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Episode 247: Leeanna Gantt – Dosage Designer, Founder of tooktake

Leeanna Gantt, the Founder and CEO of tooktake, joins the show to share her journey from beating breast cancer to creating the no-tech tracking labels for vitamins and meds. Hear how to start finding customers, improve your brand awareness with a small marketing budget, sample your product, navigate your way through acronyms, and how often people get Leeanna’s name wrong. This episode covers everything from sticky notes to Shrinking. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:

• What was going on in Leeanna’s mind when she was diagnosed with breast cancer
• How did cancer change her outlook on life
• What’s the most important tactic she’s done to help grow tooktake
• How did she get recommendations from doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and moms
• What’s the biggest difference between the agency world and entrepreneurship world
• How many designs of tooktake have their been
• What’s a Weird Talent Leeanna has
• Bad puns

Connect with Leeanna at tooktake.com.

Enjoy the shoooooow! Check out the show notes below for much more detail. You can also find the full transcript here.

Show Notes

• Intro & Breast Cancer
  • [0:33] Email me at max@maxpodcasting.com to save time with your high-quality podcast and use it as a business-building tool
  • [0:43] Connect with Leeanna at tooktake.com
  • [2:07] Smooth start
  • [2:46] What was going on in Leeanna’s mind when she was diagnosed with breast cancer
  • [3:39] Type A
  • [3:45] Entrepreneurs
  • [4:07] The Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  • [4:31] How did cancer change Leeanna’s life
  • [5:21] How did cancer change her outlook on life
  • [6:31] What’s a life lesson she can share from her experience
  • [8:01] Target (Wow!)
  • [8:44] Thanks, Leeanna!

• The tooktake Story
  • [9:14] Totally
  • [9:23] How did Leeanna come up with the idea for tooktake
  • [12:25] The Stacking Dolls of Invention
  • [12:43] How were sticky notes invented
  • [12:56] CliffsNotes, SparkNotes
  • [14:08] How did Leeanna turn tooktake into a real business
  • [14:47] Patent
  • [16:02] How hands-on was Leeanna in the design of tooktake
  • [16:40] How many designs of tooktake have their been
  • [17:33] How long before Leeanna was cancer-free did she officially start the business
  • [18:24] B2C (Business-to-Consumer) vs. B2B (Business-to-Business)
  • [18:32] Walmart, CVS, Amazon
  • [18:48] How did Leeanna start finding customers for tooktake
  • [19:17] Cardinal Health
  • [21:17] How do you improve brand awareness with a small marketing budget
  • [22:53] Social Media
  • [23:39] Another Gem from Gantt
  • [24:07] How did Leeanna get recommendations from doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and moms
  • [24:10] PR (Public Relations)
  • [26:10] What’s the most important tactic Leeanna’s done to help grow tooktake
  • [26:19] Sampling
  • [26:29] Oh boy, here we go again
  • [26:37] Bottom Line
  • [27:38] So excited to speak at Podcast Movement 2023! It’s August 21-24 in Denver. Register and join the fun at PodcastMovement.com
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• Inspiration & Creativity: People, Hobbies, and Resources
  • [28:24] Sheeeeeeesh
  • [28:52] How do you stay creative
  • [29:02] Sorry again
  • [29:11] Creative Director (CD)
  • [29:41] What activities does Leeanna’s family do together
  • [30:21] What’s the biggest difference between the agency world and entrepreneurship world
  • [30:27] Inventory
  • [30:57] 3PL (Third-Party Logistics)
  • [31:22] Blogs, Google
  • [31:32] What’s Leeanna’s favorite arts & crafts project she’s ever made
  • [32:12] Shout Grandpa Fred & Forever Fred!

• The Unusual: Pet Peeves, Quirks, and Weird Talents
  • [32:45] Super Bowl
  • [32:53] What’s a Weird Talent Leeanna has
  • [34:04] Does she watch scary and violent shows and movies
  • [34:27] What’s a quirk she has
  • [35:01] Trader Joe’s
  • [35:17] What’s a pet peeve Leeanna has
  • [35:32] Cold Email, LinkedIn
  • [35:57] Automation, AI (Artificial Intelligence)
• Rapid-Fire Q&A
  • [36:55] What was Leeanna’s favorite and least favorite part of working in the ad agency world
  • [37:20] Wining & Dining
  • [37:34] What is Leeanna’s favorite part living close to the Rose Bowl
  • [37:50] Old Pasadena
  • [38:05] Shrinking
  • [38:12] Shoutout, Dana!
  • [38:12] How often do people spell L-E-E-A-N-N-A wrong
  • [39:38] “Eea”
  • [39:54] Starbucks
  • [40:21] What’s Leeanna’s favorite design work she’s ever created
  • [40:50] I love bad puns
  • [41:40] omg
  • [42:00] Connect with Leeanna at tooktake.com
  • [42:28] tooktake TikTok @hellotooktake
  • [43:09] What are Leeanna’s Final Thoughts
  • [44:07] Follow the Wild Business Growth Podcast and tell a friend about the podcast. And show love (or roast me) by leaving 5 stars on Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify
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  • [44:24] Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter (aka X), and LinkedIn @MaxBranstetter
  • [44:27] Save time with your high-quality podcast. Email me at max@maxpodcasting.com to bring your podcast to life and use it as a business-building tool
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  • Theme music: Freestyle Percussion Magik – “Jungle Tribe” – provided by Jamendo

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