they started My Glow 2, and everything you need to know about winning at TikTok. Because the...

Say hello to a company that’s changing the world through scent, Vitruvi. Founded by Sara Panton, Vitruvi sells sophisticated essential oils and diffusers to scent your day to day.  Sara’s sharing her journey of growing up in a rural town, going through med school and making a change in her life that lead her to launching this business with her brother and co-founder Sean. We’re covering the hustle...

Joining me on the show today is Mera McGrew, the founder of Soapply. Soapply is a purpose driven business that’s doing good in the world both on a local level and a global level. Mera started Soapply to make the best soap for your skin and our planet, and they use every sale to help improve and save lives around the world. Every ounce of Soapply is tied to a direct donation that funds water, sanit...

Gigi Goldman launched Kopari as a DTC brand in 2015 with a collection of beauty, body and skin products all made from their hero ingredient - coconut. In 5 short years they’ve gone into 2000 retailers worldwide, raised 20 million+ dollars in funding including profile celebrities like Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher and Karlie Kloss, and have expanded their product range into sexual wellness and CBD.  I...