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For Beck Wadworth, what began as a simple blog turned into an international minimalistic stationary brand – An Organised Life, which is stocked in a curated selection of over 45 stores across Australia and New Zealand. We sat down with Beck to chat about her career and business building journey to date, including a dream come true partnership with fashion brand, Karen Walker. This is Beck’s story of paving her own path, and taking the plunge from being a full-time employee to an entrepreneur. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In case you hadn't heard, vegan beauty is in. Demand for cruelty free products is booming and the US market alone is set to be worth $3.1B by 2025. While many of the big beauty brands are only now jumping on the vegan trend, today's guest predicted it would happen quite a few years ago and she had the foresight to create a brand that filled a significant market gap - vegan, cruelty-free hair care. Today we're speaking to Jess Gerring from Hello Hair - she founded the business with two friends back in 2013 and over the past 5 years has created a thriving global business with a social following of 400K. Not bad for a trio who had no experience in hair care before they got started! For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Sarah Holloway thought she had her life planned out. She'd studied Arts/Law, graduated top of her class, secured a job at a top-tier law firm in mergers and acquisitions, and soon after had received an offer to become an associate to the Chief Justice of the High Court – a position she’d been working towards for the previous six years. At the very same time her career was taking off, Sarah was busy launching her side-biz ‘Matcha Maiden’, which was born out of her recognizing a gap in the Australian market for matcha-based products. By 2015, and after a year of selling her products locally, it all became real when she was approached by US retailer Urban Outfitters with an order of 10,000 units. Sarah was forced to make a huge life decision – accept the High Court position or quit her job and fulfil the order. Fast forward to now, Matcha Maiden is stocked globally, Sarah and her team have opened a vegan restaurant called Matcha Mylkbar in Melbourne, and the business was recently accepted into the Chobani Incubator program – the first of its kind in Australia. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Back in 2014, peer-to-peer platforms were on the rise - we were all renting our houses out on Airbnb, and jumping in strangers’ cars for a ride home. While this was happening across various sectors, at the time Lauren Silvers and Lisa Maree recognised that in beauty, there was a gap. No tech platform existed to allow people to book beauty services on-demand. So they started formulating an idea, seeking funding, and building a business…separately. Yes, the two originally started out as competitors. Lisa was creating a booking app for beauty freelancers, while Lauren was doing the same, but with a focus on salons. It wasn’t until an investor introduced them that they decided to join forces and build Glamazon – the Uber of beauty, which allows customers to book stylists, on demand, directly to their homes. Since its launch in December 2016, Lauren & Lisa have appeared on Shark Tank, secured over half a million dollars in funding, are dominating the Australian on-demand beauty market and are already looking at international expansion. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Jane Lu calls herself the lazy CEO, but after listening to this episode, you’ll come to realise that she’s anything but lazy. Jane is the founder of Showpo - a fashion e-commerce empire that she bootstrapped from her parents garage to over 2 million social media followers and $30 million in revenue. In this episode Jane gives us the inside scoop on how she did all of that and more, in just 7 years.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Four years ago, Alyce Tran was working as a corporate lawyer in Sydney. She didn't love her job, and spent much of her time using the office printer to make mood boards that inspired her. Her co-workers often commented on her style, and because of this she decided to start a blog called The Daily Edited - a daily edit of the things she loved. Fast forward to today, and The Daily Edited has transitioned from a blog to a globally recognised fashion brand, with annual revenue of over $30 million. On this episode of lady-land, hear how Alyce built her thriving business selling stylish, monogrammed accessories to customers all over the world. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Over the past five years, Gretta van Riel has been a very busy lady. In 2014, with only a few dollars in her bank account, then 22 year old Gretta launched her first start up Skinny Me Tea, which she scaled to $600,000 in revenue in just six months. Since then, she’s founded another five businesses, including the 5th Watches & Hey Influencers, and grown her social following to an audience of 16 million people. Don't miss Gretta's top tips for launching a brand and business on Instagram today. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Cleo Wade's life story to date is a fascinating one, and she's only 28 years old. After growing up in a highly segregated and racist area of New Orleans, Cleo moved to New York, skipping college and living out of a tiny apartment which doubled as her art studio. Things changed for Cleo in 2014, when she posted to Instagram for the first time with a simple poem. This subsequently went viral, providing her with a unique platform to speak her words of wisdom to a younger generation. Fast forward four years, and Cleo is now a respected poet, artist, activist and writer, having built a personal brand and cult following around the world. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Welcome to lady-land: a podcast by lady-brains. Join Caitlin, Anna and Maeva as they chat to ambitious, successful and inspiring entrepreneurial women about what it takes to become an overnight success. Huge spoiler alert - the overnight success does not exist. Get comfy and settle in fellow lady-brains and ride with us to lady-land. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy