Nele from Judes Family shows that starting a business and having a family can go hand in hand
Nele quit her corporate job and founded her own startup to start a family. This story is currently of great interest to many journalists on the topic of #worklifebalance.
Current press articles
Business Insider - Startup Scene
"She had to start a business to start a family"
Emotion
"Founder Nele Schellschmidt talks about her money-life balance"
Starcast Podcast
"From idea to innovation – how Judes is revolutionizing the world of diapers"
Our daily life was not family-friendly
That’s why we quit!
Nele worked at a large company where career women were regularly sidelined as mothers.
Leon was self-employed, and the work never stopped.
We started our business as a family
We came up with the idea for Judes after the birth of our son. We didn’t want to use disposable diapers for him and couldn’t find a practical alternative.
But we also wanted to spend as much time as possible together as a family. That’s why we built our business in a way that allowed us to work only 4 hours a day each. Additionally, we split childcare and household tasks 50/50.
It worked perfectly!
We can hardly believe it ourselves...
...but Judes has now become the most recommended cloth diaper in German-speaking countries.
We can hardly keep up with the orders.
It’s still important to us that our daily work as founders aligns well with our family time.
#WorkLifeBalance is embraced throughout the entire Judes Family team
Currently, more than 12 people work for Judes Family. Most of them are Judes moms who are or have been diapering sustainably with Judes.
What unites us is that we are all parents and value flexible, family-friendly working conditions. We work 100% remotely and collaborate based on trust.
It works wonderfully – and makes Judes Family an attractive employer for many parents.
Would you like to report on Judes and our story?
We’d love to hear from you! All topics are welcome – from work-life balance to sustainability.
Curious how diapering sustainably with Judes works? It’s simple.
In three steps, you save 1 tonne of plastic waste.
Changing
Change like disposable diapers.
Disposing
The Judes Poo Paper is disposed of.
Washing
Wash hygienically with the Judes wet bag.
Judes has been the most recommended cloth diaper
in Germany and Austria since 2021.
Would you like to report on Judes and our story?
We’d love to hear from you! All topics are welcome – from work-life balance to sustainability.
