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6 Quick Questions with Ami Bateman, Co-founder Pleasant State (part 2) · Imagine If with Doone Roisin | Health, Wealth & Wisdom for Women (formerly Female Startup Club Podcast)

• 0:00
  Welcome back. Here are the six quick questions. Question number one is what's your why? Why are you waking up every day and building Pleasant State?
• 0:19
  Because I believe that businesses are there to build a better world and that they have an obligation to balance people, planet and profit. And I'm on a mission to prove that you can balance them and build an awesome business. Yes, you have already proven that. 100%. Question number two, what's been your favourite marketing moment so far?
• 0:42
  Probably this latest crowdfunding video. That has been three years of work to get me to this point where I look acceptable behind a camera. So I love this latest video. Check it out. It's so fun. Our present same virtual video. Yeah, you enjoyed it. I so enjoyed it. I laughed so many times. Yeah.
• 1:00
  There's a funny story. I actually had a full diva moment before I started speaking on the couch. I shouldn't admit that. This is really hard for me. I'm presenting in front of the camera. And so I threw a mini tantrum. You wouldn't know it though. Yeah, you wouldn't know it. Not at all. Oh my God. Hey, we all have tantrum moments. I have mine often.
• 1:23
  Question number three is what's your go-to business resource? Where are you learning from at the moment in terms of like a book or a newsletter or a podcast?
• 1:33
  Yes. Well, I have to do a call out to your podcast, Dune. It's really amazing. When I'm driving, I will always pick a segment that really resonates with me and the problem that I'm facing. And so I've picked up a lot listening to your podcast. Thank you. Oh, thank you so much. Any others? Any other kind of life-changing resources that we can drop to the audience? The way that I do it, because I have to be efficient and I am not good at reading books
• 2:00
  nonfiction is my network. So I make sure I have experts around me in different areas and I call them and I get really quick answers to the problem that I'm facing. And I'm not afraid to do that. Yeah. Love that. 100% network is everything. Question number four, how do you win the day? What are your AM or PM rituals and habits that keep you feeling happy and motivated and successful?
• 2:25
  Yes, a really good one. As long as I stick to this, my structure is I wake up pretty early because I live in Queensland. You can't help it. I take my time just having my breakfast. I go to the gym. And then before I start work, I do a mini meditation where it's called the whooping method. So what's my wish?
• 2:45
  What's the outcome of that? What's the obstacle to achieving that? And then what's my plan to overcome that obstacle? And I really center myself and just remember to be like present and kind and calm throughout the day. Oh, I love that. That's so cool. I haven't heard that before. Question number four, what's been your worst money mistake and how much did it cost you in the business?
• 3:08
  Yes, I would say this is the only time we take calculated risks. But we've got to a point where I thought if we throw more money into a better agency, ad agency, and a better PR agency, that's going to drive our growth. And I thought from that growth, we'd be able to fund them. That was the biggest mistake I've ever made. We should not invest for growth. Make sure you have the
• 3:33
  don't, don't gamble like I did on that. We had to wind that back and that, that took a while to wind back. Yeah. Tough one. Very tough one. Question number six. Last question. What is just a crazy story, good or bad from building Pleasant State? I feel like the universe is, my biggest challenge is around pallets. Yeah.
• 3:57
  I have stuffed up with pallets of what your products come on, shipped from factories. The amount of mistakes I've made in this is ridiculous. The last one I had a semi-trailer and another smaller truck arrive with 32 pallets. That's a lot of pallets.
• 4:14
  It's a lot of palettes. And despite me thinking that I'd asked for the right palette and being really clear, they arrived on the wrong palette. And I sent them back and that was a $5,000 mistake. So I still haven't learned my palette lessons one day, one day.
• 4:29
  Palette lessons. It's a first on the show. Definitely a first. Oh my gosh, Amy, thank you so much for coming on the show, sharing your story. I'm so excited for you. I'm so excited to be a hype girl. I'm so excited for the next episode. Oh my gosh. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, Dune. Thank you everyone for listening.
• 4:54
  Hey, 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.
• 5:19
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• 5:41
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• 5:57
  Hey, 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.
• 6:21
  And 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.
• 6:44
  As 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.