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Billie Jo Hohepa-Ropiha
Billie Jo Hohepa-Ropiha

PodcastsMarch 4, 2021

Business is Boring: The NZ entrepreneur out to eradicate wet wipes

Billie Jo Hohepa-Ropiha
Billie Jo Hohepa-Ropiha

This week on Business is Boring, Billie Jo Hohepa-Ropiha tells Simon Pound about inventing the sewer-safe wet wipe alternative BDÉT.

There is a big problem lurking in our sewer pipes. Flushed wet wipes, even the supposedly “flushable” ones, are major contributors to “fatbergs” – huge clumps of wipes and other stuff flushed down toilets that are blocking sewers and generally grossing people out everywhere.

What if you were able to put something onto regular toilet paper that would make it function like a wet wipe, but without all the problems? That was the brainwave Billie Jo Hohepa-Ropiha had nearly 20 years ago. After building a successful journalism career, she studied for an MBA, fitting in study around work and family commitments, then launched not one but two bathroom products – BDÉT, the flushable toilet paper wet wipe alternative foam, as well as Kiwee, a toilet lid-lifting device.

To talk entrepreneurship and finding opportunity in places not everyone wants to talk about, Bille Jo Hohepa-Ropiha joined Business is Boring for a chat.

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Lisa Fong aka Move It Mama
Lisa Fong aka Move It Mama

PodcastsFebruary 25, 2021

Business is Boring: The Christchurch mum getting people moving in the morning

Lisa Fong aka Move It Mama
Lisa Fong aka Move It Mama

In this week’s episode, host Simon Pound meets Lisa Fong (aka Move It Mama) whose Facebook Live workouts have found a loyal – and huge – audience worldwide.

Nearly every morning, thousands of people around New Zealand and the world start their day with a workout led by a mum of four boys from her Christchurch lounge. Lisa Fong leads these short, sharp, 20-minute workouts over Facebook Live on her iPhone.

The friendly, inclusive approach to accessible workouts at only $10 a month has seen her business boom. Move It Mama is now a worldwide success, with a great community behind it – just the kind of positive realness we could all do with a bit more of.

Lisa joined Business is Boring over Zoom from Christchurch this week to talk fitness, the journey, lifting people up, and the importance of keeping it real.

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