Megha Sheare - Silicon Valley Cookie Company (Episode #001)
“I think I just wanted a sense of myself back.”
—Megha Sheare
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Megha Sheare is the founder of Silicon Valley Cookie Company. Megha has been baking for the past ten years. Her love and passion for sugar cookies has always brought her and those around her the most joy . . . even when she broke her ankle and hobbled around to create the perfect cookie dough recipe. Megha is a self-taught "cookier", a stay-at-home-mom, and currently resides in Silicon Valley with her husband and their two daughters. Join me as I learn about Megha’s journey of rediscovering herself while building a gourmet cookie company.
The audio for this interview was recorded using my phone and wasn’t meant to become a podcast episode. But in the spirit of this sisterhood of moms, authenticity, and in response to all of you who lovingly asked “when’s the podcast coming”, here is Moms Who Build, Episode #001 with Megha Sheare of Silicon Valley Cookie Company.
3 Things I Learned From Megha
Launch . . . and figure the rest out later.
If you’re building something, doing something, thinking about an idea that brings you joy and excitement, and you want to share your thing with the world and get customers - just launch. You’ll figure the rest out later, like how to make enough cookie dough for 15 pre-orders that you weren’t expecting. Yes, the process will be challenging. You’ll run into obstacles that you didn’t even think would be obstacles. But if you share what you’re passionate about, you can get feedback from strangers and peers that you can then filter and translate into improving your product, thing, content, etc., which is immensely valuable. You’ll figure things out along the way. The first version of anything you build will never be perfect (and it doesn’t have to be), especially if you just keep it to yourself. So, launch, learn, refine, repeat.
It’s ok to say that you’re not ok.
Motherhood can change who you are in big ways, both mentally and physically. For some of us, we go through an identity loss and journey to rediscovering ourselves, this motherhood “fog”, that we may not realize was there until much later on. And it’s ok to tell others that you’re not ok, that your journey is still a work in progress, and that you need time. Someone else may be going through the same thing or their own version of what you are going through; talking about your experiences can be incredibly cathartic and helpful.
Be proud of your success.
Don’t trivialize the things you’ve accomplished today, big or small. If you feel successful branching out from your regular playdate spots with your two young kids in tow, that’s amazing. If you feel successful rolling around on a jiu-jitsu mat for 45 minutes non-stop, that’s fantastic. If you feel successful that you listened to a friend today and helped them by listening, that’s awesome. If you feel successful that you sold your first product, that’s inspiring - keep going. Be proud of your success.
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