40 Minute Mentor

Episode 267

December 4, 2024

Jas Schembri-Stothart: Building the fastest-growing health and wellbeing startup for teenage girls

In today’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Jas Schembri-Stothart, Co-Founder of luna, the world’s first digital health companion for teenage girls. 

Working with leading health and education institutions, Jas and her Co-Founder Jo Goodall are building a digital companion enabling teenage girls to have a healthier and happier teenhood. 

To date, the app has over 100k members in over 100+ countries, was featured as app of the day across app stores and has seen them raise £1.2 million from Octopus Ventures, Syndicate Room and prolific Angel Investors. 

In today’s episode, we uncover all the highs and lows along the way so far… 

40 Minute Mentor: Jas Schembri-Stothart
“[We’re] actually using TikTok in a positive way. The whole reason we exist is to combat misinformation, which there is a lot of on TikTok, but it can be used positively.”

Jas Schembri-Stothart

Tune in to discover

➡️ Foundation in consulting [05:50]
➡️ Deciding whether to get your MBA [08:30]
➡️ The Origin story behind luna [11:30]
➡️ Growing through community [19:30]
➡️ More about Leadership Unleashed [21:20]
➡️ Spending to grow & hiring mistakes [23:00]
➡️ VC vs Angel Investment [27:20]
➡️ Getting to know Gen Z & Generation Alpha [33:20]
➡️ Embracing Founder Communities [41:30]

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Helpful links

Helpful links:

➡️ Connect with Jas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasschembri/ 

➡️ Find out more about luna: https://weareluna.app/ 

 

🔔Find out more about today’s sponsors 

Today’s episode is brought to you by the Leadership Unleashed Open Cohorts

Leadership Unleashed Open Cohort is your chance to join a diverse cohort of leaders from different organisations, industries, and parts of the world to build the most critical behaviours and transform into a high performer. 

Split into seven remote workshops, the Open Cohort follows a coaching-led approach where you’ll be actively involved and turn your learnings into habits in your day-to-day. 

To find out more about the programme and how you can sign up for the next cohort starting in January, get in touch with Logan and Anouk at ynapmoc.dehsaelnu@ollehyas

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