Episode 02 - Yasmin Grigaliunas Podcast
Yasmin Grigaliunas, founder of Circonomy, is an entrepreneur who turned a charity garage sale into a thriving circular economy business. She is a visionary and early innovator who has mastered the art of converting relational value to business value.
Yasmin Grigaliunas
In this candid episode, Yasmin shares her journey from corporate success to start-up struggles, including the challenges of running a business while navigating a divorce. Her story is a masterclass in resilience, innovative problem-solving, and redefining success on her own terms. From designing her own divorce management strategy to successfully raising capital as a female founder, Yasmin offers invaluable insights for entrepreneurs facing personal and professional challenges.
Covered in this episode:
- The origin story: Leaving behind a successful corporate career to start the charity World’s Biggest Garage Sale.
- How World’s Biggest Garage Sale grew into Circonomy, a business rescuing and reselling idle/damaged goods from major retailers.
- Hard lessons learnt from being an early innovator.
- How to be the most coachable founder.
- Becoming a solo founder, marriage counselling, and divorcing your business partner.
- Designing a strong divorce strategy.
- Top tips for someone going through a divorce and trying to retain their business.
- Top tips for raising capital as a female founder.
- Yasmin’s mantra for business.
Circonomy
Small Business Big Stories is produced by Queensland Small Business Commissioner and The Podcast Boss.