Women Love Herbs is an educational platform that gamifies how to identify herbs while empowering women to understand the potential health benefits. The trends of natural products, herbal supplements, and sustainability are rising. Notably, herbal supplement sales in the US increased by 17.3% in 2020. The co-founders of Women Love Herbs; Ha Nguyen, Thinh Doan, Nguyen Manh Cuong, and Hoa Nguyen; explored a business opportunity in this growing domain while learning how to formulate and test business model assumptions in the Empowered Startups’ Global Startup Accelerator (GSA).
In August 2022, the co-founders entered the Empowered Startups’ incubator to validate the business model in Canada. In addition to having a dedicated coach at Empowered Startups, Women Love Herbs has had support from the BC startup ecosystem. After attending a pitch masterclass presented by Volition as part of the Empowered Startups monthly webinar series, they were invited to apply for and were accepted into the Discovery Foundation’s Regional Investment Readiness Program. In the program, they received additional mentorship from domain experts to better understand customer behaviours, develop a digital marketing roadmap, and build an investment strategy.
“The Empowered incubation program plays a critical role in our product development. The program walks us through different stages of product development and has taken us from assumptions on a business model canvas to launching our first product. In addition, the program allows us to connect with mentors, advisors, and startup founders locally and globally, which has been advantageous.” – Ha Nguyen, Founder and CEO
With the team now having a better understanding of the Canadian market and lean startup methodology, they will conduct customer validation interviews and expect to launch an updated website and MVP in the second quarter of 2023.
About Women Love Herbs
Women Love Herbs is a startup building a platform to help women improve well-being by increasing knowledge about herbal remedies through a fun and engaging platform.
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Ha Nguyen, Founder and CEO
420 – 744 W Hastings St, Vancouver BC
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