15: Zoia Ali (The Girls Co)

Revenue: Real Startup Stories

English - January 20, 2021 13:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
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Previous Episode: 14: Patrick Frank (Rightdevice)

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Zoia Ali is Co-Founder of The Girls Company. In this episode, we discuss starting a business in college, validating your idea, getting product feedback, creating a community, building a prototype with no budget, and much more.

If you are looking to build an ecommerce product, listen to the steps that Zoia and her co-founders took – which includes interviewing hundreds of people before designing and selling their first product.

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0:00 - Episode intro
0:45 - Zoia's background
5:47 - What is The Girls Company?
16:38 - How did manufacture your first product?
24:43 - Starting a company in college
31:14 - What products do you sell today?
38:18 - What's the 3-5 year vision?
42:46 - Don't give up
48:59 - Work life balance
54:23 - Wrap up and final thoughts