Tash Insights
By Tash Courtenay-Smith
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Tash Insights brings you inside the minds of female brand founders and the leaders of the UK’s fastest-growing e-commerce tech companies.
Hosted by Tash Courtenay-Smith – serial entrepreneur, investor, NED and fractional Head of Growth – each episode dives into the strategies, challenges, and breakthroughs that have shaped the futures of some of the UK's leading founders.
Whether you’re a founder, investor, tech lover or you just love hearing the growth stories behind top brands, this is the podcast for you.
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Search, AI and the future of beauty discovery | CEW Future Beauty Summit 2026
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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How Wonderskin built a real brand after going viral | CEW Future Beauty Summit 2026
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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The truth about TikTok Shop and omnichannel growth | CEW Future Beauty Summit 2026
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Is your beauty brand AI-ready? Conversion and the future of e-commerce | CEW Future Beauty Summit 2026
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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How NARS and Space NK really work with creators | CEW Future Beauty Summit 2026
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Building beauty content systems that scale | CEW Future Beauty Summit 2026
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May 29, 2026 |
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Marketing efficiency, content factories and outcome-based growth | Tash at Built by HER
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May 15, 2026 |
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Why AI fluency is becoming a founder muscle | Tash at Built by HER
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May 13, 2026 |
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Why every founder needs to build a personal brand | Tash at Built by HER
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May 12, 2026 |
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AI, content factories and founder-led brands | Tash at Built by HER New York
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May 07, 2026 |
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The Truth About TikTok Shop Profitability
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Why Affiliates Are the Real Growth Engine on TikTok Shop
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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How Brands Really Win with TikTok Shop Live Streaming
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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From Near Shutdown to Sell-Out: TikTok Shop Beauty Brand Stories
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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TikTok Shop Secrets: How Beauty Brands Are Scaling Millions in 2026
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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The future of AdTech, transactional data and outcome-based marketing | TMG x Mastercard panel
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Why marketing must move from clicks to real transactions | TMG Keynote with Joel Williams
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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I built an AI version of myself… and it started working
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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The 24/7 content machine
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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EmpowHER: Tash on the most common mistake she sees in fast-growing brands
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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EmpowHER: How real CPG brands are built, broken and rebuilt
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Why AI Twins Are Changing Creator Marketing Forever, with James Rowdy of TwinTone
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Building a performance business powered by transactions, data and outcomes with Transact Media Group
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Building two cult beauty brands: Meagan Pate on Straand, Three Warriors & the power of category creation
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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The Ultimate DTC Success Story: Maxine Laceby & Absolute Collagen
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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AI, Avatars & The Future of Beauty — CEW Webinar with Tash
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Funding your brand: Debt vs Equity with Piper’s Lizzie Lord & Triffin’s Franklyn Martin
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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You are not your job title: Reinventing work, identity & ambition
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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How The Pink Stuff Went Viral: TikTok, Social Commerce & The Future of Consumer Brands
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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From Kitchen Table to £50m Vision: How PerfectTed is Building in Public
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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From DJ booth to gut health pioneer: Lisa MacFarlane on building The Gut Stuff
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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How Emma Sayle built a global movement for female empowerment with Killing Kittens
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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From Sunday Times to Silent Retreats: Eleanor Mills on reinventing life after 50
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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How Dinny Hall built a 40-year jewellery brand – Through recession, resilience & reinvention
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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How Elissa Corrigan launched a luxury supplement, landed in Selfridges & built a viral brand from scratch
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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The Power of the Portrait: How One Photo Shoot Helped Train an AI Avatar
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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What Makes a Brand Legend? Insights from 40 Years of Consumer Investing
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Unlocking E-commerce Growth with AI: Personalisation, CRO & the Future of Traffic
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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From School Gate Idea to Global Skincare Brand: Sophie Kerbegian’s Klira Journey
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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The Brutal Truth About Scaling: CAC, LTV & the Doom Spiral
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May 16, 2025 |
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From NASA Skincare to Pitching in Pants: Raising millions with Eva Alexandridis & Lemon Fuller
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May 09, 2025 |
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Beauty inside and out: How to feel and look your best at every age
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May 02, 2025 |
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The $100B Problem That’s Costing Ecom Brands Big, with LEAF
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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How Tara Lynn found herself – and now helps others do the same
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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From mum’s kitchen to £10m brand — The Absolute Collagen story with co-founder Darcy Laceby
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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How Melissa Snover 3D-printed her way to a multi-million pound nutrition brand
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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From baby blues to breakthrough brand: How Fiona Toomey built NAYDAYA
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Building BYBI: How two beauty insiders scaled a sustainable skincare empire
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Finance mastery: How to conquer cash flow and ignite growth for DTC brands
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Fair Forecast: Meet the guys disrupting eCom with fixed CPAs (and who get stuff done)
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Agency founder Louis Fulcher: From wrapping Ford vans to branding for McDonald’s
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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DTC recruitment: Why you can’t find the right talent – and how you can fix that problem
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Agency founder: I went from dropshipping t-shirts to building a leading Shopify agency
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Female founders: The truth about money—why women get only 2% of investment
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Bird & Blend's Krisi Smith: I hated tea—but then I founded a multi-million-pound tea brand
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Jo-Tutchener-Sharp: A brain hemorrhage changed my life – so I built a fashion empire with a purpose
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Sahar Hashemi: I built a £30m brand – and now I’m fighting for other female founders
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Maxine Laceby: I was 50 and making bone broth at home. Then I built a £30m brand.
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Brie Read: I built a £44m business with no investors—just WhatsApp.
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Susie Ma: I started with £200 at a market stall. Now I run a beauty empire.
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Elemis founders: We turned a £3,000 loan into a global skincare brand
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Millie Kendall: From the shop floor to changing UK law
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Eshita Kabra: I had no tech background. Now I run the UK’s biggest fashion rental app.
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Maria Hatzistefanis: I got fired from banking. So I built a beauty empire.
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Dec 23, 2024 |