How to turn waste > revenue & family founder farming, Le Prunier's Jacqueline Taylor

How to turn waste > revenue & family founder farming, Le Prunier's Jacqueline Taylor

June 16, 2026 · 28 min · Season 14 · Episode 12

About this episode

The episode discusses how the Taylor sisters transformed plum pits, previously considered waste, into a luxury skincare line.

Most founders start with an idea & go looking for an ingredient. The Taylor sisters started with the ingredient and had to build everything else around it. Their family has farmed plums in Northern California for four generations. For most of that time, the plum pits were just waste. Le Prunier turned them into the hero ingredient of an organic, luxury skincare line that now sits in goop, Anthropologie, Neiman Marcus & Bloomingdales. Allison came in from fashion and brand development,...

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