High Stakes Growth

Lauren Wang is the founder and CEO of The Flex Company, a sustainable period-care brand built around its signature Flex Disc.


Expect to hear about:

– The Reluctant CEO: How she pitched others to be CEO, before realizing she had to step into the role.

– Inside Y Combinator: Interviewing with Sam Altman and the Demo Day investor frenzy.

– Surviving the SVB Collapse: How she got through the Silicon Valley Bank collapse by covering payroll from her savings.

– The Retail Bet: Why she pushed into Target against her investors' advice, and how it paid off.

– Working With Her Husband: How her husband became CFO and how they prevent business from creeping into their personal lives.



Find Lauren on:
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenschulte/ 

What is High Stakes Growth?

High Stakes Growth® takes you inside the boldest decisions behind today’s most exciting consumer brands. We bring you candid conversations with the founders and CMOs who built them—unpacking the high-stakes moments, tough calls, and game-changing strategies that made these brands what they are today. No fluff. No surface-level insights. Just real stories from the leaders who made it happen. Hosted by Forest Bronzan and Leah Lloyd, they bring a combined four decades of consumer brand expertise to these conversations.