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Aishwarya Iyer: Brightland Founder and CEO

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Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

By now, you may have seen Brightland’s gorgeous bottles adorn the aisles of your local grocery store. The brand offers high-quality olive oils, honeys, and vinegars that stand apart from their mass-produced shelf mates with a focus on integrity and transparency. The woman behind the brand is founder and CEO Aishwarya Iyer, who launched the business in 2018 to sellout success within a week, compiling a 1000-person wait list. Now, the brand’s products are available in over 700 stores nationwide in addition to Brightland’s own website. But before Iyer dove into the world of luxurious pantry staples, she spent over a decade in public affairs and corporate communications at various technology companies in both New York City and L.A. And back before that, she began her career in the luxury-products division at Lancôme. Tune in to hear about all the unexpected twists and turns and how they landed Iyer at the helm of a tasty empire.

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0:39.6

Hi everyone, I'm Hilary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who What Wear.

0:46.2

And this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.

0:53.8

We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting

0:57.9

aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their Second Life.

1:04.1

Today on the show, I'm speaking with Iswaria Iyer, the founder and CEO of Brightland.

1:12.3

By now, you may have seen Brightland's gorgeous bottles adorn the aisles of your local grocery

1:17.6

store, but if you haven't, the California-made, cult favorite pantry essentials have made

1:24.9

quite the name for themselves as fresh, high quality olive oils, honey's, and vinegars.

1:32.9

Standing apart from their mass-produced shelf mates, Brightland works with small farms to

1:38.3

produce goods that are never over processed, rotten, or fraudulent, and contain absolutely

1:44.5

no fillers or artificial preservatives.

1:48.1

In their initial 2018 launch, the business sold out of its inventory in a week and then

1:54.2

compiled a thousand-person wait list.

1:57.6

Now, in addition to their own website, their products are available in over 700 stores

2:04.1

nationwide.

2:05.1

But, before Iswaria dove into the world of reimagining pantry staples with serious integrity, she spent

2:14.2

over a decade in public affairs and corporate communications at various technology companies

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