Jas Schembri-Stothart: Building the fastest-growing health and wellbeing startup for teenage girls

Jas Schembri-Stothart: Building the fastest-growing health and wellbeing startup for teenage girls

“[We’re] actually using TikTok in a positive way. The whole reason we exist is to combat misinformation, which there is a lot of on TikTok, but it can be used positively.” In today’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Jas Schembri-Stothart, Co-Founder of luna, the world’s first digital health companion for teenage girls. Working with leading health and education institutions, Jas and her Co-Founder Jo Goodall are building a digital companion enabling teenage girls to have a healthier and happier teenhood. To date, the app has over 100k members in over 100+ countries, was featured as app of the day across app stores and has seen them raise £1.2 million from Octopus Ventures, Syndicate Room and prolific Angel Investors. In today’s episode, we uncover all the highs and lows along the way so far… Episode Chapters: ➡️ Foundation in consulting [05:50] ➡️ Deciding whether to get your MBA [08:30] ➡️ The Origin story behind luna [11:30] ➡️ Growing through community [19:30] ➡️ More about Leadership Unleashed [21:20] ➡️ Spending to grow & hiring mistakes [23:00] ➡️ VC vs Angel Investment [27:20] ➡️ Getting to know Gen Z & Generation Alpha [33:20] ➡️ Embracing Founder Communities [41:30] ⛳ Helpful links: ➡️ Connect with Jas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasschembri/ ➡️ Find out more about luna: https://weareluna.app/ 🔔Find out more about today’s sponsors Today’s episode is brought to you by the Leadership Unleashed Open Cohorts. Leadership Unleashed Open Cohort is your chance to join a diverse cohort of leaders from different organisations, industries, and parts of the world to build the most critical behaviours and transform into a high performer. Split into seven remote workshops, the Open Cohort follows a coaching-led approach where you’ll be actively involved and turn your learnings into habits in your day-to-day. To find out more about the programme and how you can sign up for the next cohort starting in January, get in touch with Logan and Anouk at sayhello@unleashed.company ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️ Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review at https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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