How We Built a Global Business Working From Home: Flora & Curl
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
This episode is part of our ‘Startup to Standout’ mini-series, brought to you in partnership with Lloyds Bank.
In this episode, Jake speaks with Rose, the founder of Flora & Curl, a natural hair care brand that focuses on plant-powered products for textured hair. They dive into the passion that drove Rose to create the business, sharing insights on cultivating a strong company culture, even in a remote work environment and ways to build long-term trust with customers.
Rose opens up about the inspiration behind Flora & Curl, the importance of pursuing what you love, and how she built trust with her customers.She shares tips on building a welcoming culture, maintaining personal connections during the pandemic, and the natural ingredients that set her products apart. Rose also offers practical advice for anyone looking to start their own business.
Lloyds Bank is helping businesses like Flora & Curl thrive, providing support and guidance on starting, managing, and growing a business.
To learn more, visit the Lloyds Bank business website: https://hppod.co/lloyds-bankHP
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there's Jake here and welcome to Start Up to Stand Out, a series from High Performance in |
| 0:06.1 | partnership with Lloyd's Bank. Here are some incredible numbers I want to share with you. |
| 0:10.3 | 60% of businesses fail within the first three years. 20% in the first year, just 42.5% of new businesses make it to the five year mark. |
| 0:19.7 | That's why this series is a passion project for me. |
| 0:22.4 | As someone who's set up a few businesses, I know how That's why this series is a passion project for me. |
| 0:22.6 | As someone who's set up a few businesses, |
| 0:24.4 | I know how hard it can be. |
| 0:25.6 | And I want you to learn from the mistakes, |
| 0:27.7 | the lessons, and the pitfalls of other entrepreneurs |
| 0:30.3 | so that when you embark on your own entrepreneurial journey, you're equipped to do so. |
| 0:35.0 | In this episode I'm visiting a co-working space in the heart of Birmingham to meet Rose, the founder and |
| 0:39.6 | creator of a hair cab ramp called Flora and Curl. She took a passion and from that passion built an audience and after she'd found her audience created the product. |
| 0:48.0 | Now the success of that product has enabled her to build a global brand. |
| 0:52.0 | This is an amazing case study on how to utilize modern |
| 0:54.7 | tech to create a global small business and the reason I'm meeting out in a |
| 0:59.0 | co-working space is that since the coronavirus pandemic Rose's entire team have been working remotely |
| 1:04.5 | so I'm excited to find out what we can learn about that. |
| 1:07.3 | And of course we're going to talk about support and support is where Lloyd's Bank come into this |
| 1:11.2 | conversation they provide holistic support to Rose and so many other businesses |
| 1:16.0 | along with really good guidance on starting, managing and growing a business. |
| 1:20.0 | So let's get to it then. Welcome to from startup to stand out. Let's meet Rose |
| 1:26.5 | Well Rose it is so nice to meet you. Thanks for having me. I'm very excited about your journey |
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