She Sold Her Last Company For Millions And Now Is On A Mission To Create Sustainable Brands
Marci Zaroff has had a string of startup successes. She has raised, launched, grown, and sold a variety of brands that enable us to live the change, eat the change, drink the change, be the change, and wear the change that we all wish to see in the world. During her appearance on the Dealmakers Show Marci shared the 5 P’s driving her long career in transforming industries to become healthier and more eco-friendly. We talked about developing supply chains, raising money, and picking your investors and acquirers wisely.
Marci Zaroff has had a string of startup successes. She has raised, launched, grown, and sold a variety of brands that enable us to live the change, eat the change, drink the change, be the change, and wear the change that we all wish to see in the world.
During her appearance on the Dealmakers Show Marci shared the 5 P’s driving her long career in transforming industries to become healthier and more eco-friendly. We talked about developing supply chains, raising money, and picking your investors and acquirers wisely.
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- 1. Philadelphia Roots
- 2. Startups
- 3. Eco Fashion Corp
Philadelphia Roots
Marci Zaroff was born in Philadelphia, where we happened to catch up with her, after moving back home with her husband during the pandemic.
She spent her childhood growing up in Florida, where she quickly found a love for two things. Fashion and entrepreneurship. She enjoyed dressing well, and starting side hustles from lemonade stands to calligraphy.
When she was 16, Marci was gifted a book by a friend that changed everything, and which sent her on a 25 plus year journey in building conscious businesses in the health, wellness and fashion spaces.
Berkely beckoned and she headed off to California to get her degree in finance and marketing at the Haas Business School. At the same time she obtained her investment banking licenses and began working as an investment banker in San Francisco.
Startups
Zaroff’s first real business was The Institute For Integrative Nutrition (IIN). A startup business born from her own apartment, which as the largest and longest running health coaching program was acquired by Northwest Equity Partners in 2018.
IIN has now trained and certified over 170,000 health coaches in 150 countries. The company is still thriving, and she has continued to collaborate with the new CEO through webinars and other initiatives.
One of her big early learnings from this venture was that whatever you think is going to happen in business, isn’t. She says not to force it. Instead, be ready to pivot, “enjoy the ride and allow the energy to flow.”
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