Dear FoundHer · Episode 345 · April 7, 2026 · 42 min

The Female Founder Story Behind Apparis: Press, Rapid Growth, and Building a Team From Scratch

Join us for our free SWEEP workshop on April 9th to learn how to apply simple marketing strategies to your business. Register here Apparis grew because Lauren knew how to spot demand before the business looked ready for it. On Dear FoundHer, Lindsay Pinchuk talks with Lauren Nouchi, co-founder and creative director of Apparis, about the kind of growth story women founders rarely hear told plainly. Lauren shares how Apparis moved from an early concept that missed the mark to a brand with real traction, and why that shift depended on listening closely to the market, making fast decisions, and building credibility one move at a time.  The conversation gets into bootstrapping, growing an audience, scaling challenges, partnership marketing, and founder visibility in ways that feel useful rather than polished. Lauren explains how retail partners, pop-ups, gifting, and brand collaborations helped create momentum, and why staying lean forced better choices. For women founders, the value here is the honesty around pressure, pivots, and the gap between how a brand looks from the outside and how it actually runs day to day. If women founders want a clearer picture of how trust, visibility, and demand are built over time, Dear FoundHer delivers that here. Episode Breakdown: 00:00 Why Lindsay Pinchuk Brought the Apparis Founder to Dear FoundHer 01:25 How Lauren Nouchi Started Apparis 04:28 The Pivot That Helped Apparis Find Product Market Fit 07:25 The Bold Ask That Turned an Idea Into a Brand 12:12 How Apparis Built Credibility and Grew Through Wholesale 19:35 The Marketing Strategy Behind Apparis Growth 23:27 Building a Lean Team and Scaling Apparis 35:38 Lauren Nouchi’s Best Advice for Women Founders Connect with Lauren Nouchi: Follow Apparis on Instagram Follow Lauren on Instagram Join us for our free SWEEP workshop on April 9th to learn how to apply simple marketing strategies to your business. Register here Subscribe to The FoundHer Files  Follow Dear FoundHer on Instagram  Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.