Recreating the Puzzle Experience and Getting on the Shark Tank Stage With Kaylin Marcotte

The Real Reel

Natalie Barbu

Education, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 982 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Episode 112: Imagine heading up to the cottage, opening the closet doors, and pulling out your favorite (and likely very outdated) childhood puzzle. After the dust settles and you’ve found a home for every little piece, you put it away and go on with your day. While on a digital detox and in search of a practical mediation tool, CEO and Founder of Jiggy Puzzles, Kaylin Marcotte, discovered a huge piece missing in the puzzle industry. On today’s episode, the two entrepreneurs discuss Kaylin’s experience bootstrapping an entire company completely solo, pitching her product on Shark Tank, and building a community of puzzle lovers — who would have thought?! Kaylin supports up-and-coming female artists by featuring their artwork on Jiggy puzzles and includes all the tools you’ll need to put your masterpiece up on the wall. Who doesn’t want to showcase all that hard work? Tune in to hear how Kaylin built her wings on the way down and rejigged the puzzle experience. Thank you so much for being a part of our podcast community! Please be sure to rate, subscribe, review, and of course, post to your highlight reel. Follow your host Natalie on Instagram @nataliebarbu and @therealreelpodcast to uncover the real reel. Follow Kaylin on Instagram @jiggypuzzles. Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible. Check out these deals just for you: HELLOFRESH – Go to HelloFresh.com/realreel12 and use code realreel12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast nation.
0:03.0	This podcast nation.
0:04.0	Welcome to the Real Real, where I take you behind the Instagram reel and into the real
0:17.8	lives of entrepreneurs, content creators, and anyone who inspires me and may inspire you too.
0:23.0	I'm your host Natalie Barboo and let's get into it.
0:29.0	But you know, we were very much still kind of working out the kinks for the first time and then all of a sudden it was a moving target and and everything was changing overnight so it was definitely a you, a lot of things I think on this journey of being a founder or just kind of trial by fire and like, you know, you build the wings on your way down once you've made the jump but
0:56.0	the last year especially that was the case. Hello everybody and welcome back to the real real podcast with me Natalie
1:10.4	Barbu as always I am so thrilled to be here. I love sitting down on the mic with you.
1:15.6	I feel like it's one of my favorite times of the week. It's just honestly so relaxing for me.
1:21.2	It's currently 10 p.m. as I'm recording this and I'm just so happy to be here. I have some
1:26.4	amazing guests lined up for you in the coming weeks and I cannot wait to hear your
1:29.7	thoughts and see how they resonate with you and this week is no different.
1:34.0	I actually have on Kaylin Marcotte, she's the CEO and founder of Jiggi puzzles
1:38.5	and she is just such an inspiration and also just such an incredible woman.
1:43.0	I cannot wait for you to hear this episode because I know that you're going to love it.
1:47.0	And I wanted to fill you in a little bit more about what I've been up to and my life.
1:51.0	And this week I am on the mic coming from Charlotte
1:55.1	North Carolina so I came back home because my brother is actually graduating
1:58.6	high school which is super weird that he's that old because he's the baby and the family and he's already
2:04.2	graduating high school which is just crazy. I just remember my high school I feel
2:08.8	like it was not that long ago I vividly my graduation. I still have pictures for my
2:14.6	graduation on my phone. My contact photo for my mom is like our picture from
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