Circonomy: Divorcing your Business Partner

Small Business BIG Stories

Yasmin Grigaliunas, founder of Circonomy, is an entrepreneur who turned a charity garage sale into a thriving circular economy business. In this candid episode, Yasmin shares her journey from corporate success to start-up struggles, including the challenges of running a business while navigating a divorce. Her story is a masterclass in resilience, innovative problem-solving, and redefining success on her own terms. From designing her own divorce management strategy to successfully raising capital as a female founder, Yasmin offers invaluable insights for entrepreneurs facing personal and professional challenges.

Covered in this episode:

• The origin story: Leaving behind a successful corporate career to start the charity World’s Biggest Garage Sale.
• How World’s Biggest Garage Sale grew into Circonomy, a business rescuing and reselling idle/damaged goods from major retailers.
• Hard lessons learnt from being an early innovator.
• How to be the most coachable founder.
• Becoming a solo founder, marriage counselling, and divorcing your business partner.
• Designing a strong divorce strategy.
• Top tips for someone going through a divorce and trying to retain their business.
• Top tips for raising capital as a female founder.
• Yasmin’s mantra for business.

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Small Business Big Stories is produced by Queensland Small Business Commissioner and The Podcast Boss.