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Lovevery: How Jessica Rolph built $800m giant after $300m Danone exit in <10 years

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Dec 12, 2023
Jessica Rolph, Co-Founder and CEO of Lovevery, discusses how she built an $800m kids brand after selling her previous company for $300m. Topics include product market fit, building a successful business, and the challenges of being a second-time founder.
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INSIGHT

Early Childhood Global Opportunity

  • Early childhood is a critical global opportunity to support children's development universally.
  • There's significant unmet need and white space in the market for developmental products that serve parents worldwide.
ANECDOTE

Gritty Early Startup Challenges

  • Jessica and her husband endured living in an apartment infested with cockroaches, even sleeping in a tent indoors to cope.
  • Attempts to produce fresh baby food were thwarted by rat infestations and unsuitable factory conditions.
ADVICE

Embrace Gritty Customer Testing

  • Test your product early and often with real customers using rough prototypes to get honest feedback.
  • Refine your offering continually based on diverse customer inputs for true product-market fit.
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