Bootstrapping
Subject in Entrepreneurship
Bootstrapping has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Young and Profiting (YAP) with Hala Taha: Entrepreneurship and Self-Improvement Podcast. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Katie DiastiFounder and CEO of Viv, a sustainable period care brand
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
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
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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.