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Beau Wangtrakuldee is the founder and CEO of AmorSui, a science-backed medical supply brand bringing innovation, safety, and sustainability to the $58B PPE industry. A former scientist turned entrepreneur, Beau is reimagining protective apparel with clean chemistry, circular materials, and design that finally puts the user first.
After a lab accident exposed the flaws in traditional PPE, Beau built AmorSui to bridge the gap between safety, comfort, and sustainability: offering PFAS-free, recyclable, and biobased alternatives trusted by global brands like Thermo Fisher Scientific and Benco Dental.
Whether you’re building a mission-driven ecommerce brand or rethinking your product’s lifecycle, Beau shares a masterclass in turning real-world problems into scalable innovation, proving that circular design and commercial growth can coexist.
In This Conversation We Discuss:
- [00:30] Intro
- [01:01] Building comfort and safety into every product
- [01:46] Creating a business from personal experience
- [04:37] Designing products people actually reuse
- [06:10] Validating ideas through real user stories
- [08:12] Raising capital before manufacturing begins
- [08:47] Allocating funds beyond first production run
- [09:45] Navigating minimum order quantity realities
- [10:32] Launching pre-sales with finished prototypes
- [11:04] Stay updated with new episodes
- [11:14] Balancing safety standards with speed to market
- [12:37] Episode Sponsors: Electric Eye & Heatmap
- [15:18] Marketing through word-of-mouth momentum
- [17:01] Refining targeting through early experiments
- [19:00] Discovering growth through customer feedback
- [21:34] Testing demand before building logistics
- [23:17] Learning quickly by shipping imperfect products
- [24:09] Focusing every decision on the end user
Resources:
- Subscribe to Honest Ecommerce on Youtube
- Modern PPE brand that protects people and the planet amorsui.com/
- Follow Beau Wangtrakuldee linkedin.com/in/beauwangtrakuldee
- Schedule an intro call with one of our experts electriceye.io/connect
- Clear, real-time data built for ecommerce optimization heatmap.com/honest
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