The Lazy CEO Podcast with Jane Lu

In this episode of Help My Small Business, Jane is joined by Michael Porter, founder of Skin Control, Australia's No.1 Acne Care Brand, which sold over 4.8 million pimple patch packets in 2025. With his experience scaling a small, niche skincare brand into a national success, Michael is bringing that hands-on expertise to review Melanie's business, Youth Skin - a safe, effective deodorant brand made for kids and teens.

By the end of this episode, you'll learn:
How to use a personal brand to build trust, tell your story, and drive conversions
The retail strategies that get your product into more stores and keep it selling
Key lessons for early-stage brands - proving demand, boosting retailer confidence, and owning your niche
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In this Ask Me Anything episode Jane pulls back the curtain on whether she'd ever walk away from Showpo, the reality of being married to your business partner, and the AI tool that's completely changed how her team operates. Plus what actually keeps her up at night running a nine figure fashion brand, and the apps and hacks she swears by.
Nothing is off limits.
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In this episode, Jane gets honest about what stress really looked like behind the scenes of building Showpo.This one is for anyone who is in the thick of it right now.

In this episode, you'll learn:
Why ignoring stress does not make it go away, and what actually helped instead
The storytime of Jane's lowest moment building Showpo
Why letting go is not just a systems problem, it is an emotional one

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This week on The Lazy CEO Podcast, Jane sits down with Hannah Vasicek, CEO and co-founder of Francesca Jewellery, the Australian jewellery brand she built alongside her sister Rachel. Hannah started making jewellery at 12, was selling at markets by 16, and somehow grew the business while completing a double degree in science and law. She's since led Francesca from a weekend market stall to one of Australia's most recognised jewellery brands on the global stage.

In this episode, they dive into:
The burnout that put her in hospital and the wake-up call that completely rewired how she leads and runs the business.
Why jewellery is one of the hardest categories to scale, and how Hannah cracked it anyway.
How she went from managing 60 direct reports to building systems that actually work.
The decision to launch charity collections, what drove it, and how it reshaped the entire Francesca brand identity.

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In this episode of Help My Small Business, Jane is joined by Brittney Saunders, founder of Fayt The Label, who built one of Australia's most engaged fashion communities from the ground up and scaled it into a multi-million-dollar retail brand with stores across the country. Now she's bringing that brand-building firepower to review Monika's business, IQM Store, an Australian online retailer of curated educational toys, games, and gifts designed to spark creativity, imaginative play, and skill development in kids.
By the end of this episode, you'll learn:
How to stand out in a crowded market, even when your product isn't unique, by leaning into storytelling, content, and clear positioning
How product discovery, curation, and testing can differentiate your brand and double as engaging, trust-building content
Why sometimes the best thing you can do for your business is rebrand, and how a fresh identity or positioning can breathe new life into a company
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