Jax Sternberg knew that having a baby would be the catalyst for starting a business. After her son quickly grew out of his unused infant garments, Jax researched more sustainable options for baby clothes—she found none. This began a 3-year journey to perfect a baby garment that grew along with the child. Jax launched Moosey Moose in November 2020 and unexpectedly sold out of stock in less than 6 months. She has big goals to grow the business in year 2 while living up to Moosey Moose’s ethos of r...
Oct 29, 2021•50 min
A cancer diagnosis 5 years ago propelled Elle Halliwell to take control of her health. She researched acupuncture and discovered the benefits of ear seeds, which are needle-free acupressure seeds used to stimulate pressure points in the ear. Using her background in fashion journalism, she created an aesthetically pleasing ear seed and launched her company Auricle Ear Seeds in 2020. What started out as a passion project during lockdown has become a full-fledged business, and Auricle Ear Seeds is ...
Oct 22, 2021•46 min
Wendy Poon had a business idea in her head for over 4 years. It came from a place of vulnerability because she struggled with low milk supply after having her first baby. When the pandemic hit, Wendy knew that her health-driven solutions for postpartum difficulties could be shared with a community of mothers in need. Mama’s Milk Bar makes clean-ingredient hot drinks, protein, and lactation blends to support a mom’s needs during pregnancy, breastfeeding, and an active postpartum lifestyle. Within...
Oct 15, 2021•34 min
While living on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean, Renee Alyce found a rare ingredient that changed her skin and her life. Utilizing marine collagen from sea cucumbers, Renee created a 100% natural skincare line called Bescher. In less than 2 years, she’s grown her company to gain $100K in monthly revenue and has added three additional products since launch. Listen to our interview with Renee to learn: How living on an island taught her the importance of natural healing ingredients How she wo...
Oct 08, 2021•39 min
Lorianne Trinh was shopping for her two-year-old and couldn’t find clothing prints that represented her culture. She always wanted to start a side hustle and in July launched Eat My Baby Co., which makes playful children’s tracksuits with Asian-inspired snack designs. On launch day, she made $4.5K in sales and within a month made $25K. Listen to our interview with Lorianne to learn: How she came up with the name of Eat Your Baby Co. How Start and Scale empowered her to utilize marketing How to m...
Oct 01, 2021•33 min
Hayley Harper always wanted to write a crime novel but didn’t have the patience for it. So she took her ideas and created a mystery game to play with her friends. They loved the game so much that she decided to start an immersive murder mystery game company. Curious Crimes offers a mixture of physical and digital evidence-based puzzles to solve mysteries. You can even text suspects and email characters while you’re on the case. Listen to our interview with Hayley to learn: Why her first launch w...
Sep 24, 2021•43 min
Adam Skrobalak is an Australian Rules Football (AFL) coach by day and a serial entrepreneur by night. He started his second business, Axis Clothing, with literally zero money. After 4 months of launch, he already has $130K in revenue. Axis Clothing is a custom workwear brand targeted to younger workers looking for stylish beanies, shirts, and caps that they can wear at the job site and the pub afterward. Listen to our interview with Adam to learn: How Adam balances answering client calls while l...
Sep 17, 2021•39 min
Kirsty Bronner spent 3 years researching the perfect skincare formulations for an overlooked body part–the booty. Kristy started Booty Co., the world’s first entirely booty-based skincare range, and within 2 weeks of launching grossed sales of $19,000. Listen to our interview with Kristy to learn: The difference between facial and booty skincare Why she couldn’t find info about manufacturers on Google How Start and Scale helped her create a successful pre-launch campaign How she built an email l...
Sep 10, 2021•39 min
Bryce Holdaway is making real estate investing accessible and affordable. Through his podcast “The Property Couch” and Empower Wealth’s course launches, he’s sharing 20 years of experience to help build a community of people interested in self-funding their environment. Listen to our interview with Bryce to learn: How Rapid Course Formula helped him launch his first course that resulted in 620 students and $190,000 revenue How he built a podcast with 300,000 downloads per month How an email addr...
Sep 03, 2021•44 min
Gamal Codner always knew he wanted to start his own thing. 4 years ago he launched his brand with his wife, Fresh Heritage, that solves modern day grooming problems for men of color. He grew his business from $10,000 to $60,000 a month in 90 days and is continuing to build momentum for the brand. Listen to our interview with Gamal to learn: Fresh Heritage’s story of finding a healthy grooming solution for men of color How one influencer video has resulted in half a million dollars in revenue Gam...
Aug 27, 2021•53 min
Dane Schwaebe went from delivering packages for Amazon to building a six-figure service agency called Rockstar Integrator. His nickname was “Big Game Dane” at an old sales job, but he was burned out with the amount of work he was putting in without reaching his financial goals. Dane quit the sales world and started a side hustle that led to building an expertise in Facebook Ads and marketing integrations. Listen to our interview with Dane to learn: How he went “cold turkey” from traditional sale...
Aug 20, 2021•46 min
Laura McCann went from being scared to open her Instagram to teaching social media classes to fellow entrepreneurs. Now, she’s using Instagram to fuel her “soul-aligned” aromatherapy and perfume business called ADORAtherapy. Listen to our interview with Laura to learn: How she went from 300 to 10,000 Instagram followers organically Why the pandemic helped reboot her business How she built a network of 100 micro influencers How the Instagram Domination course taught her to tell personal and engag...
Aug 13, 2021•41 min
Dr. Mike Morgan never intended to turn his gardening hobby into a business. Over the pandemic, he’s built Shimo from the ground up and created an engaged customer base of green thumbs. Shimo delivers organic garden kits straight to your door and offers kits to meet any gardening skill level. Mike has been able to quickly scale his plant product base while staying true to his belief in accessible gardening. Listen to our interview with Mike to learn: How a severe anxiety attack led Mike to garden...
Aug 06, 2021•51 min
What do boating, recycling, and wine drinking have in common? A lot, it turns out. Plenty of wine lovers are also boat lovers—and lugging around glass wine bottles at sea is a big hassle. So Kim McKee came up with a clever solution: quality wine that's packaged in lightweight, recyclable packaging. And Kim's concept is a hit. Greenskin Wine made $30,000 in the first month and business continues to pour in—literally. In fact, business is so good that Kim plans to bring in a whopping $450,000 in r...
Jul 30, 2021•46 min
How did Rachel Pregunta go from a sales job to traveling the world, forming international partnerships, and building a community of 133,000 followers? Instagram. Okay, not just Instagram—but Rachel's savvy social media skills opened the door for an abundance of business opportunities for her and her partner Ruben. In fact, Rachel and Ruben don't have one business but two. And their success has taken them all over the world: Indonesia, France, Argentina, Greece, Iceland, Brazil, Dubai, Thailand—t...
Jul 23, 2021•49 min
What if you were so successful that you could live and work from anywhere you wanted? What if anywhere was Costa Rica? That's the life Jasmine Watts has built. Jasmine is an in-demand marketing strategist and blogging expert who has leveraged Foundr's formulas to: Grow her first Instagram account to 27,000+ followers Launch and scale several other popular Instagram accounts Build a loyal audience of followers and clients Turn her Instagram into a $7-10k/month revenue engine Launch an online cour...
Jul 16, 2021•40 min
$10,000 in 2 days. Not a bad first week in business, eh? Shamanth Pereira agrees. And here's the kicker: she's selling toilet paper. That's right, Something Organic is Shamanth's eco-friendly alternative to mainstream toilet paper. Nothing complicated about it. And it's also her second successful ecommerce launch—her first launch pulled in a whopping $60,000. So, yeah, Shamanth knows a thing or two about starting a business with a bang. Listen to our interview with Shamanth to learn: How she ass...
Jul 09, 2021•49 min
When Nadine Gyllhamn got tired of the real estate business, she traded in her 9-5 for the entrepreneurial life. ProHorse Saddlery started modestly—Nadine made just $1 on her first sale. But once Nadine took Foundr's Start and Scale course, ProHorse Saddlery went from a trot to a gallop—Nadine tripled revenue within 6 months! Nadine continues to outpace her competitors by offering a robust online store, introducing custom products, and focusing on quality. Who do you want to see next on the podca...
Jul 02, 2021•41 min
A lot of people complain about their in-laws. But not Lisa Lin—she used her sister-in-law as the inspiration for her company. Hey Mama is a brand of lactation protein supplements for new mothers, and it's flying off the shelves. How did Lisa do it? She used tactics from the Start and Scale course to turn her modest $1,000 pre-launch revenue into $40,000 monthly. Pretty epic, eh? Who do you want to see next on the podcast? Comment and let us know! And don't forget to leave us a 5-star review if y...
Jun 25, 2021•36 min
We've all heard about business empires that started in a garage - and Wash Bloc is no different. Wash Bloc is an all-natural, environmentally-friendly personal care line for travelers that's been a wild success since George Brown launched it a few months ago. As a travel lover, George was frustrated when he couldn't find quality products that were natural and sustainable. Once he took Foundr's Start and Scale course, George knew he had to launch his own line. Wash Bloc made over $2,000 on George...
Jun 18, 2021•30 min
They say we all have the same 24 hours in a day but after looking at Foundr course alumni Craig Schulze’s job history, we're pretty sure he has a few extra hours every day to get it all done. Craig, who has completed Foundr’s Instagram Domination and Rapid Course Formula courses, is a serial entrepreneur who has not only worked to become one of the best in his niche but has done it across multiple industries. In this episode of From Zero To Foundr, Craig discusses how the 7-figure founder began ...
Jun 11, 2021•37 min
Imagine if your digital marketing business went from $100 revenue a month, to $25K revenue a month. Not bad, right? Now imagine that this digital marketing business is your SIDE HUSTLE. A business you run in your spare time. For daytime music producer, Victor Laranja and his side hustle marketing business Social Gravity, this is not a dream. Not only is his side hustle hitting $25K a month but it’s also predicted to hit $50K a month this year. In this amazing episode of From Zero To Foundr, we s...
Jun 04, 2021•42 min
What’s the fastest way to find your business idea? Simple: Identify, and solve a known problem. Just ask Jennifer Abernathy, whose light-bulb moment came during her daily post-hot-yoga struggle changing out of her sweaty activewear. There’s got to be a better way! With a little sewing, a zip, an old pair of leggings, and a determination to fix this problem, Jennifer created the first prototype that would take her on a 3-year journey to launching Axcess Athletics. In today’s episode of From Zero ...
May 28, 2021•35 min
Elita Gluscevic and Stephanie Turzi had an incredible product idea, but suddenly found themselves feeling a little overwhelmed and unsure of where to go next. With a background in marketing and graphic design, the friends knew they wanted to launch a chin-lifting mask based on a Korean beauty concept, but needed help taking it to the next level. Enter: Gretta Van Riel’s Start and Scale Course. In this episode of From Zero To Foundr, Elita takes us on her journey from being made redundant at the ...
May 14, 2021•41 min
Meet Patryk Gawlak. Growing up, Patryk has always had some type of side hustle to make cash. So, when his mom started a business, he decided to help her. Their cleaning service heavily relied on word-of-mouth marketing and solo-operations. And looking at the local services in their area, they didn’t have any online presence. So, Patryk saw an opportunity to turn it into something more sustainable long-term. He took the 21st-century approach and built a website. He was able to build a good online...
May 07, 2021•38 min
Meet Brandon Omoregie, the proud founder and CEO of Offr Group, a recruiting agency based out of Austin Texas, and creator of Offr Jobs, an online course that has helped over 500 clients secure higher-paying jobs. In this episode of From Zero To Foundr, Brandon shares his incredible journey from flipping burgers, to realising his true talent and passions, to working with some of the biggest businesses of our time. If you're READY to finally start your own business, enroll in the EXACT free progr...
Apr 30, 2021•27 min
Sam has always been passionate about skincare and beauty products, and while working full-time as a journalist, she decided to launch a product to change the conversation around sunscreen. In this episode of From Zero To Foundr, Sam discusses her astonishing journey working weekends and late nights over a year, developing her product and her commitment to product ingredients, Sam created Naked Sundays SPF, the first sunscreen product designed to be worn over your makeup. Listen in as she discuss...
Apr 23, 2021•53 min
As someone who had dabbled in the entrepreneurial space before, Erin knew she wanted to launch an ecommerce business but needed help. Based in California, Erin decided to launch her own clean skincare range named Bella Vida Santa Barbara. In this episode of From Zero To Foundr, Mollie sits down with Erin to discuss her incredible journey in creating her cruelty-free, vegan skincare range. Erin discusses how the Start and Scale course helped her find her business idea, and how the Foundr communit...
Apr 16, 2021•42 min
Meet Mia Dickson - a yoga instructor turned entrepreneur who successfully launched and scaled her business Social Dot during a pandemic and hit $20k in 3 months. After Covid forced the closure of yoga studios the world over, Mia decided to venture out and launch her own ecommerce business. After seeing Facebook ads for Foundr’s Start & Scale course, she decided to create a product that allowed contactless and effortless sharing of business information. Listen in as Mollie and Mia discuss all...
Apr 09, 2021•37 min
After 25 years of brick-and-mortar restaurants, Nikki Buchannon and her husband were one month into their retirement before they discovered Foundr’s Start and Scale course. After completing the course, they decided to launch IReuse2, a luxury, eco-sustainable, on-the-go cutlery brand, and one year later they hit $100k in revenue. Two months after that, they hit another $100k! Nikki says that the idea for reusable cutlery came from first-hand experience at her stores seeing how much waste was gen...
Apr 02, 2021•48 min
