00:00Hello, my name is Marilyn Califano and I'm CEO and co-founder of Hempress Hygienics,
00:06an organic sustainable period and personal care brand held in over 700 stores nationwide. I'm
00:11here because I need help scaling. I have one strategic investor who's also our manufacturer,
00:15giving us unlimited production capacity and full control over our supply chain. We did about 300k
00:20last year. This year our goal is a million and I'm raising 500,000 for 8% equity. Hempress isn't
00:26just a period care brand. We are changing the product cycle. What happened? She was getting
00:34to the good part. She got a lot of details in there but she went a little off. What are you talking
00:37about? That pitch was excellent. That is a real addressable market. That is an organic product.
00:43They're getting. It's a really tough market. It's such a hard market. Of course it's a tough market.
00:47That's where the opportunity is. It's so hard. 60 seconds. She kept talking. I don't know what happened.
00:5360 seconds. If she had 75, she'd be up here right now. But she doesn't have the 75. It's
00:57an elevator but she doesn't have 70 seconds. Well, for 15 seconds, I think she said enough.
01:00It looks like she has traction in the market. The question I would ask is, what's the competition?
01:05Well, it seems to me like there is no competition because the majority of people are utilizing cotton.
01:11I don't think so. I'm not necessarily the market demographic for it. So we got to put it to a vote
01:15and then we can decide whether we'd like to welcome her into the room.
01:21I like the branding a lot.
01:25I like the category a lot. I think it's growing.
01:30I think you're going to be really successful.
01:33So on behalf of Amazon Business, we'd like to give you $10,000 cash to help propel and grow your business.
01:39Well, thank you so much. I appreciate it. Thank you for the opportunity.
01:42Come on, give us a hug. Thank you. Congratulations.
01:45Thank you. Good luck.
01:46But another step in your journey. Thank you.
01:48Thank you. Thank you.
01:49Thank you, Amazon Business, so much for the $10,000. This is going to go so far for,
01:54you know, expanding my business and making my startup successful.
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