#Entrepreneuress

Female founder | Founder story | Women in business | Female entrepreneur | Fashion | Sustainability | Upcycling

Gabu is the founder, the designer, the producer, the operational manager, the customer care specialist, and the overall force behind the authentic Bagabù brand. Having worked on the company for over 6 years now, Bagabù has been creating a variety of accessories in form of backpacks, different types of handbags, waist bags, toiletry bags, mini wallets, and bag accessories, raising awareness of the upcycling approach to fashion industry practices. Gabu has built a sustainable fashion brand that represents the upcycling approach of leather and various textiles.

Furthermore, Gabu holds two bachelor's degrees - Visual and Performing Arts, and Sustainable Fashion Design & Business, and prior to launching her business has accumulated roughly 8 year-long of professional experience in sales, design, communication, and creative work from Italy, Lithuania, the UK, and Denmark. She is an incredible example of how you can harness your education, and professional training and launch a business with a mission that you truly care about, the kind that represents your values, the kind that allows your creativity to blossom, and the kind that leads by example. 

Gabu's story educates, inspires, motivates, and ignites curiosity and passion for making a change in a world, one step at a time while creating and working on something that truly fulfills you, and earns you income.

Episode timeline:

1:00 About Gabu and Bagabu shop

4:40 How did it all begin with Bagabù?

12:04 Highlights from your experience challenging you as an entrepreneur.

17:24 How out of the box do you see yourself?

19:35 Thoughts on “nothing to lose” mindset.

22:25 When do you get your best ideas for your business?

24:24 What motivates you to take action?

26:44 What helps you feel like your best self?

32:10 How is your personality helping you with pursuing your business?

34:50 How do you stay resilient during tough times?

39:03 From your experience, what would help entrepreneurs give up less?

41:39 What are your top personal values which you live by?

46:29 How do you think fellow women get into the business?

50:54 What’s your advice for someone starting a company and for someone pursuing their own business for a few years?

Connect with Gabu via

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bagabu.shop/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bagabu_official/?hl=en

Bagabu Shop: https://www.bagabu.shop/

DISCLAIMER

The episode was recorded in the summer of 2021, which means the factual information mentioned has been updated since. 

On a more technical note, most of my interviews are on the go, which means I have a very limited ability to minimize disruptions and background noises. 

Also, I’d like to mention that English is my second language, however, I am attempting to express myself to my best ability and hope you’ll empathize with the little mistakes, such as misspelling, mispronunciation, and stammering among others. 

Furthermore, the goal of the podcast is to initiate a general conversation within the field of entrepreneurship, which means I will present my own biases, agree and disagree with the guest during a discussion, and it also means that whatever I say is an exploration of my personal opinion, and I invite you to form your own. 

Finally, I am on track to learning how to create the best episode I can, which means trial and error, and I’d ask for compassion on how unpolished certain aspects of the episode can be. 

For comments and references: 

IG: @entrepreneuress_podcast 

LinkedIn: #Entrepreneuress 

Facebook: @entrepreneuresspodcast

Email: [email protected] 

Entrepreneurship | Leadership | Female founder | Femfounder | Beauty care | Sustainability

Živilė is the creative mind behind the beauty brand DYGO Studio, launched in the summer of 2018. Živilė launched her venture out of personal curiosity, supported by active environmental observations. What started as a potential hobby, ended up blossoming into an active company, selling out workshops, expanding beauty/personal care, growing entrepreneurial brand, sporting +1k followers on Instagram, nearly 1k followers on Facebook, an impressive 4,4 evaluation on Trustpilot.

While Živilė is more of an artist behind the brand, she has taken on the role of the founder and manages the company with employees, resources, strategies on a smaller scale, and time and time again has proven that persistence, resilience, determination and belief in your idea can render progressive results, grow your company and set out to expand into greater opportunities, with the main precedent of patience.

Episode timeline:

1:07 About Živilė and brief description of DYGO Studio

5:03 How did it all begin?

24:20 Which experiences/lessons challenged your thinking as a business owner?

28:34 On a scale of 1 to 10, how weird do you find yourself?

31:48 What are your thoughts on the “all or nothing” mindset?

34:27 Why do you think people do not take more chances when starting a company?

38:12 What are some of the times that breed the best ideas for you?

39:40 What propels you to act upon ideas?

42:25 What makes you feel like your best self?

44:27 How is the best characteristic of your personality helping you in pursuing your business?

46:30 What brings you the resilience to continue when it seems like it might get worse than better?

48:24 What do you think will help entrepreneurs give up less?

51:36 What are the top 3 values that drive your choices, decisions, and actions?

54:19 What do you think motivates women to get into pursuing business?

1:00:19 What would be your advice for someone for starting their own company and someone who has started their own company?

Connect with Živilė via

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dygo.studio/

Instagram:

Dygo.Studio: https://dygo.studio/

DISCLAIMER!

The episode was recorded in the summer of 2021, which means the factual information mentioned has been updated since.

On a more technical note, most of my interviews are on the go, which means I have the very limited ability to minimize disruptions and background noises.

Also, I’d like to mention that English is my second language, however, I am attempting to express myself to my best ability and hope you’ll empathize with the little mistakes, such as misspelling, mispronunciation, stammering among others.

Furthermore, the goal of the podcast is to initiate a general conversation within the field of entrepreneurship, which means I will present my own biases, agree and disagree with the guest during a discussion, and it also means that whatever I say is an exploration of my personal opinion, and I invite you to form your own.

Finally, I am on track learning how to create the best episode I can, which means trial and error, and I’d ask for compassion on how unpolished certain aspects of the episode can be.

For comments and references:

IG: @entrepreneuress_podcast

LinkedIn: #Entrepreneuress

Email: [email protected]

Hello dear listener!

The first episode is a short introduction to the value proposition of the #Entrepreneuress Podcast, basically, what can you expect from the show. A brief look into how the idea came about, who am I to do this podcast and an introduction to the structure and running themes in the future of the show. The intention of the podcast also appears and some insights from CNBC Make it, CNN Business, Business Insider amongst others setting few precedents on why the podcast can bring an interesting perspective to the table. We are talking entrepreneurial insights taken from female-led SMEs. Hope to see you back soon.

Links to the Podcast social media:

IG: @entrepreneuress_podcast

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/entrepreneuress/?viewAsMember=true

References to studies and facts mentioned:

Blumberg, Y. (2018) “Companies with more female executives make more money—here’s why”, CNBC.com, Retrieved from: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/02/why-companies-with-female-managers-make-more-money.html#close

Curry, D. (2021) “Bumble Revenue and Usage Statistics”, businessofapps.com, Retrieved from: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/bumble-statistics/

Montag, A. (2018) “‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary: Women-run businesses make me the most money—here’s why”, cnbc.com, Retrieved from: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/22/shark-tanks-kevin-oleary-women-make-me-the-most-money.html

Nisen, M. (2013) ”Here's What 'Shark Tank' Looks Like In 9 Different Countries”, businessinsider.com, Retrieved from: https://www.businessinsider.com/shark-tank-international-versions-2013-11?r=US&IR=T

Olito, F. (2019) “10 billion-dollar businesses you didn’t know were started by women”, businessinsider.com, Retrieved from: https://www.businessinsider.com/businesses-started-by-women-2019-8?r=US&IR=T

Sahadi, J. (2019) “Why it's good for business to have a woman at the top”, edition.cnn.com, Retrieved from: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/16/success/women-ceos-and-cfos-outperform/index.html

VirginStartup (2020) “Companies you (probably) didn’t know were founded by women”, virginstartup.org, Retrieved from: https://www.virginstartup.org/how-to/companies-you-probably-didnt-know-were-founded-women