Sitting Down With Jessika Noda; Founder of Jiyubox, a clean beauty subscription box and online shop

Today I sit down with Jessika Noda. Jessika is the Founder of Jiyubox, a clean beauty subscription box and online shop featuring Indie beauty brands. Jiyubox came to fruition in search of breaking free from the nine to five and following her life's goals and passions. Jessika is also the Founder of Jiyu Management which helps passionate entrepreneurs and side hustlers build meaningful communities. She is passionate about helping her peers and community to become their best self and strive for success.

 

Key points addressed were  

• Jessika’s varied occupational story that led to her launch of the clean beauty subscription box that is Jiyu box
• We also discussed how she designed the process and curates the content of the box as well as how she defines key terms such as Indie Beauty, Cruelty Free, and Clean for the Jiyu box’s products

 

This podcast series is hosted by Patricia Kathleen and Wilde Agency Media. This series is a platform for women, female-identified, & non-binary individuals to share their professional stories and personal narrative as it relates to their story. This podcast is designed to hold a space for all individuals to learn from their counterparts regardless of age, status, or industry.

 

TRANSCRIPTION

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[00:00:00] In this episode, I speak with founder of Jiyubox Box, Jessika Noda, key points addressed where Jessika has varied occupational story that led her to launch of the Clean Beauty subscription box that is Jiyubox box. We also discussed how she designed the process and curates the content of the box, as well as how she defines key terms such as indie beauty, cruelty free and clean for the Jiyubox boxes products. Stay tuned for my fascinating talk with Jessika Noda.

 

[00:00:32] Hi, my name is Patricia Kathleen, and this podcast series contains interviews I conduct with women. Female identified and non binary individuals regarding their professional stories and personal narrative. This podcast is designed to hold a space for all individuals to learn from their counterparts, regardless of age, status or industry. We aim to contribute to the evolving global dialog surrounding underrepresented figures in all industries across the USA and abroad. If you're enjoying this podcast, be sure to check out our subsequent series that dove deep into specific areas such as Vegan life, fasting and roundtable topics. They can be found via our Web site. Patricia Kathleen ARCOM, where you can also join our newsletter. You can also subscribe to all of our series on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Pod Bean and YouTube. Thanks for listening. Now let's start the conversation.

 

[00:01:30] Hi, everyone, and welcome back. I'm your host, Patricia. And today I'm elated to be sitting down with Jessika Noda. She is the founder of Jiyubox Box, a clean beauty subscription box and online shop. You can find out more about her products and her company as well. The other endeavors that we talked about today on w w w dot j. I y you box dot com g. You box dot com. Welcome, Jessika.

 

[00:01:54] Thank you for having me, Patricia. Excited to be here.

 

[00:01:57] Absolutely. I'm excited to unpack everything. We talk a little bit off-line before we started recording and I can't wait to kind of unearth what do you box does and all of that. We've had a lot of audience members write in about people who have kind of the accountability sustainability efforts that you look towards for everyone who is new to the podcast. I will give you a quick roadmap of where our line of inquiry will head today. And then I'll read a quick file on Jessika. Before I start asking her my questions. So the road map for today's podcast will follow the same trajectory as all of those in this series. We look at four main constituents. One of them is the first one. Her academic background and early professional life leading up to the founding of Jiyubox box. And then we'll look at unpacking. Do you box? We'll get into the logistics of when it was founded, how funding all of those things. And then we'll look towards the ethos and the philosophy of the company. Then we'll turn to unpacking and looking at goals that Jessika has for you box for the next one to three years. That's a conversation that's changed for a lot of people given the recent Cauvin 19 pandemic. We'll wrap the entire podcast up with advice that just came. We have for those of you who are looking to get involved with her efforts or perhaps emulate some of her career success. So, as promised, a quick bio on Jessika. Before I start asking her questions, Jessika is the founder of Jiyubox Box, a clean beauty subscription box, an online shop featuring indie beauty brands. Jiyubox Box came to fruition in search of break