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Today's guest is Valentina Milanova - the founder and CEO of the female healthcare company Daye.

Valentina set up Daye following a history of reading research papers at school on female health. The catalyst was when she discovered that industrial hemp could both make better more sustainable tampons, and be used as pain relief.

She set up Daye out of hours, making prototypes herself at home, before finally deciding to quit her job. 180 investor meetings later, she received 5.5 million dollars in funding from some of the best venture capitalists in the world.

We talk about how to do a good pitch, how to build credibility, how to build a prototype, how to do customer research and how it is being a sole founder.

Check out Daye here, and join us to build your own side project here.

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