Seed to Harvest

Co-founders of Biom Will Gahagan and Hank Schellenger on How Biom Beats Out Lysol and Clorox Wipes and How Apple Airpods Inspired Biom’s Patented Product Design | Seed To Harvest EP31

Sep 20, 2022

41:15

Seed to Harvest is a new podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.

On this episode, I speak with co-founders of Biom, Will Gahagan and Hank Schellenger. Biom creates the world's first biodegradable and home-compostable wipe system. Better for you, better for the planet. Will Gahagan and Hank Schellenger are passionate about reinventing stale, wasteful categories to protect and improve lives. Will Gahagan has 10+ years selling a range of enterprise software across broad range of industries (Financial Services, Tech, Government, Defense, Consulting). Hank Schellenger has 10+ years of experience in design work including previous roles at FABLab at UNC Charlotte and as an owner-manager at ECCENT Design Build, LLC. Currently, he serves as Chief Product Officer at Biom.

00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Will Gahagan and Hank Schellenger

00:49 Shaking up the wipe industry

05:00 Skills for launching Biom

14:08 Improved wipes packaging

29:24 Will and Hank's process behind evaluating investors

Show notes:

Will Gahagan | https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-gahagan-a055341b/

Hank Schellenger | https://www.linkedin.com/in/hank-schellenger-13770a42/

Biom | https://www.linkedin.com/company/getbiom/

The Hard Thing About Hard Things | https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205

Shoe Dog | https://www.amazon.com/Shoe-Dog-Phil-Knight/dp/1508211809

Open | https://www.amazon.com/Open-Autobiography-Andre-Agassi/dp/0307388409