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She Built One Of NZ's Strongest Brands From Nothing!

June 17, 2026 / 01:06

This episode discusses entrepreneurship, market gaps, and personal challenges faced by a young business owner. The guest shares her journey from law school to launching a product.

The guest reflects on her early 20s, having a law degree and turning down lucrative job offers. She describes the difficulties of her first year in business, including selling products and meeting sales goals.

She explains how she identified a gap in the market, driven by intuition and personal experience. The guest emphasizes the importance of recognizing problems faced by women, which informed her business strategy.

The conversation highlights the skepticism she faced from others regarding her choice to enter a saturated industry. The guest's determination and belief in her vision ultimately led to her success.

TLDR

A young entrepreneur discusses overcoming early challenges and identifying market gaps in her business journey.

Episode

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So, at this point, you're in your early 20s. >> Yes. >> You've got this law degree. You turned
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down these job offers for a six-figure You must have been moments where you were wondering if you're doing the right
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thing or not. >> The first 365 days were really hard. So, that first year, I had no idea what I
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was doing, barely selling any products. Like, >> [music] >> I remember the first production run was
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we had to sell eight units a day to sell out the stock before it expired. >> [music]
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>> And I remember thinking, "How the hell am I going to do that?" At the one-year
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mark, it was like all of those little seeds that I'd been planting finally [music] started to grow.
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And from there, it just took off. >> How did you know there was a gap in the market?
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>> I feel like it was very intuitive at the beginning. Now, there's a lot more data
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and science behind everything that we go into. But at the beginning, it was that
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intuition of like, "This is a problem for me. Anecdotally, this is a problem for a lot of women that I know. And I
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feel like, yes, there's a gap in the market, and more importantly, there's a big market of women in that gap."
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>> Cuz I wouldn't have thought there was a gap in the market. I'm thinking four years ago. I don't know.
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>> And that's partly why people think I was crazy. It's like, "This is the most saturated industry. Why would you go
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into this?"

Episode Highlights

  • The First Year Struggles
    The journey begins with uncertainty and low sales, but perseverance pays off.
    “The first 365 days were really hard.”
    @ 00m 08s
    June 17, 2026
  • Intuitive Market Gap
    Recognizing a gap in the market through personal experience and intuition.
    “This is a problem for me.”
    @ 00m 44s
    June 17, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • This is a problem for me.
    She Built One Of NZ's Strongest Brands From Nothing!

Key Moments

  • First Year Challenges00:08
  • Market Gap Discovery00:36