Good Shift

Building a Business Alongside a Full-Time Job (with Amelia Jory of Dulese)

Freya Gordon Episode 24

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Your playbook to becoming a side-hustle founder — and building real momentum without having to quit your day job.

Amelia Jory is a high performer in corporate (having held roles as a Senior Brand Manager at NZ’s most successful companies) and the founder of Dulesé — a NZ personal care brand disrupting the category with all-natural, high-performing products and refillable, eco-friendly packaging.

We cover:

  • How to know if building alongside corporate is the right path for you
  • The early signals that something “more” is calling you
  • The trade-offs of side-hustle growth (and what it really costs)
  • How Amelia finds time, sets boundaries, and avoids burnout
  • The systems that keep Dulesé moving forward week to week
  • Money, risk, and what traction looked like early on
  • What it would take for Amelia to go all-in — and how she thinks about that decision