Hey! It’s Doone, your hype girl in business. This one goes out to all of us dodging unsolicited business advice on the day-to-day, we're good. Thanks.

Now let’s get into it 👇

Learnings from hitting $200M+ revenue
(in your 20s!) 💸

If you’re a small business owner or entrepreneur you probably know how hard it can be to generate revenue. You might have just started and made a few sales… You might have made a few thousand dollars in sales or maybe even a few hundred thousand! Now imagine scaling your business to hitting $200M in revenue. It’s wild. Kristel came on the show fresh off the rollercoaster and ready to share all her learnings:

1/ Beauty in Building Slow 🐢

Follow this blueprint to build a 9-figure brand! Here’s your proven strategy to generate $100M+ in revenue! No, no, no. Kristel doesn’t want you to listen to her story and compare it to where you are in growing your business right now, she doesn’t even want you to copy the blueprint.

Because she would recommend going slower: you’ll make far fewer mistakes and you might even avoid that grey cloud that goes by the name of burnout. There is real beauty in building a little bit slower and building traction in an organic way. A small mentality. A couple of SKUs. Learning along the way.

Are you going to immediately get rich with your launch? It happens, but the strongest likelihood is that if you plan it right, you'll have a sustainable job for yourself going forward. If you approach your new startup as a marathon, not a sprint, you can create a healthy business that will support you in the long run.

2/ The Art of The Self-Audit 🕵

We often joke on the show that being an entrepreneur comes along with wearing all the hats.

“Hi! I’m a social media expert/product designer/logistics coordinator/customer service rep that also leads a sales department whilst being in charge of finance, what do you do? :)”

Whilst I’m sure you don’t need me to dive into how it’s just a lot, juggling all these balls encourages you to build a very important skill in life & business: the art of self-audit. It is only by doing all the things that you can truly start to grasp: what are my strengths? Weaknesses? Is this what I want out of life?

Because ultimately, you have a choice. When it comes to deciding whether to bootstrap or whether to raise, you have a clear choice. The same goes for when you decide to expand internationally, or whether you want to grow your team. Whenever you get to one of these crossroads it’s time to sit down and really think about what you want. Sit back and self-audit, does this still align with my big vision?

3/ The Bottleneck of Your Business 🍾

Your flailing SEO strategy? The manufacturer that just won’t get back to you in time? Problems with shipping delays? Practical complications can cause a headache, but when we get to the crux of it it’s you as a founder who determines the real cap. You are the bottleneck of your business.

Some of the greatest growth that you will see happen in your company comes at times when you work on your personal growth. And by personal growth, I don’t mean having all the answers. It’s knowing that not knowing is your superpower. It’s knowing that you don’t need to know step 100 when you’re at step 1. It’s wholeheartedly finding peace with yourself when you are: on a seat at the table that you have built yourself.

Listen to Kristel on the podcast →

Women’s Health is no longer a niche ✨ 

I want to take a quick second to jump into a topic that I know is going to be super relevant for every single one of you checking in, and that’s the topic of female health. Women have been underserved by the healthcare industry for a really damn long time. But now finally, with more women in STEM, and more female entrepreneurial disrupters, the future of femtech is looking bright!

Women’s health has taken the startup world by storm in the last few years, for (very) good reason. What used to be a niche category is projected to grow to a mighty $27.5B by 2028, and despite 2022’s headwinds (that we’re all feeling a lot), women’s health startups are doing better than ever before.

Hot off the press just earlier this week:

• Neura Health Secures $8 Million In Funding

• FemTherapeutics Raises $1.8 Million

A huge yay to this FemTech revolution and the gradual closing of the gender health gap 🙌 

• Indie beauty brands are suffering as funding becomes scarce

• Clinique and Kate Spade announce nostalgia-fueled lip gloss collab

• FemTherapeutics Raises $1.8 Million for pelvic floor health

• Ariana Grande’s r.e.m. Beauty receives ‘strategic’ investment

• Is Google’s Product Studio about to change the game?

• She-cession no more: more women than ever are working

• Asos launches first rental collection in partnership with Hirestreet

• TikTok sues Montana to block first statewide ban of app…

• SpaceX sends Saudi’s 1st ever woman into space

• Elizabeth Burstein’s Neura Health secures $8M in funding

• E.l.f. Beauty boasts 48% growth for the fiscal year 2023

• The Twitter competition is coming in hot 

• Give these prompts a try, ChatGPT for your phone is here!

This month’s giveaway…

You have just two days left to be in with a chance of ✨winning✨ this bundle of Female Founded Goodies valued at $500 by commenting some loveeee 💖💖💖 on every single one of our IG posts throughout May.

The bundle includes a Moss St Fragrances fragrance diffuser; Bangn Body cleanser & lotion; Habitual Beauty collagen supplements; a selection of serums & moisturizers from Tribe Skincare; Frank Body's OG coffee scrub; Contour Cube's facial icing tool; a selection of cute Emma Pills rings; a coffee mug from In The Roundhouse; & last but (defo) not least: a copy of Your Hype Girl.

This week's lineup...

This week's recommendations...

REMOTE 🌎

• Saalt sustainable period care brand is on the lookout for a

  Lifecycle Marketing Manager to join the team. More here.

• Here’s a great opportunity to be a part of the founding team of new parenting app MissPoppins, as a Head of Technology.

• Aussie’s The Perfect Cosmetics Company is hiring a Marketplace Specialist to maintain accounts. More info here.

Sydney 🌇

• Australia's fastest-growing independent beauty publisher, Gritty Pretty, has an exciting opportunity for a Partnerships Manager.

   

LDN 💂

• thelittleloop, the UK's first shared wardrobe for kids, is looking for someone to help out at their pop-up. More here.

   

Btw, in case you missed the tea on Ju’s $630M exit... Read her story here ✨