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Get 15% off your Female Founder World Summit ticket with the code JASMINE15: femalefounderworld.com Amy Liu is back on the show! Last time we talked, Tower 28 was a couple of years in. Now it's a nine-figure brand in every Sephora in the US and expanding globally, and it all started when Amy was 40, after 24 years in the beauty industry. We get into why she thinks learning on someone else's dime was her biggest advantage, why getting into Sephora is the starting line and not the finish line, and the thing I loved most: why she actively doesn't want her products to go viral. Her Swipe concealer has been a top-3 concealer at Sephora for three and a half years without ever having a viral moment, and her reasoning on that is so smart. We also get really honest about what this stage of business asks of you as a leader. Amy talks about the grief of watching her first hires leave after eight and a half years, learning the weight of her own words, and how she juggles Sephora, Amazon and TikTok Shop without upsetting her biggest partner. It's tactical, it's real, and she shares the one book she gives to everyone on her team. You're going to want to take notes on this one. This week we're also sharing your build in public prompt, thanks to our partners at Adobe Express. Thank you to our partner Omnisend! Get 35% off when you use the code FFW35. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Jasmine, Nat and Paige break down Emma Grede's viral take on personal branding and whether you need one to build a business, then dig into Revolve's $15 million investment in 437 and what founders can learn from how it came together. They also unpack the week Fenty Skin, Glow Recipe and Huda Beauty all launched near identical eye patches. Plus, Summit tickets are on sale for November 15th at Chelsea Piers in New York City, and this week's Build in Public challenge with Adobe Express is a resource video you can make today. This episode is brought to you by Omnisend: use code FFW35 for 35% off at omnisend.com/femalefounderworld. Create your free Adobe Express at adobeexpress.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are back! Female Founder World Summit is happening November 15th in New York City at Chelsea Piers with early speaker revealed here first (Tara Bosch, Kira Mackenzie Jackson, Nadya Okamoto), Nike's S&P 500 exit is a signal legacy brands are losing ground to founder-led ones, we have a wild story about The Prospector's Club, Meta is kind of turning Instagram into a paid B2B tool, microdramas are trending, and we need to dive into the Beis/Samsonite acquisition and what its 1x revenue multiple says about brand value right now. There's a lot ot cover in the group chat today. Secure your Summit ticket at femalefounderworld.com Try Adobe Express for free at adobeexpress.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda Thomas is on the podcast! She started Love AJ at 14. Twenty-five years, three rock-bottoms, and one Beyoncé Coachella moment later, she's about to be on shelves in every Target in America. In this episode: the licensing loophole that got her into Target after a decade of no, why she cut her team from 12 to 6 and called it "ego death," the three low-drama ways she's funded growth without giving up equity, and the exact DM-to-Coachella pipeline that got Beyoncé's dancers in her jewelry. Thank you to Omnisend for sponsoring the show. Our goal is to get every single one of you to make the smart swap to Omnisend this week and potentially saves thousands of dollars on email marketing every year. Use the code FFW35 for a further 35% off your email marketing: omnisend.com/femalefounderworld Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nadya Okamoto is on the show!! She built a nonprofit at 16, co-founded a period care company that's in Target and Walmart, and is now the cofounder and CMO at Pie, a social network powering your IRL connections started by Bonobos founder Andy Dunn. While building her companies, Nadya's also built a huge audience. She has 6 million followers across platforms. My favorite parts of this conversation are Nadya's masterclass on how to execute a creator equity partnership, offline and IRL business ideas, and hearing her weigh up the tradeoffs of building a very big public profile. Thanks to Omnisend for making this episode of Female Founder World possible. Use the code FFW35 for 35% off at omnisend.com/femalefounderworld Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's a marketing trend that has been steadily growing inside the creator economy for the last two years, and in 2026 it has officially gone mainstream. Brands are spending millions on it. Most consumers have no idea it exists. And it could be one of the most cost-effective awareness channels available to founders right now. It's called clipping and we're going to break down exactly what it is and how it works in this week's episode of the Build In Public Challenge Presented by Adobe Express. Thank you to Adobe Express for supporting the show and making this challenge possible. Adobe Express is an all-in-one design, photo, and video tool to make content creation easy. Sign up for a free Adobe Express account at adobeexpress.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leah Marcus, cofounder of Good Girl Snacks, is back on Female Founder World to walk us through the insane year of growth they're having. She breaks down everything they did to launch a viral new product last month, and the mindset and attitude shift that helped her raise money and land thousands of new retail doors. Thank you to Omnisend for sponsoring the show. Get 35% off Omnisend with the code FFW35 at omnisend.com/femalefounderworld Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine, Nat, and Paige are back in the group chat digging into why Alex Cooper's beverage brand Unwell shut down right as her media company hit a $500 million valuation, and what that says about creator led consumer brands. They also unpack the Phia fallout, celebrity investing on cap tables, and whether creators owe brands deliverables once they've got equity. Plus, they break down Whatnot's $20 billion live shopping valuation and share this week's smart swap. Thank you to Omnisend for making this show possible! Use the code FFW35 at omnisend.com and get 35% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of the show works best on video, so we recommend watching on Spotify. Welcome back to the build in public challenge presented by Adobe Express. Each week we've been inserting your weekly content prompt into the show, and this week we want to call out the prompt in a dedicated bonus episode. This week you're creating a simple before and after video with text overlay. No talking to camera, to voiceover. You can use video that's already on your camera roll. Try Adobe Express for free at adobeexpress.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week is a masterclass in three completely different paths to building a brand people actually care about. We start with Ben Bennett, beauty exec behind The Center , the incubator quietly responsible for Naturium, Phlur, and, as of this week, the newly sold Saltair. From there we head to Wall Street, where Reformation just went public, and chat about what it actually means for a brand this culturally loved to make it this far! Then we close out with the brand we can't stop thinking about: Butter Girl NYC. No investors, no incubator, just a genuinely good idea and impeccable content. Then we finish off with the Build In Public challenge brought to you by Adobe Express, the free tool you can use to create anything and access at adobeexpress.com and join the conversation in the Female Founder World app.  Thank you to Omnisend for sponsoring this episode of Female Founder World! Try Omnisend with the code FFW35 and get 35% off, at www.omnisend.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The difference between the brands you ignore and the brands you love is their ability to build a world, not just a business. Liv Koennecke, founder and CEO of Maison Essentiele, is building the blueprint when it comes to world building in 2026. In this episode of the show, Liv shares her steps to building a worldclass brand. Thank you to Omnisend for making this show possible! Use the code FFW35 at omnisend.com and get 35% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine, Natalie, and Paige are back for another Group Chat episode, and this week they're brainstorming the biggest trends they're seeing right now and the business opportunities hiding inside each one. From the move away from synthetic materials, to the move towards illustration there is an idea there for anyone ready to jump on it! Plus they share week three of the Build in Public Challenge, breaking down the "narrator video" format and how to set up a simple brand kit in Adobe Express so your visual cues stay consistent across your content. This episode is presented by Adobe Express. Try Adobe Express at adobeexpress.com and join the conversation in the Female Founder World app. Get email alerts throughout the challenge: https://www.femalefounderworld.com/buildinpublic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jasmine, Paige and Nat are breaking down the Phia tech scandal, the Bill Gates' daughter founded shopping app accused of claiming affiliate commissions it didn't earn, and what it means for female founders when things go wrong publicly. Then they get into CAA's $250 million bet on the creator economy, why the biggest talent agency in the world is now trying to own creator IP, and what that signals for where the industry is heading. Plus: the real TikTok Shop numbers ($15 billion in US sales, but more than half of registered sellers made zero) and what actually separates the brands crushing it from everyone else. Thank you to Omnisend for making this show possible! Use the code FFW35 at omnisend.com and get 35% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Week two of the Build in Public Challenge is here, and this week, you're making your first post. Jasmine walks you through exactly how to create a pinned, evergreen piece of content that tells your brand story without putting you on camera, because yes we know it can be daunting! Using Nat's Beech Street Swim launch video as a live example, she breaks down how to build a voiceover script, write a text overlay that's about your customer not you, find the right B-roll even if your life doesn't match your brand aesthetic, and put it all together in Adobe Express. This episode is presented by Adobe Express. Try Adobe Express at adobeexpress.com and join the conversation in the Female Founder World app. Get email alerts throughout the challenge: https://www.femalefounderworld.com/buildinpublic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine, Paige and Natalie are back for another group chat presented by Adobe Express. We're talking about the fragrance brand blowing up right now—Lore—plus some big changes in AI legislation that business owners need to be across. Thank you to Adobe Express for making this episode of the show possible. We speak about Natalie's personal social accounts in this episode and you can find her at @natalieab across platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Use the code FFW15% for 15% off Kate & Kole until 16 August 2026. Jasmine met with the founders of Kate & Kole for today's show. They've been making lab grown jewelry since 2015 and saw the massive shift towards lab grown happening long before most other jewelrs. In this episode, Sara and Madalynne get into why they made that call early, how they built proprietary technology so customers can fully customize their pieces online, and the strategy behind selling high-ticket jewelry to people who've never walked into their studio. They also get refreshingly honest about the hard stuff: the Director of Ops hire their whole team flagged as the wrong fit and what happened when they didn't listen (and surviving simultaneous maternity leave). How their residency model, popping up in the cities where their customers actually live, changed the way they think about growth. If you're building a product based business, selling at a high price point, or navigating the messy reality of co-founder life, this one's for you. Links: Get weekly resources and case studies emailed to you for free: femalefounderworld.beehiiv.com Shop Kate & Kole: kateandkole.com.au Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine, Paige, and Nat are back together for your weekly group chat show by Female Founder World, and they're kicking things off with a very real conversation about founder FOMO, why being everywhere at once is overrated, and what to do instead. This week they're getting into college ambassador programs, what actually works, what doesn't, how the big brands are doing it, and the tactical advice Jasmine pulled from Dormify founder Amanda Zuckerman on building a program that scales. Then, they're doing a full six month check in: where everyone's businesses actually are versus where they thought they'd be, why Jasmine is doubling down on content and simplifying everything, why Nat's reflections on pop ups, and the mindset shift that's helping them stay focused for the second half of the year... outputs over outcomes. Here are some thought starters to do your own 6 month business check in: What did you think this business would look like by June, and how far off were you? What's working that you didn't expect to work? What have you deprioritized since January? What's the hardest decision you've made this year, and would you make it again? Is there something you're still doing out of habit or sunk cost rather than because it's actually working? What's the thing that's costing you more than it's worth right now? Where are you personally at - energised, depleted, somewhere in between? What's something you've gotten better at as a founder this year that has nothing to do with the product itself? Is there a version of burnout creeping in, and what are you doing (or not doing) about it? What's the one thing you need to get right in the next six months? Thank you to Omnisend for making this show possible. Try Omnisend with the code FFW35 and get 35% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are kicking off something brand new at Female Founder World this week: the Build In Public Challenge, a free 12-week program presented by Adobe Express. This first episode is all about the foundation. Figuring out your point of view, your point of difference, and your content pillars before you post a single thing. We bust the myth that you need to be an influencer to make this work, and give you the practical first steps to actually get started. This episode is presented by Adobe Express. Try Adobe Express at adobeexpress.com and join the conversation in the Female Founder World app. Get email alerts throughout the challenge: https://www.femalefounderworld.com/buildinpublic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine, Paige, and Nat are all back together for your weekly group chat show by Female Founder World and they're kicking things off with some very exciting Beech Street Swim news (two words: Bethenny Frankel). This week they're talking about the quiet revival of out of home marketing (billboards, wheat pasting, and interactive campaigns) and why physical advertising might actually be cheaper and more effective than another digital campaign right now. Then, Paige breaks down Tara Bosch's new brand Snackish, how she's building it with creators as co owners, and what the equity model actually looks like in practice. Plus: an honest update on the fundraising landscape, and why raising before you launch might be a trap, and what to do instead. Thank you to Omnisend for making this show possible! Try Omnisend with the code FFW50 and get 50% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine and Paige are back for your weekly group chat show. First, they're unpacking the wild week in AI: Anthropic's Fable 5 release, why the US government ordered it pulled within days. Plus, they're getting into pop ups, with tactical advice on how to actually get people to show up, what it costs, and why you should be looking local. And finally, they dig into the rise of men's beauty. The stats behind the shift, the gap in the market, and the branding idea they basically built live on the show (someone please take it). Thank you to Omnisend for making this show possible! Try Omnisend with the code FFW50 and get 50% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine and Nat are back for your weekly group chat show by Female Founder World - Paige is off getting married in Europe this week! We're covering the Jessi Jean Yap Challenge and how a creator went from zero to $1.2 million in course sales by learning in public and launching the moment demand showed up, Olamide Olowe's viral moment admitting her Bread Beauty Supply relaunch flopped (and what that means for building in public when things go wrong) and why influencer friend-group collectives are the creator format brands should be watching right now. Thank you to Omnisend for making this show possible! Try Omnisend with the code FFW50 and get 50% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ash Raso, founder of Capsule Wardrobe, is on the show with Jasmine this week! Ash quit her job to start a fashion brand and went into entrepreneurship with one clear strategy: Build an audience intentionally around the concept of creating a capsule wardrobe, and then launch a fashion brand directly to them. Her launch hit six figures, and now the business has just crossed $1 million revenue. In this episode Ash walks us through her strategy to build this brand brick by brick. Thank you to Omnisend for making this episode of Female Founder World possible. Use the code FFW50 for 50% off at omnisend.com/femalefounderworld Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine and Paige are back for your weekly group chat show by Female Founder World, Natalie is off Euro summering in Portugal, so it's just the two of us this week. First, we're talking about Loonen Water, the viral glass-bottle water brand that launched just six months ago, raised $6 million, and has Dua Lipa and Tinx obsessed. It got us asking the question: Is the microplastics conversation creating the next big consumer shift across every category? Then, we're doing something a little different: we're sharing the best business advice we've collected from years of building businesses, interviewing over 1,000 founders, and working with some incredible mentors. With advice from the founder of Smart Sweets to our shared business coach Barbara, we get into the gems that have actually changed the way we operate. Thank you to Omnisend for making this show possible! Try Omnisend with the code FFW50 and get 50% off. Jasmine and Paige spoke about Dr. Barbara Levin, our leadership advisor, on the show. Here's where you can find her: www.beboldgroup.co Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine, Natalie and Paige are back for your weekly group chat show by Female Founder World. This week, the dot cake has broken the internet, but is it really just a cupcake with sprinkles, or does it say something bigger about the state of influencer marketing in 2026? We dig into why this $12 treat out of a tiny Long Island bakery has everyone obsessed. Then, a wild Vulture investigation reveals up to 90% of what surfaces in your feed may be the result of coordinated stealth marketing campaigns, so what does this mean for us as both consumers and founder? And finally, Bobbi Brown's Jones Road Beauty is doing $200 million in revenue and has turned down Sephora, repeatedly. We unpack what that means for founders and why we might need to rethink the big retail dream. Thank you to Omnisend for making this show possible! Try Omnisend with the code FFW50 and get 50% off. Jasmine referenced some research in the show about women and sports. Here's the link to learn more: https://www.wearethecollective.com/her-love-of-the-game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine, Natalie and Paige are back to debrief about the business and brand news we're talking about in our group chats this week. Starting with Shein and Everlane: Chinese e-commerce giant Shein is acquiring US apparel retailer Everlane from majority owner L Catterton. The transaction values Everlane at approximately $100 million, a steep discount to the valuations it commanded during the height of the e-commerce boom. This story broke on Sunday and within hours the internet had fully convicted Everlane. The comments. The substack takes. The Insta stories from people saying they always knew. But before we pile on, we want to actually understand what happened here, because the reaction to this story is almost as interesting as the story itself. And there are some people who worked inside this company who have a very different perspective on what this sale actually means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jordan Harper's on the show this week with Jasmine. She's the founder of Barefaced, a nine-figure beauty brand that simplifies skincare. We're getting the full breakdown of her social strategy in this podcast and how she uses educational content to build awareness and make sales. Thank you to Omnisend for making the show possible! Make a smart swap and migrate your email and SMS marketing to Omnisend. Use the cofe FFW50 for 50% off. Check out Jordan's brand at barefaced.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine, Natalie and Paige are back for your weekly group chat show by Female Founder World. In the last few weeks, some of the biggest names in the women's media and business space have been telling women the same thing: get on AI or get left behind. Reese Witherspoon, Mel Robbins, Sheryl Sandberg, and others have all weighed in, and the internet has had very strong feelings about it. But underneath the noise there's actually a really important conversation for founders. We get into this on the show. Thank you to Omnisend for making this show possible. Use the code FFW50 for 50% off when you subscribe to Omnisend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4AM founder Jade Beguelin is on the show letting us in on the beauty news everyone's talking about: her brand's $4 million fundraise, launch into Target, and the sell-out success of the brand's Clean Sheets makeup wipes. After years of bootstrapping, building an audience on TikTok, and tinkering with their product offering, 4AM just found product-market fit in a massive way. Their Clean Sheets wipes have sold out four production runs and grown the business more than 4x year over year. But here's the thing: every dermatologist, skin influencer, and makeup expert will tell you to skip the face wipe. And yet makeup wipes are a top 10 best seller on Amazon. Customers were buying them anyway, ignoring the advice, because sometimes convenience wins. Jade and her co-founder Sabrina saw that gap between what experts recommend and what people actually do, and decided to just make makeup wipes that were better. This premise worked much better than trying to compete on another serum in a crowded category full of innovation. Until now, 4AM was funded entirely by the founders' savings and a handful of $5K–$10K angel checks. The brand launched in 2021 with two serums and a simple mission: products for lazy routines and late nights. It wasn't until they reimagined the face wipe with Clean Sheets in 2025 that everything clicked — a product that's genuinely effective, built for the way people already live, and made for the kind of video content that stops a scroll. Thank you to our sponsor Omnisend for making the show possible. Head to Omnisend.com and use code FFW50 for 50% off our favorite email and SMS marketing platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine, Natalie and Paige are back to debrief on the business and brand news we're thinking about this week. First, Claire's is back, so we need to talk about who is behind the comeback and what their playbook is. Plus Meta just overtook Google in advertising for the first time ever, and we're breaking down exactly what that means for where you should be putting your dollars. And finally, Ulta Beauty World. We're talking about why this event has become the Super Bowl of beauty and what brands, at every size,can learn from it. Thank you to Omnisend for making this show possible! Try Omnisend with the code FFW50 and get 50% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Untouched Blooms founder Max Summersett started selling handcrafted phone grips on Etsy in 2024 she made a couple of orders every day. Then, within a year of launching on Shopify, she sold 10,000 products (without a single paid ad). She launched using a few hundred dollars saved from cycling around Miami Beach selling flowers. Today, the brand’s used by influencers like Alix Earle and Morgan Riddle, and is best known for turning pet photos into phone grips. Right around when Max launched, a different brand was going viral on TikTok with a similar product. They were racking up 600,000 to 800,000 views but didn’t ship to the US. TikTok kept serving those videos to US audiences anyway, and people looked for a local alternative. Max’s product appeared in the search bar, and because she could actually fulfil the order, the sales started flowing to her. Orders jumped from a handful a day to 35, then 60. The lesson she took from it: if something is trending in another market and isn’t available locally, you can capitalize on the search traffic. Once Max saw that demand was real, she moved from Etsy to Shopify to start selling on a platform she owned, and stop handing over a portion of sales to Etsy. Max built on the momentum with influencer gifting. She doesn’t have a PR agency or huge budgets for elaborate mailers, so DMs creators and focuses on making every package feel like it was created by a friend. She bedazzles the boxes, includes photos and spends energy making the PR look like it’s from a human, not a brand. Every influencer who has posted about her has mentioned the packaging. Thank you to our sponsor Omnisend for making this episode possible! Use the code FFW50 for 50% off Omnisend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We need to talk about Acquired Style x Swan Beauty! Jasmine, Paige and Natalie are chatting about the brand almost nobody had heard of a week ago that just spent a small fortune sponsoring a bachelorette trip, and what it actually did for their brand. Plus, Parke just landed at Target, but what actually goes into a decision like this and what happens next? And, Gap made nearly a billion dollars in profit last year, so we are breaking down how they achieved this profitability and what other founders can learn from it. Thank you to our sponsor Omnisend for making the show possible. Use the code FFW50 for 50% off Omnisend. We'll be back with our regular Monday interview show next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paige, Natalie and Jasmine are back for your weekly group chat show discussing Emma Grede’s unmissable book tour, community marketing tactics we’ve been thinking about, and a brainstorm about how to tap into the release of Devil Wears Prada 2 as a brand. Thanks to Omnisend for making this episode possible! Use the code FFW50 for 50% off: omnisend.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eliza O'Connor, founder of Real Fine Studio, is back on Female Founder World. We don't usually have a guest on twice, but when Eliza DM'ed Jasmine to tell her the brand has grown from $1 million in annual revenue in 2024, to an estimated $10-$15 million in revenue this year, we got her back on the mic. In this episode Eliza walks us through how the brand unlocked this level of growth—the mindset shifts, marketing changes, product launches, and how she's hired to get there. Thanks so much to Omnisend, our presenting sponsor of the show this week. Switching to Omnisend is the smartest swap you can make in your business today.  And right now Omnisend will do the hard work for you and migrate your business from your existing email provider to get completely setup on Omnisend in just 5 days. This is a totally free migration service for any paid user.  Try Omnisend at Omnisend.com and use code FFW50 for 50% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jasmine, Paige and Nat are debriefing about the best brand and marketing moments in the desert last week ahead of Coachella weekend two. Plus, we have the big lessons that came out of that billion-dollar Gruns and exit! Thanks to Omnisend, our presenting partner of this episode! Use the code FFW50 to get 50% off Omnisend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While at SET Active Kira rebuilt the brand's loyalty program and modeled the sale after the Sephora Sale. Within six months she was able to built the loyalty program to over 50,000 people and on the show today she's sharing exactly how to rebuild a program just like it. We also get Kira's community building tips and her framework for executing on the four Cs of brand marketing: community, content, creative and culture. Links Try Omnisend for 50% off with code FFW50: www.omnisend.com/femalefounderworld Get our weekly resource roundup: femalefounderworld.beehiiv.com Register for Cash Camp: femalefounderworld.com/cash-camp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to something a little different from us! I'm so excited to introduce season one of a brand new weekly episode format we're launching on Female Founder World presented by Omnisend. In addition to your regular interview format show that drops at the beginning of the week and will be back in your podcast feed on Monday, team FFW will drop a second episode every Wednesday to talk through the stories we’re seeing in the Female Founder World group chat and what’s happening in the world of business, brands and female founders, and what we’re taking away and applying to our own businesses. We're going to give you our honest takes, the context behind the headlines, and the stuff you actually need to know to build your business. Thanks so much to Omnisend for making it all possible! We're now dropping TWO episodes every single week. Omnisend is a reliable and easy-to-use email and SMS marketing tool trusted by over 150,000 brands just like yours. The best part, at least for us, is their human, award-winning customer support team. If you need help, you’ll be answered in minutes by real people, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Switching to Omnisend is the smartest swap you can make in your business today.  And right now Omnisend will do the hard work for you and migrate your business from your existing email provider to get completely setup on Omnisend in just five days. This is a totally free migration service for any paid user.  Get 50% off Omnisend with the code FFW50: https://www.omnisend.com/femalefounderworld/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AUREUM founder Cass Dimicco is on Female Founder World with Jasmine Garnsworthy. Cass saw a white space for more accessible high end jewelry and accessories, pulled together $20,000 in savings and launched the brand she wished existed. They hit $1M in their first year in business  and continued to grow. In this episode Cass talks about growing AUREUM with paid ads, organic content, Pinterest and press, how she recommends founders think about new category launches, plus her real take on work-life balances.  LINKS Get 25% OFF your first VistaPrint order using the code FFW25 at checkout: https://www.vistaprint.com  Get the Female Founder World resource roundup https://femalefounderworld.beehiiv.com Become a Business Bestie subscriber: bestie.femalefounderworld.com Check out Cass’ business: https://aureumcollective.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matrescence is the psychological, emotional and physical transformation your brain goes through when you become a mother. It's the most profound rewiring ever observed in an adult human brain. It's also not in the dictionary. This week Jasmine sits down with Michelle Battersby, former CMO and cofounder of Sunroom (built and sold in under 5 years) and now President at Peanut, the world's largest online community for moms, to talk about the viral campaign that got the whole internet talking and why matrescence might be the most important word female founders have never heard. Michelle was also the seventh employee at Bumble and one of the people who helped the app become what it is today. We asked her to walk through the exact steps she took to launch Bumble into new markets (open your notes app!). She gets into everything, including the mistakes she made with early hires and agency spending, how she built her personal brand when showing up online terrified her, and what she learned scaling and exiting Sunroom that she wishes someone had told her earlier. This is the conversation for every woman trying to build something big while figuring out what becoming a mother actually does to you. Motherhood and ambition don't just coexist, they fuel each other. Michelle is proof of that. This one's a good one, business besties. Links Get weekly resources and case studies emailed to you for free: femalefounderworld.beehiiv.com Become a Business Bestie member: femalefounderworld.com/business-bestie Register for Cash Camp: femalefounderworld.com/cash-camp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Camryn Frederickson has been the first employee at two Gen Z food brands that dominated your feeds: Sauz and Deux. She's a marketer, content creator, graphic designer, and community builder who knows how to get attention for brands on a bootstrap budget. Camryn's on the show with Jasmine this week sharing the influencer marketing blueprint she uses to build Gen Z brands, including exactly how many creators she gifts each month, plus her approach to brand collaborations, and the tools she's using Become a Business Bestie member here: bestie.femalefounderworld.com Register for Cash Camp Presented by Mercury: femalefounderworld.com/cash-camp Camryn recommends Archive.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susan Yara, founder of Naturium and Playa, joins Jasmine on the show this week to talk about building a skincare empire, navigating controversy, and selling her brand for $355 million to e.l.f Cosmetics. Susan’s brand, Naturium, is a clinically effective, biocompatible skincare line that’s accessibly priced and designed to deliver real results. In this episode, Susan shares her journey from beauty influencer and content creator with over 2 million followers to co-founding one of Target’s fastest-growing skincare brands and ultimately leading it to a major acquisition. Susan dives into the scrappy early days of building Naturium, including how a chance LinkedIn message during the pandemic led to her partnership with Ben Bennett, the founder of The Center, and exactly what she looks for when partnering with influencers (it isn't a big follower count!). She also opens up about the challenges of being a female founder in the public eye, the lessons she learned from navigating a viral controversy, and how she stayed focused on building a profitable, acquisition-ready brand. Plus, Susan shares actionable advice for entrepreneurs, from leveraging community and content to identifying the right retail partners and building a team that thrives. She also gives a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to sell a brand, the importance of financial literacy, and how she’s using her success to create a life of freedom and wellness. LINKS:Become a Business Bestie subscriber: ⁠https://bestie.femalefounderworld.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brynn Putnam is the founder and former CEO of Mirror, a fitness smart mirror that she sold to Lululemon for $500 Million. Now she’s building a new business, Board. In this episode, Brynn tells Jasmine how she built a business to $500 Million in just a couple of years and what she’s doing differently in her second business. Whether you’re a first-time founder or a seasoned entrepreneur, this episode is packed with insights on building, scaling, and innovating in new categories. LINKS: Become a Business Bestie subscriber: ⁠https://bestie.femalefounderworld.com⁠ Find Board: ⁠https://board.fun⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Libby Leffler, founder and CEO of First, is on the show with Jasmine this week talking about prenups and building a tech company. Libby's business First is an online prenup platform that makes it easier to protect yourself and your business when you get married. In this episode, Libby shares her journey from working at tech giants like Google, Facebook, and SoFi to founding First, a platform Fortune has dubbed the "TurboTax for prenups." She dives into the scrappy early days of building her business, including cold-calling family law attorneys, designing a seamless customer experience, and raising $4M in seed funding to bring her vision to life. Libby also unpacks the misconceptions around prenups, why they’re not just for the wealthy, and how millennials and Gen Z are using them to protect everything from student loan debt to pets and intellectual property. Plus, she offers actionable advice for women building businesses, from starting small to leveraging community and content for growth. LINKS:Become a Business Bestie subscriber: https://bestie.femalefounderworld.com Check out First: www.thisfirst.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AJ Addae, founder, chemist, and CEO of SULA Labs, shares her expertise on formulating and clinically testing beauty products tailored for melanin-rich skin and textured hair. With an impressive client list including Pattern Beauty, The Honey Pot Co., and John Legend’s skincare line, AJ knows exactly what it takes to build innovative, inclusive products that work. In this episode, AJ dives into the biggest challenges beauty founders face, from navigating claims testing to balancing clean beauty with product efficacy and shelf life. She shares why inclusivity starts in the R&D lab and offers actionable advice on creating scalable formulations, leveraging ingredient research, and meeting industry standards to secure retailer partnerships. Plus, AJ unpacks key beauty trends like the rise of hybrid skincare-makeup products, niche body care, and textured hair solutions, giving founders a head start on what’s next. Whether you’re launching your first product or scaling your brand, AJ’s practical insights and expert perspective will help you create beauty products that stand out and succeed. LINKS: Become a Business Bestie subscriber: https://bestie.femalefounderworld.com Learn more about SULA Labs: https://www.sulalabs.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kirsten Carriol, founder of LANOLIPS, joins Jasmine Garnsworthy to share how she turned a childhood memory of lanolin on her family’s sheep farm into a globally recognized beauty brand. From launching in 2009 to selling in 30 countries and 25,000 stores, Kirsten reveals the scrappy, determined journey behind building a cult-favorite product that sells every 30 seconds.In this episode, Kirsten dives into the early days of LANOLIPS, including how she bootstrapped the business for over a decade, navigated production disasters, and rebranded to stay ahead of shifting beauty trends. She also shares her hard-earned lessons on breaking into retail, managing cash flow as a bootstrapped founder, and why obsessing over product quality is the ultimate growth hack. You’ll hear Kirsten’s advice on pitching major retailers, balancing long-term vision with day-to-day problem-solving, and how to stay focused on building a legacy brand in a world full of distractions. Plus, Kirsten opens up about the mindset shifts that helped her scale LANOLIPS into a global success story. LINKS:Become a Business Bestie subscriber: https://bestie.femalefounderworld.comCheck out LANOLIPS: https://www.lanolips.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Angela Vranich, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Little Spoon, joins Jasmine Garnsworthy to share how she’s reshaping the way parents feed their kids. From launching fresh baby food in 2017 to selling over 80 million meals and landing the biggest food and beverage launch in Target’s history, Angela reveals the scrappy, innovative journey behind building a $100M+ business. In this episode, Angela dives into the early days of Little Spoon, including how she bootstrapped the business with $200k, set up shop in a tamale factory, and pivoted from retail to direct-to-consumer sales. She also shares her insights on scaling a team to 110 people, navigating the complexities of shipping perishable products, and why staying close to your customers is the ultimate growth hack. You’ll hear Angela’s advice on breaking into retail, building a brand that resonates nationwide, and why hiring smarter people is the key to leveling up as a leader. Plus, Angela opens up about the mindset shifts that helped her navigate the challenges of scaling a business in the competitive CPG space. LINKS: Become a Business Bestie subscriber:https://bestie.femalefounderworld.comCheck out Little Spoon:https://www.littlespoon.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Behind She’s On The Money, Zella, and five bestselling books, Victoria Devine is the woman who’s made talking about money feel not just normal, but actually fun (and turned it into a major business).  In this episode, Jasmine Garnsworthy sits down with Victoria to unpack how she turned a Facebook group into a movement with 1.8 million monthly listeners, wrote five bestselling books, and built a thriving mortgage business - all while making financial literacy feel approachable. Victoria shares the real story behind her own financial glow-up (it started with $40k in debt), why she gives away so much for free, and how she’s built a business that’s as much about community as it is about cash flow. You’ll hear her take on building wealth, the unglamorous truth about budgeting, and why paying yourself first is non-negotiable. Plus, Victoria opens up about the mindset shifts that helped her go from stressed about rent to total financial freedom, and how you can do it too. Link to Jasmine's business coach recommendation: https://www.beboldgroup.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Halfdays, SET Active, Tower28, Dedcool, Facile—these brands all have one woman in common: Jhoanna Marissa. She’s the founder of Willa Creative, an agency creating brand-first social content and websites for culture-defining brands. On this episode of Female Founder World, Jasmine Garnsworthy sits down with Jhoanna to share how she built the go-to creative agency for founder-led brands, how to build a scalable ecommerce strategy, and how to create brand-first social content that will make your products unforgettable. On the show Jhoanna breaks down the new rules of e-commerce, like why a beautiful site is just table stakes, how to supercharge product pages for higher conversion, and why community and organic growth still beat paid ads for long-term success. She shares the tools top brands are using right now (like TYB, Tolstoy, Recharge, and more), the secrets to balancing aesthetics with performance across your digital marketing, and her advice for founders on when and how to work with an agency. Plus, Jhoanna opens up about the reality of building with a lean team, how to build a referral-based business, and the rituals that keep her grounded as a creative leader. LINKS & NOTES Get the Female Founder World resource roundup: https://femalefounderworld.beehiiv.com Become a Business Bestie subscriber: bestie.femalefounderworld.com Check out Willa Creative: https://willacreative.com Joanna’s recommended tools: Recharge for subscription; Shopify for website; TYB for community; Tolstoy for shoppable UGC video Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Female Founder World , Jasmine Garnsworthy sits down with Scout Brisson, CEO of De Soi, to chat about becoming the CEO of Katy Perry's fast-growing beverage business. Scout shares how De Soi went from scrappy beginnings to landing in over 7,500 retail doors all while keeping the team lean and the brand evolving. Scout walks through early missteps, the real tea on having a celeb co-founder (Katy Perry!) the power of manifesting big milestones, and why nimble packaging pivots matter on crowded shelves. She breaks down the realities of finding the right co-packer, navigating Amazon curveballs, and building a dream team based on drive and character. Plus, Scout offers candid advice on fundraising, and knowing when to iterate versus when to double down. LINKS Get the Female Founder World resource roundup ⁠⁠⁠https://femalefounderworld.beehiiv.com⁠⁠⁠ Become a Business Bestie subscriber: bestie.femalefounderworld.com Check out Scout's business: ⁠⁠⁠https://drinkdesoi.com/ Scout's recommended email tool: https://www.shortwave.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you build a women’s health brand that ships nationwide and sees one of its supplements consumed every single second, all in just five years? In this episode, Alex Taylor, co-founder of Perelel, joins Jasmine Garnsworthy on the Female Founder World show - she's sharing how Perelel launched with just $10,000 of scrappy marketing, bootstrapped through the pandemic, and went from two founders to a powerhouse team of nearly 40 employees. You’ll get the inside scoop on what it takes to launch with five SKUs (and the high-stakes minimum orders that went with them), how Perelel shipped to all 50 states within 30 days of launch, and why long-term influencer partnerships and community were the secret to earning trust - and exponential word-of-mouth growth. Alex breaks down the funding journey, from friends-and-family rounds to scaling operations, and shares honest advice for fellow founders navigating career leaps, financial pressure, and the realities of founding as a parent and primary breadwinner. LINKS Get the Female Founder World resource roundup ⁠⁠https://femalefounderworld.beehiiv.com⁠⁠ Become a Business Bestie subscriber: bestie.femalefounderworld.com Check out Alex's business: ⁠⁠https://perelelhealth.com/ Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Discount Code: FEMALEFOUNDERWORLD for a 20% off discount for first-time customers at perelelhealth.com. This code will be live through the end of January.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NYU Stern professor, bestselling author, and all-around business powerhouse Suzy Welch is joining Jasmine Garnsworthy on the Female Founder World podcast, and trust me, you’re going to want to hear this one. Suzy’s done it all: she’s reported for the Miami Herald, anchored on network TV, written multiple New York Times bestsellers, founded and sold a music tech startup, and now she’s shaking up the world of purpose-driven career discovery with Becoming You Labs. In this episode, Suzy gets real about her unconventional journey, from her “hippie" Portland childhood to Harvard, to building a career at the intersection of business, media, and tech. She opens up about founding in the midst of grief, what it’s really like to reinvent yourself, and the surprising questions everyone should ask to find their purpose (spoiler: it’s not as woo-woo as you think). We also dive into Suzy’s latest research on Gen Z’s values - why only 2% of them match what today’s hiring managers want, and what that means for founders hiring young talent. Suzy shares her honest take on balancing ambition and family (yes, you can do both!), her practical framework for reinvention, and why memoirs are her secret weapon for founder inspiration. Plus, she gets candid about surviving online haters, building a business that actually reflects your values, and how to future-proof your career—no matter what stage you’re at. If you’re ready for actionable advice, a few laughs, and a fresh perspective on work, life, and purpose, this episode is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices