92-Hour Work Weeks to Raising Capital, How a Former Tradie is Now Disrupting Beauty Tech with GlamUare

He worked 92-hour weeks in construction to fund his dream. DM’d 1,000 strangers and raised €60k in 7 days. Launched a beauty app with no tech background. Lost it all. Rebuilt. And now? He's raised again and GlamUare is live, funded, and shipping features every 2 weeks. Sean MacAdams is not your typical tech founder and GlamUare is not your typical beauty platform. In this episode, we go deep on Sean’s wild journey: from almost dropping out of high school to pitching investors in Saudi Arabia, managing a 30,000+ women’s community in Bondi, and building a beauty-tech platform that’s making real impact. He didn’t come from money. He didn’t have a cofounder. He didn’t even code. But what he did have was a relentless work ethic, a community-first vision, and the nerve to keep showing up. What You’ll Learn: How Sean raised €60k in a week by DMing strangers with no pitch deck What happened when his first launch fell apart 24 hours before go-live The painful lessons from giving away equity too early and how he bought it back How he worked 92-hour weeks in construction to keep the dream alive Why he turned down Saudi investment (and what misaligned money almost cost him) What makes GlamUare different from every other booking app in beauty How he’s scaling now: fresh funding, bi-weekly feature drops, and go-to-market underway The community monetisation playbook behind Bondi Beach Babes, no ads, 30K+ members This Episode Is For: Founders building from scratch with no fancy background Non-technical tech founders who’ve hit brick walls with dev teams Creators and coaches trying to monetise community the right way Anyone who's ready to hear what building really takes Follow Sean + Explore GlamUare: GlamUare App: glamuare.com Sean on Instagram: @sean_mac_adams If you believe in grit over degrees, vision over validation, and community over hype, this episode is for you. Share it. Tag @sean_mac_adams. Let people know what’s coming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.