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How The Flex Company disrupted menstrual care (with founder & CEO Lauren Wang) | Masters of Scale

Lauren Wang, founder of The Flex Company, is transforming the menstrual product industry with bold innovations and a tendency to break taboos.

Lauren WangguestJeff Bermanhost
Dec 5, 202435mWatch on YouTube

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EPISODE INFO

Released
December 5, 2024
Duration
35m
Channel
Masters of Scale
Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Lauren Wang, founder of The Flex Company, is transforming the menstrual product industry with bold innovations and a tendency to break taboos. Driven by her own health needs and a staggering lack of progress in menstrual care, she spent years developing Flex Co’s unique menstrual disc and menstrual cups. She shares challenges, including scaling an unknown product via traditional retail outlets, and the leap to embrace authentic marketing as a means to build community. It’s often taken relentless focus on her mission for Lauren to overcome the obstacles and biases on her path to 30,000 stores, and growing. 📫 THE MASTERS OF SCALE NEWSLETTER 35,000+ read our free weekly newsletter packed with insights from the world’s most iconic business leaders. Sign up: https://hubs.la/Q01RPQH-0 🎧 LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Apple Podcasts: https://mastersofscale.com/ApplePodcasts Spotify: https://mastersofscale.com/Spotify 💻 LEARN MORE Our website: https://mastersofscale.com 🚀 JOIN OUR COMMUNITY LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/showcase/11096326 Facebook: https://facebook.com/mastersofscale Instagram: https://instagram.com/mastersofscale X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/mastersofscale TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@mastersofscale 💡ABOUT US On Masters of Scale, iconic business leaders share lessons and strategies that have helped them grow the world's most fascinating companies. Founders, CEOs, and dynamic innovators (from companies like Uber, Airbnb, Apple, and Disney) join candid conversations about their triumphs and challenges with a set of luminary hosts, including founding host Reid Hoffman — LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock partner. From navigating early prototypes to expanding brands globally, Masters of Scale provides priceless insights to help anyone grow their dream enterprise. #mastersofscale #summit #leadership #leadershiplessons #mastersofscalesummit #entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #scaleyourstartup #scaleup #scalewithsuccess #laurenwang #theflexcompany #menstrualcare #menstrualeducation #menstrualproducts

SPEAKERS

  • Lauren Wang

    guest

    Founder and CEO of The Flex Company, a menstrual care brand known for the Flex Disc and related products.

  • Jeff Berman

    host

    Host on Masters of Scale who narrates episodes and interviews featured founders.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Masters of Scale, featuring Lauren Wang and Jeff Berman, How The Flex Company disrupted menstrual care (with founder & CEO Lauren Wang) | Masters of Scale explores Flex founder Lauren Wang on building a taboo-breaking period brand Lauren Wang traced Flex’s origin to her recurring infections from tampons and her subsequent realization that menstrual products had seen little meaningful innovation for decades.

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