From a failed business to a $100 million empire ft. Jane Lu founder of Showpo
The Rise & Conquer Podcast
Georgie Stevenson
4.8 • 569 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
From starting a business during the GFC in secret to creating a $100 million fashion empire and now being a Shark on Shark Tank - Jane Lu has done it all.
In this episode G sits down to chat to her about:
- How she has built a $100 million empire
- When she knew she had to hire her first employee
- The best way to stand out in the market
- Quitting her job without telling her parents
- Balancing work with mum life
- The shark tank experience and what it is actually like behind the scenes
If you are someone who is aspiring to start your own business but aren’t sure if you should do it, if you are currently working to grow your own business OR you’re just after some mum life hacks then you will love this episode.
Jane is so raw and transparent - she doesn’t hold back.
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| 0:00.0 | I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this episode is being recorded. |
| 0:05.9 | The Comboomerie people. |
| 0:07.3 | We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. |
| 0:20.5 | I'm your host, Georgie Stevenson, and this is the Rise and Conquer podcast. |
| 0:29.4 | This is the podcast where we chat mindset, self-development and becoming your higher self. |
| 0:35.2 | Mixed in with a lot of laughs, plus behind the scenes of my life |
| 0:39.2 | running two businesses and being a mum. Think of us as the perfect combo of brunch with your |
| 0:44.7 | besties mixed with self-development. No matter where you are on your journey, we're here to help |
| 0:50.1 | you be curious. Call yourself out and embrace radical self-awareness. If you're ready to get |
| 0:57.6 | into the driver's seat of your own life and stop letting life pass you by, then you're in the right |
| 1:03.1 | place. Hello everybody and welcome back to the Rise and Conquer podcast. |
| 1:14.5 | Today we have an incredible episode where I'm interviewing Jane Lou, the founder of Shopo. |
| 1:21.3 | We actually did a potty swap, so I'll link Jane's podcast episode with me in the show notes for you all to listen to. |
| 1:29.0 | For those who don't know, |
| 1:35.7 | Jane Lou founded Shopo in 2010 during the global financial crisis off the back of another failed business, all because she couldn't find another job. She had just quit her job as an accountant |
| 1:41.7 | and started the business with two racks of clothes |
| 1:44.4 | thing in her parents garage. Fast forward 13 years and Shopo is now shipping to millions of |
| 1:50.5 | people across the globe and has grown to be a hundred million dollar empire. From immigrating |
| 1:57.2 | to Australia from China and not speaking a word of English to now running one of Australia's biggest fashion retailers and being on Shark Tank on TV recently, Jane's journey is so expanding and inspiring. |
| 2:11.4 | She's so transparent and so much fun. |
| 2:14.1 | You guys are going to absolutely love this episode. |
| 2:19.7 | But of course, before we get into it, |
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