Mercury (Hobart)

MUM BREATHES EASY WITH INVENTION

- CORMAC PEARSON

MOTHER, primary school teacher and now a global million dollar business founder.

Brisbane entreprene­ur Laura Klein is taking the baby world by storm and has big corporatio­ns in her sights.

Ms Klein was dealing with all things that come with being a mother, one of those being snotty noses, when she decided to launch a business.

The mother of three felt it was time to take a risk which led her to create the Snotty Boss, which is now selling all around the world.

“I was backed into a corner where I had to develop this product, so I jumped off the cliff and found my parachute on the way down. I scrambled and backed myself, I knew we were onto something,” Ms Klein said. “My business is like my fourth child. I worked so hard. I never went to business college, I don’t have a business degree, I have a teaching degree so it’s been making mistakes learning from that and finding my way.”

Ms Klein’s company Snotty Noses now employs five staff but has made over a million dollars in revenue and the product is selling overseas.

The Snotty Boss is a battery-powered product that helps clear all the unwanted things in the noses of babies.

“We’re on a mission to reach every single family in Australia and make it the go-to baby shower gift.”

Ms Klein got the medical approval, production and registrati­on all together ahead of the product’s launch in March this year, a week after COVID shut down the country.

Snotty Noses has also been nominated for the AusMumpren­eur Awards.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Australia