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Telling your Grandma you’re selling vibrators with Dame’s Founder, Alexandra Fine (Part 1)

Season 1, Ep. 574

This is Alexandra Fine for Female Startup Club


Welcome back!! It’s been a hot second. I have MISSED this. Wow. So today after 7 weeks of not recording I’m jumping back on the show with a friend of mine, Alexandra Fine, the founder of Dame - she makes cool vibrators and is leading the charge when it comes to women and pleasure. We actually recorded an episode a few years ago which is such a vibe and you should definitely go back to hear her startup story but today we talk a lot about what it’s been like having her second baby and managing all the things, launching into 300+ target stores, what it’s like managing a co-founder relationship break down and at the veryyyy end she shares a funny story about her grandma’s best friends getting in on the vibe action. Loved this episode.


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I’m so happy to be back recording and I hope you love Al’s update in Business. Let’s jump in, this is Alex Fine for Female Startup Club.


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