Ali Beeck: Building Balmee, the $10 million Australian Lip Balm Brand

If you apply lip balm daily, there's a high chance you're consuming up to 2 tubes of lip balm a year! This one insight stopped Ali Beeck and her co-founder in their tracks. And instead of ignoring it, they built a brand around it.  Balmee is an Australian lip balm made with your microbiome in mind - and in less than a year, it's had the kind of run most founders dream about - they sold out in three months, and had Kayla Itsines share it to her 15 million followers on Instagram.  But this episode isn't just about the highlight reel.  It's what launching a product in a saturated market actually looks like, including the manufacturing nightmares, the sell-out story nobody fully tells, and the full-time job Ali was still working the whole way through. Here’s what we cover in this episode:  Why launching with one hero product beats a full range every time Manufacturing f*ckboys, and what no one tells you about making a physical product How to stay visible when you're completely sold out The $10 million audacity of setting a goal that big, and saying it publicly If you have a question you want answered: 🎙️ Leave us a voice note → speakpipe.com/TopOfMindPodcast 📩 DM us → @topofmind.pod 💌 Email → [email protected] 🎧 Or drop a question in the Spotify Q&A box Sign up to our emails and get the ideas, events, and tools that’ll keep you inspired, confident, and showing up like the brand you know you can be: https://www.gambitcollective.com.au/lets-chat  Top of Mind is an extension of our business Gambit Collective - Australia’s first pay-as-you-go agency for founders and brands ready to be known, respected and experienced. Don’t forget to rate, subscribe, and review – it helps the podcast grow, brings in incredible guests, and unlocks more conversations to help you grow and scale your brand. Follow along on your preferred channels: Balmee on IG: https://www.instagram.com/balmeebeauty/  Ali Beeck on IG: https://www.instagram.com/alibeeck/  Ali Beeck on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@alibeeck  Ali Beeck on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alibeeck/  Top of Mind on IG: https://www.instagram.com/topofmind.pod/ Top of Mind on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@topofmind.pod Gambit Collective on IG: https://www.instagram.com/gambit.collective Hayley on IG: https://www.instagram.com/hayleywestoby/ Hayley on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayleywestoby/ Hayley on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hayleywestoby