Crownhunt.io | Platform for 200 Million Americans with Textured Hair
Stephanie Laflora
Co-Founder & CEO
Ryan Holdeman
Co-Founder & COO
Overview
Crownhunt.io is the only platform built for the emerging textured hair market.
Based in Boulder, CO
2300 hair entrepreneurs & stylists have joined since launching in 2021
Empowers BIPOC hair industry entrepreneurs
Founded by Steph Laflora & Ryan Holdeman in 2020
Raising pre-seed investments from institutions, angel investors, and a CF campaign via WeFunder
Problem
Crownhunt needed to gather a community to get ideas & prep for a growth stage.
Co-Founders felt eager to tap into their network and gain new feedback about key assumptions.
Needed a place to start the journey toward raising funds with a confident, compelling story
Do it all while managing full-time day jobs
Solution
Partner with Popup Think Tank to host an after-work, facilitated-brainstorm - but make it feel like a happy hour.
20+ participants
Founder interviews with Q&A
Gather ideas and generate engagement.
Help professionals and key contacts contribute by first helping them understand the problem they’re solving.
Designed a Friday evening event that felt like a strategy session (sticky notes) and a launch party (alcohol, music).
Results:
Here is what happened after Crownhunt’s partnership with Popup Think Tank:
22 people, 2 hours, 100s of new ideas
Expanded network through connections and introductions
Landed crucial meetings, including a VC meeting
Accepted to OCEAN Accelerator (Cohort 8)
Initiated collaboration with a strategic channel partner
Describe “A turbocharge” and “momentum starter.”
“Having everyone in the room changes everything, and it was a turbocharge for the next phase of our business!”
“Thanks so much for all your energy and talent around this event. It was so valuable. All of it.”
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