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#189 - Cynthia Plotch, Stix: Building the DTC Women’s Health Stack, OBGYN Approved

Apr 21, 2022

48:35

Stix makes women’s at-home health essentials like fertility, pregnancy, UTI, and yeast infection products. In today’s episode, Stix cofounder Cynthia Plotch chats with Ramon & Blaine about building Stix, finding investors, talking to customers about difficult subjects, and how her prior experience at Harmless Harvest gave her the confidence to create Stix.

1:10 - 5:52 Story behind Stix

8:08 - 8:45 Medical Advisory Board

13:19 - 16:56 Raising VC money

17:59 - 20:31 Prior startup experience

22:37 - 28:57 Understanding the customer

29:25 - 38:33 Customer service & conversations

39:35 - 43:24 Product & Regulatory Environment

45:29 - 46:13 Distribution

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