The Lazy CEO Podcast with Jane Lu

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The Lazy CEO Podcast with Jane Lu Podcast

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    #77 The Skin Bar: How Samantha Appell Opened 9 Skin Care Clinic, Making 8-Figures, in Just 4 Years

    Today I sit down with Samantha Appell, the founder and Director of The Skin Bar, a leading Boutique chain of skin care clinics. In just 4 years, she’s opened 9 clinics, in 3 states, making over 8-figures. Yes, that’s 9 clinics since 2020 which includes Covid lockdown years.  Samantha’s approach is deeply personal, driven by her own personal battle with severe cystic acne that profoundly impacted her self confidence. This experience fuelled her passion for helping others achieve clear, healthy skin, particularly through skin needling - a treatment that transformed her own skin. Under her leadership, The Skin Bar has become known for popularising skin needling and offering tailored, holistic skincare solutions that avoid injectables like Botox.  In this episode we talk about:  The economics of beauty clinics How she’s achieved this growth of physical locations in such a short amount of time, whilst maintaining quality in every experience The importance of having focus in your brand and product  And so much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    49 min

  2. 3 SEPT

    #76 Bali Buddies: Karlie Cummins on Creating the Ultimate Lifestyle Business

    Few people love their jobs more than me, and my next guest is one of them! I absolutely fell in love with Karlie’s story when she told it to me over cocktails in Bali and I’m so happy she’s back in Oz and here to share it with all of you.  Karlie was previously a school teacher for 12 years and after a few trips to Bali, she started Bali Buddies as a Facebook page to share Bali tips with friends.  At the age of 33, she decided that she wanted more in life and life isn’t so black and white and took a total career pivot. She officially launched Bali Buddies and moved to Bali with her husband and 2 young daughters. 12 years on, it’s now a full blown Bali travel media platform that has a team of 15, expanded to Indo Buddies and makes high 6 figures in profits (yes, not rev, but profits) - which when you think about the cost of living in Bali, it’s incredible. She literally lives like royalty in Bali and gets invited to all the best events and openings. Karlie has created the ultimate lifestyle business for herself and epitomises everyone’s dream of working to live and not living to work.  In this episode, we talk about how she did it all, how do you start a media company, how do you make a living off of affiliate marketing and media sales, and the challenge she overcame with such a career and lifestyle pivot.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    46 min

  3. 26 AUG

    #75 NORA: Paul Greenberg on Scaling eComm Businesses, Board Role Fusion and Angel Investing

    My next guest is an OG in the Australian retail space with a retail career spanning three decades. I like to think of him as the Godfather of the online retail industry in Australia, it’s none other than Paul Greenberg.  Paul is the co-founder of Deals Direct, one of Australia’s first online department stores, which has listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.  He subsequently started NORA, the National Online Retailers Association. A network that now supports over 25,000 online retailers. Paul now is an angel investor and holds advisory board roles on several retail tech businesses, which we get into in this episode.  Paul is a serial entrepreneur, ecommerce expert, and regarded as one of the pioneers of online retail in Australia, he has such a wealth of knowledge and is connected to everyone in the industry - and of course, always so great to chat! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    43 min

  4. 20 AUG

    #74 Answering Your Questions About Marketing Hacks & How to Execute Them With Anaita Sakar (Hero Packagin)

    Today I chat with Anaita Sarkar, founder of Hero Packaging and better known on socials as @sellanythingonline. If you're a long time listener, you'll know that Anaita came on the poddy last year - and well, I loved it so much I had to get her back! Absolutely loved hearing what she's gotten up to since she was in the studio last - including writing a book, developing courses and starting a podcast. We covered all things marketing - with a specific focus on paid ads. It's so interesting to hear Anaita's stance on digital marketing agencies and I love how she's wanting to help her followers learn it themselves. So many amazing tips in this episode! I'm sure you'll love it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    47 min

  5. 13 AUG

    #73 Lust Minerals: Stacey Hollands on Influencer Marketing, Rebranding and Building an 8-Figure Brand

    Today I chat with Stacey Hollands - the founder of Australia’s leading clean beauty brand Lust Minerals. Back in 2014, Stacey launched from an initial $10k investment and then went on to achieve $1 million in sales within the first 18 months! And more recently making $24million in the past 3 years.  After sadly losing her dad at a young age to cancer - Stacey realised that we only really get one chance at life, and how harmful the chemicals and toxins we use every day can really be. So 7 months later she got to work and started to formulate the perfect natural product - this actually took 2 years to get to market, but it was worth the wait because that perfect product is now Lust Minerals’ best seller, with one selling every two minutes!!  Today we chat about the journey that brings us to today, how they grew using influencer marketing and their big rebrand that cost $300,000!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    30 min

  6. 5 AUG

    #72 GMS Media Group: How to Use Digital Marketing to Sky Rocket Your Business With Blake Micola

    Today I chat to Blake Micola - the brains behind GMS Media Group (Growth Marketing Systems). GMS has grown to a 7-figure ad agency and was crowned "best marketing service" nationally twice at the Australian Business Champion Awards! They have managed a whopping 1,200 clients and boast a super impressive portfolio including Culture Kings, ABC, F45, Who Is Elijah, Dr John Demartini and Jordan Belfort. In this episode we chat about how Blake built a successful agency in a highly competitive and saturated market, the expensive lessons (including a $250k debt due to over-hire and overspending), how he overcame it. We deep dive into digital marketing and I thought we’d shake it up a bit in this episode and I gave him 2 live case studies to talk through - how to market for an event like BitchCon and one of my Shark Tank investments Mimi & Co, a D2C online reusable nappies business. Such a fun and informative chat - I’m sure you’ll get a lot from this one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    45 min

  7. 30 JUL

    #71 Answering Your Questions About D2C vs Wholesale Business Model, International Expansion and Brand Marketing with Raquel Bouris (Who Is Elijah)

    Today I chat with Raquel Bouris, the co-founder behind Who Is Elijah. Raquel was one of my first guests on the podcast, and since then we have become great friends! Today we chat about what she's up to now (including big retail deals!), direct to consumer vs wholesale business models, international expansion and all of her tips and tricks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min

  8. 22 JUL

    #70 Brillo Beauty & Bump Day Spa: Leigh Campbell & Tegan Natoli On Navigating a Business With a Niche Target Market

    I’ve got 2 exciting guests on the pod today, Leigh Campbell and Tegan Natoli - the duo behind Brillo Beauty, a self care solutions brand for modern motherhood. Self-funded and organically launched, Brillo Beauty made $200k in revenue in the first 3 months alone. They follow a direct-to-consumer business model with a small collection of hand-selected exclusive stockists.  Prior to starting up Brillo Beauty - these incredible ladies have very formidable careers.  Leigh has worked in the beauty industry for over 20 years. She was the beauty director of Cosmo magazine, executive editor for Mamamia and now hosts number one beauty podcast, You Beauty.  Tegan co-founded Bump Day Spa, Australia’s premium pampering destination catering specifically to pregnant & postpartum women, with spas in 3 locations and more on the way. We chatted about growing a business with such a niche target market, the journey that brought them here together, all about their direct to consumer business model and the marketing strategies that’s been working them. We honestly had such a fun chat and I know you’ll be able to hear how electric the energy in the room was!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    46 min
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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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