Profits on Purpose

Profits on Purpose

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  • Cost, Speed, Quality - Pick Two | Shah CPG Consulting | Somil Shah

    How Does Your Brand Stack Up? Download our FREE eCommerce Hidden Profit Audit Template here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/hidden-profit-audit-free-template

    For over a decade, today's guest worked inside Procter & Gamble and Reckitt, learning how the biggest names in consumer goods build products that hold their margin at scale. He now runs his own consulting business, helping founders de-risk product development before a single unit gets made.
    In this episode, Somil Shah, founder and CEO of Shah CPG Consulting, walks through a live role play with Nate, who plays a founder about to launch a new skincare line. Somil breaks down where gross margin is really won or lost, long before a contract manufacturer is ever briefed, and why the decisions founders skip early are the ones that come back to bite them.

    Why your margin is mostly decided before you speak to a single manufacturer
    The difference between product margin and landed margin, and why tariffs make that gap dangerous
    What "clean" actually costs, and how to decide where to draw the line without wrecking your cost structure
    Why adding more SKUs is often the wrong move for a growing brand
    What makes a contract manufacturer walk away from a founder, and what makes them go all in

    Somil Shah is the founder and CEO of Shah CPG Consulting.
    Website: https://shahcpgconsulting.com
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/somilshah/
    If you're building a CPG or e-commerce brand and want help getting your margins right before you launch, reach out to Somil directly through the links above.

    I hope you enjoyed this episode!
     Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.
     – Nate and the Profits on Purpose podcast team

    Connect with Nathan Littlewood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlittlewood/
    Visit the Future Ready CFO website here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/
    Join the Future Ready Newsletter here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/newsletter

    Listen to Profits on Purpose on these podcast platforms: 
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1h3U1cG0zhaSwqa8f2UFXI
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087
    Amazon Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087

    #profitsonpurpose #nathanlittlewood #futurereadycfo #financeleadership #cfoinsights #purposeledbusiness #scalingforimpact #financialstrategy #purposeledprofit #missiondrivengrowth #sustainablebusiness #businessleaders #entrepreneurmindset #financialclarity #scalingbusinesses #ethicalentrepreneurship #businessstrategy #impactfulleadership #cforole #executivethinking
    Welcome to the Profits on Purpose podcast, where we explore the journeys of purpose-led founders and the financial strategies that help them survive and thrive. Host Nate Littlewood sits down with eCommerce and CPG founders to unpack the real-life tension between a brand's mission and the practical realities of generating profit.

    40 min
  • Why Revenue Is the Wrong Number | ProfitPeak | Carla Penn-Kahn


    How Does Your Brand Stack Up? Download our FREE eCommerce Hidden Profit Audit Template here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/hidden-profit-audit-free-template

    Carla Penn-Kahn is the co-founder and CEO of ProfitPeak, an operating platform that gives eCommerce brands real-time visibility across advertising spend, inventory, and contribution margin. In this episode, Carla shares research conducted alongside James Hurman and Klaviyo showing that brands that discount most frequently grow the slowest — and reveals that 68% of discount orders go to existing customers who would have bought at full price anyway. She and Nate dig into inventory segmentation as a smarter alternative to blanket discounting, the marketing and operations disconnect that keeps most teams flying blind, and what agentic commerce means for eCommerce margins over the next two to three years. If you have ever pulled a discount to hit a monthly revenue number and wondered whether it actually worked, this episode has the data to answer that question.

    Connect with Carla here:
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carla-penn-kahn-0384b0a/
    Website: https://profitpeak.io

    I hope you enjoyed this episode! Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly. 
    - Nate and the Profits on Purpose podcast team


    Connect with Nathan Littlewood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlittlewood/
    Visit the Future Ready CFO website here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/
    Join the Future Ready Newsletter here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/newsletter


    Listen to Profits on Purpose on these podcast platforms:
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1h3U1cG0zhaSwqa8f2UFXI
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087
    Amazon Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087

    #profitsonpurpose #nathanlittlewood #futurereadycfo #financeleadership #cfoinsights #purposeledbusiness #scalingforimpact #financialstrategy #purposeledprofit
    #missiondrivengrowth #sustainablebusiness #businessleaders #entrepreneurmindset #financialclarity #scalingbusinesses #ethicalentrepreneurship #businessstrategy
    #impactfulleadership #cforole #executivethinking Welcome to the Profits on Purpose podcast, where we explore the journeys of purpose-led founders and the financial strategies that help them survive and thrive. Host Nate Littlewood sits down with eCommerce and CPG founders to unpack the real-life tension
    between a brand's mission and the practical realities of generating profit.


    I hope you enjoyed this episode!
     Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.
     – Nate and the Profits on Purpose podcast team

    Connect with Nathan Littlewood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlittlewood/
    Visit the Future Ready CFO website here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/
    Join the Future Ready Newsletter here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/newsletter

    Listen to Profits on Purpose on these podcast platforms: 
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1h3U1cG0zhaSwqa8f2UFXI
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087
    Amazon Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087

    #profitsonpurpose #nathanlittlewood #futurereadycfo #financeleadership #cfoinsights #purposeledbusiness #scalingforimpact #financialstrategy #purposeledprofit #missiondrivengrowth #sustainablebusiness #businessleaders #entrepreneurmindset #financialclarity #scalingbusinesses #ethicalentrepreneurship #businessstrategy #impactfulleadership #cforole #executivethinking
    Welcome to the Profits on Purpose podcast, where we explore the journeys of purpose-led founders and the financial strategies that help them survive and thrive. Host Nate Littlewood sits down with eCommerce and CPG founders to unpack the real-life tension between a brand's mission and the practical realities of generating profit.

    39 min
  • The Sales Tax Time Bomb Sitting in Your eCommerce Books | TaxHero | Lahari Neelapareddy

    Since a 2018 Supreme Court ruling, online sellers can owe sales tax in any US state where they cross a revenue threshold — even without a physical presence. Most eCommerce founders either don't know their exposure exists or assume they're too small to be a target. In this episode, Nate sits down with Lahari Neelapareddy, CPA and Founder of TaxHero, to break down what's actually happening with sales tax enforcement right now. They cover what a real audit looks like, why even well-resourced compliance tools can get this wrong, and the four questions every founder should be asking themselves today. For a free sales tax compliance assessment, mention Profits on Purpose when you book at taxhero.net.

    I hope you enjoyed this episode!
     Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.
     – Nate and the Profits on Purpose podcast team

    Connect with Nathan Littlewood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlittlewood/
    Visit the Future Ready CFO website here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/
    Join the Future Ready Newsletter here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/newsletter

    Listen to Profits on Purpose on these podcast platforms: 
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1h3U1cG0zhaSwqa8f2UFXI
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087
    Amazon Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087

    #profitsonpurpose #nathanlittlewood #futurereadycfo #financeleadership #cfoinsights #purposeledbusiness #scalingforimpact #financialstrategy #purposeledprofit #missiondrivengrowth #sustainablebusiness #businessleaders #entrepreneurmindset #financialclarity #scalingbusinesses #ethicalentrepreneurship #businessstrategy #impactfulleadership #cforole #executivethinking
    Welcome to the Profits on Purpose podcast, where we explore the journeys of purpose-led founders and the financial strategies that help them survive and thrive. Host Nate Littlewood sits down with eCommerce and CPG founders to unpack the real-life tension between a brand's mission and the practical realities of generating profit.

    37 min
  • He Spent $80,000 on B Corp Was It Worth It | Izipizi | Charles Brun

    How Does Your Brand Stack Up? Download our FREE eCommerce Hidden Profit Audit Template here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/hidden-profit-audit-free-template

    Charles Brun co-founded Izipizi in 2010 with two friends from high school, no capital, and no formal business background. Sixteen years later the brand is in 80 countries, employs 250 people, and is B Corp certified — and Charles is asking the question that most mission-led founders are afraid to answer honestly: is any of this actually worth it? In this episode, Nate and Charles get into the real cost of B Corp certification, what a carbon footprint accounting exercise actually involves, why the ROI of purpose-led credentials looks completely different in the US versus Europe, and what it has actually taken to stay profitable and bootstrapped across a 16-year journey. If you have ever wondered whether doing the right thing makes financial sense, this episode is the most honest answer you will find.


    Connect with Charles here: 
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbrun
    Website: https://www.izipizi.com

    I hope you enjoyed this episode!
     Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.
     – Nate and the Profits on Purpose podcast team

    Connect with Nathan Littlewood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlittlewood/
    Visit the Future Ready CFO website here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/
    Join the Future Ready Newsletter here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/newsletter

    Listen to Profits on Purpose on these podcast platforms: 
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1h3U1cG0zhaSwqa8f2UFXI
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087
    Amazon Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087

    #profitsonpurpose #nathanlittlewood #futurereadycfo #financeleadership #cfoinsights #purposeledbusiness #scalingforimpact #financialstrategy #purposeledprofit #missiondrivengrowth #sustainablebusiness #businessleaders #entrepreneurmindset #financialclarity #scalingbusinesses #ethicalentrepreneurship #businessstrategy #impactfulleadership #cforole #executivethinking
    Welcome to the Profits on Purpose podcast, where we explore the journeys of purpose-led founders and the financial strategies that help them survive and thrive. Host Nate Littlewood sits down with eCommerce and CPG founders to unpack the real-life tension between a brand's mission and the practical realities of generating profit.

    37 min
  • Founder Turned Down Amazon Over 100 Times. Her Margins Will Tell You Why | dip | Kate Assaraf


    How Does Your Brand Stack Up? Download our FREE eCommerce Hidden Profit Audit Template here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/hidden-profit-audit-free-template

    Kate Assaraf built dip into a brand sold in 400 to 500 independent stores without spending a cent on advertising, and she's said no to Amazon more than a hundred times. She started with $40,000 and still owns 100% of the business.

    In this episode, Kate sits down with Nate to explain the thinking behind a go-to-market strategy that runs counter to almost everything other consumer brands do. She shares why selling through zero-waste stores, salons and surf shops protects both her retailers and her margins, and why putting dip on Amazon would undercut the relationships her whole business is built on.

    The conversation digs into the financial side too. When her contract manufacturer went bankrupt, Kate took the risk of building her own factory, which removed the distributor and co-manufacturer markups and gave her room to hold prices steady while others raised theirs. She talks through working capital, tiny MOQs, and why her inventory system is really just her team keeping an eye on the shelves.

    There's also a great section on what she does instead of paid ads: taking her top store owners on retreats to Morocco, the Dominican Republic, the Catskills and Tennessee, treating the people who actually sell her product as her most valuable marketing channel. To date she's redirected over $5 million into local economies through her independent retailers.

    Kate and Nate also get into greenwashing and why synthetic isn't automatically worse than natural, her grateful dead-stock packaging idea, why she'll never take on an investor or a business partner, and what's behind her decision to finally start advertising for the first time, mostly to drive customers into the independent stores she cares about.

    Find dip at https://www.dipalready.com and use the store locator to find a stockist near you. 
    Connect with Kate on LinkedIn, and 
    follow dip on Instagram and TikTok at @dipalready.


    I hope you enjoyed this episode!
     Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.
     – Nate and the Profits on Purpose podcast team

    Connect with Nathan Littlewood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlittlewood/
    Visit the Future Ready CFO website here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/
    Join the Future Ready Newsletter here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/newsletter

    Listen to Profits on Purpose on these podcast platforms: 
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1h3U1cG0zhaSwqa8f2UFXI
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087
    Amazon Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087

    #profitsonpurpose #nathanlittlewood #futurereadycfo #financeleadership #cfoinsights #purposeledbusiness #scalingforimpact #financialstrategy #purposeledprofit #missiondrivengrowth #sustainablebusiness #businessleaders #entrepreneurmindset #financialclarity #scalingbusinesses #ethicalentrepreneurship #businessstrategy #impactfulleadership #cforole #executivethinking
    Welcome to the Profits on Purpose podcast, where we explore the journeys of purpose-led founders and the financial strategies that help them survive and thrive. Host Nate Littlewood sits down with eCommerce and CPG founders to unpack the real-life tension between a brand's mission and the practical realities of generating profit.

    44 min
  • Getting Into Whole Foods Won't Save Your Beverage Brand. Here's What Will. | Kirra Iced Tea | Jerrod Clancy

    How Does Your Brand Stack Up? Download our FREE eCommerce Hidden Profit Audit Template here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/free-p...

    Jerrod Clancy built Kirra Iced Tea without venture capital, without grocery shelf space, and without a marketing budget — and turned a profit doing it. Instead of following the conventional CPG playbook, Jerrod went all in on food service, placing Kirra in restaurants, fast casual cafes, and food service accounts where the brand now does eight to ten times the velocity of a comparable Whole Foods placement, across just 240 doors.
    In this episode, Nate and Jerrod break down the real unit economics of food service versus retail, why so many beverage brands are losing money on every sale and don't know it, how Jerrod raised over a million dollars from angels and friends without loving the process, and what it actually takes to bounce back after watching hundreds of thousands of dollars of inventory get bulldozed into landfill. If you're a CPG founder wondering whether the conventional playbook is really worth it, this episode will make you think twice.

    I hope you enjoyed this episode!
    Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.
    – Nate and the Profits on Purpose podcast team

    Connect with Nathan Littlewood on LinkedIn:   / nathanlittlewood 
    Visit the Future Ready CFO website here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/
    Join the Future Ready Newsletter here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/newsle...

    Listen to Profits on Purpose on these podcast platforms:
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1h3U1cG...
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
    Amazon Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

    #profitsonpurpose #nathanlittlewood #futurereadycfo #financeleadership #cfoinsights #purposeledbusiness #scalingforimpact #financialstrategy #purposeledprofit #missiondrivengrowth #sustainablebusiness #businessleaders #entrepreneurmindset #financialclarity #scalingbusinesses #ethicalentrepreneurship #businessstrategy #impactfulleadership #cforole #executivethinking
    Welcome to the Profits on Purpose podcast, where we explore the journeys of purpose-led founders and the financial strategies that help them survive and thrive. Host Nate Littlewood sits down with eCommerce and CPG founders to unpack the real-life tension between a brand's mission and the practical realities of gen...

    39 min
  • Your Pricing Strategy Is Costing You More Than Your Ads | IntelliGems | Andrew Marconi


    How Does Your Brand Stack Up? Download our FREE eCommerce Hidden Profit Audit Template here:
    https://www.futurereadycfo.com/hidden-profit-audit-free-template


    Most eCommerce founders set a price once and never touch it again. Meanwhile, they're running thousands of ad tests, tweaking landing pages, and obsessing over conversion rate — without ever questioning whether their price is actually right.
    In this episode, Nate sits down with Drew Marconi, co-founder of IntelliGems, who spent years building dynamic pricing systems at McKinsey and Via before bringing that same analytical rigour to eCommerce. Drew breaks down why pricing is so emotionally sticky for founders, what cost-plus pricing gets wrong, how to think about profit per visitor as your north star metric, and where most brands should start when it comes to A/B testing their offers,
    prices, and shipping thresholds.
    If you've been running your store on gut feel and haven't touched your prices in years, this conversation will change how you think about it.


    Connect with Drew:
    Website: intelligems.io
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmarconi


    Resources:
    • Use code CFO10 for a discount on IntelliGems
    • Free eCommerce Hidden Profit Audit Template: futurereadycfo.com/hidden-profit-audit-free-template



    I hope you enjoyed this episode!
     Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.
     – Nate and the Profits on Purpose podcast team

    Connect with Nathan Littlewood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlittlewood/
    Visit the Future Ready CFO website here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/
    Join the Future Ready Newsletter here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/newsletter

    Listen to Profits on Purpose on these podcast platforms: 
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1h3U1cG0zhaSwqa8f2UFXI
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087
    Amazon Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087

    #profitsonpurpose #nathanlittlewood #futurereadycfo #financeleadership #cfoinsights #purposeledbusiness #scalingforimpact #financialstrategy #purposeledprofit #missiondrivengrowth #sustainablebusiness #businessleaders #entrepreneurmindset #financialclarity #scalingbusinesses #ethicalentrepreneurship #businessstrategy #impactfulleadership #cforole #executivethinking
    Welcome to the Profits on Purpose podcast, where we explore the journeys of purpose-led founders and the financial strategies that help them survive and thrive. Host Nate Littlewood sits down with eCommerce and CPG founders to unpack the real-life tension between a brand's mission and the practical realities of generating profit.

    45 min
  • SE01E43 E-Commerce Inventory Financing Is Structurally Broken | Elephant Herd Capital | Ben Tregoe


    Most e-commerce founders accept a painful reality: the money needed to fund inventory has to be repaid long before that inventory generates a dollar of revenue. Ben Tregoe, Managing Partner of Elephant Herd Capital, argues this isn’t just uncomfortable — it’s structurally broken, and it’s the root cause of the debt spirals and cash crunches that derail otherwise healthy brands. In this episode, Ben breaks down the full menu of inventory financing options available to seven-figure founders, explains why even “cheap” capital can be catastrophically expensive if it’s not sufficient, and walks through how a cycle-matched financing approach could fundamentally change the working capital picture for brands at the $5–25M range. If you’ve ever felt like your lender is making your cash flow problem worse, not better, this one is required listening.

    Ben's Contact Details:
    Email: [email protected]
    Website: https://www.elephantherdcapital.com
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamintregoe/
    X (Twitter): @bentregoe


    I hope you enjoyed this episode!
     Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.
     – Nate and the Profits on Purpose podcast team

    Connect with Nathan Littlewood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlittlewood/
    Visit the Future Ready CFO website here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/
    Join the Future Ready Newsletter here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/newsletter

    Listen to Profits on Purpose on these podcast platforms: 
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1h3U1cG0zhaSwqa8f2UFXI
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087
    Amazon Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087

    #profitsonpurpose #nathanlittlewood #futurereadycfo #financeleadership #cfoinsights #purposeledbusiness #scalingforimpact #financialstrategy #purposeledprofit #missiondrivengrowth #sustainablebusiness #businessleaders #entrepreneurmindset #financialclarity #scalingbusinesses #ethicalentrepreneurship #businessstrategy #impactfulleadership #cforole #executivethinking
    Welcome to the Profits on Purpose podcast, where we explore the journeys of purpose-led founders and the financial strategies that help them survive and thrive. Host Nate Littlewood sits down with eCommerce and CPG founders to unpack the real-life tension between a brand's mission and the practical realities of generating profit.

    44 min
  • SE01E42 Building a Sustainable Shoe Brand from Italy's Finest Materials | Fundae | Holly Garrard

    Holly Garrard spent nearly 25 years in media and podcasting before deciding to stop telling other brands' stories and build one of her own. The result is Fundae — a purpose-driven footwear brand built on plant-based materials, manufactured in Italy, and designed to prove that sustainable fashion and high style can coexist. In this episode, Holly gets into the financial realities of building with conviction: absorbing a 20–30% cost premium on materials, navigating unethical vendors, funding the business while supplementing income from consulting, and holding the line on values that every Italian supplier tried to talk her out of. It's an honest conversation about the cost of doing things the right way — and why she believes it's worth it.


    Holly's Social Handles:
    Instagram: @fundaesoles
    TikTok: @fundaesoles
    Facebook: @fundaesoles
    Pinterest: @fundaesoles
    YouTube: @hollydayfundae9611


    I hope you enjoyed this episode!
     Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.
     – Nate and the Profits on Purpose podcast team

    Connect with Nathan Littlewood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlittlewood/
    Visit the Future Ready CFO website here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/
    Join the Future Ready Newsletter here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/newsletter

    Listen to Profits on Purpose on these podcast platforms: 
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1h3U1cG0zhaSwqa8f2UFXI
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087
    Amazon Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087

    #profitsonpurpose #nathanlittlewood #futurereadycfo #financeleadership #cfoinsights #purposeledbusiness #scalingforimpact #financialstrategy #purposeledprofit #missiondrivengrowth #sustainablebusiness #businessleaders #entrepreneurmindset #financialclarity #scalingbusinesses #ethicalentrepreneurship #businessstrategy #impactfulleadership #cforole #executivethinking
    Welcome to the Profits on Purpose podcast, where we explore the journeys of purpose-led founders and the financial strategies that help them survive and thrive. Host Nate Littlewood sits down with eCommerce and CPG founders to unpack the real-life tension between a brand's mission and the practical realities of generating profit.

    35 min
  • SE01E41 Mission First, Impact Later | Lucille Health | Jess Haghani

    What does it actually look like to build a business where the mission isn't layered on top of the product — it's the entire reason the product exists? Jess Haghani is the Founder and CEO of Lucille Health, a better-for-you nutrition brand built specifically for aging adults, a category that has received almost no meaningful innovation in decades. In this episode, Jess walks us through her journey from private equity at KKR to founding Lucille, why she chose simplicity over complexity in her business structure, and how she thinks about the real tension between mission and margin. She shares the pricing math that helped her get comfortable with a premium product, why repeat purchase rate is her north star metric right now, and the hard-won insight that you have to earn the right to make an impact through every small decision you get right. If you're building a purpose-led business and wondering whether profitability and mission are really compatible — this one is for you.

    Connect with Jess: 

    🌐 Website: https://lucillehealth.com 

    📧 Email: [email protected] 

    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucillehealth 

    🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lucillehealth 

    👍 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Lucille/61581040694863 

    💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lucillehealth

    I hope you enjoyed this episode!
     Give it a like, share, and subscribe to not miss the content coming your way weekly.
     – Nate and the Profits on Purpose podcast team

    Connect with Nathan Littlewood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanlittlewood/
    Visit the Future Ready CFO website here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/
    Join the Future Ready Newsletter here: https://www.futurereadycfo.com/newsletter

    Listen to Profits on Purpose on these podcast platforms: 
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1h3U1cG0zhaSwqa8f2UFXI
    Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087
    Amazon Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profits-on-purpose/id1826982087

    #profitsonpurpose #nathanlittlewood #futurereadycfo #financeleadership #cfoinsights #purposeledbusiness #scalingforimpact #financialstrategy #purposeledprofit #missiondrivengrowth #sustainablebusiness #businessleaders #entrepreneurmindset #financialclarity #scalingbusinesses #ethicalentrepreneurship #businessstrategy #impactfulleadership #cforole #executivethinking
    Welcome to the Profits on Purpose podcast, where we explore the journeys of purpose-led founders and the financial strategies that help them survive and thrive. Host Nate Littlewood sits down with eCommerce and CPG founders to unpack the real-life tension between a brand's mission and the practical realities of generating profit.

    39 min

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