Condom: an essential commodity for everyone. A clear business opportunity. Yet, people go when a woman sells it...
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00:00People would ask, oh madam, what size do you like?
00:13Ma'am, we don't want to talk to you. You can talk to your father or husband.
00:16What do you want to do with these things?
00:19People would ask, oh madam, what size do you like?
00:22Why do women have to be everywhere?
00:25Men are handling it, let them do it.
00:31Whether you're a man or a woman,
00:33if you're going to a pharmacist to pick up a box of condoms,
00:36either you want that person to not know you at all,
00:39so maybe they're way away from where you stay,
00:42or there's still a sense of judgment, right?
00:45And I think that lack of social accessibility,
00:48that lack of a judgment-free, safe, educational shopping experience
00:52is what led to really low adoption rates.
01:01And our goal is a world where buying a condom is not a nightmare.
01:17Salad is the second female-founded brand of condoms,
01:21which is so surprising because almost 48% of our population is women.
01:31I think the first battle women have to fight,
01:33even in entrepreneurship, is being taken seriously.
01:36A woman talking about sex so openly, or even safe sex so openly,
01:41even if it's a health-first, educational perspective,
01:44seems to be solicitous,
01:46and people tend to think that you're just going to be open to whatever.
01:51So, one thing that I did right during the launch of it
01:54was remove all my images from social media
01:56because I wanted to control the narrative.
01:58There were uncomfortable conversations that would happen on the salad page as well,
02:02where people would ask,
02:03Oh, madam, which size do you like?
02:06Or, you know, just random dick pics.
02:08And you need to know how to deal with that
02:11when you're talking to a woman about sex.
02:13And I think that's the biggest challenge.
02:16You know, just random dick pics.
02:17And you need to know how to deal with that whenever that happens.
02:21Especially as a female entrepreneur, I think it's critical.
02:29For example, our clubhouse group was the highest,
02:32was the largest sex-ed community on the platform.
02:37We hosted a lot of conversations,
02:39and this was before the brand was launched.
02:47After the round of pre-orders,
02:49I was sold out within like 24 hours.
03:01This is something that needs to be part of your everyday life.
03:05This is not something that's discardable.
03:07This is not optional.
03:08This is something that you need to be a part of your everyday life.
03:12This is not something that's discardable.
03:14This is not optional.
03:15This is critical for your health.