In this episode of Triffin's Founder Stories, Tash sits down with Meagan Pate, co-founder of Straand and co-owner of Three Warriors, to explore how she helped create not just one but two cult beauty brands.

Meagan shares how her background in glossy magazines shaped her understanding of brand storytelling, what it takes to create a new category in beauty, and the lessons she’s learned building both a VC-backed and a self-funded business.

Expect insights on:

• How Straand turned “scalp shame” into a beauty movement
• The creative strategy behind Three Warriors’ “daily radiance” success
• Funding models that actually work for different types of brands
• How Meagan uses AI to save time and scale smarter

A must-listen for founders and beauty brand builders ready to rethink what’s possible.

In this special episode, Tash catches up with Absolute Collagen founder Maxine Laceby at the recent Charge X event in London, hosted by Recharge.

Maxine is one of the UK’s best-known DTC success stories.

Her journey from kitchen experiments to a multi-million-pound brand offers a masterclass in how to build and scale a business that customers genuinely love.

In this special CEW webinar, Tash explores how AI, avatars, and digital twins are transforming the beauty, personal care, and wellness industries.

From the rise of digital twins and UGC avatars to the risks, opportunities, and creative possibilities, Tash shares her first-hand experience testing this technology across brands, retail, and content creation.

You’ll learn:

• Beginner use cases for brands and personal brands
• Public perceptions and the risks to consider
• How avatars can scale content output without replacing human creativity
• What’s coming next in this fast-moving space

📌 Hosted in partnership with CEW, this webinar is a must-listen for anyone in beauty and wellness curious about where AI is headed.

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In this special episode of Triffin Live, Tash is joined by Lizzie Lord of Piper and Franklyn Martin of Triffin to unpack one of the biggest decisions every founder faces: funding.

From private equity to bootstrapping, and from good debt vs bad debt, they explore how consumer brands can make smarter choices about capital—without losing control along the way.

Expect practical insights on:

• When debt can accelerate growth (and when it can be dangerous)
• How equity investors like Piper assess brands
• The psychology of control when taking on funding
• Why building long-term investor relationships matters

🎥 Search Tash Talks on YouTube to watch the full conversation.

This week, Tash is joined by two brilliant women helping others redefine their relationship with work and success: Amelia Sordell, founder of personal branding agency Klowt, and Alina Addison, author of The Audacity Code and founder of Adaptaa.

We talk about:

• Why you are not your job title – and how to build a brand around who you are, not what you do
• The impact of early conditioning on our career choices – especially for women
• How to design your “second mountain” (even before you’ve finished climbing the first!)
• Practical tools for rethinking identity, personal growth, and long-term ambition

It’s honest, punchy and packed with insight for anyone navigating career pivots, burnout, or a desire to work on something that matters.

🎧 Search Tash Talks TV on YouTube to watch the episode
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At Tash's latest Future Proof event in London, she sat down with Marc Curtis of Houlihan Lokey — one of the leading investment advisors in the consumer space — to talk about how brands are evolving in a digital-first world.

Marc shares the fascinating story behind The Pink Stuff, a viral cleaning product that scaled from discount shelves to global cult status without spending a penny on paid advertising — all thanks to a perfectly timed boost from Mrs Hinch and TikTok’s 'CleanTok' trend.

They also discuss:

• What makes a consumer brand attractive to buyers
• Why social commerce is coming (even if most brands aren’t ready)
• The rise of authentic, UGC-first strategies over paid performance
• Why livestream shopping could become the new QVC
• How brand founders can prepare for a future of agile, omnichannel growth

As part of her Future Proof events in London, Tash sits down with Levi Levenfiche, co-founder of PerfectTed—the matcha-powered drinks brand taking over your social feed and supermarket shelf.

Levi shares how he and his wife (and brother!) turned a kitchen-table startup into a fast-growing, profitable business—with no VC funding, no Meta ads, and a whole lot of LinkedIn.

He breaks down what it’s really like building in public, why PerfectTed went retail-first instead of chasing DTC, and what it was like landing all five dragons on Dragons' Den (but only sealing one deal).

From team challenges to bold retail bets, this one’s packed with unfiltered advice and future-facing insights from one of the UK's most exciting challenger brands.

Lisa MacFarlane co-founded The Gut Stuff after an unexpected twist in her career as a globe-trotting DJ. In this episode, she chats with Tash about launching one of the UK’s most recognisable gut health brands—without a business background, a plan, or even knowing what a founder was.

She opens up about:

• How a twin study changed her life
• Building a brand before building a business
• Learning to speak the “commercial language” of investors
• The juggle of motherhood, media, and manufacturing
• Why her ambition grew after becoming a parent

A must-listen for anyone curious about gut health, retail growth, and the unfiltered reality of scaling a brand while raising a family.

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