Jumpstart Beauty Brand Rohit Banota, Jump Accelerator

In this guest series episode of JumpStart Beauty Brand Podcast, Rohit Banota spoke to Cristina Nuñez, an extraordinarily multi-talented & super intelligent Co-Founder and General Partner of True Beauty Ventures, focused on emerging beauty and wellness brands.



Timestamps



9:31-What distinguishes True Beauty Ventures from other funds?



17:42-What does True Beauty Ventures look for in a potential investment?



24:24-What beauty founders usually get wrong about retailers?



26:47-The dating and selection process that TBV follows



35:18-How does TBV support beauty founders and brands post-investment?



38:29-Founder traits that scare TBV the most post-investment



41:12-Winning traits of beauty founders who partner with TBV



44:12-How to apply to True Beauty Ventures?



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In this episode of the JumpStart Beauty Brand Guest Series, Svetlana Zacharevich, co-founder and CEO of Wander Beauty, answers questions around the theme "What Beauty Founders Don't Know," while also taking us on her journey as a green beauty founder.



Timestamps



[00:06:54.3] -How can the beauty founders be their authentic selves on social media



[00:13:10.0] - What do you see the future of green beauty as?



[00:18:27.1] - What assumptions did you have before you crossed $1m in revenue?



[00:31:15.00] - What was your experience with retail, and how did you move the product from the shelf?



[00:43:57.00] - Sephora and Ulta compete with your brand loyalty



[00:481:29.00] - Longevity over exponential growth



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In this episode of the JumpStart Beauty Brand Guest Series, Divya Gugnani, co-founder and CEO of Wander Beauty, answers three questions around the theme "What Beauty Founders Don't Know."



Timestamps



[00:01:57.580] -what do beauty founders not know about consumer acquisition?



[00:11:57.750] - Many brands are so focused on throwing an assortment at the customer, and we don't do that.



[00:17:22.250] - How important is fundraising for success? Is it a necessity, or is it something that you will attract if you're doing well?



[00:19:44.790] - Raising money too quickly and too much money too soon is a typical, classic, first-time founder mistake.



[00:21:47.260] - What do the founders not understand about product development? 

Beauty Founder, there is a method to the madness of raising funds. Beauty startups need inventory, need to hire people, and, more importantly, need to grow. In this episode, I  will discuss the sequential fundraising process, explain the terminology and frameworks, and cite a few resources to help women-led beauty brands.



Key Moments:

4:07- #1. Why Raise Money?

5:16- #2. The Real Reason to Raise Money

8:42- #3. Meaning of Persuasive Pitch to Investors

12:31- #4. Innovation Spectrum and Investor Interest

13:41- #5. How Much to Raise

16:33- #6. Venture Financing Options

18:01- #7. Convertible Debt & SAFE

19:33- #8. Issuing Equity

21:01- #9. How to Value Your Beauty Brand?



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Beauty founder, what's the biggest chokehold on your brand's hyper-growth?

Having worked with over 3 dozen beauty founders and having spoken to/studied approx. 500 more founders, I can say that it has to do more with the founder and her hunger!

I share the top 6 constraints that prevent you from accelerating to high 8 or even 9 figures. 

Key Moments:

2:35- #1. Cash vs. Capital

5:53- #2. Margin vs. Price

6:40- #3. People Leverage vs. Only I Can Do It

10:17- #4. Proven Learning vs. Chasing Sales

11:44- #5. Velocity vs. Opening New Doors

13:11- #6. Systems & Processes vs. Just Do It



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& Apply to our next batch for Hyper-Jump on our site: https://jumpaccelerator.com/ready-to-jump/

There is both science and emotion of hyper-growth for beauty brands. Emotion accelerates the scientific process of the diffusion of a new beauty brand into  the mainstream market.

Key Moments:

1:28-Jump Paradigm: 4-Jumps Sequence of Hyper-Growth

1:35-1st Jump: Jump Pad, Stake in the ground with your Brand Idea

4:57-2nd Jump: Jump in Love at First Sight

5:59-3rd Jump: Jump-Start your Tribe for Advocacy

8:21-4th Jump: Jump Market, Focused Market Amplification

Subscribe to the podcast, and go to Jumpaccelerator.com to take the quiz for finding out how ready is your beauty brand for hyper-growth.

& Apply to our next batch for Hyper-Jump on our site: https://jumpaccelerator.com/ready-to-jump/