Now that the temps have turned warm enough for me to once again spend hours in my yard fussing over flowers and ripping out weeds with therapeutic glee, I am back on my audiobook game. The first one of the season wasÂ
Supermaker by Jaime Schmidt. Schmidt began as a Portlander with a tiny little homemade beauty company hawking natural deodorant in aÂ
Little House on the Prairie-style bonnet ðat local farmers marketsâseven years later, she sold it as an international company to Unilever for more than $100 million.Â
Supermaker goes through the whole process from first idea to the major acquisition. As someone who writes about local brands for a living and owns a small business myself, I found the details fascinating, but I have a hunch you donât need those prereqs to feel the same way.Â