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2 Gen Z entrepreneurs launched a sustainable-period-care startup that's booked $1 million in revenue. Here's how their strategy of posting 100 times a day on TikTok grew the business
1 month ago | By Business Insider
Nick Jain and Nadya Okamoto, the cofounders of August. August
When Nadya Okamoto was 16, she began her entrepreneurial journey in the reproductive-health space.
Today, she's a cofounder of August, a period-care brand that makes sustainable pads and tampons.
August has booked $1 million in revenue, and Okamoto attributes that to her social-media strategy.
When Nadya Okamoto was 16 years old, she began her entrepreneurial journey in the sexual- and reproductive-health space by confounding a nonprofit devoted to period care. "I want periods to be a global conversation," Okamoto told Insider...
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