631. Scaling a Product Empire: Aunt Flow’s Journey from $250 to $16 Million with Founder, Claire Coder

Welcome back, product bosses! Today, I am so excited to share a live recording I did at Inbound this year with Claire Coder, the founder of Aunt Flow—a company dedicated to making period products accessible in public spaces and creating a supportive community around normalizing menstruation. Claire’s journey is so inspiring as she started her company out of a three-bedroom apartment in Ohio and her feminine hygiene dispensers are now present in over 60,000 bathrooms worldwide.In this episode, we dive into Claire’s motivations and her unique path to entrepreneurship. At 18, she founded Aunt Flow by purchasing bulk period products and selling them directly to local businesses. Claire shares key insights on validating business ideas and developing pricing strategies, and emphasizes the importance of community and mentorship in growing a small business.Claire also shares how she overcame challenges in raising capital (pitching to 86 firms before securing funding!), practical advice on taking a hands-on approach with your products, and the significance of persistence when it comes to owning a product-based business.Tune in to learn more about Claire’s success and for actionable takeaways that you can apply to your own product-based business!Resources:Learn more about Aunt Flow hereFollow Aunt Flow’s journey on InstagramWant to know what makes a successful product-based business? I’m hosting a masterclass where I'm giving you my four-step playbook to stand out in a crowded market and get more customers so that you can grow your business no matter what you sell or where you sell. All you have to do is click here to grab your seat today!Connect:Website: theproductboss.comInstagram: @theproductbossMentioned in this episode:Save your seat for my FREE 5-day Best Sellers Secret Challenge Now!Product-Based Business Owners: You Only Need One Best Seller - join my FREE 5-Day Best Seller Secrets Challenge—so you can do less and still earn more! Best Sellers Secret 2025

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A business podcast for product entrepreneurs. A creative balance of life and business to help you create your dream life. Featured in Inc. as "the country's most sought-after product experts." Also featured in Forbes, NBC News, Yahoo! Finance and more. Also a co-founder of the Shop 1 in 5 pledge - a commitment to shop 1 in 5 of your purchases from small businesses online and offline. The goal in every episode: uplevel you as the Boss of your business. Take your physical product sales and strategy to the next level to create your dream life. As a woman entrepreneur and product expert Jacqueline Snyder delivers a workshop-style strategy hour of social media marketing strategies and marketing made easy and simple. Blending life as a boss mom, goal digger, coach and female business owner in this ever-changing online world has its ups and downs. Creator of the Best Seller framework of snowballing your sales inside their signature course, Multi-Stream Machine, which focuses systems, visibility and sales from $0-$100k and beyond. http://www.multistreammachine.com Join me weekly in a training and “marketing school” format with actionable takeaways that include how to grow your online platforms and revenue, e-commerce business sales channels, gaining steady and perpetual traffic to your website, such as Amazon, Shopify, Etsy, brick and mortar, bakery and food products, one-of-a-kind custom or artist products, social media influencer marketing, small business marketing ideas, content calendar, scaling handmade, visibility and Instagram tactics, abundance entrepreneurial mindset and growth, productivity hacks and organization tips. Guests include: Jenna Kutcher of Goal Digger Podcast, Lori Harder of Earn Your Happy podcast, Jamie Kern Lima (author of Believe IT), Cat & Nat Unfiltered, David Meltzer, Jasmine Star, Angie Lee of Ready is a Lie and Mike Lee of Soul CBD, Suzi Weiss Fischman, Pura Vida Bracelets, Mike Michalowicz of Profit First, Joy Cho, Jaclyn Johnson of Work Party and Create & Cultivate, Kelly Roach, and more. Are you asking yourself: Is it possible to create consistent income and multiple streams of revenue in the product world? Can you take your maker or Etsy business, physical product or private label business a full-time income from a side hustle to a stable household income for you and your family? Can makers be millionaires? Can you take your handmade items and scale your team, inventory, and production? The answer to all: YES! Let’s dig in! Don’t forget to subscribe.