Podcasts about wicked sheets

Allie Truttmann, CEO and Founder of Wicked Technologies in Louisville, Kentucky, joins us on this episode of The Brand Herald podcast. Wicked Technologies began as Wicked Sheets in 2008 and has grown to include Wicked-Smart Pad and Wicked Little Sleepers today. We explore Alli's start as a moisture wicking sheet business, selling those sheets on the Home Shopping Network to developing the Wicked Smart Pad following COVID and all the things in between! Alli is high energy, engaging and very talented and knowledgeable. We hope you learn as much as we did! To learn more about Wicked-Smart Pad, visit: www.wickedsmartpad.com To learn more about Wicked Sheets, visit: www.wickedsheets.com

In this episode Logan and Evan are joined by Alli Truttmann, the founder of Wicked Technologies. They explore Alli's entrepreneurial journey, from the conception of her idea while recovering from a sports injury, to building and scaling her business. The conversation dives into the details of her invention, Wicked Sheets, blogging as a key SEO strategy, managing supply chains, and transitioning from briefs to diapers with the Wicked Smart Pad. Alli also shares her struggles with fundraising, considerations while building a team, and enduring through numerous pitch meetings to secure funding. Tune in to listen to Alli narrate her inspiring journey of building effective solutions for night sweats, incontinence, and more. Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MiddleTech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Follow Us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Logan's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Evan's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Middle Tech is proud to be supported by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KY Innovation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bolt Marketing⁠⁠

Alli Truttman started Wicked Sheets after being laid up in bed with an injury and realizing she had night sweats. A friend's dri-fit shirt and some ingenuity later and the first sheet focused on moisture absorption was born. Hear how Alli uses digital marketing and how she feels about competing with Amazon, while also selling there among other insights on this interview edition of The Jason Falls Show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OUR502 is a new podcast from the creators of (RE)source: Real Talk About Real Estate dedicated to highlighting Louisville KY's business leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, and influencers. Throughout the course of the show, local real estate leader Jay Pitts interviews some of the city's most influential minds about business, culture, and life in the 502 area code.In the first episode, Jay and his partner Gabe Prewitt interview Alli Truttmann, CEO and founder of Wicked Sheets, a specialty bedsheets company based in Louisville. Alli talks about the origin of her idea for Wicked Sheets, and how her personal battle with night sweats helped uncover her entrepreneurial spirit. In a conversation ranging from female-led business and leadership philosophies to Louisville's historic neighborhoods (with plenty of hilarious side-tracks in between), Alli explains how Louisville became her home, and why other entrepreneurs should trust their gut and take decisive action.Subscribe now for new episodes bi-weekly!

We are so excited to have Alli Trutman from Wicked Sheets on the show today.  It’s hard to believe that Alli has been talking about sweat for over 10 years. When Alli launched Wicked Sheets, she was a determined, head strong young woman. Since then not much has changed except is she has a lot of experience under her belt. Life wasn’t always paved with sell out days at QVC. When Alli first thought of the idea of moisture wicking sheets she was trying to find a solution to a problem she was having; sweating a lot at night. She wondered why the same technology advanced textile you found in a soccer uniform didn’t exist in the for sheets. Since then Alli has become the premier sleep expert!   She drops some serious sleep knowledge in this episode. (Hint: Talks about the 3 F's that are not allowed in your bed) Sit in with the CZL ladies as they discuss the hard truths about being a woman entrepreneur, her advice for new women entrepreneurs, and why the world needs to sleep more wicked. https://wickedsheets.com/ https://www.instagram.com/wickedsheets/ https://www.facebook.com/WickedSheets/    

In this episode, I chat with Alli Truttmann, founder and CEO of Wicked Sheets. You can learn more about Wicked Sheets here: https://wickedsheets.com/

Alli Truttman is the President and CEO of Wicked Sheets. Wicked Sheets provides moisture-wicking and cooling sleep products for people suffering from night sweats and hot flashes. Founded in 2008, Wicked Sheets has appeared on QVC and is based in Louisville, KY.learn more about Wicked Sheets: https://wickedsheets.com/follow upside on Twitter: https://twitter.com/upsidefm

Alli Truttman, President & CEO of Wicked Sheets, joins us to discuss how she has gone from sewing sheets in her apartment to selling them on qvc. Some questions answered in this episode: How did personal experience form the company? How long did you work as a side-hustle before working at Wicked Sheets full-time? What did you do to cover your weaknesses operating the company? How did you meet your initial investors and make connections to grow your business? How do you turn an idea into a product and get it manufactured? How long did you sew the sheets yourself? How do you get an investor? How did having an advisory board help you staff your weaknesses? What is the hardest thing you dealt with while starting your business? When were you ready to hire an employee? Which tasks do you delegate and which do you still perform yourself? How do you effectively delegate? What has the company been like since it got investors? How did you grow Wicked Sheets? Why did you decide to switch manufacturers and how did you find a new one?  How do you amicably part ways with early investors when you need additional investors? How do you choose potential investors? What are Wicked Sheets and what makes them better than the competition? Who would benefit from using Wicked Sheets? Did you ever imagine the company/product when you started would look like the company/product today? Do you sleep on Wicked Sheets? Do you feel like the company has made it? What is the difference between your day-to-day now versus when you started? What does it mean for the company to be successful and how do you judge success? How does taking a break from the company and focusing on other tasks help you see the company from a different angle? Is it tough to give up part of your company? What is the biggest thing you've learned in the last 10 years running Wicked Sheets? What are the best and worst decisions you've made since the company started? Why do you need to be able to have a strategy and be able to execute? How did you get on QVC and what was the process like? Why did you choose to start and run Wicked Sheets in Louisville? What is the future of Wicked Sheets? Why is feedback from your customers so important for small businesses? Last call: What advice would your 60 year old self give you today? Plan better, faster. What advice would you give to an entrepreneur just starting out? Take a lot of risks. Make sure you can pay for health insurance. Stress is normal, you are not alone. Pitfalls will happen. What's the best thing you've spent money on in the last six months? One way mirrors on all the doors and windows at Wicked Sheets. What is a book/documentary/podcast you would recommend? How I Built This podcast.  Sapiens. Shoe Dog. What's your favorite thing to drink? Prosecco. Shoutouts: Weller Special Reserve Technicolor Pilsner from Bearded Iris Upwork Bellarmine University Costco Enjoyed this episode? Feel free to contact Alli at alli@wickedsheets.com and make sure to purchase Wicked Sheets at wickedsheets.com, Amazon, or QVC. Have any topics you want to be covered or amazing people you’d like us to interview? Let us know! You can email us at info@drunkenmoney.com. You can also find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Linkedin. Please be sure to subscribe to our weekly mailing list at drunkenmoney.com/subscribe.

Alli Truttmann just celebrated a HUGE milestone for any business: the 10-year anniversary of her company, Wicked Sheets. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 20% of businesses fail in their 1st year, about 50% of small businesses fail by their 5th year, and only 30% survive over 10. And things are really starting to heat up now with her upcoming appearance in front of an audience of 96 million on QVC! Alli has been interviewed for a lot of Louisville area publications, but as she mentioned during our talk, she's never been interviewed about how she got her funding to get started, what it takes to be an entrepreneur, and what she would have done differently. Since our mission at Metro Startup Launcher is increasing the number of local "micro-angel" investors and helping more startup companies get their early funding, we really enjoy learning how our amazing local entrepreneurs made it happen and getting to know them a little better. So, enjoy our podcast interview with Alli Truttmann. Transcript (machine transcribed, so please forgive the typos!) Alan: 00:03 Hi everybody, welcome to the Metro Startup Launcher podcast. I'm Alan Grosheider, and today I'm talking to my friend Allie Truttman. She's the founder and ceo of Wicked Sheets. Hey Alli. How's it going? Alli: 00:19 Great. Thanks so much for having me on today. Alan: 00:22 Yeah, we finally got on after a month of you blow me off so I know you, but Alli: 00:29 when we delve into what the, the things I've been through the past couple of months, I think you'll understand why it's been hard to get me on the phone. Alan: 00:36 I know you've had a lot of stuff going on. I'm totally kidding and I will. We'll definitely get into talking about all the stuff with in China and it's. I know you've been super busy so I'm totally kidding. So what I would try to accomplish on the podcast, just you, you know, a little bit about metro startup launcher and our primary focus has sort of morphed into really being focused on trying to figure out how to get more angel investors in our area, investing in startups and then helping startups utilize that and hopefully crowd funding to, to get a lot more startups started. So in talking to you and other successful entrepreneurs, I just really want to get a lot more information about how you became an entrepreneur, how you got started, what triggered you to want to be an entrepreneur and uh, you know, advice that you would have for other entrepreneurs and maybe mistakes you made that you could help somebody else avoid. Alli: 01:34 They're absolutely. If you, if you don't mind, I'll go ahead and take that one question and say, how did you become an entrepreneur and getting into the business world? I actually, if you ask my parents, I actually was designing what I didn't realize were small businesses when I was really young. So, um, I, I fashioned myself and inventor of sorts, not in the very technical science realm, but, you know, there were always things that when I was younger I would notice and I would say it would be so much better if, you know, for instance, OK, before the radio would tell you what the song was or who sang it, I, I, my mom said I was like six or seven years old. And I was like, if only your radio would tell me who sings a song or what the words are that I'd be a better singer. Alli: 02:20 And then everybody laughed and then we sold painted rocks in our neighborhood. And um, my favorite was like a double toasted tostito that we took chips and we, um, we basically flame broil them over scented candles and sold them to people as flavored to Tostito. And I mean, I know it was a great idea really. And uh, you know, and thankfully my first co-founder was my next door neighbor and he and I, he was, he actually grew up to be an actuary and he was always the numbers guy. And I was always a salesperson, so I didn't realize from even that early on that I was becoming,

I saw Alli speak at a young professionals’ conference last year and I was so empowered after hearing her story. She had an idea, she acted on it, and it worked! She is now the Founder and CEO of Wicked Sheets. It’s the dream scenario! I’m so excited to get to talk to her today and dig deeper into her journey. If you want to get your hands on some Wicked Sheets, go to WickedSheets.com. BONUS: If you use the coupon code WICKEDSELFISH you will receive 15% off your order. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/selfishthepodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/selfishthepodcast/support