Claim OwnershipThe Lazy CEO Podcast with Jane Lu
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Join Jane Lu, Founder & CEO of the global fashion brand Showpo, as she chats with the amazing entrepreneurs behind some of the most iconic brands we all know and love, as well as the trailblazers and subject matter experts in their respective industries. This podcast will cover all things business, mindset, personal development while taking you on a journey to become your best self.
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My next guest is none other than the fitness queen herself Kayla Itsines! Kayla has a combined following of $44 million on social media ($16M on Instagram and $28M on Facebook). Her first foray into business was through her Bikini Body Guide - a PDF of workout routines, which I think most women, including myself, have used! This was then redeveloped into the Sweat App. Despite a few hiccups at launch, it soon became the most profitable fitness app in the world in just 2 years after launch. And it has now been downloaded over 30 million times! A few years ago, she sold her business for a whopping $400 million dollar valuation and has more recently actually bought it back. We get into this transaction, her journey from training women in her backyards to now, how she balances her social media and personal brand with business and being a mum of 2.This was honestly such a fun chat - I love Kayla’s energy so much.@kayla_itsines@sweat@thelazyceo_podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
My next guest is a very dear friend of mine Hannah Drury. We’re actually each other’s bridesmaids. Hannah is such a powerhouse! She’s the founder of Peppermint Grove and Moss St Fragrances, which is stocked literally everywhere, including Myer, Bloomingdales and Galeries Lafayette. You go into any store that has a home fragrance section, you’ll see one of her brands. Not only this, she also white labels, as manufactures for a lot other brands in the industry. Hannah’s built this to be a $40m million business and then tragedy struck at covid, when she lost control of her supply chain. This was a pretty tough time that we lived through together!But she picked herself right back up and turned lemons into lemonade. Yep she seized on the opportunity and started making hand sanitisers. And it was also the catalyst to really focus on her eComm business. But the major turning point was the vertical integration of her business into the expansion of her perfumery business, which now has over 5000 fragrances in the fragrances library, and is achieving incredible double figure growth year on year. Of course I always love chatting to this one, you may need to turn the volume down because she’s one of the few people in the world louder than me, but you will absolutely love our chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
My next guest is the ultimate icon for body positivity, it’s none other than Riley Hemson, founder of the size inclusive swimwear brand REMMIE and wardrobe basics brand Jorja and Joseph, you may know her as @rileyj on socials, formerly known as @healthychick101. You may also know her from our joint Showpo and Remmie collab collection. Riley has had a long health and fitness journey which she positively turned into a career in social media. And then led to her launching her activewear and swimwear brand Remmie in 2020, which has now grown to 7 figures. Riley is so down to earth and authentic, exactly what you see on socials! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
If you have a sweet tooth, you are going to love today’s guest. It’s Daniel Kitay, the founder of Funday Sweets.Funday sweets is a natural confectionary brand that is sugar-free but honestly you couldn’t taste the difference. What started with Daniel formulating the mixtures and playing with different ingredients on his kitchen bench is now the fastest growing better-for-you lolly brand in Australia, selling to over 5000 outlets and selling millions of bags every quarter. In this episode we talk about just how the heck do you even start making a food product, how he dealt with such a high minimum order quantities and how he found stockists (Especially with the majors such as Woolies, Coles + Chemist Warehouse). @fundaysweets@thelazyceo_podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Some of you may remember my next guest Jules Robinson from Married at First Sight (yes she’s one of the few couples that are still together). I know you guys know how much I love my reality TV, but don't worry, this isn’t about that - Jules is one impressive business woman! She’s the founder of the inclusive and empowering shape wear brand Figur and the owner of fashion label Moira Muse AND the owner of Status Co - a hair and makeup salon set up as a speakeasy bar in beautiful Barangaroo Sydney.On top of these 3 businesses, she holds a huge social media presence, is also the co-host of the Juggling Act podcast and a book author. This really sounds like a lot, but what I love about this chat is how authentic and down to earth Jules is, and her positive attitude towards her business challenges really makes you feel like “yeah it’s all good, we got this”.@julesrobinson82@statusco.republic@figur_co@moira.muse@thelazyceo_podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today I chat to Doone Roisin, who hosts the brilliant business podcast Female Startup ClubHer first foray into the startup world was through her jewellery brand KINCS, which was picking up serious momentum and making 6 figures in sales, but she realised that the path forward wasn’t what she was wanted anymore and pivoted into Female Startup Club, one of the top podcasts in business. In this episode we talk all about how do you know when to keep going with a business idea vs pivoting. Doone has also branched out into angel investing and has such a wealth of knowledge on all the ways that a small business can raise capital - if you’re thinking about starting a business but don’t know where to get the money to start, or if you have a business and is at a point where you need more cash to grow the business, well you won’t want to miss this. @thelazyceo_podcast@dooneroisin@femalestartupclub Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today I chat to the girls from KIC - Laura Henshaw and Steph Miller (better known as Steph Claire Smith on socials). KIC, which stands for Keep It Cleaner, is a content-based brand focused on fitness and wellness and has a community of over 2.5 million people and their KIC app which features fitness programs, healthy recipes and wellness practices and recently launched run club has been downloaded over 750,000 times. You may have also heard their podcast KICPOD which has been listened to 14 MILLION times! We had such an amazing chat about their journey from models/influencers to entrepreneurs, working with your bestie, tips on building a community, the ins and outs of app development (especially when you don’t have a tech background) and all their challenges along the way. I hope you love this episode as much as I loved recording it!@kic.app@kicpod@thelazyceo_podcast@stephclairesmith@laura.henshaw Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
So excited about my next guest, founder of CUB, Daniel Hakim. Cub, which stands for Club of United Businesses is Australia’s fastest growing members club for business owners. Cub started in 2015 with only 5 founding members (one of them being yours truly) and now they service over 2000 Aussie entrepreneurs with clubhouses in Sydney, Melbourne and also with Brisbane opening soon. And more recently, Daniel has also expanded into the online community space with an online app called Boa.In this episode we talk about: How to build a really engaged communityWhat he does to close B2B sales, and more importantly, to retain customersAnd about the ever evolving Australian entrepreneurial landscape@thelazyceo_podcast@the.danielhakim@clubofunitedbusiness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
I’m so excited about my next guest Lisa Messenger, founder of Collective Hub. I’ve known Lisa for quite a while now, being one of the OGs in the Sydney entrepreneurial community. Despite having no experience in media or magazine, and also despite print media being on a decline by this point, Lisa launched Collective Hub magazine in 2013. And it was wildly successful and physically distributed in over 37 countries featuring the likes of Richard Branson and Jamie Oliver on the cover.Unfortunately, the business scaled too quickly and Lisa nearly lost everything. She sold two properties and sunk the money into her business as bridging finance, which was never to be seen again. This would be so devastating for anyone, but what Lisa did next shows true grit and resilience. She has since then bounced back and relaunched the brand and it’s now bigger, more profitable and sustainable than it ever was!Lisa is so authentic and transparent with sharing her experiences and learnings, not just in business but also in personal life. She’s been through 16 rounds of failed IVF, but subsequently was given the ultimate gift of life from a friend through surrogacy.Lisa has now written 38 books and sold over 2.5 million copies and oh my god this woman is impressive!!@thelazyceo_podcast@lisamessenger Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome back to part 2 of my chat with She’s on the Money’s Victoria Devine. In case you missed part 1, we talked about how you can get on top of your finances and better track your budget. And in this episode we talk about the ways you can invest your money, the pros and cons of property investment, tips on how to get yourself out of debt, how to manage lifestyle creep and much much more!@thelazyceo_podcast@shesonthemoney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
I’m so excited about this guest, she is a guru of personal finances and I’ve learnt so much for this chat myself, and I’m sure you will too! It’s none other than the amazing Victoria Devine from the top ranking podcast She’s On the Money.Victoria launched Zella in 2015 to provide mortgage and asset finance solutions and then made the life-changing pivot into the podcast world to create She’s on the Money, which gets over a million downloads a month! She’s also the author of 3 best sellers - she’s on the money, investing with she’s on the money and properly with she’s on the money.In this episode we talk all about how you can get on top of your finances and how to better track your budget. And there was just so much info, we had to spill over to another episode where we talk about ways that you can invest your money, the pros and cons of property investment, tips on how to get yourself out of debt, how to manage lifestyle creep and much much more! Get out your pen and paper for this episode!!@shesonthemoney@thelazyceo_podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome back to part 2 of my chat with Ruslan Kogan. Quick TLDR, Ruslan is the founder and CEO of kogan.com, one of Australia’s largest online retailers, known mostly for their electronics and white goods and makes over $1B in sales annually. In this episode we talk about how to get PR and get attention, and how his fight with Gerry Harvey was a clever tactic that grew the business, how he became overstocked post covid and how he overcame it and growing additional income streams using the subscription model.@thelazyceo_podcast@kogandotcom Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
So excited about this next guest because it’s someone who I saw on stage when I just started Showpo and I was like wow! It’s none other than Ruslan Kogan, the founder of Kogan, one of Australia’s largest online retailers, known mostly for their electronics and white goods and pretty much everything. Started back in 2006, Kogan saw an arbitrage opportunity to sell flatscreens at a much lower price by using a pre-sale model. So Ruslan ordered a bunch of TVs, listed them on eBay at a 1c start point with no reserve, and to no surprise, they sold like hotcakes, and Kogan.com was born. In 2016, Kogan listed on the Australian Stock Exchanged and at its peak reached a market capitalisation of $2.6 billion dollars! And today Kogan sells over 50 million products on its site, to over 3m active customers and makes over $1 billion in sales annually. Such an interesting chat because we have quite similar backgrounds, and I really resonate with so much of his business principles. This man is a genius, you’re gonna love this@thelazyceo_podcast@kogandotcom Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
You may know Mel from the last season of Married at First Sight, but she’s also the founder of two incredible businesses in the beauty space - Feather Sisters and Melly’s Beauty Salon. Mel started Feather Sisters, the lash and brow beauty brand in 2016, and within her first 3 months made $100k in 10 days by nailing the product and digital marketing. Mel shares her story of a rebrand project that started at a $15k budget that grew quarter of a million dollars - talk about a scope creep. And how this overinvestment in product and rebrand dried up funds to actually market and sell the product. More recently Mel has opened a beauty salon Melly’s Beauty Parlour and we talk about the challenges of balancing a bricks-and-mortar store, a 7-figure direct to consumer ecomm business and building a personal brand@thelazyceo_podcast@melindarichelle@feather_sisters@mellysbeautyparlour Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Super quick TLDR in case you missed it, Airtasker is Australia’s largest marketplace for local services. In this part, we hear more about hustles Tim had to push through to get the business growing, how he achieved profitability and his leadership management. I in particular love his mantra of being okay with being uncomfortable!@thelazyceo_podcast@airtasker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today I’m chatting with Tim Fung, the co-founder of Airtasker. If you’re lazy like me, you’ve used Airtasker a lot! Actually we do discuss on pod that it’s laziness, efficient and creative! Airtasker is Australia’s largest digital marketplace for local services. Airtasker achieved 6.7 million verified reviews of tasks completed across the platform and in 2022 achieved $44 million in revenue in 2022 with 40% year on year growth. Tim has been very busy in recent years, from going public 2021, acquiring one of their competitors OneFlare, who is #3 in the market and launching in the UK and US.We talk about the challenges that come with building a two-sided marketplace, how he achieved profitability (which is not that easy for a tech business, especially marketplaces), the challenges in today’s tougher economic environment and I especially love his startup story that led him to starting Airtasker. Honestly could’ve talked to Tim all day! @thelazyceo_podcast@airtasker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In case you missed, the last episode was the full interview with Tammy about how she built herself to be one of the biggest influencers in the world with almost 18 million followers and founded 2x 8-figure businesses Tammy Fit and Saski. A quick TLDR: Tammy launched Tammy Fit as a downloadable PDF which cost her $400 to make and it’s now a fitness and wellness app that’s had more than 3 million downloads and is a $38 million business. She then founded Saski, an activewear brand that’s had collections sell out in 90 seconds. @thelazyceo_podcast@tammyhembrow@saski@tammyfitapp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today I chat with Tammy Hembrow, a multi-talented influencer turned entrepreneur that’s been on the cover of Forbes and in the AFR Young Rich List. In case you didn’t know, Tammy Hembrow is one of the biggest influencers in Australia with almost 18 million followers on Instagram!Tammy's entrepreneurial journey started with a $400 investment which turned into a $38 million thriving business Tammy Fit. What launched as a downloadable PDF, is now a health and wellness app that’s had more than 3 million downloads. In 2018, Tammy launched an activewear brand Saski. Saski’s had been worn by some of the biggest celebs like Hailey Bieber, Bella Hadid, Jennifer Lopez, Sofia Richie & Madison Beer.. And is now also an 8-figure business. What an absolute powerhouse Tammy is! @thelazyceo_podcast@tammyhembrow@saski@tammyfitapp Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today I chat with Jason Daniel, the founder behind LSKD - an Australian activewear and street brand that’s completely blown up over the last few years. Most people probably didn’t know that LSKD started back in 2002 as Loose Kid Industries - yes a total OG in the entrepreneurial space! But what is so incredible about his story is the iterations of his business that he’s gone through over the last 20 plus years, which all led to 5 years ago when the brand just exploded - from being stuck on $3 million of revenue for years to now on track to make $100 millions a year. Yes you heard it right - his business has grown by 32x in the last 5 years! It’s such incredible growth, especially for a business that’s been around for so long - we talk all about it in this episode!@thelazyceo_podcast@lskd@jasondaniel__ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome back to part 2 of my chat with Laura Byrne and Brittany Hockley, co-hosts of the Life Uncut Podcast and KIIS 1065’s The Pick Up radio show. These girls are one of the most well know TV personalities in Australia, which you may remember from The Bachelor. In this part we talk more about the businessy stuff including Laura’s jewellery business Toni May, which she’s had for 13 years! Anyway, if you haven’t listened to part one, go and check it out cos it was just so much fun chatting with the girls.@thelazyceo_podcast@lifeuncutpodcast@brittany_hockley@aladyandacat@tonimay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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