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- 0:00Welcome back. Here are the six quick questions. Question number one, what's your why? Why are you doing what you're doing? The big sister thing. Love it. Love it. Question number two is what's been the number one or your favorite marketing moment so far? Going viral on TikTok for the first time.
- 0:30How many views did it get? I don't even know, but I think one of our videos has 30 million and has definitely been one of the faster growing ones. That's wild madness. Yeah, it's crazy. Question number three, what's your go-to business resource in terms of book, podcast, or newsletter?
- 0:49I don't really follow a lot of business things at all, mostly because like in terms of consuming media, I listen to a lot of The Daily, The New York Times, The Daily. But I would say that for me, like there's actually one of my friends, Casey Lewis, has a newsletter called After School that's about like youth trends. And I really love that one.
- 1:10Amazing. I will link that in the show notes for anyone who wants to check it out. Question number four is how do you win the day? What are your AM or PM habits and rituals that keep you feeling happy and motivated and productive? I just sleep as much as I possibly can at night. I love that. I need to sleep more. Question number five, what is the worst money mistake in the business that you've made? And how much did it cost? Oh.
- 1:37I would say that, like, at the beginning, we kind of didn't trust our instinct around, like, PR and influencers. And we ended up, like, hiring some outside agency situations and probably spent about $30,000 of cost. That, at the end of the day, like, we got out of those contracts early because we were like, we can do this ourselves. And we have been doing it ourselves. But I would say that a lot of it is, like...
- 2:01was kind of trusting our gut that we could do things differently than hiring, like leaning on external agencies. Yeah, totally. Know that feeling. And last question, question number six is what is a crazy story, positive, good, bad, ugly, whatever, in the business that you can share? I think it's just like it's just a crazy moment every time, like I have period blood in my underwear, and my first instinct is to make a TikTok about it. Yes.
- 2:30Oh, you know what I wanted to ask you actually on this topic just quickly as a final question is, how do you deal with like the negative side of TikTok and the people like the, you know, the haters?
- 2:43Yeah, I mean, I think that for the haters who like say I'm gross and disgusting for being obsessed with periods or showing it to me, I just use it as motivation. Like I just kind of, it just fuels me with this idea of like the fact that you're calling it disgusting kind of reveals that it is so stigmatized and that's what we're trying to work through. And so I think that if anything, it kind of makes me more interested in it, you know, and that's something that I spend a lot more time focusing on. Fuels the fire. I love it. Exactly.
- 3:11Nadia, thank you so much for taking the time to come on the show today and share your journey so far with August. I am endlessly inspired by you and your energy and your big sister vibe. So thank you so much. I'm really grateful. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me.
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- 4:35Hey, it's June here. Thanks for listening to this amazing episode of the Female Startup Club podcast. If you're a fan of the show and want even more of the good stuff, I'd recommend checking out femalestartupclub.com where you can subscribe to our free newsletter. We send it out weekly covering female founder business news, insights and learnings in D2C, and interesting business resources.
- 4:59And if you're a founder building an e-commerce brand, you can join our private network of entrepreneurs called Hype Club at femalestartupclub.com forward slash Hype Club. We have guests from the show joining us for intimate Ask Me Anythings, expert workshops, and a group of totally amazing, like-minded women building the future of D2C brands.
- 5:22As always, please do subscribe, rate and review the show and post your favorite episodes to Instagram stories. I am beyond grateful when you do that.