Episode 14 - with Celia Pool, Co-Founder of DAME
She can. She did.
English - May 30, 2019 07:36 - 50 minutes - 46.8 MB - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Careers women in business business entrepreneurship female business owners Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Having struggled to secure investment the traditional way – turns out investors who are typically male and over sixty, couldn’t see the business potential for a sustainable period product that women would use once a month (shocking eh..!) – Celia, along with her Co-Founder Alec, launched a Kickstarter campaign to launch 'D' that went on to exceed its target by 500%, attracted backers from over 50 countries gaining worldwide media attention as a consequence, trending globally on Twitter in the aftermath too.
On a sunny afternoon in London late April, I sat down with Celia to discuss the journey she’s been on behind the glowing headlines so far. From the challenges they’ve faced trying to get women to change long-rooted habits when it comes to their monthly cycle; her advice for anyone looking to go into business with a Co-Founder; to how she balances running a business with motherhood given that she was heavily pregnant with her third child at the time of this recording; I sat in awe from start to finish of this recording! With ambitious plans for DAME and its mission to make more bathroom products eco-friendly going forward too, we also discuss how she handles the pressures of playing big and why she genuinely believes that anyone could launch a business if she can…
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