Disrupting an Industry with Alexandra Keating of Uni

Like many Entreprenistas, Alexandra always knew she wanted to run a business, and she has—multiple businesses, in fact. When she became obsessed with the fact that the personal care industry uses a lot of single-use products, she knew the solution and she knew her next business. 

Today, we sit down with Alexandra Keating, founder of Uni, a sustainable, reusable, and recyclable bodycare brand. She shares tips for selling your business, what a competitive process is, what she learned from fundraising, and so much more.  

“With Uni, I think, I usually become obsessed with problems. And so I became obsessed that  1/3 of single use plastics comes from the personal care industry. It’s a very solvable problem.” – Alexandra Keating

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This week’s takeaways from Entreprenista:

• Alexandra discusses always wanting to have her own business (0:25)
• Alexandra talks about selling her first business and gives advice (3:20)
• Alexandra explains what running a competitive process means (5:09)
• Alexandra shares all about the process of starting a brand (12:07)
• Alexandra shares what she’s learned from fundraising (19:14)
• Alexandra talks about her team (22:46)
• Alexandra explains what the hardest part of being a founder is (26:51)
• Alexandra talks about Uni’s products (28:38)
• Alexandra’s tip for hiring (34:09)
• What being an Entreprenista means to Alexandra (37:03)

Resources Mentioned:

• Asana
• Figma
• ARPU
• Shopify

Our Favorite Quotes:

• “One of the biggest hurdles I had is the charities all thought I was like, you know, going to con them or they were you know, they didn’t want to be available online. They didn’t want credit card information. So it actually got to a point where I just listed it, and I listed all the top charities and I called them and be like, ‘I have, you know, 5000 or $10,000 for you. Do you want to or should I send it back?’” – Alexandra Keating
• “It was just kind of cool to see that, like, actually, maybe what we set out to do is possible, and we are having an impact. I mean, we try really hard, obviously, in what we’re doing. But it’s nice to know that someone’s, like, watching.” – Alexandra Keating
• “I often say it’s like a sickness, because you’re so obsessed with what you’re doing. It’s 24/7, no one else will ever be responsible for it.” – Alexandra Keating

Connect with Alexandra Keating:

• WeAreUni.com
• Alexandra Keating on Instagram

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