Ep #57: Sustainable Tableware from a Mompreneur with Pallavi Pande

What does it really mean to be a mompreneur? My guest this week, Pallavi Pande, is here to discuss exactly that, detailing how she started her business journey after becoming a mother, built a business around her own childhood nostalgia, and made her mission to improve the state of our planet one plate at a time. She is a mom of two, a passionate entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of Dtocs. Today, she’s brought that experience to the western world through her business, making tableware from naturally fallen palm leaves.

Show Notes

What does it really mean to be a mompreneur? My guest this week is here to discuss exactly that, detailing how she started her business journey after becoming a mother, built a business around her own childhood nostalgia and made her mission to improve the state of our planet one plate at a time.

My guest today is mompreneur Pallavi Pande. She is a mom of two, a passionate entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of Dtocs. She remembers eating on banana leaves while growing up in India and how, even as a child, she loved how this connected her to the planet. Today, she’s brought that experience to the western world through her business, making tableware from naturally fallen palm leaves.

Tune in this week to discover Pallavi Pande’s story of building a mission-driven business, constructed on a foundation of nostalgia. She’s sharing how she’s using nature’s resources, giving fallen palm leaves a second life, and providing convenience to other moms through her business, Dtocs.

    What You'll Learn

  • What Dtocs represents through its palm-leaf tableware.
  • The consumer shifts that signify people are looking for more sustainable alternatives and how Dtocs is meeting this need.
  • How Pallavi gathered experience to start her business in the corporate world, but knew she was destined to be an entrepreneur.
  • What it really means to be a mompreneur advocating for what you believe in.
  • The deeper goals behind Dtocs that go further than environmental protection.
  • Pallavi’s advice to anyone out there wanting to create a business around solving a problem in the world.

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