Natalie and Lana swap their most woo-woo wellness practices and what actually helped. We cover the exact “detox bath” they use when they feel a cold coming on, a vision-board story that led to a real Walmart buyer call, and why co-sleeping won out after years of bedtime battles. We also get into supplements, sound baths, raw-milk debates, and managing anxiety with boundaries and mantras. If you want practical takeaways from crystals to ClassPass, this one is packed.
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00:00 Cold open, why we love “woo” in LA
00:43 The detox bath we use when we feel sick
01:51 Tapping, not getting sick, and potato bracelets
04:08 Vision boards that led to real results
05:13 Walmart buyer call after daily journaling
07:26 Where we’re woo in life vs business
08:25 Breastfeeding stance and early newborn choices
09:59 Homeopathy and the kid-vitamin routine
11:07 Sound baths, gongs, and crystals for kids
12:27 Mornings without the phone, sanity restored
15:43 Flight-or-fight, anxiety, and boundaries
17:05 Supplement philosophy, fragrance-free home
19:43 Beef organs, creatine, and feeling toned
21:12 Raw milk hot take and why
22:34 Moderation with kids and real life
23:01 Why we chose co-sleeping and how it works
26:02 Tarot, psychics, and a near-acquisition call
28:51 Starter kit: bath, journaling, sound baths
29:57 Water, filters, and glass debate
31:09 Cotton over synthetics, especially for kids and workouts
34:15 Mantras for time and calm, final hot takes
Founder Loren Castle shares how a health scare pushed her to reinvent the classic chocolate chip cookie with clean ingredients, then turn that recipe into Sweet Loren’s, a national brand. She breaks down the gritty early years, from farmers markets and a toaster oven in Whole Foods demos to scaling factories, packaging, and distribution. We dig into the allergen free pivot, whytaste still wins, pricing and margins, and the leadership moves that unlocked profitable growth. If you are building in CPG, this is a masterclass on product market fit, retail, and team.More Hot Takes Big StakesInstagram: www.instagram.com/hottakesbigstakes/TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@hottakesbigstakes/More on Loren Castle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorenbcastleLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loren-brill-castle/Website: https://sweetlorens.com/More on Natalie Holloway:Personal Instagram: www.instagram.com/natalieholloway/“Bala” Instagram: www.instagram.com/bala/“Balacize” Instagram: www.instagram.com/balacize/Substack,“Working Out in Heels”: natalieholloway.substack.comBook a 1-on-1 Call: intro.co/NatalieHollowayMore on Lana Elie-Meyers:Personal Instagram: www.instagram.com/lanaelie/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lana-elie-875b383a/
00:00 Intro, why this story matters
00:40 The diagnosis, mindset shift to health and food
03:18 Learning nutrition, cooking, fixing the cookie
05:07 Iterating hundreds of batches, real feedback
07:50 Quitting the job, contests and early validation
09:26 Farmers market tests, writing the business plan
10:19 Bakery vs CPG, choosing scale and freedom
11:34 Whole Foods buyer meeting, picking cookie dough
14:01 The seven month sprint to launch
15:17 Toaster oven demos, winning customers in store
19:09 Trade shows and factory upgrades to scale
20:37 Publix and Kroger wins, going nationwide
21:23 Customer messages point to allergens
22:24 Allergen free launch, instant top seller
23:43 Packaging, taste first, callouts second
25:03 Selling into different retailers, moms as gatekeepers
27:43 Less sugar line, listening to data and demand
31:27 Pricing, margins, and competing on quality
32:57 From solo grind to profitable, lean team
35:27 Remote systems, hiring only rock stars
36:28 Covid bump, brand awareness and new packaging
38:24 Hiring a president, unlocking founder leverage
40:17 Staying in vision and growth, avoiding burnout
45:00 Final playbook, how to build a lasting food brand
Before you build, pressure-test your idea the smart way. In this episode, we cover validating the problem, sizing the market, unit economics, stress-testing your time and finances, running a minimum-effort MVP, and checking competitors. You will hear practical tactics like using Reddit to find real pain, building a waitlist and pre-selling with Stripe, and plotting a quick competitor map. We wrap with two hot takes, be naive enough to start, and plan enough to execute.
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00:00 Intro, why this matters for new founders
00:32 Tip 1, Validate the problem, not the idea
01:16 Signals that the problem is real, emotion and willingness to pay
02:48 Tip 2, Size the market, top-down vs bottoms-up
04:26 Unit economics sense check and payback logic
05:26 Tip 3, Stress-test your time and finances
07:18 Support systems, partners, housing, and tradeoffs
08:22 Tip 4, Run a minimum-effort test, landing page and list 09:23 Pre-selling with Stripe, early prototypes, and social proof 11:18 Start socials early and build with your audience
12:15 Tip 5, Pressure-check the competition and find your moat 14:44 Hot takes, be naive enough to start vs plan enough to execute
15:36 Closing thoughts and next steps
Everyone says passion matters, but is it required to launch a successful business? In this episode we debate passion versus action, share a simple system to spot ideas in your everyday life, and walk through a no-nonsense validation checklist. You will learn how to mine “boring” categories, read Amazon reviews for insights, stress-test market size, and draw the line between stealing and genuine differentiation. We wrap with real idea starters you can take and run with today.
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00:00 Intro and the passion myth
00:36 The debate begins: passion vs. action
01:37 “If you are waiting for passion, you will never start”
03:28 Want to work for yourself, but no idea yet
04:51 Mine daily frustrations for ideas
05:53 The CVS walk and Amazon review audit
07:44 Where to look for under-innovated categories
10:59 Why working at a startup accelerates you
12:01 Copying, inspiration, and brand differentiation
15:16 How to validate: sit with it, talk to honest friends
16:27 Market size math and right-sized ambitions
20:18 Action over waiting, getting out of your own way
22:34 Rapid-fire idea starters
31:36 Wrap and call to action
Dr. Jason shares how a devastating injury led him to hack together the first Theragun, then spend eight relentless years turning it into Therabody. He explains the science he discovered along the way, why 40Hz matters, and how early believers from the New England Patriots to Justin Timberlake helped the idea spread. We also get candid lessons from painful business missteps, a pandemic pivot, and a rebrand that brought recovery tools home. If you’re building, healing, or both, this story is loaded with takeaways.More Hot Takes Big StakesInstagram: www.instagram.com/hottakesbigstakes/TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@hottakesbigstakes/More on Dr. Jason WestlandInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjasonwerslandLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jason-wersland-0116846a/Website: https://www.therabody.comMore on Natalie Holloway:Personal Instagram: www.instagram.com/natalieholloway/“Bala” Instagram: www.instagram.com/bala/“Balacize” Instagram: www.instagram.com/balacize/Substack,“Working Out in Heels”: natalieholloway.substack.comBook a 1-on-1 Call: intro.co/NatalieHollowayMore on Lana Elie-Meyers:Personal Instagram: www.instagram.com/lanaelie/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lana-elie-875b383a/
Lana the founder of Floom, a premium flower marketplace featured in Vogue, Forbes, and The New York Times, breaks down how she sold her company to a strategic buyer without a banker. We cover spotting the right time to sell, building a data room, running a buyer process, and handling LOI exclusivity risk. She shares the emotional side too, identity after the exit and why deals can fall through. If you are considering selling, this conversation is a practical roadmap and a reality check.
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00:00 Intro, who is Lana and what is Floom
01:09 Deciding it was time to sell, reading the signals
04:30 Burnout vs. timing, why she aimed for profitability first
07:00 What M&A advisors do, why she went solo
08:56 Building the data room, financials, legal, and IP proof
12:15 Finding buyers, using LinkedIn and a short strategic list
14:54 When deals fall through, managing the emotional crash
16:11 Should you sell before you hate it, practical advice
18:33 Identity after an exit, grief, journaling, and reset
22:00 Life design, profitability, and alternatives to venture scale
24:27 LOI exclusivity risks, spotting unserious buyers
26:59 Deal structures 101, lessons she wishes she knew earlier
28:07 When to sell, hot vs. right-for-you timing
29:57 After the handoff, how closely to watch the brand
30:47 Hot take, does a company need to be your identity
31:26 Time off between companies, sprint or sabbatical
33:08 Does selling give you clout, second-time founder advantages
34:28 Wrap up, subscribe and comment
Founder Diana Cohen shares how Crown Affair went from a viral haircare Google Doc to a nationwide Sephora brand. She walks through lessons from early roles at Away, Outdoor Voices and Harry’s, the Japanese rituals that shaped her formulas, and the Laura Mercier powder hack that inspired Crown Affair’s dry shampoo. Diana breaks down scalp versus strand health, why brushing matters, and her “raise as you go” approach that led to sustained, profitable growth. If you care about brand, product and calm, durable company building, this one is packed with takeaways.Hot Takes Big Stakes listerner get to enjoy 15% off their purchase at https://www.crownaffair.com using code HTBS15.More Hot Takes Big StakesInstagram: www.instagram.com/hottakesbigstakes/TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@hottakesbigstakes/More on DiannaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/diannacohenLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diannacohenWebsite: https://www.crownaffair.comMore on Natalie Holloway:Personal Instagram: www.instagram.com/natalieholloway/“Bala” Instagram: www.instagram.com/bala/“Balacize” Instagram: www.instagram.com/balacize/Substack,“Working Out in Heels”: natalieholloway.substack.comBook a 1-on-1 Call: intro.co/NatalieHollowayMore on Lana Elie-Meyers:Personal Instagram: www.instagram.com/lanaelie/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lana-elie-875b383a/
This episode is the honest look at building a business while breastfeeding, corralling toddlers, and cleaning up midnight messes, the kind of chaos that never makes the highlight reel. We talk about the Shark Tank bump, finding out we were pregnant, and how priorities shifted as the family grew.You will hear the rules that keep us sane, one night out per week and a no-meetings policy that protects deep work and bedtime.We cover real help, from full-time family support to outsourcing errands, flexible schedules for working parents, founder maternity leave during nap windows, and giving yourself permission to let a few things slip.More Hot Takes Big StakesInstagram: www.instagram.com/hottakesbigstakes/TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@hottakesbigstakes/More on Natalie Holloway:Personal Instagram: www.instagram.com/natalieholloway/“Bala” Instagram: www.instagram.com/bala/“Balacize” Instagram: www.instagram.com/balacize/Substack,“Working Out in Heels”: natalieholloway.substack.comBook a 1-on-1 Call: intro.co/NatalieHollowayMore on Lana Elie-Meyers:Personal Instagram: www.instagram.com/lanaelie/LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lana-elie-875b383a/
00:00 Cold open, what real chaos looks like
00:48 Mom first, company second
02:00 Shark Tank growth and a surprise pregnancy
02:50 Rules and tools that keep motherhood first
04:45 The night from hell, still doable
06:10 Why help matters, full-time family support and outsourcing
08:00 Designing flexible schedules for working parents
10:10 Time-saving rules, one night out per week
11:20 The no-meetings policy that protects deep work
12:50 When meetings are necessary, compress to 30 minutes
14:20 Identity shifts and the rise of mom anxiety
17:30 How we handled maternity leave as founders
20:15 Give yourself grace, some things will slip
24:20 Postpartum must-haves and hydration habits
26:14 Wrap up and call to action
Danny Alexander, co-founder and Chief Product and Purpose Officer of Who Gives A Crap, shares how a cheeky name, clever packaging, and an audacious mission turned a humble household product into a $100M brand. The team bootstrapped for nine years, then cracked growth by treating every touchpoint as marketing and by learning to land initiatives, not just launch them. Highlights include the infamous 51-hour toilet livestream that powered their IndieGoGo debut, and why donating 50% of profits builds real retention and trust. Danny also breaks down the pivot from a multilingual EU push to a focused Canada relaunch and how DTC plus selective retail keeps the brand experience tight.
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00:00 Intro
00:49 Danny’s background in industrial design and social impact
05:12 The name “Who Gives A Crap,” testing and why it stuck
08:20 Packaging as marketing, paper wrap insight
10:00 The stripe concept and present-style unboxing
11:35 Mission talk, 50% of profits to impact
15:56 Bootstrapping for nine years, why investors said no
16:53 IndieGoGo strategy and the $50K threshold
17:48 The 51-hour toilet livestream
24:58 Early UK retail moment and momentum check
26:18 “Everything is marketing,” touchpoints that spread
27:51 One big thing per year, the focus thesis
31:06 Second brand experiment and hard tradeoffs
34:53 Launch vs land, scaling lessons
36:10 Europe attempt, translation reality check
36:44 Pivot to Canada, partnerships and pre-launch plan
37:25 DTC first, selective retail like Whole Foods
52:31 Wrap up and call to action
You never forget your First Million.
On Hot Takes, Big Stakes, host Natalie Holloway, founder of Bala, and co-host Lana Elie, founder of Floom, are here to help you turn your time into real value.
In today’s episode, Natalie directly interviews Lana about the process of making the first million dollars with her company, “Floom.” For both Natalie and Lana, their companies reached this milestone in only their second year of operation.
Times are changing quickly, and with the advent of Artificial Intelligence, the barrier to entry for many software companies is lower than ever. In this conversation, Lana shares her advice on building a company from the idea stage to its first 100 customers, then 1,000 customers, one million dollars, and beyond.
Each episode of Hot Takes, Big Stakes brings you real conversations with high profile business leaders. No jargon. No sugarcoating. Just the honest truth about what it takes to build a company from the ground up.
00:39 Introduction & Today’s Topic: Floom’s First Million
02:25 Doing Your First Million in One Year
04:00 Executing an Idea in the Tech Space Without Experience
06:35 Pitfalls to Avoid
09:26 Finding Your First 100 Customers
17:55 Finding Your First 1000 Customers
18:26 Managing Your Mindset
22:00 Biggest Mistakes When Striving for Your First Million
27:23 Hot Takes
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Let’s Talk About the Elephant in the Room… Shark Tank.
On Hot Takes, Big Stakes, host Natalie Holloway, founder of Bala, and co-host Lana Elie, founder of Flume, are here to help you turn your time into real value.
In today’s episode, Lana interviews Natalie about one of the most pivotal moments in her career with Bala: her appearance on Season 11 of Shark Tank. The pitch led to a major turning point for the brand when Natalie received an offer from Mark Cuban and Maria Sharapova for $900,000 in exchange for 30 percent of the company.
Understanding your brand, defining your valuation, and crafting a razor-sharp pitch are some of the most valuable skills you can develop as a business founder. Whether or not you ever end up on Shark Tank, the insights Natalie shares in this conversation will be key to your ability to attract investors and grow with confidence.
Each episode of Hot Takes, Big Stakes brings you real conversations with high profile business leaders. No jargon. No sugarcoating. Just the honest truth about what it takes to build a company from the ground up.
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Lucas Lappe, co-founder of Canopy and Doris Dev, joins Hot Takes, Big Stakes to share how he built a successful wellness brand from the ground up without raising venture capital. From launching his first absurd product (a hot glue gun for string cheese) to designing mold-resistant humidifiers now sold at Sephora, Lucas explains what it really takes to launch and scale a physical product.
This episode covers how Canopy focused on solving real user problems, stayed profitable from day one, and turned a bootstrapped product into a trusted beauty and wellness brand. Whether you're building in DTC, design, or consumer goods, there's something in here for you.
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Chapters
00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Lucas’s Engineering Roots & Startup Beginnings
03:40 - Quirky, Goby & Lessons from Failing Fast
07:10 - Launching Doris Dev to Solve Real Problems
09:45 - How Canopy Was Born from an Idea & a Bad Humidifier
13:00 - The Beauty Consumer Deserves Better
14:45 - Getting Into Sephora Without Funding
17:30 - The Real Benefits of a Humidifier
19:15 - Their Strategy Across Sephora, Amazon, & Baby Retailers
21:00 - Expanding into Shower Heads & Bathroom Wellness
23:30 - Why Canopy Doesn’t Do Fancy Packaging
26:00 - Scaling a Business with a 20-Person Team
29:00 - Why ROI Dictates Every Business Decision
33:00 - Advice for Product-Based Startup Founders
36:30 - Hot Takes: Reinventing the Pet Industry?
38:15 - The Product That Shouldn’t Exist
Starting a business? Expect uncertainty and scrappy decisions.
In this Hot Takes, Big Stakes deep dive, co-founders and hosts Natalie Holloway and Lana Elie break down the real behind-the-scenes of launching a brand. From bad product ideas and co-founder debates to raising capital, faking it with factories, and why launching to crickets still taught them everything. No fluff, just the stuff we wish someone told us.
Real talk. Real tactics. No playbook required.
Chapters:
00:00:01 – Is your idea worth it? How to test your concept even if no one gets it yet.
00:04:02 – Solo founder vs. co-founder What no one tells you about emotional labor, investor bias, and breakups.
00:09:38 – Setting up your company LLC or C-Corp? LegalZoom, lawyers, or Stripe Atlas?
00:11:14 – Bootstrapping vs. raising capital Natalie and Lana take sides.
00:15:15 – Making your first physical product
00:19:07 – What makes a brand stick?
00:24:00 – Naming your company
00:26:22 – How to get your first customers
00:27:58 – Go niche or go broke. The strategy behind showing up in all the right places.
00:30:13 – SEO: underrated, essential
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How do you build a period care brand that’s unapologetically bold, digitally native, and actually different? On this week’s episode of Hot Takes, Big Stakes, Lana Elie sits down with Nadya Okamoto—activist, author, and co-founder of August—to unpack exactly how she turned a mission into a movement (and a movement into a business).
With over 6 million followers and major shelf space in Target and Whole Foods, Nadya’s story is anything but ordinary. From launching a nonprofit at 16 to raising a $2M pre-seed and turning period stigma into cultural currency, this is an inside look at what it really takes to build a brand that breaks taboos—and the internet.
Chapters:
00:00:05 Intro to Nadya Okamoto
00:06:05 How Being Bold Helped Grow Nadya and August’s Social
00:10:35 Balancing Being an Operating Founder and Creating Content
00:16:45 Getting Into Retail and Partnering with Big Names in Retail
00:19:45 The Difference In Shopping Experience Between Direct To Consumer and Retail
00:24:00 5 Years Into The Business and The Next Steps
00:27:55 Mental Health, Taking Care of Yourself, and The Value of Sleep
00:35:50 Hot Takes
00:44:20 Conclusion
Whether you’re building a brand, scaling a mission, or just learning to say “period” out loud, this one is unmissable.
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What are you investing in?
Time is your most valuable resource. On Hot Takes, Big Stakes, host Natalie Holloway, founder of Bala, and co-host Lana Elie, founder of Floom, are here to help you turn that time into real value.
After speaking with founders across a wide range of industries, one thing became clear: we’re all getting asked the same questions. So we decided to create a space where we could actually answer them.
In our first ‘Deep Dive’ episode, you're getting exactly what you came for. Natalie and Lana get into the nitty gritty on the most pressing questions about raising money for your business.
Lana has taken little more than bold ideas and turned them into millions of dollars worth of funding. She's mastered the art of investment strategy, and her perspective on pitch decks, shareholder agreements, and attracting the right investors is clear, actionable, and seriously valuable.
Each episode of Hot Takes, Big Stakes features real conversations with founders like Natalie and Lana. No jargon, no sugarcoating. Just the truth about what it takes to build something from scratch.
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Who are you investing in?
On Hot Takes, Big Stakes, host Natalie Holloway, founder of Bala, and co-host Lana Elie, founder of Floom, are here to help you turn your time into real value.
In today’s episode, Natalie and Lana sit down with Zach Rosner, co-founder of Our Place, a nine figure business with a team of over 100 and more than 90 million dollars raised to date. Before building Our Place, Zach led hiring at brands like MeUndies and Everlane.
Zach is an incredible guest because he’s an open book. In this conversation, he walks us through the highs and lows of co-founding Our Place. From years of struggle in development and fundraising to a breakout moment during COVID, when the company saw over 5 million dollars in sales in a single day, Zach shares it all.
Now, having stepped away from Our Place, Zach is embracing whatever comes next. His story is a powerful reminder that everything in business has an expiration date, and sometimes the biggest breakthroughs come after letting go.
Each episode of Hot Takes, Big Stakes brings you real conversations with founders like Zach. No jargon. No sugarcoating. Just the honest truth about what it takes to build something from the ground up.
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