070: Staying Grounded and Aligned With Jaime Schmidt
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Entrepreneurship isn\\u2019t easy. That\\u2019s something that Jaime Schmidt, founder of Schmidt\\u2019s Naturals knows all too well. Jaime is a multi-passionate entrepreneur who after partnering her business with Unilever, went on to start another company and an investment fund to support other founders. Jaime bootstrapped her business for many years and in this episode, she shares the lessons she learned along the way, her biggest pain points and what kept her going. She talks about the importance to her of staying grounded and being aligned with what she does. She also gives us the inside scoop on her new book, Supermaker: Crafting Business on Your Own Terms.
What\\u2019s in this episode:
- What it means for Jaime to craft a life she loves
- Why she decided to move and make a change
- How she continued to explore and search for her passion\\xa0
- Her turning point where she realized her personal care products could be a big business
- How Jaime felt going through the process of taking her business to the next level
- The progression of her company growing through word of mouth
- Pain points she reached as she grew her business
- What kept her going as an entrepreneur
- Why she wanted to build her brand without taking on investors
- Her experience of getting approached by companies to sell Schmidt\\u2019s Naturals
- What made her decide to partner with another company
- Why she started her business, Supermaker
- The most common pain points she see\\u2019s female entrepreneurs going through
- How she stays grounded and aligned with her values
- Her non-negotiables for her daily life
- How she bases her decisions on what\\u2019s best for herself and her family
- Why she started an investment fund to help support other founders\\xa0
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About Jaime:
Jaime Schmidt is an entrepreneur and the founder of Schmidt\\u2019s Naturals, a brand of natural personal care products that she started in her kitchen in Portland, Oregon in 2010. Jaime is known for modernizing natural personal care products, including the customer-favorite deodorant, and bringing them to the mainstream market. Under her leadership, Schmidt\\u2019s grew into a household name lining the shelves of retailers including Target, Costco, Whole Foods, Walmart and CVS across 30 countries. In 2017, Schmidt\\u2019s partnered with CPG giant Unilever, with Jaime continuing as the brand\\u2019s founder and spokesperson.
Today, Jaime is focusing her efforts on helping emerging entrepreneurs pursue their own dreams. In June 2019, Jaime launched Supermaker, an editorial-driven platform that celebrates diverse, independent brands and creators, and hosts conversations that empower progressive values in the workplace. She has also authored the book Supermaker: Crafting Business on Your Own Terms, releasing April 2020 in partnership with Chronicle Books.
Additionally, Jaime is the co-founder of Color, an investment portfolio that supports diverse and underrepresented founders, and co-owner of local entrepreneurial collective Portland Made.
She is regularly profiled in prominent business media including Inc., Entrepreneur, Forbes and Fast Company. Jaime is an inaugural member of the Inc. Founders Project and has also been recognized as 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs (Goldman Sachs, 2017 & 2018), PNW Entrepreneur of the Year (Ernst & Young, 2017), Inc.\\u2019s Female Founders 100, and the Create & Cultivate 100.
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Connect With Jaime:
Website | Instagram | Twitter
Links:
Supermaker
Supermaker: Crafting Business on Your Own Terms by Jaime Schmidt
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