What Katie Diasti has said about Bootstrapping
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 27, 2026
Katie Diasti, Founder and CEO of Viv, a sustainable period care brand, has been quoted on Bootstrapping 2 times in 1 episode of Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast, most recently on October 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Diasti says Viv's first production run cost $3,500 after creative workarounds to high minimum order quantities.
“And so we had to get really creative. And we were able to do so with our first run being $3,500”
Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast: How This Female Founder Grew a $5K Startup Into a $3M Period Care Business With Amazon | Entrepreneurship | Katie Diasti | Presented by Amazon (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 16:55
Diasti says she pre-sold hundreds of pads at farmers' markets before the product existed.
“I sold pre-orders of pads that hadn't even existed yet. And I was selling like hundreds of pre-orders”
Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast: How This Female Founder Grew a $5K Startup Into a $3M Period Care Business With Amazon | Entrepreneurship | Katie Diasti | Presented by Amazon (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 18:14
Episodes
How This Female Founder Grew a $5K Startup Into a $3M Period Care Business With Amazon | Entrepreneurship | Katie Diasti | Presented by AmazonYoung and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast · Oct 27, 2026 · 52 min
Hala Taha interviews Viv founder Katie Diasti about bootstrapping a sustainable period care brand from a college project to multimillion-dollar revenue using Amazon.
Katie Diasti on other topics
- Seed funding · 2 quotes
- Viv (period care brand) · 2 quotes
- Fulfillment by Amazon · 2 quotes
- Entrepreneurship · 1 quote
- Retail distribution · 1 quote
- Profit margin · 1 quote
- Menstrual cup · 1 quote
- Amazon Subscribe & Save · 1 quote