How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

About this episode

Sian Murray discusses her experiences of building and closing Pleasant State, along with the impact of motherhood on her business perspective.

Sian Murray was the Creative Director and Co-Founder of Pleasant State - an Australian start up that created zero-waste cleaning & personal care products. Sian spent 6 years building Pleasant State with her co-founder Ami, until they closed the business in March of this year.  In this episode, Sian sits down with Steph to talk about building and closing Pleasant State and the business lessons she has learned along the way.  In the midst of closing Pleasant State, Sian became a mum to her son Sevi. Steph & Sian also speak about how becoming a mum changed her attitude towards business. FIND OUT MORE Follow Sian on Instagram @sianleee KICBump PODCAST Looking for our parenting podcast? It’s called KICBump and you can listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify   FOLLOW US & GET INVOLVED  KICPod  @kicpod on Instagram - DM us with questions or ideas! Not on Instagram? Email us at kicpod@kicwellness.com Steph Claire Smith @stephclairesmith on Instagram & @steph_claire_smith on TikTok Laura Henshaw @laura.henshaw on Instagram & @laura.henshaw on Tiktok KIC @kic on Instagram & @kic on TikTok and kicwellness.com or download the app from the…

People in this episode

Host: Steph

Guest: Sian Murray

Topics covered

• business closure
• entrepreneurship
• parenthood
• personal care
• zero-waste
• business lessons

Keywords

• Pleasant State
• Sian Murray
• business closure
• zero-waste
• motherhood
• entrepreneurship
• cleaning products

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pleasant State, KICPod, KICBump, KIC

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