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New episode every other week. Each one is a case study: how she started, what it cost, what she'd do differently. The episode is the story — The Library is where we keep the homework.

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Ep. 07Aug 10, 2026

From $750 to Legendairy Milk

Luna Aziz

Luna started Legendairy Milk with $750, a newborn, and a problem she was solving for herself. We break down how a personal fix became a major women's wellness brand.

  • The Facebook post that validated the idea before she had a product
  • Why fenugreek-free was the wedge that made mothers trust the brand
  • Moving from making it herself to outsourced manufacturing
52 minListen
Ep. 06Jul 27, 2026

What I'd Do Differently at $1M

Tori Gerbig, Pink Lily

eBay side hustle, two corporate jobs, a newborn, and $65K of student debt. Tori launched Pink Lily out of her living room with $300 — here's the order she did it in.

  • What $300 of inventory actually bought her
  • The hire she'd make earlier if she ran it back
  • How she priced before she understood margin
36 minListen
Ep. 05Jul 13, 2026

The Barstool Sports CEO Who Bet on Herself

Erika Ayers Badan

In 2016 Erika stepped into a 12-person operation valued around $15 million and became Barstool's first CEO. What she did with it, and what she'd tell you to do with yours.

  • How she read the business in her first 90 days
  • Betting on herself when the résumé didn't match the room
  • What scaled culture actually costs
27 minListen
Ep. 04Jul 6, 2026

$600K From Digital Courses and Potty Training Infants

Andrea Olson

She found a corner of the internet nobody else wanted and built a real business there — three income streams from a topic most people would never touch.

  • Finding a niche with no competition and no audience
  • The pricing mistakes she made early
  • Turning one topic into three revenue lines
45 minListen
Ep. 03Jun 25, 2026

Fine, We'll Tell You Who We Are

Faith & Jenn

Faith went from the wine industry to building a kid-friendly tasting room and play café in Napa Valley in three months. Jenn went from nursing to building her own thing. Here's both.

  • Why we started FIDI instead of another inspo podcast
  • Building a business while the kids are awake
  • What we got wrong first
60 minListen
Ep. 02Jun 1, 2026

A Stay-at-Home Mom With a Blow Dryer and Two Toddlers

Alli Webb, Drybar

Two toddlers, a background in hair, zero business plan — and the audacity to charge $40 to drive across LA. That side hustle became Drybar: 150+ locations, $255 million.

  • How a Yahoo mommy group became her first channel
  • Pricing a service nobody had named yet
  • The moment it stopped being a favor
29 minListen
Ep. 01Jun 1, 2026

She Started a Jewelry Business With $500 and a 3-Month-Old

Kendra Scott

A mom running out of options with a three-month-old and a husband between jobs. She saw a gap between expensive jewelry and cheap jewelry, and walked into it.

  • What $500 bought and what it didn't
  • Selling door to door before there was a brand
  • The gap in the market she named first
44 minListen

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