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Download Gary's 13 Keys to Creating a Multi-Million Dollar Business from ⁠⁠⁠https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/⁠⁠⁠ Stuart Landesberg is the Co-Founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative, the leading digital-first brand & e-commerce platform for natural home and personal care. In today's episode, he delves into his journey from a sustainable upbringing to leading a top company in eco-friendly consumer products. Stuart also shares the obstacles of starting a business, the importance of a mission-driven culture, and strategic decisions that fueled Grove's exponential growth to annual revenues surpassing $250 million per year. In this episode, Gary and Stuart discuss: 1- The Problem with Single-Use Plastics 2- Building a World-Class Team 3- Leadership and Company Culture 4- Importance of a Mission-Driven Business LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartlandesberg/ Website: https://www.grove.co/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Stu_Land Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO on: Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@ditchdiggerceopodcast⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO ⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ditchdiggerceo

Can a simple game like pickleball really offer profound life lessons? Join us on "Life Lessons from Pickleball™" as we uncover the incredible journeys of Wenting Nie, a neonatal nurse and mother, and Kim Landesberg, a former teacher and mom, who have both found comfort and community through this beloved sport. Wenting shares how her transition from tennis to pickleball in 2023 brought new meaning to her life, while Kim opens up about how the game helped her cope with the devastating losses of her brother and mother in 2018. Both women share a unique bond, not only through their love for pickleball but also as individuals with identical twin siblings, providing a heartwarming narrative filled with laughter, resilience, and healing.Music gifted to us by Ian Pedersen: @ianpedersen Contact us: Lifelessonsfrompickleball@gmail.comLifelessonsfrompickleballpodcast.comhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557275391316https://www.instagram.com/lifelessonsfrompickleball/https://www.youtube.com/@LifeLessonsFromPickleballPodThanks for listening and you can also watch us on Youtube.

Stuart Landesberg is the co-founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative, the world's first plastic neutral retailer that brings together innovative brands across cleaning, wellness, and more everyday essentials all of which have met rigorous standards for efficacy, ingredients, ethics, and more social and environmental criteria, so you can shop with complete peace of mind. -- If you haven't yet had the chance, make sure to register for our 2024 Real Leaders Impact Awards. Our Impact Award winners gain access to a values aligned community, credibility through Real Leaders, and access to our network of Impact capital sources. Apply now to claim your discounted application: ⁠https://eunbi5zgbx7.typeform.com/to/XNdfGsS2#app_first_name=xxxxx&company_name=xxxxx&work_email=xxxxx&campaign_name=xxxxx&channel=LN&owner=Z⁠ Also, check out Outsource Access for all of your Virtual Staffing Needs. At an affordable rate you can outsource the work you need to get done at an extremely affordable rate. You can find more info about them here using this link. https://outsourceaccess.com/

Have you ever wondered what it means to have a conscious birth? As the birth of Jen's and Danny's baby is now only a matter of days, we are excited to host Danny's and Jen's doula, Elise Tobias, on this week's episode of The Higher Self. Elise Tobias is a renowned London-based birth doula, hypnobirthing specialist and birth educator. Elise specialises in preparing expectant parents for the life-changing event of giving birth through her incredibly practical, comprehensive and realistic programme of birth preparation and hypnobirthing. In this week's episode, we go deep into what it means to have conscious birth and what women can do to reclaim the magical journey of pregnancy through birth and beyond. We hope you enjoy the golden nuggets of this week's episode! _________ Join Our Next Transformational 3-Day Event: https://dannymorel.com/awaken Reunion Experience: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.reunionexperience.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (use the code: DannyReunion) _________ Elise Tobias: Elise Tobias is a renowned London-based birth doula, hypnobirthing specialist and birth educator. Elise specialises in preparing expectant parents for the life-changing event of giving birth through her incredibly practical, comprehensive and realistic programme of birth preparation and hypnobirthing. Elise is the birth educator and doula in residence at the prestigious private hospital, The Portland, in London. Elise has helped thousands of parents transform their mindset in pregnancy; from feeling terrified and scared, to feeling calm, confident and totally ready for the big day. Elise has Royal College of Midwives (RCM) accredited training and is a member of the Federation of Antenatal Educators (FEDANT). In addition to being a certified doula, Elise also holds qualifications in Aromatherapy for Birth and Biomechanics for Birth. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birth_bubble Website: https://www.birthbubble.co _________ Join Us At AWAKEN Your Highest Self – https://www.dannymorel.com/awaken Join The Community – https://www.dannymorel.com/community Connect with Danny: Website | https://www.dannymorel.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/dannymorel/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannymorel/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/Danny.Morel.Page

Have you ever wondered what it means to have a conscious birth? As the birth of Jen's and Danny's baby is now only a matter of days, we are excited to host Danny's and Jen's doula, Elise Tobias, on this week's episode of The Higher Self. Elise Tobias is a renowned London-based birth doula, hypnobirthing specialist and birth educator. Elise specialises in preparing expectant parents for the life-changing event of giving birth through her incredibly practical, comprehensive and realistic programme of birth preparation and hypnobirthing. In this week's episode, we go deep into what it means to have conscious birth and what women can do to reclaim the magical journey of pregnancy through birth and beyond. We hope you enjoy the golden nuggets of this week's episode! _________ Join Our Next Transformational 3-Day Event: https://dannymorel.com/awaken Reunion Experience: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.reunionexperience.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (use the code: DannyReunion) _________ Elise Tobias: Elise Tobias is a renowned London-based birth doula, hypnobirthing specialist and birth educator. Elise specialises in preparing expectant parents for the life-changing event of giving birth through her incredibly practical, comprehensive and realistic programme of birth preparation and hypnobirthing. Elise is the birth educator and doula in residence at the prestigious private hospital, The Portland, in London. Elise has helped thousands of parents transform their mindset in pregnancy; from feeling terrified and scared, to feeling calm, confident and totally ready for the big day. Elise has Royal College of Midwives (RCM) accredited training and is a member of the Federation of Antenatal Educators (FEDANT). In addition to being a certified doula, Elise also holds qualifications in Aromatherapy for Birth and Biomechanics for Birth. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/birth_bubble Website: https://www.birthbubble.co _________ Join Us At AWAKEN Your Highest Self – https://www.dannymorel.com/awaken Join The Community – https://www.dannymorel.com/community Connect with Danny: Website | https://www.dannymorel.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/dannymorel/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannymorel/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/Danny.Morel.Page

Stephen Landesberg (November 23, 1936 – December 20, 2010) was an American actor and comedian known for his role as the erudite, unflappable police detective Arthur P. Dietrich on the ABC sitcom Barney Miller, for which he was nominated for three Emmy Awards.[1] PICTURE: By photo by Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1585549

Since he was a grade-schooler, Stu Landesberg dreamed–as odd as it sounds–of starting a sustainable home-products company. When he founded it, in 2012, he called it ePantry, and it didn't exactly soar. Investors were lukewarm–and customers hard to come by. But with a rebrand and reshaped strategy in 2016, Grove Collaborative started finding lots of eco-minded consumers online and over social media. This year, as the San Francisco-based company turned 10 years old, it was valued at $1.5 billion. In June, it went public with help from a Richard Branson-backed SPAC. Host Christine Lagorio-Chafkin speaks with Landesberg about his journey, from struggling to keep the lights on to running a public company with hundreds of employees–and his promise to the future to be entirely plastic-free by 2025.

Founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative, Stu Landesberg, says, “... sometimes people say being early is the same as being wrong, I believe being early is the same as having a head start.” This mantra has been fully embodied by the commendable work of sustainable Home Care brand, Grove Collaborative.From humble beginnings in a 900-square-foot storage facility, the company is now the leader in sustainable CPG products and had a 1.5 Billion Dollar IPO. How did they do this? By staying true to their mission to change the CPG category in a way that positively impacts human and environmental health. Beyond its mission, Grove Collaborative also prides itself on offering effective products that inspire consumer loyalty. Stu discusses the brand's “zero waste, zero plastic” outlook which has made consumers want to take a chance on them and stick with their products since the company started in 2012. He advises up-and-coming disruptor brands to similarly, stand for something different and worthwhile when compared to competitors. He emphasizes that trust and authenticity is essential when it comes to inspiring consumers to purchase products both online and in stores. On a company level, Stu also speaks to long-term team building while rapidly scaling a company. He mentions that great employees want to work for a company with a great mission. Key Takeaways:● Being a brand focused on making a positive impact will help you stand out compared to competitors● When you find a process that works keep doing it, just more, in order to scale● Having a long-term view on building a great team makes your brand resilient Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can you manifest your dream life while staying in your feminine power? In this week's episode of The Higher Self, we delve into precisely that and much more with our special guest, world-class yoga instructor and Danny's fiancée, Jen Landesberg. Jen shares her personal journey, from struggling with anxiety and navigating past relationships, to finding true love while manifesting her dream life through her feminine power. This episode is a must-listen, serving as an eye-opener for both: women and men. Follow the Finding The One Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findingtheonepodcast/ _________ Jen Landesberg: Jen Landesberg is a London-based yoga instructor. Her mission is to make yoga accessible to everyone. Jen discovered yoga during her studies in Psychology and was captivated by how it perfectly balances, the mind, the body, and spirit. This ancient and effective practice has transformed the perspectives, outlooks, and bodies of countless cultures, while Jen's creative and nuanced approach to teaching has inspired individuals across the world to embark on this new journey. Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jenlandesberg/⁠ _________ Join Us At AWAKEN Your Highest Self – https://www.dannymorel.com/awaken Join The Community – https://www.dannymorel.com/community Connect with Danny: Website | https://www.dannymorel.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/dannymorel/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannymorel/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/Danny.Morel.Page

How can you manifest your dream life while staying in your feminine power? In this week's episode of The Higher Self, we delve into precisely that and much more with our special guest, world-class yoga instructor and Danny's fiancée, Jen Landesberg. Jen shares her personal journey, from struggling with anxiety and navigating past relationships, to finding true love while manifesting her dream life through her feminine power. This episode is a must-listen, serving as an eye-opener for both: women and men. Follow the Finding The One Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findingtheonepodcast/ _________ Jen Landesberg: Jen Landesberg is a London-based yoga instructor. Her mission is to make yoga accessible to everyone. Jen discovered yoga during her studies in Psychology and was captivated by how it perfectly balances, the mind, the body, and spirit. This ancient and effective practice has transformed the perspectives, outlooks, and bodies of countless cultures, while Jen's creative and nuanced approach to teaching has inspired individuals across the world to embark on this new journey. Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jenlandesberg/⁠ _________ Join Us At AWAKEN Your Highest Self – https://www.dannymorel.com/awaken Join The Community – https://www.dannymorel.com/community Connect with Danny: Website | https://www.dannymorel.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/dannymorel/ LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannymorel/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/Danny.Morel.Page

Stu Landesberg is an entrepreneur who describes himself as an “optimist who really likes his job” and one who believes that it's unequivocally urgent that we use business to solve environmental problems. His digital-first brand and e-commerce platform, Grove Collaborative, is driven by the belief that sustainability is the only future, and offers more than 150 high-performing consumer products fueled by a mission to transform the industry into a force for the good of both people and the planet.For our show notes, visit https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/stu-landesbergThe spring cohort of the Next Economy MBA is officially open! Save 20% when you register before 1/29 with our early-bird sale ➡️ https://lifteconomy.com/mba

APPLY FOR THE CONSCIOUSLY ALIVE CEO BIZ PROGRAM >  Jen, founder of Blessed Yoga, is a London based yoga instructor. During her time studying psychology she discovered yoga - a practice that merged all her passions into one; the mind, body and soul. Jen has a very creative, fun and welcoming approach to teaching and continues to share this practice with individuals from all over the world with millions of viewers online. Yoga transformed Jen's life and her goal is to inspire others to change their own lives through the practice of yoga.   Highlights from this episode include: How Jen took an unconventional path to teaching yoga What to expect when you embark on a yoga teacher training How to make money being an online yoga teacher How yoga helped Jen overcome anxiety and panic attacks Healing from heartbreak and hard-hitting change Becoming self-aware of your patterns and behaviours Knowing your self worth before applying for jobs Connecting with the feminine and healing from the toxic masculine Tapping into your subconscious with plant medicine   CONNECT WITH JEN: Check out Jen's Website  Blessed Yoga Retreats  Follow Jen on Instagram Bless Yoga YouTube   CONNECT WITH PHOEBE: Explore Phoebe's Website Connect with Phoebe on Instagram Phoebe's Conscious Business Course Decoding You   Start your 7 day free trial to Phoebe's emotional healing and self care library with The Self Care Space Membership Thank you for listening to this week's episode of Consciously Alive. Please leave a review if you loved this week's episode.    Love, Phoebe x 

On today's show we welcome special guest, Grove Collaborative CEO Stu Landesberg. Grove Collaborative is a leading sustainable consumer products company. On the podcast, Stu discusses: -How he made the jump from the buy side to entrepreneurship -The opportunity he sees in environmentally friendly home and personal care products -Struggles and successes building a new venture from scratch -His favorite productivity hack -And more

This week, we speak with Stu Landesberg, Founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative (NYSE:GROV). Grove produces a line of sustainable and plastic-free home and personal care goods and it closed a $1.5 billion combination with Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II in June.  Stu talks about how getting to cleaner home goods isn't just about ingredients, but rethinking everything down to whether they are a liquid or a solid. He gets into how much of this innovation comes from the feedback loop Grove has with its DTC customers.  He also reflects on Grove's decision to go for a SPAC deal now that the company is on the other end of it, and what advice he has for fellow CEOs fielding SPAC calls today.

Stu Landesberg, The co-founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative, describes why he has gratitude for his job and puts positive energy into everything that he does.

Since he was a grade-schooler, Stu Landesberg dreamed–as odd as it sounds–of starting a sustainable home-products company. When he founded it, in 2012, he called it ePantry, and it didn't exactly soar. Investors were lukewarm–and customers hard to come by. But with a rebrand and reshaped strategy in 2016, Grove Collaborative started finding lots of eco-minded consumers online and over social media. This year, as the San Francisco-based company turned 10 years old, it was valued at $1.5 billion. In June, it went public with help from a Richard Branson-backed SPAC. Host Christine Lagorio-Chafkin speaks with Landesberg about his journey, from struggling to keep the lights on to running a public company with hundreds of employees–and his promise to the future to be entirely plastic-free by 2025.

Stuart Landesberg is the co-founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative, a leading sustainable consumer products company transforming the industry into a force for human and environmental good. Stu has long been passionate about sustainability. Grove creates and curates high-performing, planet-first products across household cleaning, personal care, laundry, clean beauty, and pets. It was recently announced that Grove will be going public via a SPAC backed by Richard Branson's Virgin Group.

Today on the podcast we are pleased to have join us, Stuart Landesberg of Grove Collaborative. Stu is the co-founder and CEO of Grove, a leading sustainable consumer products company transforming its industry into a force for human and environmental good. Stu has long been passionate about sustainability and began building Grove in 2012 when he became frustrated that he had to choose between his values and products for his home. He wanted to create a platform that would allow families easy access to healthy, sustainable products. Grove serves millions of households in the U.S. every year and in 2021 alone, Grove's product innovations are expected to save over 2.3 million pounds of plastic. Last year Grove launched nationwide into Target stores and just announced they are going public via Richard Branson's Virgin Group's SPAC. Stu and his wife, Caitlin, live in San Francisco with their two children and dog and spend as much time outside as possible. Stu and Seth had a great conversation about a wide range of topics including choosing to make a difference in this world over just making money, the ongoing toxic plastic crisis, and more. Show Notes: Be sure to visit: Grove Plastic is Killing Our Planet Social Media: LinkedIn Twitter Visit Coolperx® home page: Coolperx® Reach out to Coolperx®: Phone: 1 (855) 429-0455 email: hello@coolperx.com Plus, don't forget to follow or sign up for my newsletter here: PODCAST WEBSITE Support Coolperx®'s podcast by subscribing and reviewing! Music is considered “royalty-free” and discovered on Audio Blocks. Technical Podcast Support by: Jon Keur at Wayfare Recording Co. Episode Transcript: 00:00.00 Seth Cysewski Stu, thank you so much for joining the podcast today I super appreciate your time and and being willing to come on in. 00:10.00 Stuart Landesberg Seth pleasure to be here. Thanks so much for having me. 00:10.10 Seth Cysewski First I just want to say ah you congratulations on quite an impressive year so far so you had brick and mortar launch nationwide with Target and then just recently the announcement of going public with the Virgin Group SPAC. So. Wow. Ah, maybe how how has that all been for you and. 00:31.77 Stuart Landesberg You know it's interesting I well first of all, thanks, you're kind and as any any good business operator knows you know if it looks good on the outside that means it's frenetic and crazy on the inside. So you know I appreciate that. But as you might imagine. There's always a million things swirling. You know I started Grove in 2012 out of a spare bedroom and the business is obviously a lot bigger than that today but it doesn't it doesn't feel that different. You know it's is still the same drumbeat and I still am excited to come to work every day for the same reasons and it feels. Feels just as hard and I have to say it still feels like we have just as much work to do. We are still such a small player with so much work to do to change our industry There's it's easy to wake up wake up hustling now. 01:21.95 Seth Cysewski Yeah I I completely understand what you're saying um well that's great because I want to dive into ah kind of a bunch bunch of that today. Um, maybe let let's start with doing this. Maybe you can tell us a little bit more about your company for the I mean for those who are unfamiliar. I can tell you I was talking to my operations manager and she was so excited I was doing this interview. She sent me the most passionate email I'm telling I had to print it off and read it and she was such an advocate for what you guys are doing and and it which is just speaks so much to the culture and what you guys are building there. But for those. Those who aren't writing those emails to me yet. Maybe you could tell us a little bit about about about the company Grove Collaborative. Ah. 02:03.97 Stuart Landesberg Well first of all, you have great people who work with you I just extended high 5 to her. Um, so Grove is a business that sets that has the goal of changing the home and personal care industries to be a positive force for human environmental health and the way we do that. Is we we play in categories like hand soap dish soap bath tissue laundry detergent face wash shampoo dishwasher tabs. All of those products that are in almost every home in the world and we started out by working with great partners like seventh generation and method Burt's Bees, Mrs Meyers to bring natural products to as many folks as possible make it easier to create a healthy habit around those but where the business is really trended over time is to continue those partnerships but build on them by creating our own brands of product that can really represent the pinnacle of sustainability and not just be less bad but actually be more good and for us the. Biggest commitment. There is how do we take these categories and make them completely 0 waste completely zero plastic. How do we make zero plastic dish soap laundry detergent 0 plastic hard surface cleaner glass cleaner shampoo all of those categories and so the business you know is has really focused over the last several years on how do we go through category by category and create and promote and bring consume to consumers products that are 0 waste in categories where historically the choices have been a derived from synthetic and petroleum based ingredients and b reliant on single waste largely plastic single use sorry largely plastic. Ah, for packaging and that's our focus and we've a commitment to be 0 plastic by 2025 and we're making good progress so get some work to do but making good progress. 03:43.88 Seth Cysewski Yeah, no, That's that's amazing. Can you tell me about the impetus to start Grove and maybe like maybe I mean I hear all these great things you guys are doing. But maybe you can tell me more about like the the problem. And it's magnitude that you're trying to solve or maybe multiple problems. 04:01.24 Stuart Landesberg Sure so we play in a really big industry in the category that we're in home and personal care is about one hundred and eighty billion in the us and about a trillion globally in this giant category where about 100% is wrapped in single use plastic and so that's the catalyst and that's the the mission. But the way we got started is you know, much sort humbler and simpler than that I grew up in a family that was I say ahead of its time in terms of realizing that the world is on fire. Well I should say either is on fire or flooding um depending on the week right? Interesting times we love it. Um. 04:35.10 Seth Cysewski Right. 04:39.14 Stuart Landesberg And so yeah I was probably fourteen years old before I realized paper towels came in any color other than brown and I vividly remember as a kid I wanted to be the CEO of the biggest company in the world. Biggest company in the world as identified by Stuart Landesberg in 1997 was Seventh Generation probably doing like $20,000,000 of sales at the time but we had yeah when you're 14 years old, 13 years old that is like 1 SKU from Coca-Cola in the fridge 1 car from Ford in the driveway and like 200 products from Seventh Generation all around the house so that thought it was the biggest company and I've always had a fascination for this category and a belief that it's one that both there's a huge footprint. But also that the products we use around us right in our homes our most sacred spaces with our families our most sort of like special connections. They're not just about how do you get the the spaghetti off your kid's shirt. That's not just about them. Function. But also it says something about you as a mom or a dad or a parent. Yeah, and so how do we create products that that don't just have a lower footprint but also make it really easy for people to join a movement and to believe that they can make a positive impact right? many of our customers and 1 of the things I'm most proud of. Is that we do as what we do better in Texas than we do in California we do as well in Kansas as in New York you know in our best zip codes are if you look at our top ten best zip codes San Francisco California Portland Maine Elmore Idaho right? This is not a business that has one type of customer. And I feel so passionately about making it easy for everyone across the political spectrum across income levels. You know urban suburban rural to be able to to buy products and to embrace conscientious purchase decisions and embrace a life that that. Regardless of sort of your political ideology embraces things we know to be true like using single use garbage that will last forever is a bad idea for things like dish soap that you use for like an aggregate of 20 minutes right so that's it really started. You know I should say with my parents. But as I've come to understand the size of the opportunity and the number of people it touches I I that's the thing that gets me so excited every day. 07:00.68 Seth Cysewski Yeah, no, that's so fascinating. You mentioned that we we talk about that interestingly I come from a promotional product's background and like bunch of years ago we just had this epiphany. It was like look the industry is just selling waste and like when you when you're giving waste to your stakeholders and then like. Putting that on them like if all of a sudden ah that you're making it their problem and their responsibility and like sometimes making more sustainable choices or in in this case like if you you provide a better customer experience. Um, yeah, it's inclusive of everywhere. I love hearing about that that that's that's really fascinating about the the demographics there. Why why? do you think your industry or or maybe the way you think about this or more specifically Grove is um is well suited. Or needed to tackle this problem head on like what why I mean I know you said like ah it's a big industry and it's ah, there's just a lot of single use plastic but anything more specific about um why you guys or this industry really needs to to. 08:13.96 Stuart Landesberg So interesting I view my life goal as leveraging business to solve the urgent environmental problems of the day and we were talking before you started recording and I like look at the world and I'm like we are can I use an expletive on this podcast. We are kind of fucked. 08:14.26 Seth Cysewski To lead. 08:22.34 Seth Cysewski And. Yes. 08:31.83 Stuart Landesberg And like we need to solve these massive environmental problems I have zero confidence in government to do it. So The private sector has to do it and it will be consumer led because it has to be consumer Led and so given that you look around at the most important environmental problems of the day. And there are people doing really great work to decarbonize our energy and transportation economies and that's really important more recently. There's really good work being done to think about sustainable animal Agriculture right? or replacing animal agriculture which is a huge cause of some of our environmental issues. 08:59.96 Seth Cysewski Um. 09:07.12 Stuart Landesberg But the plastic problem is one. That's really hard to tackle if you think about plastic I mean for those who don't know the origin story of plastic is incredible. It was actually created in the 1950 s sort of out of the petrochemical complex and in the 1980 s 09:08.55 Seth Cysewski Is it. 09:25.74 Stuart Landesberg It became clear and they always knew that end of use was going to be a problem in the 1980 s the industry sort of realized that plastic what what happened to styrofoam and you rarely see the big thick styrofoam cups was going to happen to plastic which is that people were going to say. It makes no sense. We're using this It's totally wasteful. You have to throw in the garbage I feel guilty every time I buy a piece of plastic and that would be a massive problem for all of the giant chemical and petroleum companies that profit from it and so over the last 2030 years a giant lobbying effort. Got sprung up by the petrochemical companies to make the myth of plastic recycling which doesn't work in the vast majority of cases viable are not viable but believable right? It's it's like sort of 1 of the original fake news is that plastic recycling works in the early days of plastic recycling. There was just one type of plastic and you could. 10:10.40 Seth Cysewski Um, right. 10:20.10 Stuart Landesberg Only put I don't know if any of you are old enough to remember like you'd only put a triangle on basically like number 1 plastic like a certain type of very recyclable plastic and then the plastic industry lobbied to be able to create you now. Flip whatever plastic thing is near you over you'll see you know number 1 through number 7 2 through 7 are like never recycled but you always put that into the plastic recycling thing. The result is you don't feel guilty but basically all of that plastic is now not recyclable because the cost of sorting is not worth it anyway. I'm down the rabbit hole but I talk about this because the plastic waste problem is one that the industry has done a better job of covering up. Then the animal agriculture industry or the sort of traditional oil and gas petroleum coal like energy industries. But it's huge. We put almost a trillion pounds of plastic in our landfills and ocean every year and almost 40% of that comes from single use plastic packaging. And if you think of the largest contributors to single use plastic packaging. It is my industry right? We have made trillions of dollars by putting trillions of pounds of plastic into and that is unsustainable right? You've heard all the metrics around the great pacific plastic patch the fact it'll be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2020. Excuse me by 2050 microplastics in the what I mean it's it's happening and so I look at the most important problems of our day and see this as one that's not being solved at scale yet. But it's also one that every consumer understands because every consumer. Has a piece of single use plastic I would bet everybody listening to this podcast has single use plastic within ten feet of them right? It's everywhere. Yeah. 11:56.34 Seth Cysewski Yeah, no I I Totally agree I think that was one of the original sins right? The chasing arrows and and and I mean I think if anyone goes to to their garbage. It's plastic that makes up the the majority of everything that's going into a a landfill and and it's um. I Love the you're right I think it it's way under undersolved I mean because recycling is really a myth at this point at least at the way in which they want you to believe it So tackling this this huge problem head on and in in in this way is um is commendable. 12:30.83 Stuart Landesberg I mean I don't know that we'll we'll be successful right? But we're sure as hell gonna try. 12:32.79 Seth Cysewski And yeah, well I just I just watched the new Marvel movie. It was a Shang-Chi I don't know if you've seen it. It's amazing. Okay, so it way exceeded my expectations. So the whole family we watched it but there was just a little. 12:41.73 Stuart Landesberg I have it more. 12:50.95 Seth Cysewski Like a little zen quote in there about like you. You know you're never going to hit the target if you don't if you don't shoot the arrow right? , so I want to talk a little bit about like ah you've grown rapidly and you guys are a large organization now which is which is amazing and because you guys are doing really great work. Um, maybe you could talk to me about how you thought about scaling like sustainability and and those solutions. Um I mean because clearly you've been very successful in your leadership and strategy and maybe you know what's coming next for your company and the broader consumer goods industry. From from a least ah from like scaling sustainable solutions from where you see it. 13:31.88 Stuart Landesberg Yeah, it's interesting. So I would say the reason we've been able to improve our sustainability practices as we've scaled is that we've always made it clear from day zero that this is not an organization that's going to attract people who want to make the most money. This is an organization that's going to attract people who want to make the most difference I mean that doesn't mean you. We underpay our people like we have great people. We pay them appropriately. But if you think about like think about your own friends who what do they care about right? There are people who care about you know driving the nicest car and. May be really cool people right? There's people who care about you know Whatever how the patriots did on Sunday and there's people who really care about making an impact and we've always made clear that our team is going to be full of brilliant people. Want to play on the big stage but fundamentally want their life's work to have left the planet a little different and so when you bring those people in to scale the business because I'm not making basically any decisions in the business anymore company is you know thousand well over a thousand people and. So you know, ah very very few decisions are made by me. So my values yeah and sort of don't matter the way they matter is if I make clear that we're always going to bring in people who are making principled decisions and as those people get more resources hire more people who report to them. We're creating a virtuous cycle. Around going deeper and because I've got you know I think about the person who runs our physical product development. This is one of the like best sustainability thinkers I know and so as we get deeper. He is not coming to me with ways just to be more profitable. He's also coming to me with ways. To be more sustainable and that's the kind of person that not just drives or business results but also drives real strategic progress and in terms of how what I think is next for the industry and I'll get get to what next? What's next for Grove after that I think the reason that ties to real commercial success. Is. We've picked a sustainability vector that also is commercially relevant right? 84% of us consumers. Want us to take action on single use plastic 84% like try to find 84% consensus on any other issue right? Ah, it's impossible. 15:53.40 Seth Cysewski Replace. 15:58.68 Stuart Landesberg But everybody understands like you know it's a bad idea a piece of garbage that lasts 1000000 years for my water bottle like you know, ah, it's um and that type of consensus makes it a commercially viable issue right? So when we get better at sustainability. It also helps our business. 16:14.52 Seth Cysewski Um, but. 16:16.84 Stuart Landesberg And that's where I think the industry is going right? finding ways to build solutions that are genuinely better product for the consumer and also aligned from a sustainability perspective I think that's what's happened in you know animal agriculture with beyond meat and a bunch of the plant-based meats a bunch of the play-based milks you see it in the. Electric vehicles and alternative forms of energy and I think it's going to happen in more and more sectors and I think that's what happened for us right? We can find more categories where we can release a product that's genuinely better and also more sustainable now I'll give you a great example of that a couple of examples of that. Our most recent product launch was laundry sheets and these are the most efficacious laundry sheets in the market laundry sheets have exists for a long time but they didn't work right? So it's sort of like you know tree falls in a Forest There's anyone here it nobody's nobody's buying laundry sheets that don't work but they're super efficacious. And they're affordable to the consumer and there's 0 waste and so this is an easier format than sort of like the you know drippy laundry detergent stuff. Um, and so it's a better format better customer experience. Lighter environmental footprint. We can deliver it at an affordable cost. That's going to drive our sales and it's going to drive our impact and so we'll double down there and do more and more and more and so I think what you'll you can expect from us is to really double down. On places where we can deliver a better customer experience I will say we're committed over the long term to not just single you eliminating sort of single single use waste but also finding true circularity right? And that's probably a 10 to 20 year mission but you you should expect us to start dipping our toe that because there's real work to make that happen. 18:00.90 Seth Cysewski Yeah I love hearing that it's so interesting I mean we talk about these big problems that have to be solved right? and like so carbon being one plastics being another but when I have these conversations I the way I look at it is that like. Circularity is where we're going right? because if you solve circularity none of these other things are a problem they they all just go away with circularity. So I I love the target that you're heading and yeah and it's interesting to talking about like. You said 84% of people want to get rid of single use plastics I was just thinking like France just ended up banning it on on their use of produce and so I feel like feel like there's there's the right momentum and um and just getting people on board is is really important. And and speaking of that you guys just launched your own initiative that includes like a working group as well if I understand that correctly. 19:00.38 Stuart Landesberg That's right? So yeah, one of the things. So a second word in our name is Collaborative. We are an organization that genuinely believes if you want to go far go together so we launched the plastic working group. It's got over 75 members. Some companies are much much larger than we um, some companies are super small. And the goal is to help move the whole industry forward and we want to share our Ip and our challenges and we want to hear what others are doing and really the belief is that if we're able to solve this problem for our industry. We're going to move the whole industry forward in a way that's absolutely necessary and I think you know look it also benefits our business because we're on the side of sustainability right? And so we're happy to see that dialogue elevated. 19:48.80 Seth Cysewski Yeah I think of just the way Tesla did that with EVs you know they they they just kind of kept pushing on and then now everyone's just kind of following in line which is going to make a huge impact over time even though they just started as as a niche you know automaker. 20:02.70 Stuart Landesberg Totally and I mean you know when I first started telling people that we should be 0 plastic I think it was like 2015 and people were like that is a impossible be dumb and see like where do you even start Um, and we like started with a single glass bottle. And I will tell you that glass bottle is one that broke a lot of times but you know you get started and I wouldn't say that I mean we're nowhere near Tesla in terms of the acceptance that the next wave in our category is 0 single use plastic. But I think you know we might be 10 years from it and. I think you know is this being early and being crazy are not that different. 20:44.31 Seth Cysewski Well maybe you tell me where do you think you are right now like ah like talk to me about like where in the process I know you said 2025 you're aiming to be 0 plastic or where are you right now and like maybe what? What are your biggest success there or biggest challenge too. 21:01.42 Stuart Landesberg So I look at our industry as at a bit of a tipping point and I look at our success and target as one really interesting proof point. There's never been a brand in our categories that one with a chassis refill system right? and when I say chassis refill. We will sell a glass bottle that you can reuse forever and then you get a one ounce concentrate and you add your own water for example in the hole in the cleaning categories right? and we were so successful with that in our launch we exceeded our expectations and targets. Best launch in the category. Best repeat rate across conventional and natural brands in the category really just super super strong results and this is a format. That's totally new to a lot of consumers and I see us winning in a mass channel like that. As an interesting tipping point because Seventh generation tried something similar, maybe a decade ago decade and a half ago wasn't it was still in plastic back then but they tried concentrates I should say ton of respect for the folks at Seventh Generation real pioneers in this industry but they tried and it didn't work and you know there's a long history. Sure if you've still seen the documentary who killed the electric car. Love that documentary e v one is actually the name of my home wi-fi network. But like there is such a long history of really great sustainable ability driven innovation that was just too early and so I think we're now seeing. The type of innovation that we're bringing to market be adopted by consumers and that is the tipping point and when you know you talked a little bit about like us going public. The reason we're doing it now is that our industry is at a tipping point and the thing we're doing is coming out of being a niche thing. Into that. What I think is going to become really clear is the new I say Heir apparent but is the new de facto for our category. 22:58.99 Seth Cysewski Oh that that makes sense and and the adoption is is may is a is a huge point to to reach and actually I'm going that I had a question for later but just because you mentioned the going public and it it aligns here I Want to jump out to this maybe? um. You talk to me a little bit about like now that you're going public like what will this allow you to do specifically that maybe you were finding challenging up until now is it just speed. Is it just scale or or is there other other is there other synergies or or things that that. That's going to bring to the table to help you. 23:38.70 Stuart Landesberg So when I think about decisions like this I always think with a long view and 1 of the nice things about being a mission oriented company is it's easy to ground ourselves until our vision statement is that we want consumer products to be a positive force for human and environmental health. It doesn't say at Grove it does. That's the thing we want to achieve and when I look at the opportunity to partner with someone like Richard Branson who you know his mouthpiece is a little bit bigger than mine right. His ability to take a trend validated and show that this is the way the world is moving from a mainstream perspective is incredible and that opportunity combined with our ability as a public company to be more transparent and to be a lighthouse. For other folks is really important to me. You know one of the things that's not sort of like in our charter is you know I'm not going to be the one to solve the plastic problem I'm sure some somebody who's you know twelve years old or 20 years old today is going to solve it help solve it. But maybe they will look at our business. As an example of hey you know you could you can build something pretty interesting around these trends and they'll look at that and maybe they'll be able to attract capital because we've been able to return capital to our shareholders right? Maybe they'll feel more inspired to dream big because they can see how big we are. And it's really important to me on a personal level to create that foundation and prove that by I mean we're not the only ones doing this could be 1 of the companies that helps people who are starting companies today understand. That being a a truly mission driven organization. Not a greenwash bullshit mission driven organization is is ah not just a nice to have but actually can be a competitive advantage. 25:36.20 Seth Cysewski Yeah I appreciate that answer I think that that's that's spot on all right I want to wanna take a ah moment and dive into something that like that i'm. Super passionate about and I'm into and and I think about this all the time because we act essentially as a retailer to corporate. So it's it's a little different. We're not direct to consumer. One of the things that I got to really thinking about years ago was just like all the embodied carbon that flows through us. Every time I need to mate become certified carbon or neutral or climate neutral like no one's asking me about the products that flows through our business right? This has turned into a years long long process. But I started thinking about, extended producer responsibility, and labeling and there was and as retailers like what is our responsibility in that right? Because we're not the end user and we're not the manufacturer so I'm curious to know a little bit maybe about how you think about that. And then if you have any upcoming labeling efforts or initiatives that you guys are thinking about we either within Grove or or within your working group. 27:00.12 Stuart Landesberg It's a great question, it's a really interesting thing and I think fundamentally there's this interesting dynamic where does consumerism and does the way that we live as modern humans. Fundamentally have to make the planet worse right? That's to me the question and when I think about when when we created our vision statement at Grove. The reason we said we need consumer products to be a positive force for human and environmental health not just less good but actually. Sorry, not just less bad but actually more good is because consumerism is just like if you looked at consumerism like is it is it going away I think the answer is no right? You have to find a way to make our existence as modern citizens modern people. Compatible with a long-term future for our species on the planet right? not to sound like overly but I believe that and so as we look at sort of like the things that that we can label and that we can do you know I think first you can start at a corporate level. We're certified carbon neutral. Um, we have like a clear path to getting all the way through our scope 3 emissions using science based targets by 2030. We're like doing all of that stuff at a corporate level that you can do and we don't just track carbon. We also track plastic and a number of our other negative externalities. And it's interesting. You know when you get into sort of the carbon stuff and you're in scope 3 and you're like okay who's responsibility really is it is carbon but like the fact is it's getting created and so somebody has to be held to account to it and anyway and so I think you start with that and then the next piece is can you break it down on a unit basis. So that the organization profiting from the unit is also paying for the environmental cost of that unit and so when we became plastic neutral in 2020 that program was really about how do we charge ourselves and our partners for any plastic waste that they were creating. Create a real financial incentive to get out of plastic because it's interesting. You know if you think about the glass packaging that we use a hundred percent of it is more expensive than plastic the aluminum packaging we use a hundred percent of it is more expensive than plastic and it's not like a little more expensive. It's like 20 or 30 or a hundred times more expensive plastic's almost free. But the end of life of plastic is so expensive and so what we started doing was saying okay, we're going to pay for sustainable end of life basically pulling ocean bound plastic and paying for the recycling of that plastic which is fairly expensive to do but you put that into your cost of goods and so. Creating a different structure where the consumer can know that every time they buy from Grove a hundred percent of those products are not contributing on a net basis to the problem and we because we profit from selling those products we should bear the cost of those externalities and not push it onto consumers. And not push it onto the federal government which is really just another way of pushing it back onto consumers right? who pay for it through taxes we make the money we should pay and so that's how I think about it and you know from a labeling perspective I think the carbon one is probably the one where the industry is farthest along but in our particular category. The carbon footprint of the plastic that goes into it is far and away the biggest contributor and so we we wanted to sort of start there at the biggest problem for our industry. 30:35.25 Seth Cysewski No I mean that makes sense. Yeah, we've thought about that a lot we we run LCAs on there all the products we sell and then and and we yeah we include end of life because I just Don think that if you're unless you're going to grave it just doesn't matter right? You can't just like decide. It doesn't exist like you know push that problem off right? and then. And we then we we offset set all of that through direct solar investments in you know the dirtiest parts of the us grid and I I just think it's like it was really important for us to yeah to to own that and put that in our own cogs right? just because someone has to take accountability. It's it's really hard. Um. So I anyway, thank thank you for answering that I I I don't know what the right? The right way to do it is but I you know, um, it's and it's encouraging that that we're having these conversations and and we're looking at all of this stuff. Um, all right. Last year or so you entered physical retail which has been kind of a trend you know among a lot of the early direct-to-consumer brands I think of like Casper or even Amazon um, what role or assistance. Do you see your physical or your retail presence playing towards your your bigger mission or how has it. 31:51.15 Stuart Landesberg Yeah, so in our category home care. Our most important category in home and personal care about 90% of the category is still shopped in traditional retail a little less than 10 percent is direct consumer in home care. It's only 3% direct to consumer. So if we want to achieve our broad mission then we need to be approachable and accessible to 100% right? And so we're we're lucky to have gotten to scale and the direct to consumer channel has amazing benefits super close to your customer you can test and learn really quickly. You can create the perfect customer experience and you can get the data directly back to an amazing place to innovate but to really scale and really change the problem you have to be broadly accessible and so that was why we went into retail and the role we've seen it play. Is both in accelerating our mission and accelerating our awareness. It's interesting. We've only been in target for Nine ish months now but it's already a number 3 source of brand awareness for us because so many folks see the product on shelf and it's interesting because it's the only one without plastic in the category. And so it's quite intuitive to the consumer. Why we're different and that benefit as we're trying to build our brand as the clear market leader I should say we are the clear market leader to try to stay the clear market leader in zero plastic is so valuable to us. And so we think of it going in both directions right? The brand that we've built online is part of the reason that we've been so successful in brick and mortar right? Millions of people have tried and like the product but also the awareness we get in brick and mortar. Helps drive our overall business. But I think if you start with the end in mind and work backwards. You know how do we solve this problem. It's not by proving. Okay, we can yeah the online 3% is fast growing. It's not by saying cool. We can take that 3% to 5% no we can change the 97% 33:54.74 Seth Cysewski I like that. What's the biggest challenge you're facing right now in your business for Grove and how are you guys tackling it? 34:02.20 Stuart Landesberg So I think yeah yeah I mean the biggest question I think is it challenges focus mean if you look at our categories and you believe as I do that. All of them have to change where do you go first right? I mean. You know, do you want to start with the plastic bottles that you know all the supplements come in. Do you want to start with the deodorant cases right? impossible to recycle. Do you want to start with you know some of the like interesting accessory categories right? Like. Why are we? We sell compostable sponges. Why are people using non-compostable sponges right? but sponges basically made out of petroleum put on your dishes every day like why are people doing that right? So where do you go first and were you know, much bigger than we were ten years ago when it was basically just me and my two co-founders but were still you know? ah. Ah, speck of dust relative to the size of the industry and so making sure we are laser focused on the places that create the most value for the consumer where we have the most differentiated product and where we have the most sort of credibility from a capability perspective to deliver. So we know those best will pay off That's the hardest thing. There's a great quote that I love which is organizations don't die of starvation. They die of indigestion and I think that's always that's always my fear. 35:30.93 Seth Cysewski It's good I just heard I just reheard a quote from Steve Jobs either day talking about the value of saying no for for for strategy you know and like to to to stay focused. Um, no, that's true I mean really because there's a million things you could do. Probably all at once. But but if you're if you're trying to do it all. It's just not gonna work. Um as we wind down here I be a cut conscientious of your of your time and I appreciate your time today. This has just been fantastic. Um, so. You're small in the industry but you're you're not a small company anymore. And you're definitely intertwined and you know in in your industry I would say you know it as as well as anyone when when you're looking into your crystal ball. What what does the future look like for consumer goods and let's say the next 5 and then the next ten years 36:30.87 Stuart Landesberg So I think the next five years will be a gradual transition that looks massive in retrospect right? I think you know the supply chain issues of the last couple of years have really pulled people's focus away from the long term trends. Into dealing with short-term short- term emergencies and I think that we're going to see a real reversion back to the trend that's been happening all along which is that as consumers become more educated. They consistently want products that are better for them and better for the planet right? Education goes up like the internet people listen to podcasts like this. They're like. Oh my gosh I didn't know that plastic was created by the petrochemical industry I didn't realize that recycling was just a myth which is basically a marketing shtick to allow Exxon to sell more oil to whatever chemical company is like turning it into plastic right? Most people don't realize that I didn't realize that for a long time people will learn that and they'll big now. Look at all of this plastic a little differently right now I understand ah so I think that type of education will continue to grow and as it grows adoption of natural products and sustainable packaging will increase and I think a lot of people are focused in our industry right now on supply chain issues and. Those are all real issues with their short term and so I think with a 5 year viewer we're going to see those consumer trends reemerge then with a 10 year view I look at you know some of the legacy solutions the way I think people look at Folger's coffee now, it's not going to go away but most people prefer Starbucks or whatever like you know, fancy coffee chain people go to now right? like that very few people are making the like you know pour the pour the mix in and then pour hot water on and that's your that's your thing right? That's like kind of old school and I think single use plastic packaging in our industry will look that way in Maybe it's a decade. Maybe it's two decades. And I think people will start to think about circularity then the way people think about you know people like I me are thinking about single use plastic now because aluminum is better. For example, right? like 1 of the closest things we are to circularity is aluminum recycling is really good right?  I send you an aluminum bottle it gets recycled I can turn it into another aluminum bottle right? It's actually pretty efficient. But I think real circularity in our industry is going to get a lot closer. Um from sort of like year 7 through 15 than even years 1 through 7 because I think we gotta get. Prove the demand for sustainability first. But I think it's manifest destiny will just take some time. 39:11.92 Seth Cysewski Yeah, it's always interesting I Just think back like because plastic is still kind of a relatively new phenomenon and it was really ah, created to be just disposable and so we're just talking about adding waste to our lives and but there was a time not that long ago like our grandparents were like. They didn't have plastic and everything was fine like you know life wasn't significantly worse for them. But we've just been led down this path and and now we're now we're having to undo it so but seeing single use plastics become obsolete would be Fantastic. I Hope it's 10 and not 20 But I I'm glad to see that that we're heading that way. Um all right? So I kind of will finish off this interview and I guess you know my last question for you would be like what it would be. You're single or you know or a couple if you if you have a few takeaways that you would want other business leaders to know. 40:19.50 Stuart Landesberg I think my my number 1 takeaway from the last decade of my life and I should say I mean now it looks like oh my gosh this has been a big success but like 5 years in we hadn't raised any institutional capital. Everyone's like why did you leave your good job to go like sell toilet paper on the internet you're insane and this didn't work. Right? So like yeah, those were the hardest 5 years of my life and I just want to say like feels obvious now like I was probably a great journey you know messier in truth but I will say that I I look back and you moment like company I feel'll give you a minute to reflect. There's never been a time where I said gosh I wish I was in a more lucrative industry I've never like never I'm just so grateful to get to go in every day and work with an amazing group of people who share my passion. For having our actions hour every day. Our presence have changed the course on some issue that matters to us and I think should matter to everyone and I've never regretted sort of pushing hard for purpose and. Yeah, you can't control all the things right? some businesses fail some businesses don't purpose driven businesses fail purpose driven businesses succeed but I never regret having pushed hard to put purpose at the top of the agenda. 41:46.59 Seth Cysewski That's awesome. Well Stu, thank you again so much for joining us today I really enjoyed our conversation I love all the work you guys are doing I think it's so important as we talked about earlier. I mean this is this is really urgent and you know and it's becoming more and more apparent every every single day and so I love seeing you guys are taking the lead and I'm rooting for you? Um, we're gonna go ahead and you know I'll put all the links in in the show notes and and. You know, including to you know your most recent op-ed about the plastic crisis because I think that that's really important. Um, you know there's really no such thing as too much education around this stuff as it just kind of ripples out. So thank you thank you for being here. 42:32.12 Stuart Landesberg Ah, such a pleasure. Thank you for having me. It's It's always fun. © 2021 Coolperx®. All Rights Reserved.

Presented by Ferret: Ferret is the first relationship intelligence tool for all business savvy investors to know, for the first time, who they can trust Click Here to jump to the top of the waitlist. Presented by Gorgias: Gorgias is the #1 helpdesk for Shopify, Magento and BigCommerce stores, and can turn your customer support into a profit center.If you're looking to increase your retention for your business, mention Consumer VC and get 2 months of Gorgias for free. Click Here to get started. Thank you Paul Martino for the intro to our guest today Stuart Landesberg, founder of Grove Collaborative. Grove Collaborative delivers eco-friendly home essentials, including household cleaning, personal care, baby, kid, and pet products. I had a blast chatting with Stuart. I know I say that a lot, but I found how he started and grew Grove Collaborative and dealt with the challenges that he faced especially raising capital fascinating, and really enjoyed learning from him. Some of the questions I ask Stuart: What was your attraction to entrepreneurship? How did Grove Collaborative come together? What was the insight? How do you think about price? How do you balance creating and sourcing products that are better for the planet but are also able to compete in price against products that are not good for the planet / the incumbents? How did you pay attention to growth? How do you decide to launch a new product?Unique level of customer dataHow were you able to build this community? Commitment to innovation? Did you start out solely and then an online retailer and then decide to create your own brands? How do you curate third party brands? How do you pick your partners? How do you approach tone and the Grove customer? How did you approach growth and scale? How do you build consumer trust and balancing lots of SKUs, lots of choices but also simplicity? What was your approach to hiring? You will also be creating your own stores? Why did you decide to fundraise? What was your fundraising process? What was the reaction from investors in the beginning? What's one thing you would change about venture capital? What's one book that inspired you personally and one book that inspired you professionally? What's one piece of advice that you have for founders? What's the best piece of advice that you've received

In this episode we talk all about content, and specifically how to be a Content Creator in the yoga space. I am joined by Jen Landesberg, Blessed - a yoga teacher and content creator. She has grown a following on Insta of 115k, hosts a thriving YouTube channel, is an ambassador for USA Pro Women, plus has grown her Blessed Yoga brand to the stage where she has household name brands reaching out to collaborate with her.    In this episode you will hear: - her untraditional entry into the yoga world - what being a ‘content creator' actually entails - her best advice for anyone wanting to use content to build a brand - plus her attitude to any bad vibes online ... This is for you if  you are wanting to level up your content and start showing up without fear! Follow me on Instagram  Follow Jen on Instagram Blessed Yoga YouTube channel

Today's guest is Stuart Landesberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative.Grove Collaborative is a certified B Corp and e-commerce company providing eco-friendly sustainable consumer products focusing on home cleaning, personal and sexual wellness, and baby and child care. The company offers over 150 sustainable brands whose products are non-toxic, effective, sustainable, and cruelty-free.Grove Collaborative was founded by three friends in San Francisco and sought to answer the question: what if it was easy to find healthier home essentials? Since then, Grove has become a billion-dollar company. In 2019 alone, the company saved over 1 million pounds of plastic and funded the planting of more than 100,000 trees. Before co-founding and serving as CEO of Grove, Stuart was an Investment Professional at Toro Investment Partners, an Analyst at TPG Growth, a Financial Analyst at Vincraft Group, and an Investment Banking Analyst at Lehman Brothers. Throughout his time in finance, he focused on global technology and retail investments. Stuart also holds a BA in economics from Amherst College. In this episode, Stuart and I have a lively discussion about Grove Collaborative, the company's business model, and its core customer base. Stuart explains why the consumer product market is broken, the definition of a "sustainable product", and how to balance government mandates in a voluntary market. We also dive into the role offsets play for Grove, how the company tracks and measures success, and the myth about plastic recycling. Stuart is a great guest with a wealth of knowledge. Enjoy the show!You can find me on twitter @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Episode recorded September 17th, 2021For more information about Grove (and open positions at the company), visit: https://www.grove.co/For more information about this episode, visit: https://myclimatejourney.co/episodes/stuart-landesberg

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Grove Collaborative | Stu Landesberg, Co-Founder and CEO Ever heard of "wishcycling"? I hadn't -- at least, not until today's Authentic Avenue. Today, my guest is Stu Landesberg. He's the Co-Founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative, a now billion-dollar sustainable home brand. They provide, among other things...shall we say "cleaner cleaning?" Between shampoo bars, lotion sticks, hand soap sheets and more, there's so much I didn't know about Grove that Stu helped me to understand. He also helped open my eyes to the brainwashing going on in the world of recycling. News flash: it's not as helpful as everyone thinks. (It's still good!! But it's benefits are overblown.) That's why Stu has committed his brand and his purpose to going plastic-free. Completely plastic-free. On today's show, we also discuss that journey, and how it plays into the authenticity the business manifests for itself as a result. FOLLOW AUTHENTIC AVENUE, AND ADAM, ON SOCIAL MEDIA: LinkedIn (Authentic Avenue): https://www.linkedin.com/company/68049428/ LinkedIn (Adam Conner): https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjconner/ Email Adam: adam@authave.com Learn more at https://authenticavenuemedia.com/. Theme Song: Extreme Energy (Music Today 80) Composed & Produced by Anwar Amr Video Link: https://youtu.be/8ZZbAkKNx7s

Stuart — or “Stu” — Landesberg grew up in New York thinking that everyone used brown, recycled paper towels and had a compost bin in their yard. Then he found out the truth, which developed the young would-be entrepreneur's ambition for changing the world through challenging consumer habits. “My early childhood experiences left a huge imprint on me in terms of what I accept as normal,” Stu says on this episode of The Empowered Challenger. “I grew up with a lens that I still see the world from today, which is that the world should be more sustainable than it is. That's at the core of Grove.” Stuart gained private equity skills during his time at TPG Capital while still holding onto his passion for the planet. By combining his business skills (and a little bit of self-admitted hubris) with his environmentalism, he eventually came up with the Grove Collaborative, a company that produces and sells natural, eco-friendly home goods. The road to success wasn't always easy — Stuart says that if he had known how hard it was going to be to start a company, he “probably wouldn't have done it.” But now Grove Collaborative's products are found nationwide at Target, with more successes on the way. More than anything, Stuart thinks about how important it is to disrupt consumer habits and make sure that doing the sustainable thing is the convenient thing, instead of the other way around. With easy access to sustainable, natural products, the path to permanently eliminating plastic waste is in the consumer's hands. Disrupter-at-a-Glance

Assane Sene graduated from UVA in 2012, but in his time, he saw a complete change in culture. From Dave Leitao to Tony Bennett. Assane walks us through his basketball career. How did he get started?How did he find UVA? Who was recruiting him? What was life like after UVA? What is he doing now? […]

Assane Sene graduated from UVA in 2012, but in his time, he saw a complete change in culture. From Dave Leitao to Tony Bennett. Assane walks us through his basketball career. How did he get started?How did he find UVA? Who was recruiting him? What was life like after UVA? What is he doing now? […]

Assane Sene graduated from UVA in 2012, but in his time, he saw a complete change in culture. From Dave Leitao to Tony Bennett. Assane walks us through his basketball career. How did he get started?How did he find UVA? Who was recruiting him? What was life like after UVA? What is he doing now? […]

In this episode, Stu Landesberg, CEO of eco-friendly CPG provider of sustainable household, beauty and lifestyle products Grove Collaborative, shares how he has built a successful business that is also a positive force for human and environmental health. He chats about the role of purpose as a lasting competitive advantage, focusing on the needs of core customers, and creating an innovation flywheel that extends beyond tech.

In this episode of The Smart Podcast, Dr. Ido Ramati & Hadar Levy-Landsberg talk about the connection of sound and media studies. Show notes: Hadar's master's thesis article about sound in the news: https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/6334 Levy, H., & Pinchevski, A. (2017). Resounding News: The Acoustic Conventions of Israeli Newscasts. International Journal of Communication, 11, 19. The article Hadar mentioned about the phatic function of sound interface: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1461444820944851 Levy-Landesberg, H. (2020). Listen up! Phatic thresholds and sound interface design. New Media & Society, 1461444820944851 Ido's article about the mechanical recording of oral Jewish tradition: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/717521 Credits: This podcast was recorded via ZOOM app. with the technical support of the studio's director Motti Barakan. The producer and editor of this episode is Tzlil Sharon; Special thanks to Ori Dror, the coordinator of the Smart Institute of communication, and to Eedan Rachel Amit-Danhi for recording the opening and closing. Opening and closing music: "Wholesome" By Kevin MacLeod Transition music: "Beauty Flow" By Kevin MacLeod

Excited to share this value-packed conversation with Stu Landesberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative. Grove Collaborative is an online retailer of natural cleaning and personal care products (actually, the only plastic-neutral online retailer in the world!) and has recently vowed to go 100% plastic-free by 2025 – a promise that encompasses all the thirdRead more The post 117: Conscious Brands, Eco Entrepreneurship, Supporting a Sustainable Consumer Economy |Stu Landesberg, Grove Collaborative appeared first on Laura E Diez.

In episode 236 we welcome our guest, Stuart Landesberg, founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative. In today’s episode, we’re talking about building a mission-driven business around delivering sustainable home essentials. We discuss launching Grove on two long term trends, conventional vs. natural products, and the transition from offline to online models. We walk through the highs and lows of operating a company with little capital early-on, and the deep insights our guest gleaned from taking the time to perform simple user tests. We talk about the freedom an online-platform offers when it comes to innovation, and Grove’s goal of becoming plastic free by 2025. We cover why Grove pursued status as a B-corp, and the opinion that a truly mission-driven business can have a sustainable competitive advantage. As we wind down we talk about the challenges Grove has navigated during COVID, and the jump they had on taking precautions in the early days of the pandemic. All this and more in episode 236 with Stuart Landesberg.

Devin Smith joins the podcast to talk about his playing career at UVA, what it was like during the end of the Gillen Era. Junior College Beating Kentucky Scoring 40 on iowa Most Underrated Favorite Gillen Play JPJ Playing Overseas Playing with Sylven Landesberg Coaching in the G League Championship Story https://virginia.forums.lockerroomaccess.com/latest

Grove Collaborative believes that consumer products can be a positive force for human and environmental health. They do not mean just less bad, but actually more good. I sat down with Stu Landesberg, the co-founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative, to learn about how they doing this through a concept called regenerative concept and how data has allowed them to launch their own brands.

Grove Collaborative believes that consumer products can be a positive force for human and environmental health. They do not mean just less bad, but actually more good. I sat down with Stu Landesberg, the co-founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative, to learn about how they doing this through a concept called regenerative concept and how data has allowed them to launch their own brands.

Stuart Landesberg is the founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative (formerly known as ePantry), an online platform that delivers eco-friendly home essentials, including household cleaning, personal care, baby, kid, and pet products.In this episode, we chat about everything from Stuart’s upbringing to his experience working on Wall Street during the economic crisis of 2008 to where he got the idea for Grove. Stuart also shares some of the early challenges and constant rejection he faced after pitching to 175 investors, and the unconventional path he took to building a successful business that is now valued at over $1 billion.We also talk about his learnings as a CEO and business leader, the long-term vision for Grove, what “changing the world” means to him, raising over $200M in venture capital, and his advice for anyone who is looking to become an entrepreneur.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletterFOLLOW TFH ON INSTAGRAM > http://www.instagram.com/thefounderhourFOLLOW TFH ON TWITTER > http://www.twitter.com/thefounderhourINTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR? EMAIL US > partnerships@thefounderhour.com

Guest: Paige Landesberg Host: Christopher Kardambikis Recorded on March 11th, 2020 in Brooklyn Paige Landesberg is a Brooklyn based artist who creates interdisciplinary artworks and curates public programming. She is committed to the idea of multiples and making work that is portable, accessible, multi-use and therefore pragmatic. In addition to her object practice, as an art-worker, Paige acts as the Curator of Books and Public Programming at Miriam, a new artist-run gallery and artist bookshop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She is committed to supporting and collaborating with artist publishers through independent projects as well, most recently with Brooklyn Art Book Fair and historically with institutions such as Printed Matter, Hauser & Wirth Publishers and Artbook @ MoMA PS1. Miriam is a new, artist-run contemporary gallery dedicated to working collaboratively with artists to support their practices and foster inclusive art experiences. Housed in a 1,250 squarefoot former matzah factory in South Williamsburg, the gallery opened its doors in December 2019 with Books at Miriam, an exhibition interrogating art books as a creative medium across a variety of perspectives and practices, with over 50 diverse artist publishers’ works. Miriam Gallery Brooklyn Art Book Fair --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paper-cuts/support

For a time, Grove Collaborative was one of the rare places where you could order reasonably-priced hand sanitizer online. That availability wasn't for a lack of demand. "Demand had been building, and all of a sudden for a week it was off the charts. And we had a big decision to make that week," CEO Stuart Landesberg said on the Modern Retail Podcast. "Do we want to prioritize our existing customers or do we want to prioritize going after new customers? Grove ended up focusing on existing customers, and limiting orders on certain items, allowing it to stay under its maximum shipping time of four days. "We probably left a lot of money on the table by doing that, in the short term," Landesberg said. But he reckons that that kind of consistency for the eco-conscious home supplies company -- which hit unicorn status last year -- will allow it to thrive in the long term. "Having clear and virtuous values and then ruthlessly sticking to them is essential to creating 100-year brands," Landesberg said.

On Day 6 of the “I’m Curious To Know…” series, Travis learns the story of how Caitlin Looney Landesberg, Founder of Sufferfest Beer, launched a beverage company with no industry experience, sold her popular drink to Sierra Nevada, and balances life as a successful entrepreneur, wife, athlete, and mom. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/innervoiceaudioexperience/message

Since 2012 Stuart Landesberg, the CEO and co-founder of Grove Collaborative, has been at the helm of his company. Aiming to produce and distribute natural and healthy consumer goods the company has grown to over 1,000 employees in their eight years of doing business. Leading the revolution towards producing natural and sustainable home goods Landesberg hopes that Grove Collaborative can one day become the largest consumer goods company in the world.

Episode 6 of Rise Up, and I was finally reunited with my best friend from University, Jen Landesberg. Now working as a Yoga Teacher, with a very successful Instagram (@blessedyoga), we chatted about what she learned at University, her experience of anxiety, how she got into Yoga and why we should always do more of what makes us happy!SocialRise Up Podcast: @riseupcastEve Alcock: @evealcock or @subathpresidentJen Landesberg: @blessedyoga MusicScott Holmes - Inspirational OutlookScott Holmes - Hopeful Journey

To take on their huge ambitions of making Grove Collaborative and 100-year company, CEO and Co-founder, Stuart Landesberg only looks far enough ahead to see the next milestone. He doesn't let perfection get in the way of progress.As more and more people adopt sustainable purchasing habits, the going philosophy seems to be, do what you can and make incremental improvements right now. On this episode, Stuart talks to Stephan about how they made incremental progress to get where they are and how they plan to get where they're going.

Stuart Landesberg is the co-founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative, a certified B-Corp and the leading e-commerce platform for natural home and personal care products in the U.S. In this podcast episode, Stuart sheds light on how he's been able to get so many people who've never tried eco-friendly products before to try out Grove Collaborative for the first time; the importance of making this movement non-exclusionary but inclusive, united by our common goals; and more.   Episode notes: www.greendreamer.com/186 Weekly solutions-based news: www.greendreamer.com  Support the show: www.greendreamer.com/support  Instagram: www.instagram.com/greendreamerpodcast

Stuart Landesberg is the co-founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative which has an owned direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform for natural home and personal care products. The company has raised over $200 million at a $1B+ valuation from investors like Norwest Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, General Atlantic, Marc Bell Ventures, Greenspring Associates, Nextview Ventures, and Bullpen Capital to name a few. 

Stuart Landesberg is the co-founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative which has an owned direct-to-consumer e-commerce platform for natural home and personal care products. The company has raised over $200 million at a $1B+ valuation from investors like Norwest Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, General Atlantic, Marc Bell Ventures, Greenspring Associates, Nextview Ventures, and Bullpen Capital to name a few. 

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Caring about the environment is embedded in the fabric of Celia's personality since she was a young child. She was thinking about supply chains before she knew what one was. EcoVadis' mission is to elevate the performance of global supply chains with respect to sustainability. They're the largest providers of sustainability ratings. This includes aspects of environment, labor and human rights, ethics and procurement practices of all of the businesses they assess. They have a partnership with the UN Global Impact to help clients make sure their corporate Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are aligned with the right opportunities. Below is a link to the reports of what commitment versus practice looks like across many different types of organizations.   Key Takeaways: Procurement and supply chains have the power to affect environmental sustainability One small change can be magnified throughout the world for a larger impact The importance of asking more questions along the way and playing to your strengths

Episode 43 - Full interview of the founder and CEO of SufferFest Beer, Caitlin Landesberg.  Take a few minutes to catch up with Yiou Wang (while she runs and hikes).  Hear from two great runners on how their weekend races went with Anna Mae Flynn and Amy Leedham.  Happy training! Training For Ultra Gear! www.TrainingForUltra.com   Training For Ultra X www.Patreon.com/TrainingForUltra  

Joined by runner and author, Alex Hutchinson.  We get to talk about his 4 minute mile along with digging into some ideas behind his new book Endure.  Also was fun to share a beer with the founder and CEO of SufferFest Beer, Caitlin Landesberg.  We share SufferFest memories about the races that didn't go as planned.  Happy training!   Training For Ultra Gear www.TrainingForUltra.com Training For Ultra X www.patreon.com/trainingforultra  

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Stuart Landesberg, CEO of Grove Collaborative (www.grove.co). Grove makes natural home and personal care products with a mission to help every family create a healthy and beautiful home. Grove recently raised raised $36.77 million of Series C funding in a deal led by Norwest Venture Partners. Bullpen Capital, Mayfield Fund, Serious Change, NextView Ventures, MHS Capital, John Replogle and others also participated in the round. Stuart discusses raising initial capital based on a clickable prototype and excel, why he chose a B-Corporation, his investor funnel for the A round, and more.

The guys mix up a few Pimms Cups with the amazing Emily Levine, who shares a few stories about Andy Kaufman, Steve Landesberg, and her upcoming film, "Emily at the Edge of Chaos."    

Stuart Landesberg, founder and CEO of ePantry, joins us to shares his entrepreneurial journey that inspired him to start his household supplies subscription service. post by smokinghotcoffee

Stuart Landesberg, founder and CEO of ePantry, joins us to shares his entrepreneurial journey that inspired him to start his household supplies subscription service. post by smokinghotcoffee

Harry Doupe returns! The veteran BC comic was back in his home province for a high school reunion and some comedy dates so of course we invited him back on. Never short on opinions, Harry takes on the Calgary comedy fest and the Canadian Comedy Awards, and reminisces about days of yore with Norm Macdonald, Howie Mandel, Wayne Cox, Maureen Murphy, Larry David, Steve Landesberg and the Tragically Hip.