1 hr 14 min
Pure Innovation with Ric Kostick, Co-Founder and CEO of 100% Pure Stairway to CEO
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- Entrepreneurship
Ric Kostick is the Co-Founder and CEO of 100% Pure. Founded in 2004, 100% Pure has been a pioneer and innovation leader in the natural beauty industry. With a commitment to producing the purest and healthiest products 100% Pure is on a mission to improve the lives of six billion people and animals, while also being charitable and giving back to our global community. In this episode, Ric talks with us about his entrepreneurial journey from being born and raised in San Francisco with dreams of becoming a fighter pilot, to starting a hair care company for teens with an innovative bottle that now sits in a museum, to meeting his Co-Founders and starting 100% Pure from their garage. Ric talks with us about the many challenges he's experienced along the way in building his business, including why they lost Sephora and QVC as partners, the strategy behind opening 14 stores in the US, and how he expanded the business into China.
Ric Kostick is the Co-Founder and CEO of 100% Pure. Founded in 2004, 100% Pure has been a pioneer and innovation leader in the natural beauty industry. With a commitment to producing the purest and healthiest products 100% Pure is on a mission to improve the lives of six billion people and animals, while also being charitable and giving back to our global community. In this episode, Ric talks with us about his entrepreneurial journey from being born and raised in San Francisco with dreams of becoming a fighter pilot, to starting a hair care company for teens with an innovative bottle that now sits in a museum, to meeting his Co-Founders and starting 100% Pure from their garage. Ric talks with us about the many challenges he's experienced along the way in building his business, including why they lost Sephora and QVC as partners, the strategy behind opening 14 stores in the US, and how he expanded the business into China.
1 hr 14 min