Lindsey Laurain is the Founder of ezpz, an organization revolutionizing the feeding industry with their Happy Mat mealtime tool. Lindsey is an operations, management, and sales professional with extensive experience in start-ups and the medical industry. Before launching ezpz, Lindsey served as the Director of Operations for Humana. She had also served as an operations manager for Pfizer, a company she has worked with for over eight years.

Lindsey joins us today to recount her journey from working in corporate America to launching ezpz. She reveals the lessons she learned from prototyping, designing a physical product, and appearing on Shark Tank. She outlines the process of starting and running a Kickstarter campaign and discusses building the proper infrastructures to protect your products. Lindsey also highlights how a grassroots community of moms helped ezpz grow and offers advice to Entreprenistas.

“Anything is possible. If you believe enough in what you’re doing, you can make it happen.” - Lindsey Laurain

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This week’s takeaways from Entreprenista:

Lindsey’s background and her beginnings as an EntreprenistaHow long it took Lindsey to decide to quit her job and launch her businessThe first steps Lindsey took toward turning her business idea into a productHow much money Lindsey invested in her products before launching a Kickstarter campaignThe initial production run for ezpz products and the process of doing a Kickstarter and other crowdfunding campaignsLindsey’s appearance on Shark Tank and what has surprised her about running ezpzHow the ezpz team has grown since its launchThe process of getting into retailWhat Lindsey has learned from working with retailersHow Lindsey’s marketing strategies evolved over the yearsHer advice on reaching the mom community

Resources Mentioned:

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Our Favorite Quotes:

“Accepting those hard times as part of our journey has made it so much easier.” - Lindsey Laurain“It’s possible for anyone to follow entrepreneurship.” - Lindsey Laurain“Trade shows are a great place to meet retailers.” - Lindsey Laurain

Connect with Lindsey Laurain:

ezpzezpz on LinkedInezpz on Instagramezpz on Facebookezpz on Twitterezpz on PinterestLindsey Laurain on LinkedIn

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