Good day there! I’m coming to you at this time with some very thrilling information….to introduce our first ever “Funded By LIY” winners!! Now you could be questioning a couple of issues: 1.) Waittttt, didn’t you already announce these winners?! Sure! We introduced the three winners again in June, however lately hosted a retreat with all of them and wish to take a deeper dive into who they’re! 2.) What the heck is “Funded By LIY?!”
Properly, glad you requested 😉 The imaginative and prescient assertion of Residing In Yellow is, “To be one of the best useful resource to ladies within the most enjoyable manner potential.” This group is crammed with wonderful and distinctive ladies with so many skills and we thought there could be no higher approach to stay out our mission assertion than to pour into the goals and visions of these on this lovely group! Consider “Funded By LIY” as our personal little Shark Tank (BIG Shark Tank followers right here). You may study extra about this system right here! There have been SO many unimaginable ladies owned companies that utilized…we really want we may have picked all of them [very tough decisions!]. We narrowed down the finalists and from there the LIY group voted to assist select the winners! You’ve already proven an outpouring of affection an help not solely to those 3 winners, however to the opposite finalists and small companies inside this group as properly; so THANK YOU for being you and supporting small companies!
As I discussed, we prefer to have enjoyable right here. We hosted our “Funded By LIY” retreat lately and really put the “enjoyable in Funded” 😆! There have been so many nice moments of connection, studying, rising, and maybeeee some dance events + video games concerned 🤣. These ladies blew us away with their revolutionary companies, exhausting work, and perseverance! So, let’s get to know them a bit extra, lets?
p.s. If you wish to see these women with their product in motion, we did a fb stay collectively right here!
Founder & Proprietor: Sara
What’s Inexperienced Woman Items?
Inexperienced Woman Items is the primary clear magnificence and self care field only for tweens and teenagers! We provide seasonal subscriptions, one time orders, sleepover containers, birthday containers and extra. Not solely do we provide a enjoyable, age acceptable curated assortment of merchandise however we’re working to coach the subsequent era of feminine shoppers to provide them the instruments wanted to make selections to help their well being and wellness with merchandise, not work in opposition to it. That is such a enjoyable reward to provide, because it superbly packaged and able to go when it arrives. Really easy!
When and why did you begin Inexperienced Woman Items?
As a mother of three and somebody working within the pure well being house, I used to be pissed off to seek out that it was so tough to seek out the suitable cosmetics, skincare and private care merchandise for my daughter. There are such a lot of magnificence containers and types on the market, however there was nothing for ladies ages 8-16 that contained clear merchandise I may be ok with her utilizing. I wished to create Inexperienced Woman Items for all of the mothers (and aunts, step mothers, dads, and many others…) who felt the identical disappointment and frustration with how unnecessarily exhausting this strategy of discovering fundamental merchandise for ladies was. Moreover, anybody who has ever tried to learn labels on merchandise and cross reference that with the advertising and marketing that’s on the market concerning “clear” is aware of that it may be completely overwhelming. We display the merchandise elements to slot in with our requirements which embrace (however usually are not restricted to) no parabens, no sulfates, no undisclosed artificial fragrances. I need to take that off your plate and supply a simple resolution! We ship the containers proper to the doorstep, giving your tween/teen an opportunity to essentially use and expertise the 6-8 merchandise within the field earlier than the subsequent season’s assortment arrives.
Our containers comprise a mixture of skincare, age acceptable cosmetics and a few kind of self care gadgets. We make the most of a teen focus group to guarantee that the women will love the merchandise! We love together with different small, ladies owned manufacturers within the field in addition to massive nationwide manufacturers that you may simply discover in shops. Our dedication to being eco-friendly consists of recyclable packaging and accountable mailing supplies.
The journey of exploring make-up, skincare and merchandise is such a enjoyable time in a younger lady’s life! With the curated Inexperienced Woman Items containers, we hope to make it much more thrilling for the women. Moreover, it provides the reward giver the credit score for understanding simply what she needs with out having to do all of the work of placing all of it collectively.
What’s your favourite a part of being a “Funded By LIY” winner?
Successful the Funded by LIY contest has been a complete recreation changer for my small enterprise. The very first thing that it supplied was the possibility to get eyes on my small enterprise and actually assist me develop. Our greatest problem has been getting the phrase out about our model and LIY has achieved that! One other invaluable final result of the win was the retreat with the winners and the LIY group. We had a weekend of devoted enterprise focus and what I realized from the relationships with the winners (and LIY group) has been wonderful. Working a small enterprise is hard and discovering different ladies who’re in it every day and actually can relate is invaluable. I really feel like I got here away from that weekend with a brand new group of pals. I’m SO excited to see the place this journey leads subsequent.
Inform us about any upcoming launches or new merchandise!
Our containers are seasonal so that they ship Spring, Summer time, Fall and Winter (Vacation). Our Fall field subscription [or one time box] is out there till early November and the Vacation Field will start to ship late November and is on presale now [which makes the perfect gift!]. For the subscription, your tween/teen will obtain her first field in time for the vacations and the subsequent field will probably be in March. Subscriptions ship free and are discounted from the one time order containers! Don’t overlook, you should use code YELLOW10 for 10% off + free delivery on a brand new subscription!
Founders & House owners: Shelley & Christa
What’s My Classroom Get together?
We promote Get together Bins for classroom events [holidays or any time of year!]. Our containers include all of the video games, decorations, and actions wanted for a whole classroom get together. We save mother and father, room mother and father, and academics hours of time in terms of classroom get together planning.
When and why did you begin My Classroom Get together?
We began our enterprise two and a half years in the past. We have been each room mother and father with little or no time on our plates. Again when our youngsters have been youthful we had extra time and cherished to do all of the planning. As they received older and extra concerned we had much less time and the duty of throwing the get together that 12 months felt overwhelming. We have been searching for a simple get together in a field we may simply order as a substitute of planning the whole lot. After scouring the web we realized that there was no straightforward product for sophistication events that existed so we determined to make our personal.
What’s your favourite a part of being a “Funded By LIY” winner?
There are such a lot of superior elements of Funded by LIY, however our favourite half must be the retreat. It was a tremendous expertise to get to know everybody and get a lot useful suggestions and recommendation for our firm. We left that weekend so excited to implement all of the solutions we acquired. It was additionally unimaginable to fulfill the opposite winners and develop into pals with them. We now really feel like we’ve individuals who we will flip to with questions which might be in an identical stage of enterprise as we’re. Each the LIY household and the winners are wonderful ladies that we’re grateful to have linked with.
Inform us about any upcoming launches or new merchandise!
Winter and Christmas Get together Bins! The video games are interactive and enjoyable and we all know the children could have an absolute blast! We’ve got been testing and fine-tuning video games for months on numerous children. We’re so excited on your child’s class to play these thrilling and distinctive video games that they haven’t performed earlier than.
Everyone knows the Holidays are a loopy time for folks so we look ahead to serving to busy mother and father verify one factor off their to-do record.
Founder & Proprietor: Jenna [with her sweet Mama]
What’s Posh Pickler?
Pickleball has taken over America’s courts but the dearth of the properly designed, useful & modern Pickleball gear was severely missing. Mom & daughter duo Jenna Pugh and Caren Schweitzer couldn’t sit again and let that occur with out doing one thing about it, so Posh Pickler was born. Posh Pickler designed and created high quality, trend ahead and revolutionary pickleball equipment for participant of all ranges so you possibly can present as much as the courtroom in fashion!
When and why did you begin Posh Pickler?
Final fall, Jenna was on the hunt for a present for her pickleball (and trend) loving mother and couldn’t imagine the dearth of equipment with any kind of elevated design. After some preliminary dialogue, there was no hesitation for both of them they needed to create the merchandise themselves. We launched the corporate in April 2023, began delivery in Might & haven’t regarded again!
What’s your favourite a part of being a “Funded By LIY” winner?
Your entire group!!! The LIY’s vitality, drive, work ethic, creativity and love for each other is unimaginable. I’ve realized a lot by each dialog with each group member.
From what began as profitable cash to assist fund my skilled model images & a 1 hour name (that might have been greater than sufficient) has became a number of calls, a LIY weekend retreat that I’ll always remember, mentors which might be past supportive & friends within the different profitable firms that proceed to encourage and construct one another up!
Inform us about any upcoming launches or new merchandise!
Since we launched lower than 6 months in the past, we don’t have a brand new product launching however are so enthusiastic about this upcoming vacation season since we’ve items for everybody’s mothers/dads, sisters/brothers, aunts/uncles (you get the purpose 😀)haha!
