Today's skin from the couch is presented by AC hotels by Marriott, a modern hotel

experience with a focus on purposeful design. I think when I was in business school I thought my business idea needed to be huge.

I didn't think I could just make a better water bottle.

I'm Carly Zaken.

I'm Danielle Weisberg.

Welcome to Skim from the couch.

This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it.

From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team,

to the rough stuff like negotiating your salary

and giving or getting hard feedback.

We started the skim from a couch,

so what better place to talk it all out than where it began on a couch?

Our guest today is Sarah Kous, founder and CEO of Swell, with a product that is beautiful, sustainable, and charitable.

Sarah is on a mission to reduce single use plastic worldwide.

Her company is not only rethinking how people drink,

but with their new food containers,

also how they eat on the go.

Swall products are now sold in over 65 countries and are

aiming to displace over a million single-use plastic bottles from landfills by

20. That's a great mission. We are big fans of Swell. Great product.

Sarah, welcome to the couch. Let's get into it.

Great, thanks for having me.

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