Have you ever found yourself walking around a department store or grocery store going, hey, where are all the products to help menopausal women?! Well, our guests today are working to change that.
Sally Mueller is a co-founder & CEO of Womaness. She is a consummate business builder specializing in retail and brand innovation. Her trend-forecasting Midas touch has benefited companies such as Target, Who What Wear, and VERSED skincare, among others. Sally spent over two decades of her career at Target Corporation, first in Apparel Merchandising and then in Marketing, helping to build the bullseye from a regional discount retailer to one of the world's most recognized and influential global brands.
Michelle Jacobs is a co-founder and COO at Womaness. She is a strategic development leader with a sweet spot in brand building, leading sales (e-commerce and traditional), branding, partnerships, licensing, logistics, inventory planning, and financial management. She’s worked across multiple categories from home to health, décor to baby, for both start-ups and established brands.
Their brand Womaness is a modern, innovative products, essential information, and unlimited inspiration that helps take the “pause” out of menopause and spark a radiant, dynamic outlook that embraces who and where you are today, what we call menopositivity.
Both co-founders join us today to talk about how they met and the birth of Womeness (there may have been some wine involved), menopause must-haves, meno myths, and much much more.
It’s About Time for Menopause-Centric Products
Featuring:
Sally Mueller & Michelle Jacobs
Sally Mueller: As the Co-founder and CEO of Womaness Sally is a consummate business builder specializing in retail and brand innovation. Her trend-forecasting Midas touch has benefited companies such as Target, Who What Wear, and VERSED skincare, among others.
She is a seasoned executive with impeccable entrepreneurial acumen. Sally spent over two decades of her career at Target Corporation, first in Apparel Merchandising and then in Marketing, helping to build the bullseye from a regional discount retailer to one of the world's most recognized and influential global brands. She developed and implemented Target’s designer program and Design for All platform, transforming the regional discount retailer into a global phenomenon.
Previously, Sally launched her own company, Whyse Branding, where she formed a licensing relationship with Who What Wear and successfully launched the consumer products line in Target stores and ultimately achieved international distribution.
She was named Chief Brand Officer for Clique Brands, overseeing their Consumer Brands Division, where she launched Joy Lab at Target, incubated VERSED skincare, and expanded Who What Wear internationally.
Sally’s encore is creating a revolutionary consumer hit with the introduction of Womaness, a brand that is changing the conversation around menopause through innovative products that offer solutions from head to toe (and everything in-between). Womaness provides trusted advice on symptoms from hot flashes to sleep issues to fine lines, and support from an inspired community of women who exude Menopositivity — a dynamic, joyful outlook that embraces who we are today.
Recognized as an industry leader, Sally is renowned for her business acumen in the fashion, beauty, and lifestyle sectors. Her impressive accomplishments encompass all areas of brand creation and management, from consumer insight and launch strategy to global sourcing and design and manufacturing to operations and marketing.
Dedicating most of her adult life to helping women look and feel great inside and out, she has followed in her entrepreneurial Mom's footsteps. Sally's first job was working in her Mom's beauty boutiques helping women choose their right skincare and create their beauty routine.
Michelle Jacobs: Co-Founder and COO at Womaness, Michelle Jacobs is a strategic development leader with a sweet spot in brand building, leading sales (e-commerce and traditional), branding, partnerships, licensing, logistics, inventory planning, and financial management. She’s worked across multiple categories from home to health, décor to baby, for both start-ups and established brands.
Michelle began her career in licensing then spent a few years at a digital media agency, leading client relationships for Polo, Ralph Lauren, and Lancôme. After earning her business degree, Michelle marketed billion-dollar brands like Centrum and Advil to every store from the corner bodega to Costco.
Michelle then spent a decade with Time Inc., launching and developing the licensing and retail business for Real Simple, Cooking Light, and InStyle magazines with mass retail partners including Target, Bed, Bath & Beyond, BJs Wholesale Club, and Crate & Barrel.
Michelle was recruited to QVC/HSN to manage the retail rollout for The Joy Mangano brand (yes, that Joy Mangano— aka inventor of the Miracle Mop and Huggable Hangers).
Many years and many brands later, with Michelle now in her late 40s, the entrepreneurial urge hit, and she knew it was time to establish a business of her own. She co-founded Womaness, a brand that is changing the conversation around menopause through innovative products that offer solutions from head to toe (and everything in-between). Womaness provides trusted advice on symptoms from hot flashes to sleep issues to fine lines, and support from an inspired community of women who exude Menopositivity — a dynamic, joyful outlook that embraces who we are today.
Originally from Long Island, Michelle is a New Yorker through and through, earning her BA from Colgate University (in Hamilton, NY) and her MBA from New York University.
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