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Eloise Hall

Co-Founder & Managing Director, TABOO Period Products

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About Eloise Hall

Eloise Hall is co-founder and managing director of TABOO Period Products, an Adelaide social enterprise that sells organic cotton pads and tampons and directs its profits to ending period poverty. She and Isobel Marshall launched TABOO in 2017, funded by a crowdfunding campaign. It sells to workplaces, schools and venues, and in 2024 set up the Taboo Foundation, a charity aiming to end period poverty in Australia by 2030; Hall sits on its board.

Hall has served on the board of the South Australian Social Enterprise Council and on the Adelaide Economic Development Agency's advisory committee. She won the Impact category of EY's Entrepreneur Of The Year in 2023 and was a 2023 Westpac Social Change Fellow.

She and Marshall discussed where social enterprises fit in the startup community on Day One's History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem interview series.

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Start hereEloise Hall and Isobel Marshall discuss how social enterprises fit within the startup communityHer interview with Isobel Marshall on starting TABOO at school, crowdfunding the launch and where social enterprises fit in the startup system.

Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem

The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 5

With Mark Pesce, Steve Grace, Isobel Marshall, Darryl Lyons, Megan Sebben, Phil Ireland, Wayne Gerard, Sam Jockel, Samantha Finnegan, Arthur Sinodinos, Peter Devine, Tim Fung, Peter Tippett, Trevor Folsom, Dean McEvoy, Moira Were, Kate Jones, Daniel Flynn, Mick Liubinskas, Peter Bradd, Rachael Neumann, Chad Renando, Annie Parker, Aaron Birkby, Rachel Yang, Melissa Widner, Sarah Pearson, Colin Kinner, Lauren Capelin, Bruce Tulloch, Matt Barrie, Kate Cornick, Cheryl Mack, Andrea Gardiner, Niki Scevak

Go straight to the good bits.

Key moments from Eloise Hall and Isobel Marshall discuss how social enterprises fit within the startup community.

  1. 0:32Meet Isobel Marshall and Eloise Hall
  2. 1:13Overview of Taboo and its Mission
  3. 2:14Founders' Background and Journey
  4. 2:51Starting Taboo and Early Challenges
  5. 4:49Building a Community and Gaining Support
  6. 7:15Mentorship and Support in the Adelaide Ecosystem
  7. 9:02Overcoming Age-related Challenges
  8. 11:11The Importance of Young Perspectives in Entrepreneurship
  9. 12:39The Role of Social Enterprises in the Economy
  10. 15:19Funding and Investment Strategies for Social Enterprises

In their own words.

“Our success will never make an individual rich, and that's the beauty of it. That's the beauty of social enterprise.”
Eloise Hall — Eloise Hall and Isobel Marshall discuss how social enterprises fit within the startup communityThe History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series · 25 October 2022

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