Seed to Harvest is a new podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.
On this episode, I speak with co-founders of Biom, Will Gahagan and Hank Schellenger. Biom creates the world's first biodegradable and home-compostable wipe system. Better for you, better for the planet. Will Gahagan and Hank Schellenger are passionate about reinventing stale, wasteful categories to protect and improve lives. Will Gahagan has 10+ years selling a range of enterprise software across broad range of industries (Financial Services, Tech, Government, Defense, Consulting). Hank Schellenger has 10+ years of experience in design work including previous roles at FABLab at UNC Charlotte and as an owner-manager at ECCENT Design Build, LLC. Currently, he serves as Chief Product Officer at Biom.
00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Will Gahagan and Hank Schellenger
00:49 Shaking up the wipe industry
05:00 Skills for launching Biom
14:08 Improved wipes packaging
29:24 Will and Hank's process behind evaluating investors
Show notes:
Will Gahagan | https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-gahagan-a055341b/
Hank Schellenger | https://www.linkedin.com/in/hank-schellenger-13770a42/
Biom | https://www.linkedin.com/company/getbiom/
The Hard Thing About Hard Things | https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205
Shoe Dog | https://www.amazon.com/Shoe-Dog-Phil-Knight/dp/1508211809
Open | https://www.amazon.com/Open-Autobiography-Andre-Agassi/dp/0307388409