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Where women in ecommerce come to get their key insights, tips and tactics.
Hi! I’m Doone, your hype girl in business. This is your weekly source of inspiration & information on all things in the e-commerce and CPG space, read by like-minded Entrepreneurs - that happen to be women - like you. If you find value in this content please like & share above, or forward it to someone in your net~work. I love it when you do that!
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Our June Cheerleader: Zapier 🧡
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Industry News You Should Prob Read 🗞
Magic Spoon scoops up $85M and lands in Target. Lady Gaga is coming to Sephora. Sarah Guo is leaving Greylock to launch her own fund. Google pays out $118M to female staff to settle lawsuit. Bug Bite Thing is certified by WBEC. Small Business Administration announced 5 news Women’s Business Centers. Clearco launches in Germany with €500M. Walmart is adding ecomm warehouses for speedier deliveries. The world’s largest 4-day workweek trial has begun. f7 ventures deploys first fund w Sheryl Sandberg a source of inspiration.
🔑 Insights From This Week’s Episodes on the Female Startup Club Podcast
Directly from the women building the world’s most exciting businesses in the e-commerce and CPG space.
1. $2000 for 20% of the biz, any takers? 👀
EP349: Learning from By Rosie Jane’s Rosie Jane Johnston about her journey of building a 7-figure clean fragrance line.
Every legacy brand has an incredible why, and they have come back from a lot of struggles in the beginning. This is a clear pattern in the entrepreneurial world.
So when Rosie Jane reflects on being young and broke and asking to borrow $2000 from a friend for 20% of the company (!!!) (don’t worry btw - he said no 😮💨), it just goes to show the place many of us start at. There is no shame in starting with nothing. In fact, starting small is probably the greatest thing you can do.
You’re better off focusing your efforts on those all-important why’s. That’s where your courage and conviction lie.
“What am I doing this for? Why does this matter? Don’t just bring out a product for the hell of it. The one thing we’re actually missing is innovation.”
If you’re not doing something you truly believe in, something you truly love, you’re not going to stay the course. Whatever that why is for you, that will be your driving force. Your persistence and conviction. And now just let it take all the time it needs.
And if you love her episode, Rosie joins us in Hype Club on the 29th of June for an intimate Ask Me Anything session. Join us ❤️
Biz Wins & Failz 🎢
Straight from Hype Club.
We’ve got an ongoing Biz Wins & Fails chat going in HC. This is where we can learn what we can hopefully avoid in our own journeys, and what keeps us feeling like we are not alone in celebrating those highs.
This week, Becca Mapes’ Winden solid shampoo size issue saga continues…
“I received the samples from the new mold and they were way too short for the container and looked really handmade in an unprofessional way. Super disappointing results after all this waiting 😑. Back to trouble-shooting it is!”
There’s nothing more annoying than when those long-anticipated samples come back and they’re not quite up to scratch. Patience is a virtue, espesh for entrepreneurs. 🤷♀️
*The doors to Hype Club are open, now’s the time to join our community of uplifting entrepreneurs building the future CPG companies!
What to Read, What to Listen to 🤔
📚 The Company I Keep; My Life in Beauty by Leonard A. Lauder: the former Estée Lauder CEO shares the business and life lessons he learned along the way.
🎧 The Soul Social hosted by Jessica Willmorth and Hailey Dekle: your one-stop shop for all things mindset, business strategy, manifestation, and more.
Job Alert Time! 💼
Check out these cool women-owned DTC job listings on our radar (go on, it’s a jobseekers market rn):
REMOTE 🌎
Mindful wellness company Peak and Valley is hiring a Field Marketing Specialist to build its brand ambassador program. More info here.
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