If you are planning a 2021 planner to sell and haven’t started yet, it’s ALMOST not too late! Designing a planner to sell takes time and hard work, but if you are really disciplined and well organized, you could pull it off for December sales! Let’s assume you...
Subscribe on iTunes Listen On Spotify Kris Galmarini is a designer and the founder of Neve & Hawk, cult California clothing brand, with strong ethical underpinnings and an authentic business ethos that Kris has honed over the last 10 years. Launching her debut...
Subscribe on iTunes Listen On Spotify Today I meet philosopher Dr Stephanie Schull who stepped right out of her comfort zone to create an innovative new product – a vagina gym. Driven by seeing a family member in distress, she set out to create a product that...
Subscribe on iTunes Listen On Spotify Cayla O’Connell Davis is the New York-based founder of Knickey, a stylish new organic cotton underwear label that seeks to reset how we think about sustainability in the supply chain. She and her cofounder, Lauren Sagadore,...
Subscribe on iTunes Listen On Spotify Liha Beauty was founded in 2014 by best friends Liha Okunniwa and Abi Oyepitan, who set out to combine British aromatherapy trends with Yoruba traditions and natural materials, and from a soft launch at Port Eliot festival in 2014...
Today I’m talking to Sophie Lavabre-Barrow about Kinn Living, a range of vegan and eco-friendly cleaning products and certified organic body care, made in the UK, and how she has grown it to national success in just 3 years. We’ll be talking about the process of...
Listen On Apple Podcasts Listen On Spotify Christine Mason is the founder of Rosebud Woman, a prestige intimate care collection of luxurious balms and oils. She created the collection when she recognised that there was a huge market being completely overlooked, and...
Listen On Apple Podcasts Listen On Spotify Liz Turrigiano is the co-founder of Esembly Baby, a cloth diaper business based in New York. Esembly Baby grew naturally out of Liz and her co-founders’ cloth diapering service, DiaperKind, and has been kitting out the...
Listen On Apple Podcasts Listen On Spotify Katie Gastley is the founder of paper goods studio Idlewild Co. She started her studio 10 years ago and her upbeat artful designs are now carried in over 1000 retailers. She started out in New York and moved the business to...
If you have been thinking of starting a yoga mat business in 2020, you are in the right place. I’m going to take you through the 6 stages of getting your new yoga mat designed, manufactured and into the hands of yogis all over the world. Making a yoga mat from scratch...
No matter what kind of product you want to launch in 2020 – a planner, a new kind of yoga mat, jewellery or baby clothes – there are certain steps that remain the same. And these are all steps you that can take without needing to start spending money on...
If you are a coach and you have a signature program that you offer to you clients, have you ever considered creating a very special physical product that could keep you front and centre in your ideal client’s life for a really low investment? Having a range of...
I bet you have them on your bathroom shelf right now. A row of gorgeous little dropper bottles, or maybe just one precious one that you can’t get enough of. An oil with all your favourite ingredients that makes your skin feel just PERFECT, or pretty damn close....
Thinking about doing a DIY product photo shoot? I’ve bootstrapped more photo shoots than I care to mention and even if I’m getting furious looks here from pro photographers, there ARE ways you can take great product shots on your own, with nothing but your...
Welcome to Episode 2 of Flourish! In this video for product designers and makers, I take you through 9 things you can do BEFORE you even start your business! From building your audience to making sure you are financially prepared, if you are thinking of starting a...
This week I launched my YouTube channel, Flourish and I can’t wait to share my experience and tips with you as you set out on your design -> retail journey. In this video for product designers and makers, I tell you how to talk to retailers for the first...
If you want to start a food business, then you have a very specific set of challenges, but also so huge advantages. Let’s start with the advantages, shall we? Testing your idea is a cinch. 1. Unless you live on the moon, there are going to be SOME people around...
FREE Handbook: Start Your Own Product Business! Do you have quesitons about starting your own planner this year? I have the answers for you! Success! Name Email SEND IT TO ME NOW! Are you feeling buzzed about planners this year? Are you feeling EXTRA buzzed because...
As the mother of two daughters under the age of 10, I still get to determine what they consume every day, from food to screen time. I know that won’t last for very much longer, and I worry about what will happen when they strike off on their own into the world of...
In my last post about outsourcing, which you can read here, I talked about setting up realistic expectations, paying fairly and staying in close contact with your contractors. The hard work doesn’t stop when you agree on a price and start work though. Working...
