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Lauren Sudeyko

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Founder at Sleep or Die™
📍 Los Angeles, California, United States

Lauren Sudeyko is the founder of Sleep or Die™, a brand challenging the wellness industry with its fast-dissolving sleep strips. A Queens University graduate, she leverages brand management experience from PepsiCo and performance marketing expertise from Google. The company was featured in Forbes after securing $1M in funding from True Beauty Ventures.

Lauren is a transparent founder who builds her brand "out loud," sharing her journey through her Substack newsletter. She is passionate about building a strong community, which she playfully calls the "Strip Club," and is inspired by art, fashion, and culture rather than conventional competitor analysis.

Her brands bold marketing includes packaging the product in cigarette-style boxes and creating a mischievous sheep mascot named Persephone.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Building in Public
She documents her founder journey on platforms like Substack and LinkedIn, openly sharing milestones from fundraising to hiring her first employee.
Disrupting Wellness
Her brand is an "anti-wellness sleep brand" for people "done being guilted by the wellness industry," showing a clear focus on challenging category norms.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Founder
Sleep or Die™
10-2022 - 7-2024
Founder
SERAY
9-2020 - 5-2022
Senior Account Manager
Google
3-2019 - 8-2020
Account Manager
Google
5-2018 - 2-2019
Associate Account Manager
Google
In the press

Media appearances

Sleep or Die: NEXT50 2026. Featured in BeautyMatter
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Pavilion Residency Spotlight: Lauren Sudeyko, Founder of Sleep or Die. Featured in Pavilion Cowork
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Education
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)
Smith School of Business at Queen's University
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(HTS) Holy Trinity School
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