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After 21 years since she co-founded Bluemercury, Co-founder/CEO Marla Beck shares the ethos and history that has successfully led to this point, navigating a path through a pandemic, and what is possible as she and the company look ahead.

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Cute, vegan skincare? Starface co-founders Brian Bordainick and Julie Schott provide a look into their efforts to change the conversation and perceptions of acne and skincare, with instagrammable acne treatment, beautifully bridging beauty and wellness--with personality.

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A platform for ethical digitally native brands, The Verticale works to create a place for finding the new generation of innovative brands that stand for something beyond the product: real people behind them that aim to work toward a better tomorrow. Founders Jaclyn Grauman & Michelle Silverstein share how they look for brands that meets at least one of their core values, a brand that produces quality, trusted goods, and one that takes a human-centric approach; about the advantages of having built relationships with hundreds of founders because of The Verticale’s media site; the problem with working with traditional retailers; why finding the right co-founder is like finding a soulmate; and some self-care routines which have been crucial during the pandemic.

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What if you approached haircare the same way you would skincare? Nancy Twine, Founder and CEO of Briogeo Hair Care, reviews her illustrious career which began in finance at Goldman Sachs, and how it led to becoming the youngest African American to launch a line at Sephora. Nancy offers the philosophy behind her brand including how more hands-on and thoughtful you can be, the better the results. And she shares why she believes that any company that wants to be the best in their category needs to be different, along with mindset advice for entrepreneurs on positivity and believing in yourself.

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Inspired by her mother who had struggled for the last years of her life with dementia, and what beauty brought to her mother, Margarita Arriagada shares the story of the founding of her company Valde Beauty: including, advice from personal experience: when you try to fit in, you end up not putting forth all of yourself, the origin of the branding, thinking about lipstick as armor that women wear to feel more confident and themselves, her experience in retail, how that influenced her brand, and how the future of retail may be closer than ever, and a personal love for the Amazon Rainforest, and how she was inspired by the giant ants there.

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Founder and Managing Partner Rich Gersten shares his journey in the beauty industry, leading to him starting his own private equity firm, True Beauty Ventures, Rich discusses challenges for small brands, how the authenticity and purpose of the founder is a top criteria for investing, advice for fledgling brands, and trends that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.

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