Hot Takes Big Stakes Business

By Natalie Holloway and Lana Elie

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The real-world highs and lows of building a business—from early ideas scribbled on napkins to multimillion-dollar raises and the pivotal moments in between. Hosted by serial founders Natalie Holloway (Bala) and Lana Elie (Floom). We explore the unfiltered truths most founders are too polished (or too cautious) to say out loud. No hype, no jargon—just honest conversations about what actually works, what doesn’t, and what it really takes to grow something from nothing. Each week, Natalie and Lana sit down founder-to-founder to share sharp insights, fresh perspectives, and the kind of candor you rarely hear in the boardroom. Build your dream. Burn the playbook.

Episode Date
How Perelel Became the Brand Every Woman Is Talking About in Prenatal and Hormone Health | #35
Apr 01, 2026
How Much To Pay Yourself As A Founder, And Five Ways to Make Supplementary Income | #34
Mar 26, 2026
How a Linkedin DM led to the $400M sale of Beyond Yoya with Co-Founder Michelle Wahler | #33
Mar 18, 2026
The 10 Tools You Actually Need to Run a Business
Mar 11, 2026
Clean, Cool, and Profitable: Scaling a Modern Skincare Brand w/ Allison Mcnamara of Mara Beauty | #31
Mar 04, 2026
Things You WON’T Learn In Business School | #30
Feb 25, 2026
Blood Injections, Korean Skincare, and the Beauty Trends That Actually Work w/Vanessa Lee | #29
Feb 18, 2026
Demystifying Writing A Book & How to Sell it to a Publisher | #28
Feb 11, 2026
How Beautyblender Revolutionized Makeup (and Built a Category) with Rea Ann Silva | #27
Feb 04, 2026
How to Raise Money and Not Give Away Any Equity With Natalie Holloway Of Bala | #26
Jan 28, 2026
How Superordinary Cracked TikTok Shop w/ Julian Reis | #25
Jan 21, 2026
10 Habits That Quietly Compound Into Massive Success | #24
Jan 14, 2026
From Beauty Exec to Founder at 40, Amy Liu’s Tower 28 Playbook | #23
Jan 07, 2026
The Truth About GLP-1s: What No One’s Talking About | #22
Dec 18, 2025
Couples Therapy Meets Shark Tank: Building An Iconic Fitness Brand | #21
Dec 10, 2025
How Chillhouse Went from a Tiny NYC Nail Salon to a Cult Beauty Brand in Target and Walmart | #20
Dec 03, 2025
Our Biggest Mistakes Growing a Business to 10 Figures in Revenue (& What We’d Do Differently)| #19
Nov 20, 2025
This Episode Will Change Your Life: The Founders of Branch Basics on Non-toxic Living | #18
Nov 13, 2025
How to Manifest Your Dream Life and Business | #17
Nov 06, 2025
Loren of Sweet Lorens on Beating Cancer, $120M in Revenue and Building a Cookie Empire | #16
Oct 30, 2025
5 Things Every Founder Must Do Before Launch | #15
Oct 23, 2025
Building A $100M Fem-Care Empire | #14
Oct 16, 2025
How To Come Up with a Business Idea in 24 Hours + 5 Free Ideas | Episode 13
Oct 09, 2025
The $300M Mindset: How Jason Built Therabody | #12
Oct 02, 2025
How I Sold My Company Without the Experts & The Lessons Learned | #11
Sep 25, 2025
From Away to Crown Affair, Building a $30M Haircare Brand ft Dianna Cohen | #10
Sep 18, 2025
Can You Be a Founder and a Mom? Here’s the Truth | #9
Sep 11, 2025
From Toilet Paper to $100M, The Story of Who Gives A Crap | # 8
Sep 04, 2025
How To Make Your First Million | #7
Aug 28, 2025
Pitching on Shark Tank and What It Takes to Land Mark Cuban & Maria Sharapova | #6
Aug 21, 2025
Lucas Lappe on Building Canopy: Why You Need a Humidifier, How To Land Sephora, and Lessons from Founder Therapy | #5
Aug 14, 2025
How to Start a Business in 2025 | #4
Aug 07, 2025
Building a 6M Following (and a Period Empire) with Nadya Okamoto of August | #3
Jul 31, 2025
From Pitch Deck to $10M: Lana's tried and tested Fundraising Formula | #2
Jul 24, 2025
How Our Place Did $5M in 1 Day w/ Co-Founder Zach Rosner | #1
Jul 15, 2025
Welcome To Hot Takes Big Stakes
Jul 08, 2025