068: Starting a business by fulfilling a need with costume designer Jessica McPhaul
Powerhouse Women
Lindsey Marie
4.9 • 912 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
The best business ideas are often born out of a desire to fulfill a need, and our guest today knows a little something about that.
Jessica McPhaul got her start making costumes for a small youth theatre in Arizona when she was 16. A few years later, she moved to LA to attend fashion school and has been working steadily in film/tv ever since...including some shows that you've probably heard of including Dancing with the Stars and House of Cards.
Her fashion background, combined with a gap that she noticed in the industry, led to her launching not one but TWO different companies - Heywood and Ringo (the custom suit company she launched with her husband) and Naked Rebellion (the women's intimate line with a shade of nude for every woman on the planet).
The stories behind these two companies are so cool and I can't wait for you to hear them! And my hope is that today's conversation will help get YOUR wheels turning, because there may just be a need that YOU could fulfill with your next big idea.
In this episode we talk about:
- How Jessica's experiences working in fashion + costume design inspired the two businesses she started
- The gap she noticed in the lingerie market that wasn't meeting the needs of real women
- Using our purchasing power to support small business this holiday season!
Connect with Jessica!
Custom suit company - heywoodandringo.com
Lingerie line - shopnakedrebellion.com
Let's connect!
instagram.com/powerhouse_women
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| 0:00.0 | I think the best business ideas come out of a desire to fulfill a need. |
| 0:05.9 | And our guest today knows a little something about that. |
| 0:10.5 | Jessica McFall got her start making costumes for a small youth theater in Arizona when she was just 16 years old. |
| 0:18.3 | And a few years later, she moved to LA to attend fashion school and has been |
| 0:22.5 | working steadily in film and TV ever since. And her experience includes some shows you've probably |
| 0:29.5 | heard of, including Dancing with the Stars and House of Cards. Her fashion background, combined with |
| 0:36.6 | a gap that she noticed in the industry, led to her launching |
| 0:40.1 | not just one, but two different companies, Haywood and Ringo, the custom suit company she launched |
| 0:47.3 | with her husband, and Naked Rebellion, the inclusive lingerie line with 10 shades of nude for every woman on the planet. |
| 0:57.4 | The stories behind these two companies are just so cool. |
| 1:01.1 | I can't wait for you to hear them. |
| 1:03.0 | And my hope is for today's conversation to inspire you and maybe get your wheels turning |
| 1:09.1 | because there may just be a need that you could fulfill |
| 1:13.2 | with your next big idea and start a business because of it. Welcome to Powerhouse Women, |
| 1:20.4 | the podcast for women who know they are ready for more. I'm Lindsay Schwartz, your host and the founder |
| 1:27.1 | of Powerhouse Women, and together we'll |
| 1:29.7 | unlock the confidence and clarity you are looking for to help you get out of your own way |
| 1:35.4 | and into action around your next big idea. Welcome back to the show. |
| 1:49.2 | I'm thrilled to have someone who is relatively new in my life, but you guys have heard me share |
| 1:54.5 | how I'm very good at just finding awesome people and somehow wooing them into being my |
| 1:59.9 | friends. |
| 2:00.2 | And I feel like we're to that stage in our |
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