Natalie you would loveee the book/audiobook “Brag Better” by Meredith Fineman, it’s all about learning how to calmly and concisely get comfortable with talking about yourself in a career/business space! It’s so insightful and geared toward women specifically!
It's so crazy because one of the first videos i encountered of you was about your clothing boutique and now i get to see you on another great journey! I'm here for this journey and I am wishing you nothing but success. I am constantly encouraged by how real and motivated you are in all your entrepreneurial pursuits, and i know Rella will be a success
Exactly, he's not your target investor if he doesn't know how BIG influencer marketing is. They'll all see in time, but then it'll be too late 😉 I'm excited for you! I love how business savy you are. You have such a leader's mindset and it's still so early in the game. My mind is blown when I think about who you'll be at 60! Honored to see you develop. I'm an artist and small business owner. I've been reaching out to influencers to wear my silk scarves and have gotten great feedback. I'm curious how this industry will develop for smaller brands. Maybe there could be something in the app for small business owners to connect with micro/nano influencers, just a thought. Keep going Natalie, you're gonna win!💯💘💘
I am so excited for you & this! I also wanted to add that I love the way you tell a story via video & just how you explain certain things. A lot of times I just won’t upload or put anything out bc it’s not “perfect”. But you just reminded me to push past that. Anyway, so excited for you & thank you for sharing your experience.
so excited for this series! could you also share how you found your team? and how you found the potential vc to talk to?? appreciate all the hard work ure putting in to document this natalie!
THANK YOU so much for sharing this and including us in the process. I feel like so many success stories down play all the steps and hard work that goes into building a business so I’m so excited to see your journey!
Soooo crazy to me that the investor didn’t see the value in influencer marketing. I understand some people just don’t know enough about it but the stats are there! I’m an influencer myself but I also run a marketing agency. One of my clients (who is a small-medium sized business) received an organic, unsponsored story mention from an influencer with 1.1M followers last week & made thousands of $$$ in sales just from that ONE MENTION. The industry is so present within the modern world and its value is so clear! I’m excited for the app!
I completely agree. I also think a lot of people have tried in the influencer space and have failed so it’s a little more risky because it is newer? Either way, there will always be people who don’t think an idea is worth it and that’s okay!
Love the idea really. It took me a while to understand what makes it different from other planning tools. I am creating a tool that solves that planning challenge too but in a different way. Well done Natalie, I am really happy to see others building this as I am doing this too.
Do it! :) I would just advise against starting a business for the sake of starting a business. Though, I’m sure you have some great ideas, so I trust you’ll create something cool!
YESSSS Natalie!!! I am so proud of you!! This is such a great idea and if I had millions I would invest!! If you ever make the app become a public entity I will definitely invest!! Every penny counts lol. But seriously this video was so awesome! Can’t wait to see more from this series! I’m so proud of you, this will be life changing for you all your blessing are coming ♥️♥️
Hey Natalie! This is such an amazing video. A little tip for pitching Rella, include the size of the business opportunity in money, basically how much money the influencer marketing moves a year so that they can see what they would be getting into. Could also be the amount of transactions a year or something like that
you're the big sister i never had 😭 feeling really grateful that you're taking us in this journey with you and helping us handle money and all this adult stuff!! 💛
I binged the entire Startup Podcast series in the beginning of 2020, and I really enjoyed how transparent Gimlet was about their experience all the way from their first pitch to being acquired by Spotify! It's really helped me with my own startup, especially with pitching myself and my company and learning to accept that sometimes people won't see your vision but there's always something to be learned from those conversations. Super excited for this series and to see your company's journey!
@@NatalieBarbu it’s a STEM education company focused on teaching young girls about STEM careers through crafting/stem kits! We’ve been through one “accelerator” type program and we’re currently working on gaining more visibility and launching our next kits in the coming months!
Signed up for the beta for when it comes out! Honestly this is a must have! I have manages social media accounts for my family’s business and my sorority for 2 years and i always felt like I was paying double for two services that could have been combined! I’m excited for you guys to get this running!
Natalie this looks amazing! I checked out the app's website and I already love it. No joke I was planning some content for a podcast I want to start earlier today and this app would be perfect for the planning I was doing. I can't wait to see the rest of this journey!!!
I’m obsessed with this vlog!! Also, regarding equity, is that something you have to decide legally as well? Meaning when you register the company as a corporation, do you have to put in the application each co-founders % of equity? I would love to hear more about the legal side of the process, like filing for the trademark of Rella or anything like that!
I can't wait to hear you on How I Built This some day! You're incredible. I was curious about how you founded your team...hate to be that person but my first thought seeing the team was the lack of ethnic diversity. Did this come up for you or was your app not in a stage to prioritize it?
This is our founding team but not entire team. We were introduced through friends and them 3 had already been working together so I was an addition. but in our company culture (Rella) we are 100% looking to create a diverse team. This is only founding members, we will be needing to hire and build it out. It would be an absolute DREAM to one day be on how I built this 🥲 thank you so much!!
when pitching to investors, did you pitch them a fully already-made app or are you pitching them a mock up/prototype of the app? or are you pitching them a concept? sorry for all the q's i've just always wondered how people pitch app ideas!
Hi Natalie :) thank you for letting us be part of the journey. I remember you had Sarah Wang on your podcast and she brought up the intonation at the end of the sentence while pitching, maybe it would help you to practice that since it sounds more confident and professional
I can totally relate to my face and neck turning red during things like important phone calls or meetings. SO annoying and frustrating but also glad it's not just me!
Some university students and I are working on a startup, it’s a bit of a different ballpark though because it’s a a nonprofit. We’ve already entered two pitch competitions. One of which we didn’t get selected for the next step. The other one was yesterday and we’re waiting on results 🤞🏻.
It might be performance anxiety. Like not thinking you’re good enough or well prepared enough although you know you are both. The feeling is there anyway. I get that too.
hey natalie! I was checking out your website and wanted to let you know that the logo is too light to be seen on mobile browser (maybe it’s just me). regardless, I think the work you’re doing is super interesting. and if you’re ever looking for interns, I’d be VERY interested
I am in love with your channel and just downloaded your app!! Would it be possible to get the contact for the app developing company? I am looking to launch my own app and the search engine isn't finding his company, please and thank you!
I actually met them through a good friend. We had all gone to NCSU but didn’t know each other. They were a few years younger. I was working with them for 6 months on developing the app as a solo founder and they approached me about forming a partnership!
me: full time software engineer, went to school in Silicon Valley surrounded by startup culture overload also me: watched every second of this video 😂 for real though looking forward to this series so much! would love to hear more of the financials, business plan, and how you end up paring down all the mentioned features into a mvp for launch!
Definitely got a lot to learn for sure!! I'm glad I'm recording so I can practice. But I don't agree that the only one worth joining is YC. There are others, YC is just the most known/prestigious
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MY DREAM
HELL YEAH!!!😎
EXACTLY what I was thinking! You are making IMPRESSIVE moves Natalie!
IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS SERIES!!! Im so so interested in raising money and how startups are exactly formed / what goes on in them!!!
Ahh me too!!!
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i LOVE how you show your actual conversations when pitching it's absolutely incredible!!!! SO helpful and it's what makes your channel amazing
Natalie you would loveee the book/audiobook “Brag Better” by Meredith Fineman, it’s all about learning how to calmly and concisely get comfortable with talking about yourself in a career/business space! It’s so insightful and geared toward women specifically!
Adding this to my list NOW
It's so crazy because one of the first videos i encountered of you was about your clothing boutique and now i get to see you on another great journey! I'm here for this journey and I am wishing you nothing but success. I am constantly encouraged by how real and motivated you are in all your entrepreneurial pursuits, and i know Rella will be a success
Hope this one turns out better than the clothing store!! LOL but seriously, thank you so much ❤️
omg this is literally something I’ve always been so interested in finding out more!
I wil keep you updated!
Exactly, he's not your target investor if he doesn't know how BIG influencer marketing is. They'll all see in time, but then it'll be too late 😉 I'm excited for you! I love how business savy you are. You have such a leader's mindset and it's still so early in the game. My mind is blown when I think about who you'll be at 60! Honored to see you develop. I'm an artist and small business owner. I've been reaching out to influencers to wear my silk scarves and have gotten great feedback. I'm curious how this industry will develop for smaller brands. Maybe there could be something in the app for small business owners to connect with micro/nano influencers, just a thought. Keep going Natalie, you're gonna win!💯💘💘
I am so excited for you & this! I also wanted to add that I love the way you tell a story via video & just how you explain certain things. A lot of times I just won’t upload or put anything out bc it’s not “perfect”. But you just reminded me to push past that. Anyway, so excited for you & thank you for sharing your experience.
Thank you thank you thank you!!! Yes, I never focus on perfection on RUclips. People want to hear a story
Girl. The day you make a formation on online business and consulting, I buy it. You must know it ! I need it ! You are my mentor !
so excited for this series! could you also share how you found your team? and how you found the potential vc to talk to?? appreciate all the hard work ure putting in to document this natalie!
THANK YOU so much for sharing this and including us in the process. I feel like so many success stories down play all the steps and hard work that goes into building a business so I’m so excited to see your journey!
Highly recommend the startup podcast! It inspired me to document more of this journey!
I currently intern for a startup as a software developer and it's very interesting to see this side of things!
You genuinely motivate me to strive for better and do & be better since like 2021. Thank you Natalie !
Soooo crazy to me that the investor didn’t see the value in influencer marketing. I understand some people just don’t know enough about it but the stats are there! I’m an influencer myself but I also run a marketing agency. One of my clients (who is a small-medium sized business) received an organic, unsponsored story mention from an influencer with 1.1M followers last week & made thousands of $$$ in sales just from that ONE MENTION. The industry is so present within the modern world and its value is so clear! I’m excited for the app!
I completely agree. I also think a lot of people have tried in the influencer space and have failed so it’s a little more risky because it is newer? Either way, there will always be people who don’t think an idea is worth it and that’s okay!
I love it when you were pitching your idea 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.
Love the idea really.
It took me a while to understand what makes it different from other planning tools.
I am creating a tool that solves that planning challenge too but in a different way.
Well done Natalie, I am really happy to see others building this as I am doing this too.
I am beyond excited for this content!!! So proud of you and can’t wait to use this app for my business!!!
I’m so excited for you to use this 😍
Alright you’ve influenced me, now I have to start a business
I think you need work ethic to do that
I know you WILL!!
@@chowda121 lol what
Do it! :) I would just advise against starting a business for the sake of starting a business. Though, I’m sure you have some great ideas, so I trust you’ll create something cool!
@@chowda121 that’s rude and unwarranted
From a fellow co-founder of a skincare brand, I totally hear you on all of this!!
YESSSS Natalie!!! I am so proud of you!! This is such a great idea and if I had millions I would invest!! If you ever make the app become a public entity I will definitely invest!! Every penny counts lol. But seriously this video was so awesome! Can’t wait to see more from this series! I’m so proud of you, this will be life changing for you all your blessing are coming ♥️♥️
loved this! i definitely really like how you approach entrepreneurship and the insides of starting business!
Hey Natalie! This is such an amazing video. A little tip for pitching Rella, include the size of the business opportunity in money, basically how much money the influencer marketing moves a year so that they can see what they would be getting into. Could also be the amount of transactions a year or something like that
Also touch on the business model, how you guys make money, which im guessing is through brands.
I studied entrepreneurship in college and this is extremely important for pitch competitions!
Great tips!! We need to do this off the get go, not while questions are asked. Agreed.
you're the big sister i never had 😭 feeling really grateful that you're taking us in this journey with you and helping us handle money and all this adult stuff!! 💛
Omg this is so sweet. Thank you so much.
Ahh love your entrepreneurship videos!! 💕 very excited for this one
I binged the entire Startup Podcast series in the beginning of 2020, and I really enjoyed how transparent Gimlet was about their experience all the way from their first pitch to being acquired by Spotify! It's really helped me with my own startup, especially with pitching myself and my company and learning to accept that sometimes people won't see your vision but there's always something to be learned from those conversations. Super excited for this series and to see your company's journey!
Completely agree. It’s so so helpful. What is your startup?
@@NatalieBarbu it’s a STEM education company focused on teaching young girls about STEM careers through crafting/stem kits! We’ve been through one “accelerator” type program and we’re currently working on gaining more visibility and launching our next kits in the coming months!
@@tymirrasmith5743 this is awesome I’m in engineering so I will definitely be looking into this from you!! That’s so awesome you’re doing that!
Signed up for the beta for when it comes out! Honestly this is a must have! I have manages social media accounts for my family’s business and my sorority for 2 years and i always felt like I was paying double for two services that could have been combined! I’m excited for you guys to get this running!
this is so interesting thank you for sharing!!
Natalie this looks amazing! I checked out the app's website and I already love it. No joke I was planning some content for a podcast I want to start earlier today and this app would be perfect for the planning I was doing. I can't wait to see the rest of this journey!!!
This makes me so happy 🥺🥺🥺
I’m obsessed with this vlog!! Also, regarding equity, is that something you have to decide legally as well? Meaning when you register the company as a corporation, do you have to put in the application each co-founders % of equity? I would love to hear more about the legal side of the process, like filing for the trademark of Rella or anything like that!
Yes! So we are in the process of incorporating. We will have a operators agreement, as well. But yes legally we will have %
I am SO excited for this app!! Will it be able to automatically post scheduled instagram posts for you?
This is so inspiring,, thanks for vlogging this 🤍
I can't wait to hear you on How I Built This some day! You're incredible.
I was curious about how you founded your team...hate to be that person but my first thought seeing the team was the lack of ethnic diversity. Did this come up for you or was your app not in a stage to prioritize it?
This is our founding team but not entire team. We were introduced through friends and them 3 had already been working together so I was an addition. but in our company culture (Rella) we are 100% looking to create a diverse team. This is only founding members, we will be needing to hire and build it out.
It would be an absolute DREAM to one day be on how I built this 🥲 thank you so much!!
I am so proud of you!!! You rock!!! Very excited for you ☺️❤️
YES I love this series so much
YESSSSS! I WAS WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO! SO EXCITED!
Great video and great insight. I like how you were very open and honest about the stuff that goes on behind the scenes
This app is a great idea (I know I can definitely use something like this), excited to see where you guys take this!!!
I think this is soooo good! I love this type of content from you along with your agency content.
Super inspirational! Good luck on the new business. ☺️
So excited for this series!! Thanks for sharing with us :)
I love all the behind the scenes stuff! thanks for sharing :)
when pitching to investors, did you pitch them a fully already-made app or are you pitching them a mock up/prototype of the app? or are you pitching them a concept? sorry for all the q's i've just always wondered how people pitch app ideas!
We don’t have a full app, so we are pitching our demo and idea!
This is so interesting and i’m excited to learn more about how you go through the process of starting your business !
Hi Natalie :) thank you for letting us be part of the journey. I remember you had Sarah Wang on your podcast and she brought up the intonation at the end of the sentence while pitching, maybe it would help you to practice that since it sounds more confident and professional
Yes definitely agree with you!
Omg this is amazing!!!!! So exciting
Girl performance anxiety is so real i feel you!!!
This is so exciting!!!! The screenshots from the app look amazing!
Thank you! Check out the website :)
I just want Rella to be available already 😍
i loved watching this. Im 20 and i have been wanting to start a business since i was vary young. can you name some of the podcasts you listen too?
I can totally relate to my face and neck turning red during things like important phone calls or meetings. SO annoying and frustrating but also glad it's not just me!
I didn’t realize it got like that until I saw it in the camera LOL
Omg love everything about this! So unique
I like the way you communicate with companies, seemed professional to me lol
I love the name & congratulations on Rella
Some university students and I are working on a startup, it’s a bit of a different ballpark though because it’s a a nonprofit. We’ve already entered two pitch competitions. One of which we didn’t get selected for the next step. The other one was yesterday and we’re waiting on results 🤞🏻.
I wish I was doing this in college!! To have access to those things
@@NatalieBarbu it’s definitely a pretty cool opportunity
Pitching is super hard especially when people in front of you don’t understand what you’re trying to get across . It’s important to be resilient.
so cool youre literally building a company from the ground up
Such an inspiration!
One question is it free to sign up on rella as an influencer or does it cost something? Did not find that information on there 🙂
Free!!
This was super cool
Yes thank you for this!
It might be performance anxiety. Like not thinking you’re good enough or well prepared enough although you know you are both. The feeling is there anyway. I get that too.
I love your videos, Wish all the best and luck to you and your app >
Thank you!
Yay, congrats!
I have a feeling that you'll find a great woman investor! good luck!
I recently started a company and launched an app. Still looking for funding though. Would love any advice on that!
hi i need your help to joinand work with tou there are some issue to fillup the form
Have you heard of Moe Assist by Danielle Bernstein? How does your app differ?
could you share a link to the startup podcast you mentioned? :)
The startup podcast by gimlet media!
Hi Natalie Barbu, I like your content. I love watching your videos.
Thank you!!
@@NatalieBarbu Your Welcome!
hey natalie! I was checking out your website and wanted to let you know that the logo is too light to be seen on mobile browser (maybe it’s just me). regardless, I think the work you’re doing is super interesting. and if you’re ever looking for interns, I’d be VERY interested
Good to know! I need to set a mobile background bc the video doesn’t load in mobile
Not elementary school 😂 so inspiring to see a girl boss like you doing your thing!
I am in love with your channel and just downloaded your app!! Would it be possible to get the contact for the app developing company? I am looking to launch my own app and the search engine isn't finding his company, please and thank you!
Can you talk about how you found your business partners and how you knew they were the right people to work with?
I actually met them through a good friend. We had all gone to NCSU but didn’t know each other. They were a few years younger. I was working with them for 6 months on developing the app as a solo founder and they approached me about forming a partnership!
Who else saw the app's name in Natalie's budget video?
I wish I had the money to be your investor. It sounds interesting 🤔 and I think your app idea is great!
let’s hear it for the micro influencers 🗣🗣(me)
You're such a beautiful soul
I wish there were youtube only for entrepreneurs, haha!
how is this different from Danielle Bernstein's Moe Assist?
Hers is a project management tool for brand deals only it looks like. rella will be connecting the actual brand and influencer in our app
Natalie!! Have you heard of The Wiress??
No! What is that?
me: full time software engineer, went to school in Silicon Valley surrounded by startup culture overload
also me: watched every second of this video 😂
for real though looking forward to this series so much! would love to hear more of the financials, business plan, and how you end up paring down all the mentioned features into a mvp for launch!
So now the question is, do you need an SMM for Rella?
Depends on the company! It won’t curate content for you so I definitely think a social media manager would be USING Rella to manage content!
@@NatalieBarbu Haha thanks for the input Natalie! I was actually referring to your team at Rella, if you are in need of an SMM.
But 100% I can see Rella being a super effective tool for my agency. Really looking forward to seeing the product come to fruition.
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You should go on shark tank 👀
i mean... maybe in 6 months
How ARE you 🌷❣
The only accelerator worth joining is Y Combinator
Also ily but that pitch was kinda sloppy. After all that talking, I still don’t get what it does.
Definitely got a lot to learn for sure!! I'm glad I'm recording so I can practice. But I don't agree that the only one worth joining is YC. There are others, YC is just the most known/prestigious
Hi!
you look like a male friend I have