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- 0:00Welcome back. Here are the six quick questions. So question number one, what's your why? Why are you doing what you're doing?
- 0:16For the generation before me and the generation after me. Maybe sometimes for myself. Yeah, please. Please put that in there. Question number two is what do you think has been the number one marketing moment that made the business pop? PR. Could PR be one moment, but PR.
- 0:36Yeah, I feel like for you, it looks from the outsider perspective and from what you've said, PR is a huge moment for you ongoing. So cool. Question number three is, where do you hang out to get smarter? What are you reading or listening to or subscribing to that's worth mentioning?
- 0:54I'm a good podcast Googler. Does that make sense? I'm always like podcasts on email marketing, podcasts on money troubles, podcasts on blank. So I can't give you a specific one, but I always kind of look for that. And then, yeah, I like reading and hearing other entrepreneurs journey. So listening to podcasts like yours or how I built this or reading shoe dog, like just hearing how other people have done it, like more of a personal story.
- 1:18I need to read Shoe Dog. Everyone recommends this book. So many people have recommended it on the show. And I'm always like, yeah, I'm going to read that next. And then it just slips my mind and I haven't read it yet. I need to get on that ASAP. Question number four is how do you win the day? What are your AM or PM rituals and habits that keep you feeling happy, successful, and motivated? I wake up really early.
- 1:42How early? What are we talking? Like 5.30. Yeah, it's tough. 5.30 or 6.30. But I feel like when I don't wake up that early, I feel like the day escapes me, right? Like I don't have that moment to be like, it's Dee and her day and like kind of, you know, not really have like bubble around a bit. Like I work out in the morning, like just like I need that hour in the morning, I think before I'm just like, okay, email. And I've started meditating before bed, like just doing like a five minute
- 2:10I've got an Apple Watch to track my sleep, my heart rate when I sleep. But it really calms things down, like knowing the information, right? You're like, oh, I feel really stressed because my heartbeat when I sleep is lower. So I started doing just like a five-minute wind-down thing on Calm, and that's been really helpful. Wow. I didn't know that the Apple Watch could check your heartbeat. Maybe that's something really stupid to say, but that sounds really interesting to monitor your sleep. Yeah.
- 2:35Yeah, so not to distract from the question, but there's like HRV, which is like heart rate variability. And it measures the beats. I think it's like, you know, your heart rate, how it varies like over the course of a minute. And if it's lower, it means you're more stressed. And like, it's basically like an under, like a thing that a lot of people don't track. But there's just like SleepWatch app that does track it. And because I have a great partner, he was like...
- 2:59I think something's going on in your sleep, like your heart, you're breathing weird, like heart rates, like not in a scary way, just like something happens when you sleep. And so I tried his Apple Watch for like a week and now I like religiously just like look, like how much did I sleep? Like sleep is really important, even though I don't get a lot of it, like the quality of it. Like if I sleep for four good hours with that calm app versus seven, like I've been drinking too much or I'm really stressed hours, like I can see the difference in that. It's like a quantitative measure anyways. It's like a really weird, it makes me feel...
- 3:29a little like quantified self, like a little robotic, but I feel like it's helpful data.
- 3:35I think I'm a really terrible sleeper and I have like weird breathing stuff when I sleep as well. And, but of course, like, I'm like, unless you go and do the full sleep test, you know, thing, which just seems like a whole other deal. I'm like, how on earth are you meant to like figure it out? But I'm going to look into this for myself. Thank you. Also like the whoop, like W. Oh yeah. I've heard of that one. People really like that for sleeping, but I haven't, it just tracks it on its own without like the app. It's more accurate, I think.
- 4:02It's kind of ugly, though. I wish that makes improved design choices for people who aren't athletes, including myself. Question number five is, what would you do if you were given $1,000 of no strings attached grant money in the business? And it's obviously not a lot of money, but to show your most important spend of a dollar. Right now, I'd give it to sampling, to be honest. More sampling, trying to make more ambassadors out there with the back. I'd give it to that program.
- 4:32Nice. And last question, how do you deal with failure? What's your mindset and approach when things don't go to plan? Not well. But I think I just try and like, act, which is probably like not the best response to failure, just to be like, how can I fix it as quickly as possible? And like, I have a very bad relationship with conflict.
- 4:54To be honest, even though I'm very straightforward, I hate actual conflict. So I think I just act really fast. I'm like, okay, what do I need to do to solve it? And sometimes I think the best way to deal with failure is just to recognize it, have it be like, I failed, and here's what I'm going to do differently next time, rather than try and fix it in the moment. So I'm trying to be better at like...
- 5:15okay, it was a failure. Like it's not perfect. And I think part of a lot of failure, like thoughts are tied to like money for me. So it's like trying to separate those two things out has been helpful to be like, this is the money spheres talking. And this is like an actual failure, you know, like trying to separate those two things. Trying to think it through and disconnect those dots. It's a tough one to do that though. I feel easier said than done.
- 5:39100%. I'm like, and everyone's lying if they say they figure that out, but maybe if you know someone refer me to said founder that you've been a re-edit. Yeah. Ah, Dee, this was so cool. Thank you so much for coming on the show and sharing so deeply about Evek and what you guys are up to. I, as I said before, I'm just in awe of what you're doing. I really look up to you for what you've been building in such a short amount of time. Truly. It's really cool to see.
- 6:07Yeah, thank you. Thank you for asking good questions. Hopefully helpful. So helpful.
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- 7:19Hey, it's Dune 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.
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- 8:06As 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.