She Can. She Did.

Episode 12 - with Lauren Mead, Co-Founder of TeamO Marine

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Synopsis

I remember when the email from today’s guest came through. The subject line read, ‘Duchess of Cambridge wears British made lifejacket by brother-sister start up’ and being the hardcore royalist and fan of 'The Crown' that I am (who also happens to always find it interesting when siblings/ family in general go into business with one another because as much as I love my older sister, I don't know if we'd work well as Co-Founders!), it didn’t take long for me to respond and get this chat scheduled in the diary ASAP!Not only does Lauren reveal how her role has evolved over the past six years as TeamO Marine has grown on an international scale, she also provides some really insightful advice on how to best approach a crowdfunding campaign given that she along with her brother went on to successfully raise £270,000 in the Spring of 2018; plus why they opted to move all production of the lifejackets from China to Southampton thereafter. We discuss their experiences patenting Oscar’s design early on and why they’re u