House of Wise founder Amanda Goetz argues for separating personal decriminalization from broader commercialization when discussing psychoactive policy.
Opinion
Goetz: Psychedelic startups must vertically integrate to control dosing and quality
“So dosing is a huge issue. Quality control is a huge issue. So I think You have to vertically integrate this whole thing for it to be, I think, a really great company.”
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Goetz: VCs fund women's career and motherhood startups, but ignore sexuality
“The thing that I saw is that there's a lot of VC-backed businesses around talking to women about their careers. Then there's VC-backed businesses that are like, let's talk to you about motherhood. There aren't that many spaces about your sexuality, right?”
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Goetz: Sexual Health Was Not a VC Category Until Around 2019
“Sexual health has not been a VC category until about like two years ago.”
Disclosure
Goetz: Sex Gummies Are House of Wise's Top-Selling Product
“But it's our number one product because women need help in that department and that shouldn't be stigmatized.”
Insight
Goetz: Adopting communal tribal childcare helps children flourish
“Child care, if you think back to, like, what it was hundreds of years ago, it was, like, tribal, and now we're, like, left to do it on our own, or, like, Hopefully with a partner, but yeah, I felt like I brought that tribal mentality back, and it was incredibl…”
Disclosure
Goetz: House of Wise Has 700 Women Working as Micro-Affiliates
“So we have 700 women who are micro affiliates. They talk about the products to their friends. They, like, use these things to, like, sell it on their phones, etc., right?”