Twine Bootstrapped Briogeo With $25,000 Before Seeking Outside Capital
Nancy Twine · Briogeo: Nancy Twine · Aug 10, 2020 · at 37:39
Nancy Twine is the founder of clean hair care brand Briogeo. She discusses the early financial costs of bootstrapping the brand before pitching angel investors.
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“So by that point, the most money I spent was on the business plan, which was about 5000. Some of the initial concepts for the packaging, which was, you know, north of 10 K. Yeah. And then you factor in everything else. I was probably close to 25 K.”
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