Moodi: From Zero Sales to 70% Market Share in 4 Years

This week on The Lazy CEO, Jane sits down with Kate Gaffil-Jeffries, the co-founder of Moodi - one of Australasia’s fastest-growing wellness brands. Kate turned down a six-figure graduate law offer, pet-sat to bootstrap production, and built a brand that now dominates over 70% of New Zealand’s func…

How to Validate Your Business Idea Before You Invest Your Life Savings with Meagan Pate

This week on The Lazy CEO, Jane Lu is joined by Meagan Pate, co-founder of STRAAND and COO and co-owner of Three Warriors, to unpack one of the biggest questions every founder faces: how do you know if your business idea is actually any good? In this episode, they get into: How to spot a genuine g…

STRAAND & Three Warriors: How Meagan Pate Is Building Brands That Make It Onto Global Shelves

This week on The Lazy CEO, I’m joined by Meagan Pate, co-founder of STRAAND and COO and co-owner of Three Warriors. Meagan knows what it takes to turn a gap in the market into a global beauty brand. She’s helped scale Three Warriors into a multi-million-dollar business and co-founded STRAAND, whic…

Help My Small Business: How to Make People Want What You’re Selling

In this episode of Help My Small Business, Jane is joined by Elysia Krstevski, founder of Meke Baby, to review Lisa’s travel company, Crooked Compass. Crooked Compass offers unique journeys and experiences you won’t find with traditional travel companies. So how can Lisa turn what makes her busine…

Hairification: The Costly Mistakes Founders Make When Scaling a Business

This week on The Lazy CEO, Jane is joined again by the founder of Hairification, Jordan Mylius, for part two of their conversation. Last time, they talked about everything Jordan got right to grow Hairification to $20 million in sales in just two years. This time, they're flipping the conversation …

Mekė Baby: How Elysia Krstevski Built a New Category and Won Over Baby Bunting

This week on The Lazy CEO podcast, Jane is joined by Elysia Krstevski, founder of Mekė Baby. Elysia came up with the idea after battling mastitis as a new mum and realising there was no easy way to safely warm expressed breast milk while out with her baby. With no product development experience, sh…

Help My Small Business: How Do You make A Product Kids Want And Parents Will Buy?

In this episode of Help My Small Business, Jane and Ethan Yong, founder of UmamiPapi, review Neon Goat, a natural deodorant brand for tween and teenage boys. The challenge? Boys are the consumers, but Mum is the one buying it. Jane and Ethan unpack how Neon Goat can appeal to both audiences, from …

UmamiPapi: From Cooking Chilli Oil in His Kitchen to Building a 7-Figure Brand Gordon Ramsay Loves

This week on The Lazy CEO, I’m joined by Ethan Yong, founder of UmamiPapi. Ethan started making chilli oil during COVID while working his first job as a graduate, spending his weekends cooking and packing orders before and after work. A few years later, UmamiPapi is a 7-figure business, stocked in…

Hairification: How to Get on Shelves AND Stay There

This week on The Lazy CEO, Jane is joined by the founder of Hairification, Jordan Mylius. Hairification has hit $20 million in turnover in just three years and expanded into some of the biggest retailers across Australia and overseas. But getting onto retail shelves is only half the battle. The re…

EBY: How Renata Black Turned 436 Investor Nos Into a $75M Business

This week on The Lazy CEO, Jane is joined by Renata Black, co-founder and CEO of EBY, the performance intimates brand that's grown from $10 million to $75 million in revenue in just 3 years, while competing against some of the biggest names in the industry. What makes Renata's story so compelling …