Ep. 59 - Mike Smith, Founder of Zero Co

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In today’s episode we talk to Mike Smith, the Founder of Zero Co.
Zero Co, are, in essence the ‘milk man’ meets cleaning supplies. They exist to reduce single-use plastic by selling refillable “forever bottles” that customers order online. After being delivered to your door, customers simply empty the contents of the refillable pouches into the dispensers and send back the pouches, for free, to be re-used…putting an end to single use plastic once and for all!
During our conversation Mike lets us in on the story behind his business, how he came up with the idea and the motivation that got things started. He also talks about the “milk man concept” and what effect “The War on Waste” had on his decision to start Zero Co. Mike also tells us about Zero Co’s successful Kickstarter campaign and how this process went down. We also talk about the creation of Zero Co’s beautiful packaging and how they utilise plastic puled from the ocean. Mike discusses 2020, the affect the pandemic had on his business launching and how many active users he currently has. And finally, we hear what’s in the pipeline for Zero Co and his advice to entrepreneurs putting their life savings into an idea, just like he did.
For more information on Zero Co or our guest today, please see the show notes for this episode. Thank you to our guest, Mike Smith, for joining us.
This is our final episode for season 2 of the Retail Wrap-Up Podcast for 2021 and boy, do we have big plans for 2022! (Including some personal plans as Maddy, the host of our podcast, heads off on maternity leave!)
We’d like to take this moment to thank each and every guest who has been on an episode this season – the knowledge and advice you have passed onto our listeners, and indeed, the RetailOasis Team, is truly invaluable. And on the back of what has definitely been a challenging year, we wish everyone success during this upcoming holiday season and beyond into 2022 – May you all have your best foot forward as we enter the New Year!
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