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This list showcases the top United States based Founder operating in the Beauty space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
David Lortscher
Co-Founder & CEO of Curology
David Lortscher, MD, is a licensed physician and a board-certified dermatologist. While working at a small but very busy dermatology practice in New Mexico, Dr. Lortscher saw that there were economic, geographical, and psychological barriers to seeing a dermatologist. He also noticed how changes in a person’s skin can have a tremendous impact on his or her life both socially and emotionally – and that’s when he had the idea to create Curology. Since its launch in 2014, Curology has been dedicated to removing barriers and helping people feel good about their skin. In addition to seeing patients at Curology, Dr. Lortscher serves as a remote dermatology consultant for the American Academy of Dermatology’s AccessDerm program.
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About Curology: Curology is a cosmetic company that provides actual prescription skincare customized for their skin and delivered to their door.
Glenn Lortscher
Co-Founder and CTO of Curology
Co-Founder and CTO @ Curology
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About Curology: Curology is a cosmetic company that provides actual prescription skincare customized for their skin and delivered to their door.
Hugo Saavedra
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hugo & Debra Natural
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About Hugo & Debra Natural: Hugo & Debra Natural is an all-natural personal body care line made from natural food-grade ingredients.
Diishan Imira
Founder & CEO of Mayvenn
Diishan Imira is the founder and CEO of Mayvenn, a technology company that re-shapes how sale retail products are distributed. Graduating from Georgia State’s business school in 2010, Imira has a vast background in international trade, logistics, and investment. Straight out of college, Imira lived in China for two years and built a successful import/export company, running it profitably for about four years. Imira has lived and worked in several countries, including China, France, Brazil, and Ethiopia. Imira also speaks conversational Mandarin. Imira founded Mayvenn in 2012 with co-founder Taylor Wang. The company empowers the 95 percent of African American salons that do not retail products. Their commerce solution eliminates a salon’s inventory cost and opens a new revenue stream for their business. In April 2013, Mayvenn was accepted into the 500 Startups accelerator program. When they got to the program, other entrepreneurs were confused — questioning the probable success of the startup in Silicon Valley. It was unlike anything they had seen before. But that was only half the battle for the startup geared predominantly towards black consumers. During the summer of 2013, Imira and Wang stayed in Mountain View, Calif. where they immersed themselves into the cut-throat culture of the Valley and introduced their product to several investors. By August, they had raised $750,000 in investment funding and in October 2013, Mayvenn was officially launched. As of 2015, the company had raised $3 million in venture capital funding and has a network of over 25,000 stylists. With the continued mission to involve hair stylists in the process of buying and selling products, Imira and Wang’s goal is to eventually expand Mayvenn into an online platform that sells not only hair extensions but other hair care products, as well.
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About Mayvenn: Mayvenn enables Stylists to sell products directly to their clients without the upfront costs and burdens of holding inventory.
Taylor Wang
Founder & COO of Mayvenn
Taylor Wang is Founder at Mayvenn.
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About Groop Swoop, Mayvenn: Mayvenn enables Stylists to sell products directly to their clients without the upfront costs and burdens of holding inventory.
Alisia Ford
Founder & CEO of Glory Skincare
Alisia Ford is the Founder & CEO of Glory, a skincare and wellness brand for women of all hues. She is inspired to make skincare services more inclusive and reflect the diversity we see in our communities. Before starting Glory, Alisia, a trained attorney, led negotiations and managed license agreements for Nike and the dedicated advertising agency for Apple. Prior to that, she managed legal compliance for Mazda, worked for several law firms, and held various roles at some of the most premier sports, entertainment, and marketing organizations. Alisia is a graduate of USC-Marshall School of Business and Seattle University School of Law.
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About Glory Skincare: Glory Skincare provides data-driven skin care formulated for skin of color.
Aness An
Co-Founder & CCO of Rael
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About Rael: Rael makes natural and organic period products that don’t sacrifice comfort or performance.
Binna Won
CPO & Co-Founder of Rael
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About Rael: Rael makes natural and organic period products that don’t sacrifice comfort or performance.
Katherine Power
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Clique
Katherine Power is the Co-Founder and CEO of Clique Media Group (CMG), the parent media company of WhoWhatWear (fashion), MyDomaine (lifestyle) Byrdie (beauty) and Obsessee (new omni-channel platform, specifically targeted at Gen-Z). In 2006, Katherine left her editorial role at ELLE to launch Who What Wear with her co-founder, Hillary Kerr. The goal was to disrupt the DNA of the magazine industry with a simple idea: do it digitally. By bringing print magazine sensibilities to the online space, CMG was born to offer readers elevated and curated access to their core passions: fashion, beauty, home and shopping. At CMG, Katherine drives all business operations, advertising and brand partnerships, along with the development of branded technology products. Just within the last year, Katherine has led the charge on exciting new initiatives for CMG, which include announcing the brand’s first foray into product with the launch of the Who What Wear collection at Target, a Series B round of funding that Amazon participated in, international expansion to the UK and Australia, and the acquisition of Wantering, a Canadian startup and social shopping search engine. Additionally, a third co-authored book, The Career Code, which serves as the modern girl’s guide for creating your own professional success, came out in the spring of 2016. As a leader that constantly innovates about what readers and consumers might want next, Katherine and her CMG team are continuing to enhance their offerings and user experience for the new generation of consumers.
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About AVALINE, Clique, MERIT Beauty, Sonoma Brands, Versed, Who What Wear: Clique is a media and commerce company
Trevor Tice
Co-Founder & CEO of CorePower Yoga
An unlikely candidate for owning yoga studios, Trevor opened the first CorePower Yoga in Denver in 2002, and filled a niche in an emerging yoga market. His goal? To create an empowering and health-focused environment where individuals are not bound by conventional ideas about the limits of body and mind. Prior to CorePower Yoga, Trevor owned TechPartners International, a $60 million dollar IT company he sold to a public UK firm in 2001. He received a degree in Business from the University of Colorado, and serves on the Board of Directors for MindBody Online and BridgeView IT. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization and received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2010 Award in the Retail & Consumer Products category in the Rocky Mountain region. In 2011, Trevor Tice and CorePower Yoga received the ACG Emerging Corporate Growth Award, an honor given to companies with annual sales less than $100 million that have demonstrated steady growth for three consecutive years. An avid believer in giving back, Trevor formed CorePower Cares, a nonprofit organization that leverages the generosity of the CPY community to support a myriad of philanthropic causes, most recently supporting the Japan relief effort. Trevor approaches challenges with “yes, we can – go do it”, encouraging all employees to explore new ideas. An avid yoga practitioner and teacher, he visits at least one CPY studio every day, providing positive feedback to instructors and managers.
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About CorePower Yoga: CorePower Yoga is a platform for any individual to learn and practice various styles of yoga.
Victoria Eisner
Founder, Chief Creative Officer of GLAMSQUAD
Victoria Eisner is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer at GLAMSQUAD.
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About GLAMSQUAD: GLAMSQUAD is a next-generation, omni-channel beauty brand offering services as well as hair styling and makeup products.
David Goldweitz
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of GLAMSQUAD
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About GLAMSQUAD: GLAMSQUAD is a next-generation, omni-channel beauty brand offering services as well as hair styling and makeup products.
Melissa Lim
Founder of MelissaWithLove.co
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About GoFibre, M Travels, MelissaWithLove.co, Tech Nation, Tech Nation: Global Retailer of Luxury Organic Beauty and Personal Care Products
Amy Errett
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Madison Reed
Amy is a partner at True Ventures. With years of experience as a senior executive, venture capitalist, and social-mission visionary, she founded the hair color company Madison Reed in 2013. Before Madison Reed, Amy was general partner for venture capital firm Maveron where she ran the company’s Bay Area office and focused on consumer-facing companies. While CEO at Olivia, Amy was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California. She founded and served as chair and CEO of The Spectrem Group, which was acquired by an IPG subsidiary, NFO Worldwide (NYSE:NFO). After the sale, she joined E*Trade where she diversified the company’s business beyond brokerage and ran a $200 million wing of the business. A passionate humanitarian, Amy is a member of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization. She serves on the boards of non-profits Common Sense Media, Glide, and the University of Connecticut Foundation, in addition to several startups. A New York native, Amy earned an MBA in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from the University of Connecticut. She is a former student athlete and fanatical UCONN Huskies fan. She and her wife, Clare, live in San Francisco with their daughter, Madison.
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About Madison Reed, True Ventures: Madison Reed is a beauty company revolutionizing the way women color their hair.
Gregg Renfrew
Founder & CEO of Beautycounter
A forward-thinking serial entrepreneur, our fearless founder Gregg turns concepts into thriving businesses: She sold her successful bridal registry company, The Wedding List, to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, where she served the company in executive management. Gregg was most recently CEO at Best & Co., a children’s retail group where she re-invigorated the traditional design retail model through brand strategy, marketing, and merchandising. Gregg has also consulted high-profile corporate retail spaces like Bergdorf Goodman, Intermix, and Lela Rose alongside entertainment clients including Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, and Jessica Alba.
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About Beautycounter: Beautycounter is a beauty brand that distributes products through relationship networks and online.
Emily Weiss
Founder and CEO of Glossier
Emily Weiss is the founder and CEO of Glossier, a direct-to-consumer beauty company that leverages content and community to power a superior shopping experience. Emily is heavily involved in product development, creative and brand marketing, ensuring that all products and content are created with the signature Glossier voice. Founded in 2014, Glossier has 150 employees and over $86M in venture capital funding. The company has won Women Wear Daily Beauty Inc.’s 2015 Digital Innovator of the Year award and is one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2017. Emily has been included in Forbes’ 30 Under 30, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business 2015 and AdWeek Top 20 Content Creators 2016. Emily lives in New York City.
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About Glossier, Into The Gloss: Glossier is a direct-to-consumer beauty company that leverages content and community to power a superior shopping experience.
Julius Salerno
Co-Founder and CEO of BELLAMI Hair
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About BELLAMI Hair: BELLAMI Hair is a Hair extension brand.
Nikki Eslami
Co-Founder of BELLAMI Hair
Nikki Eslami is the Founder & CEO at Wild Elements.
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About BELLAMI Hair, New Theory Ventures, Wild Elements: BELLAMI Hair is a Hair extension brand.
Tristan Walker
Founder & CEO of Walker & Company Brands
Tristan Walker is the Founder and CEO Walker and Company Brands.
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About Walker & Company Brands: We make health and beauty simple for people of color.
Jerrod Blandino
Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Too Faced Cosmetics
Too Faced Co-Founder and Creative Director Jerrod Blandino got his start behind the department store makeup counter in the mid ‘90s. He quickly realized that just a few minutes in the makeup chair could transform and empower his clients. He recognized that makeup is so much more than a little color on a woman’s face—it is an instant mood booster, a best friend, and a powerful ally. Jerrod would spend nights mixing eye shadows with lipsticks to make brand new products, and days testing his creations on clients. Women loved his approach. The products were fun and feminine and embraced beauty individuality—not beauty rules. Encouraged by his makeup counter clients, women he lovingly called “Too Faced” because they would turn from sweet to sour if he was out of their favorite lipstick, Jerrod decided to start his own line. With only a credit card and a vision, alongside his new partner and future husband Jeremy Johnson, he began meeting with professional makeup labs to develop his products. He quickly became known as a beauty industry game-changer, inventing the world’s first glitter eye shadow, plumping gloss, and 24-hour crease-proof shadow primer. Inspiration came from everywhere: a classic movie, a chocolate facial at a spa in Hawaii, the flushed radiance of a woman fresh off the slopes. Though young Hollywood has fallen in love with Too Faced, Jerrod has stayed committed to the everyday customers whose support helped the brand become what it is today. Today, Jerrod believes in the power of makeup more than ever—pretty on the outside strengthens and empowers the pretty on the inside.
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About Too Faced Cosmetics: Too Faced Cosmetics is a beauty brand that creates innovative cruelty-free cosmetics that women love to wear.
Tyler Faux
Co-Founder & CEO of Supergreat
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About Supergreat: Supergreat is a beauty community of real people reviewing the beauty products that work for them.
Dan Blackman
Co-Founder of Supergreat
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About Supergreat: Supergreat is a beauty community of real people reviewing the beauty products that work for them.
Moj Mahdara
CEO & Founder of BeautyCon
Moj Mahdara, CEO of Beautycon Media, is an entrepreneur in the entertainment, digital, and emerging technology spaces with a well-honed business development, marketing acumen and sharp insight into consumer behavior. She has been at the helm of three award winning global agencies and has been instrumental in the launch of a multitude of successful consumer brands. Prior to forming the agency, Made With Elastic (MWE), and becoming the CEO of Beautycon Media, Moj served as the CEO of Exopolis, a digital interactive studio. Moj grew the company from four to 100+ employees and developed a client list that included Apple and Microsoft. Under her leadership Exopolis executed the highly acclaimed “U2 Loves Blackberry” campaign and boasted annual gross revenue of more than $30M. After selling Exopolis at peak value, Moj founded MWE, which quickly became one of Los Angeles’ most sought-after teams to execute innovative digital and consumer campaigns. MWE’s global client roster includes/included: Levi’s®, HTC (AOR), Motorola (AOR) Lacoste, BMW, and segued Moj into her current Beautycon Media venture. Beautycon Media is THE global community of content creators, celebrities, fans, and brands that come together to celebrate all things fashion, beauty, style and the passion points of the Gen Z and Millennial lifestyle. The company successfully creates meaningful connections for these communities through an innovative three-pronged business strategy: Beautycon Festivals, Beautycon Box, and a robust editorial and social content offering. The goals of Beautycon Media, under Moj’s leadership, are to: redefine beauty, provide one-of-a-kind opportunities for brands to reach consumers, spotlight the influence of GenZ and challenge the status quo; all while creating a “style” destination for all. Under Moj’s leadership the company has expanded globally, made key executive hires, raised successful Angel investment funding, brought the Beautycon Box to market and partnered with the likes of Bethany Mota, CAA, AOL (Built By Girl), L’OREAL, Hearst Media, Jay Brown, Allen DeBevoise (Third Wave Partners), and more. As an Entrepreneur who is open-minded and always staying ahead of the curve, Moj ensures that the content and experiences that Beautycon Media creates and curates resonates with all diverse communities. Moj has also invested in businesses such as, Hello Giggles, in an effort to support other female entrepreneurs. She was included in both Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire Magazine’s “Top Female” Lists for 2015 and resides in Los Angeles with her partner. You can usually find her online.
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About BeautyCon: BeautyCon Media is a community for content creators, celebrities, fans, and brands to come together for all things beauty and fashion.
Matthew Newman
Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Growve
Matthew Newman currently works as the Co-Founder and Managing Partner for Growve. He previously worked at Stifel Financial Corp. as the Director.
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About Growve: Growve is a brand aggregator that specializes in the acquisition and management of wellness and beauty brands.
Adam Berkowitz
Co-Founder/Chief Operating Officer of Pharmapacks
Adam Berkowitz is a Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Pharmapacks.
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About Pharmapacks: Pharmapacks is an e-commerce company that offers products for daily health and wellness needs.
Christopher Coleridge
Co Founder & COO of HUM Nutrition
Christopher Coleridge is the co-founder at Hum Nutrition.
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About HUM Nutrition: HUM is the leading beauty nutrition brand with the mission is to help you look and feel your absolute best all the time.
Mark Fleming
Co-Founder of Creator Nova
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About Creator Nova: Creator Nova is a B2B marketplace that turns complicated business operations into inspiring beauty brands
James Tong
Co-Founder of Creator Nova
James Tong is a Co-Founder at Creator Nova
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About Creator Nova: Creator Nova is a B2B marketplace that turns complicated business operations into inspiring beauty brands
Daniel Taylor
COO & Co-Founder of Tipster
Daniel Taylor is the Co-Founder & CEO at AMP.
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About AMP, BlocSide Sports, Dundalk Football Club, Only4stars, Tipster: Tipster gives you personalized style advice from industry experts & tastemakers in fashion, hair, and beauty – anytime, anywhere.
Iryna Korolenko
Founder and CEO of iSALON Beauty App
The founder of iSALON, a businesswoman and entrepreneur, fashion model and world-traveler, Iryna Korolenko is a portrait of the modern Renaissance woman. Born in Ukraine, she balanced passion and professionalism, ambition and sophistication from an early age, modeling internationally by 16 while prioritizing higher education. After receiving postgraduate degrees both in international economy and psychology, Iryna began a career working for global corporations, negotiating multi-million dollar contracts. By seamlessly navigating between the worlds of business and beauty, from airline to fashion runways, she has gained a worldview unique among her peers. Seeking new opportunities, Iryna packed a single suitcase and moved to the United States in 2014. Despite having no support network, she paved her way in an unfamiliar environment, and continues to trailblaze her singular career workingwith prominent designers and global brands both as a model and businesswoman. In boardrooms and at photo shoots, presentation matters, but it doesn’t have to be inconvenient. It was during a commute in traffic that Iryna realized it was smarter, safer, and simpler to have beauty services delivered directly to her door. Any modern professional will recognize the importance of quickly connecting with services wherever they are, whenever they are – and with iSALON, you can. Iryna is based in California but continues to pursue her passion exploring new places and meeting new people, always looking forward to new challenges and discovering innovative ideas. A consummate Capricorn, culinary dilettante, and classic cinema enthusiast, she most appreciates the simple things in life, especially her French bulldog, Blu.
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About Coleman Research, Fohr, GLG, iSALON Beauty App, Kelly Moore Paints, Look Model Agency, RED HOT MONDE: Delivering Beauty to Your Doorstep
Christopher Merkle
Founder of MIME
Christopher Merkle is the Founder of MIME.
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About MIME, RAZUR: The leading customer data platform and personalization engine for the cosmetics and beauty industries.
Asmau Ahmed
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Plum Perfect
Asmau Ahmed is the founder of Plum Perfect. Asmau holds an MBA degree in Finance and Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School.
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About Plum Perfect: Plum Perfect is an app that scans your selfie to find the best makeup shades for skin tone.
Fred Helou
Founder & CEO of Vagaro
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About Vagaro: Vagaro is an online platform that allows its users to find salons and spas in their local area and make appointments online.
Nathan Harding
CEO & Co-Founder of LUUM
Mr. Harding is Co-founder and CTO of Foxeye Robotics. He previously served as CEO of Foxeye Robotics and CEO of Ekso Bionics, a NASDAQ listed human exoskeleton developer. His technical and leadership skills were honed working at the Department of Energy, Carnegie Mellon’s Field Robotics Center, Berkeley Process Control, and the Berkeley Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory. Nathan holds 19 US patents and has many more pending. Nathan received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Economics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and his master’s in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About LUUM: Revolutionizing Beauty Service with Automation
Joshua Coba
Co-Founder of European Wax Center
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About European Wax Center: EWC brings unique waxing experience to women and men in a setting with a modern environment.
David Coba
Co-Founder and CEO of European Wax Center
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About European Wax Center: EWC brings unique waxing experience to women and men in a setting with a modern environment.
Michelle Phan
Co-Founder of ipsy
Michelle Phan is an American make-up demonstrator, entrepreneur, and YouTube personality. She produces, directs, stars in, and edits all of her own work, and has released over 300 videos since 2007. Her videos come with easy-to-follow titles and voiceover instruction. Phan is an award-winning content creator, and was honored with the first-ever Streamy ICON award, and the 2015 People’s Voice Webby Award for Best How-To and DIY Channel. Michelle has also been on Forbes 2015 30 Under 30 list in the category of Art and Style and Inc’s 30 Under 30 Coolest Entrepreneurs of 2015. In addition to her YouTube channel, in 2011 Michelle co-founded [ipsy](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/personalized-beauty-discovery), an online beauty community. She also launched ipsy Open Studios, a studio space for up-and-coming beauty creators that will allow access to the tools and advice necessary to develop their creative talents further. In August 2013, Phan teamed up with cosmetics titan L’Oreal to launch her make-up line em Michelle Phan. em is the first make-up line co-created by a community of beauty lovers and a beauty expert. Phan joined forces with Cutting Edge Group (CEG) to launch Shift Music Group, a model for a recording and music publishing company that leverages the power of social media to spread awareness for new and existing artists. In addition, she has partnered with Endemol Beyond USA to launch a new premium lifestyle network named ICON. Phan also launched a book in October 2014, called “Make Up: Your Life Guide to Beauty, Style, and Success – Online and Off.” Michelle Phan was born on April 11, 1987, in Boston, Massachusetts.
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About ipsy: ipsy is an online beauty community that home delivers a box of 5 beauty samples for a monthly subscription fee.
Marcelo Camberos
CEO & Founder of ipsy
Founder of ipsy.
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About ipsy: ipsy is an online beauty community that home delivers a box of 5 beauty samples for a monthly subscription fee.
Karina Sulzer
Founder of Skin Gym
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About SKIN CAMP, Skin Gym, YOUTH HAUS: Skin Gym is a natural beauty tool brand featuring crystal facial massage rollers in addition to crystal healing products.
Jeff Lee
CEO & Co-Founder of DIBS Beauty
Jeff Lee is the CEO and Co-Founder at DIBS Beauty.
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About DIBS Beauty: DIBS is a new makeup brand reimagining your everyday beauty staples, making them easier, mood-boosting and worthy of desert island status.
Hien Nguyen
Co-Founder and R&D Liasion of Function of Beauty
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About Function of Beauty, Vitalyze: Function of Beauty is a provider of personalized hair care products tailored to its customers’ specific hair profile and goals.
Siqi Mou
Co-Founder and CEO of HelloAva, Inc
Siqi Mou is the co-founder and CEO of HelloAva. She is a former Bloomberg anchor with an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and MPA from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She also held several positions at Morgan Stanley, PIMCO prior to starting HelloAva.
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About HelloAva, Inc: Ava is a personal skincare consultant, powered by AI, deep learning and expert real dermatologists.
Reed Berglund
Co-Founder of Verima
Reed is a tech startup advisor and CEO of iSnap, a SAAS company with a platform that is helping businesses collect customer video stories and gauge customer satisfaction. As an advisor, Reed supports a portfolio of companies capital, content, time and experience. The current portfolio of companies includes S4M and Hanna Essentials. Reed was CEO and Co-Founder of Fullbottle who’s company was one of the early entrants in influencer marketing across on Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat. A marketplace for creating and acquiring visual content from photos to videos from creators around the Globe.
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About iSnap, Verima: Verima is an E-commerce platform that provides a wide range of health and beauty essential oils to choose from.
Simon Enever
Co-Founder & CEO of quip
Industrial Design Consultant, now founder and CEO of quip – A Modern Oral Care brand www.simonenever.com www.getquip.com
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About quip: quip designs and delivers oral care products, advice, and services.
Bill May
Co-Founder & CEO of quip
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About quip: quip designs and delivers oral care products, advice, and services.
Crina Okumus
Co-Founder of Baze
Crina began her career as a model at the age of 15 before moving on to working in television and politics. She’s the founder of the fashion brand MAIOCCI which she has run for the past 9 years. She wants to be a role model for her daughter and believes that everything starts with basic everyday choices.
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About Baze: Baze are enable every person to achieve their best health through a science-led, results-driven food and supplement platform.
Marc Capra
Co-Founder & Creative Director of Sol de Janeiro
Marc Capra is a Co-Founder and Creative Director at Sol de Janeiro.
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About Sol de Janeiro: Sol de Janeiro is a cosmetics company that celebrates everything that is unique and joyful.
Heela Yang
Co-Founder & CEO of Sol de Janeiro
Heela Yang is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Sol de Janeiro.
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About Sol de Janeiro: Sol de Janeiro is a cosmetics company that celebrates everything that is unique and joyful.
Joseph Terzi
CEO & Co-Founder of Priv
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About Priv: PRIV is a mobile and web platform where clients can book vetted beauty and wellness professionals to their location.
Leslie A. Blodgett
Founder and Executive Chairman of Bare Escentuals
Leslie Blodgett A visionary recognized by WWD Beauty Inc. in 2014 as one of “The Big 10 leaders in beauty,” Leslie Blodgett has earned her influential position as a beauty industry magnate through a 20-year tenure at Bare Escentuals, forever transforming the conversation around beauty by utilizing unconventional marketing tactics, leveraging a diverse distribution model, and spearheading a personal, community-enabled approach.
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About Bare Escentuals, Broadway Angels: Bare Escentuals is one of the fastest growing prestige beauty companies in the U.S.
Jaleh Bisharat
Co-Founder & CEO of NakedPoppy
Jaleh is an experienced marketing professional with 25+ years marketing experience, and a history of growing startups into vibrant brands. From 2011 to 2015, Jaleh served as the Vice President of Marketing at oDesk followed by taken on the role of SVP of marketing at Upwork (formerly Elance-ndoDesk). Previously, she acted as Vice President of Marketing at companies including OpenTable, Jawbone, and Amazon.com. She also served on the board of directors at OpenTable and Homestead Technologies. Jaleh writes and speaks frequently about the future of work and women in the workplace, and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. Jaleh holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Harvard-Radcliffe and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About NakedPoppy, Novi: NakedPoppy is a clean beauty company that curates better-for-you beauty brands and tailors them to you.
Joe Cloyes
Co-Founder & CEO of Youth To The People
Founder & CEO at Youth To The People.
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About Youth To The People: Youth To The People is a provider of skincare products that helps to replenish and renew tired skin.
Greg Gonzalez
Co-Founder of Youth To The People
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About Youth To The People: Youth To The People is a provider of skincare products that helps to replenish and renew tired skin.
Melissa Coker
Founder & Creative Director of Wren Studios
Melissa Coker is the founder of Wren, a women’s apparel brand and creative consultancy. A content disruptor with over a decades worth of senior level leadership experience in the apparel and media industries, Coker got her start as an editor at top fashion publications such as Vogue and W magazines. This unique editorial point of view has allowed her to consistently create a definitive, clear and signature narrative that adds value to brands and meaning to customers. The viral marketing campaign, First Kiss, she created for Wren’s Fall 14 collection is the most viewed fashion film of all time and won a Grand Clio for Prestige Film and the Gold Cannes Lion for Internet Film.
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About Wren Studios: Wren Studios functions as a women’s fashion brand and content studio.
Nick Green
Co-Founder & CEO of Thrive Market
Nick Green is the Co-Founder and CEO of Thrive Market, a membership-based market that makes high-quality, healthy, and sustainable products available for every budget, lifestyle, and geography. For $60/year, members unlock wholesale prices on top natural and organic products, and Thrive Market matches every paid membership with a free one for a family or individual in need. A serial social impact entrepreneur, Nick began in the education space with his first business, Ivy Insiders, a college test prep and mentorship program that made tutoring more affordable and helped over 20,000 students get into better colleges. Outside of work, Nick loves traveling, investing, reading biographies, and spending time with his wife and 2-year old daughter. He originally hails from Minneapolis, MN and earned his B.A. in Economics from Harvard.
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About Thrive Market: Thrive Market is a membership-based online company that offers natural and organic food products.
Sergey Gusev
Co-Founder and COO of Scentbird
Sergey Gusev is Founder of Scentbird Inc. Sergey Gusev has a deep expertise in leading product development in the consumer startup space. Prior to joining Scentbird, he was Head of product development for Social Mart (a large CPC Ad Network). A seasoned entrepreneur, he sold his first company at age 22. He is an expert in growth hacking and gamification, as well as Product Development, UI and UX design and project management. He is an avid cook and loves to explore raw and vegan food. He calls New York City home. He holds a Specialist Degree in Economics/ International Business from Perm State University in Russia.
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About Scentbird: Scentbird enables its users to choose and get supply of sample designer fragrances on a monthly basis before buying them.
Alyssa Weiss
Founder of Travel Beauty
Alyssa Barrie Weiss joined Verier as Co-Founder in 2020.
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About Travel Beauty, Verier: Travel Beauty offers a hyper-curated collection of beauty and grooming products from around the globe.
Noam Levavi
Co-Founder and CEO of ByondXR
Noam Levavi is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of innovations in user experience technologies, including several patents in the areas of personalized media delivery and user-interfaces. In 2017, Noam founded ByondXR, a retail-tech startup that empowers brands and retailers to improve sales and customer engagement through a new groundbreaking 3D visualization technology. Using ByondXR’s 3D Commerce Platform, brands can transform into the new digital era, creating experiences to enhance Wholesale, Merchandising and eComm that boost sales and improve efficiency. Prior to founding ByondXR, Noam founded and was the CEO of YCD Multimedia, a world leading on-site digital media provider, helping brands deliver personalized content to their customers, reaching more than 100 million people every month within thousands of venues worldwide, including some of the world’s most recognized brands such as Mercedes, Ferrari, Nike, Chanel, Hugo Boss, AT&T, Microsoft and Coca Cola. In 2008 Noam was honored to be featured by Forbes Israel as one of the country’s most influential young professionals. Prior to establishing YCD, Noam founded Netune, which provided network communication services and Intranet web applications for small and medium sized businesses. Before that, he served as a system communication manager in the Israeli Defense Force’s elite Intelligence Unit. He is a graduate of the Israeli Military Computing and Information Systems Institute. Noam loves sharing his experiences and have been the keynote speaker about consumer behavior and the evolution of digital experiences for The Economist, DLD, DSE and Digital Signage Investor, a guest speaker at Washington University, Parsons School of Design and IDC research college, and contributed to USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Frost & Sullivan and Platt Retail Institute. Being a long-time SciFi fan, Noam has been fascinated with advances in virtual reality and human-machine interfaces. He visualizes an emerging reality of digital enhancements to the human body and seamless brain-machine interfaces that extend our mental abilities into a complete and immersive sensory experience, forming new perceptions of reality.
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About ByondXR: ByondXR transforms eCommerce through immersive experiences that increase engagement, conversion and ROI
Hyungseok Dino Ha
Founder & CEO of Memebox
Dino is co-founder and CEO of Memebox Corporation. Dino grew up fascinated by computers and self-taught himself C+ coding language at a young age. During university, Dino pursued a degree in Environmental Engineering until he joined the Army as a trooper, and volunteered to be deployed to Afghanistan where he worked with over 20 coalition forces. It was there where he encountered his first American and decided to go to New York after he finished serving, to pursue a career in fashion. While attending Parsons School of Design, Dino joined Tom Ford as the first intern, working for 2 years in the PR department until he was asked to return to South Korea and help launch the brand abroad. After Tom Ford, Dino joined Ticket Monster until its acquisition by Living Social (LS Korea) and it was then when he found inspiration to start his own entrepreneurship. With a passion for computer science and a background in fashion design, Dino is building the world’s first tech and trend-driven beauty company, in hopes of bringing a new age of beauty culture to the rest of the world. Dino graduated with a degree in Fashion Market from Parsons School of Design and is currently located in San Francisco, CA.
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About Memebox: Memebox is a consumer company that provides customers with the Asian beauty products, culture, and trends.
Erika Milczek
Founder and CEO of Curie Co
Erika Milczek is the CEO of Curie Co.
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About Curie Co: Curie Co is a life science company that engineers enzymes and marine biomaterials to replace harmful and banned chemicals.
Abigail Stone
Co-Founder & CEO of Otherland
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About Otherland: Otherland is a digitally-native candle brand that transforms your home into an expressive world.
Sayyid Markar
Co-Founder & COO of Otherland
Sayyid Markar is the Co-Founder and COO of Otherland.
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About Otherland: Otherland is a digitally-native candle brand that transforms your home into an expressive world.
Sara Klausing
Founder of SEEK
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About SEEK: Seek is the platform connecting entertainment and e-commerce through the lens of creatives.
Melody McCloskey
CEO & Founder of StyleSeat
Melody McCloskey is co-founder and CEO of StyleSeat, the largest online marketplace for beauty and wellness services. In 2011, after feeling frustrated that there was no easy way to book beauty appointments, Melody founded StyleSeat with Dan Levine. More than 350,000 beauty professionals in nearly 16,000 cities use the platform today and customers more than 30 million appointments each year. Melody was named by Fast Company as one of its Most Creative People in Business 2014.
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About StyleSeat: StyleSeat is an online destination that connects beauty and wellness professionals with clients.
Adam Ross
CEO and Co-Founder of Heyday
Adam Ross is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Heyday.
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About Heyday: Heyday is a skincare company offering customized facial treatments.
Michael Pollak
Chief Experience Officer and Co-Founder of Heyday
Michael Pollak is a Co-Founder and Chief Experience Officer at Heyday.
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About Heyday: Heyday is a skincare company offering customized facial treatments.
Ido Leffler
Co-Founder & Chief Carrot Lover of Yes To, Inc.
Ido Leffler is Co-Founder and “Chief Carrot Lover” of San Francisco-based Yes To Inc. (makers of Yes To Carrots, Yes To Cucumbers, Yes To Tomatoes, Yes To Blueberries and Yes To Grapefruit). Since 2006, Leffler and his team have built Yes To™ into one of the world’s leading natural beauty brands, with distribution in over 26,000 stores in 25 countries (including retailers such as Target, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Whole Foods Market, and Sephora Europe). Ido is currently on the United Nations Foundation Global Entrepreneur Council and sits on numerous Corporate Boards and Corporate advisory boards.
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About Beach House Group, CUZIN, Yes To, Inc., Yoobi: YES TO is a supplier of natural beauty products, formulas, and unique collections across the world.
Craig Dualba
Co-Founder of ScentBox
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About ScentBox: ScentBox is an affordable and fun way for members to seek out and sample wonderful new designer fragrances each and every month.
Les Dualba
Co-Founder of ScentBox
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About ScentBox: ScentBox is an affordable and fun way for members to seek out and sample wonderful new designer fragrances each and every month.
Courtney Caldwell
Co-Founder and COO of ShearShare
Courtney Caldwell is the Cofounder & COO of beauty-tech startup, ShearShare, the first on-demand salon and barbershop space rental app. With ShearShare, licensed stylists can rent workspace by the day in cities all over the world, while salon and barbershop owners make money on unused space. Prior to cofounding ShearShare–Google Demo Day winner 2018, Tech. Co’s Startup of the Year, and a YC Fellowship and 500 Startups alum–Courtney managed an award-winning salon with her husband and cofounder, which was the genesis behind ShearShare. Before that, Courtney spent two decades building winning teams in technology marketing and ran a boutique consulting firm where she fast-tracked international sales and marketing success for brands such as Zendesk, Zenefits, and Qualtrics. Courtney was named a 2018 Dallas Business Journal Women in Tech, the 2017 L’Oreal Women in Digital Award winner, and a Direct Marketing News 40 Under 40. She serves on the Advisory Board for Ogle Cosmetology School and is a member of the UT-Dallas Entrepreneurship Council.
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About Ogle Schools, ShearShare: Reimagine how, when, & where you work w/ the first B2B mobile platform that provides space-as-a-service for the beauty + barbering industry
Yahya Syed
Co-Founder, CEO of Potion
Yahya Syed is the Co-Founder and CEO at Blue Marble.
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About Potion: Potion offers AI‑powered formulation tools to enable R&D teams to formulate better products, faster.
Alexis Maybank
Founder & CEO of Creative Beauty
Alexis Maybank is the Founder and CEO of Creative Beauty. She was the Founder and Founding CEO of Gilt Groupe before that. Alexis has dedicated her career to building and launching innovative and compelling e-commerce experiences for consumers. In 2007, Alexis, along with a founding team, launched Gilt Groupe. She served as Gilt’s Founding CEO, and today she serves as the company’s Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to founding Gilt Groupe, Alexis served as General Manager and Business Development Director for AOL’s e-commerce businesses. In 1998, she became an early member of the eBay team, where she helped launch the company’s first strategic planning group working for Founder Jeff Skoll, and later launched and ran eBay Canada, which grew to become Canada’s largest e-commerce business. She later helped found eBay Motors, which grew to over $2.5 billion in gross sales in its first two years and continues to be the largest category of goods sold on eBay today. Alexis holds a BS and MBA from Harvard University. She is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, a Director for Audubon Alaska, and actively involved in the Robinhood Foundation. She currently mentors many emerging entrepreneurs in both the technology and fashion sectors.
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About Creative Beauty: Creative Beauty is a platform that develops digitally-native beauty brands.
Arnie Miller
Founder of Matrix Essentials
Arnold M. Miller, who began his career as a hair stylist and later founded Matrix Essentials Inc., one of the nation’s leading makers of hair-care products, died on Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he had been receiving treatment for cancer. Mr. Miller was 60 years old and lived in Beechwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. He died of pneumonia and other complications of cancer, which he had been battling for about a year, said Dennis Lubin, senior vice president of marketing at Matrix Essentials. Mr. Miller had most recently served as president of Matrix Essentials, a Solon, Ohio, company that he co-founded in 1980 with his wife, Sydell. The company, with annual sales that exceeded $150 million last year, sells shampoos, hair sprays, cosmetics and other products under the brand names Matrix Essentials, Systeme Biolage and Vavoom! Mr. Miller opened his first salon in 1955 in South Euclid, Ohio. In 1971, he and his wife made their first foray into manufacturing, founding Ardell Inc., which made and sold artificial eyelashes and cosmetics. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a sister, Eve Porris, of Cleveland Heights, and two daughters, Lauren Spilman and Stacie Halpern, both of Cleveland. Source: {Nytimes} (http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/28/us/arnold-miller-60-founder-of-matrix-a-shampoo-maker.html)
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About Matrix Essentials: Matrix Essentials, Inc. operates as a professional hair care and hair color company in the United States.
Karen Castelletti
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Ever/Body
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About Ever/Body: Ever/Body is a cosmetic dermatology provider of personalized and tech-enabled services.
Kate Twist
Co-Founder, CEO & Board Chair of Ever/Body
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About Ever/Body: Ever/Body is a cosmetic dermatology provider of personalized and tech-enabled services.
Obi Omile
Co-Founder and CEO of theCut
Obi Omile joined theCut as CEO & Co-Founder in 2016.
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About theCut: theCut is a mobile marketplace that connects barbers and their customers.
Tina Hedges
Founder and CEO of Loli Beauty
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About Loli Beauty: Loli Beauty is a US-based organic personal care firm.
Stacey Boyd
Founder & CEO of Olivela
Stacey Boyd is the Founder and CEO of Olivela.
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About Olivela, SavvySource for Parents, Schoola: Olivela is an online luxury retail platform with a philanthropic business model.
Mia Saini
CEO and Co-Founder of Oars + Alps
Mia Saini is CEO and Co-Founder at Oars + Alps.
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About Oars + Alps: Oars + Alps provides skincare products for men made from natural, toxin-free ingredients.
KJ Miller
Co-Founder & CEO of Mented Cosmetics
KJ Miller is the Co-founder and CEO of Mented Cosmetics, a pigment-first beauty brand celebrating women of all hues. Since its launch in January 2017 Mented has achieved rapid growth by helping women feel seen and empowered with their inclusive shade range. The company has been featured in several publications including Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Glamour, and was hailed as having the “best nude lipsticks we’ve ever worn” by Essence Magazine. Prior to founding Mented KJ spent most of her career working in retail, with a two-year hiatus to attend Harvard Business School graduating in 2014. While leading Mented’s product development and fundraising efforts, KJ has overseen the launch of five successful product categories and led the company in securing $4M in venture funding. She is passionate about helping women and minorities develop their entrepreneurial visions and navigate the often murky startup world.
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About Mented Cosmetics: Mented is a luxury beauty company targeted to women of color.
Amanda E. Johnson
Co-Founder of Mented Cosmetics
Amanda E. Johnson is the Co-Founder & COO of Mented Cosmetics, a pigment-first beauty brand celebrating women of all hues. Mented launched in January 2017 and has taken the beauty industry by storm by unapologetically placing women of color at the forefront. The company has been featured in several publications including Essence, Allure, Vogue and Black Enterprise, and the co-founders were honored with the 2019 Dreamers award from the National Retail Federation. A graduate of Howard University and Harvard Business School, Amanda is excited to be an entrepreneur focused on digital strategy and brand building. With a myriad of experiences in finance, consumer marketing, and digital experience Amanda is excited to craft brand stories and build customer communities. Amanda is very involved in her community through involvement in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, The Junior League of New York, and Howard Alumni Association.
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About Mented Cosmetics: Mented is a luxury beauty company targeted to women of color.
Arnaud Plas
Co-Founder & CEO of Prose
Arnaud Plas is a Founder & CEO of Prose. He pushed the boundaries of new beauty in his long time role in digital at L’Oréal in New York. With the dream of leveraging artificial intelligence to benefit every day consumers, he set out to create Prose. Without much hair himself, Arnaud has a lot of time to dedicate to yours.
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About Prose: Custom hair care made fresh in NYC with natural active ingredients
Paul Michaux
Co-Founder & Product VP of Prose
Paul Michaux is the Co-Founder of Prose and Vice President of Product and Customer Experience. As Co-Founder and Vice President of Product, Michaux is responsible for leading digital product innovation and expansion. Prior to his role as Co-Founder and Vice President of Product, Michaux served as Special Projects Manager at L’Oreal in New York City, where he was responsible for leading the implementation of strategic digital marketing projects. Before L’Oreal, he held brand manager positions at companies including, Christian Dior and Procter & Gamble. He graduated with two Bachelor’s degrees from HEC Paris and University La Sorbonne. Michaux also holds a Master’s Degree from HEC Paris and Telecom ParisTech. In 2018, Michaux was recognized as one of the winners of Forbes 30 Under 30 List.
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About Prose: Custom hair care made fresh in NYC with natural active ingredients
Justin Hai
Co-Founder of Alastin Skincare
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About Alastin Skincare, Krav Maga Worldwide, Rebalance Health, Inc.: Alastin Skincare develops innovative and clinically-validated skincare products.
Scott Glenn
Founder of Alastin Skincare
Glenn has founded over twenty successful biotech companies, and has over twenty-five years of experience as Chairman/CEO and founder of Quidel, Prometheus Labs, DexCom, Santarus, Kanisa, Exagen Diagnostics and Alastin Skincare. Mr. Glenn is also founder of SpineWave Zogenix, Cadence Pharmaceuticals, NovaCardia, Conception Technologies and Somaxon. Previously Mr. Glenn also held various management positions, including Division General Manager with Allergan, Inc.
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About Alastin Skincare, Quidel: Alastin Skincare develops innovative and clinically-validated skincare products.
Pree Walia
CEO & Founder of Preemadonna
Founder at Preemadonna
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About Preemadonna: Preemadonna is the maker of Nailbot, a patented nail robot and intelligent manicure product line disrupting the $15B nail care industry.
Joshua Ghaim
Founder of Ignite Growth Brands
Josh Ghaim is the Founder of Ignite Growth Brands.
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About Ignite Growth Brands: Ignite Growth Brands builds and identifies companies that are disrupting the digital health and beauty sectors.
Tata Harper
Founder of Tata’s Natural Alchemy
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About Tata’s Natural Alchemy: Tata Harper Skincare is a 100% natural, nontoxic, high-performance luxury skincare, cosmetics and aromatherapy line .
Ward Stegerhoek
Co – Founder of Living Proof
Ward Stegerhoek is editorial and runway stylist. Ward began his career as a teenager styling hair in some the most progressive salons in Amsterdam. Trained at the Vidal Sassoon Academy, he quickly realized that his interest was in styling for editorial and runway and made his way to Paris. Since then, he has worked around the world for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Numero, Elle, Marie Claire and Allure. He has also been the creative stylist on the runway shows for Jean Paul Gaultier, Fendi, Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino and Donna Karan; he’s also worked with some of the world’s top photographers and celebrities, including Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz. Ward spent seven years as art director and product developer for Bumble & Bumble. Today, Ward is working on new product development at Living Proof.
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About Living Proof: Living Proof is a biotechnology company developing product formulae to solve beautycare problems.
Mitch De Rosa
Co – Founder of Living Proof
Mitch De Rosa is stylist and owner of Mitchell John Salon. A hairstylist and color expert for over 25 years, Mitch trained alongside the top hairstylists in North America and Europe before launching his own salon, Mitchell John Salon in 1989, located in Boston’s Financial District. Over the years, Mitch has worked with such magazines as Italian Vogue, German Elle, and Harper’s Bazaar as well as with models and celebrities, including Gisele Bundchen, Natalia Vodianova and Daria Werbowy. Mitch is actively involved in all areas of Living Proof’s business including technology screening and product evaluation across our hair and skin programs.
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About Living Proof: Living Proof is a biotechnology company developing product formulae to solve beautycare problems.
Modjossorica Elysee
Founder & CEO of BeautyLynk
Rica Elysee is the founder and CEO of BeautyLynk, a tech company focused on transforming the beauty industry with technology. Before to devoting her work full time to BeautyLynk, Rica served as a Nonprofit Fundraising Executive for local to national organizations focused on empowerment and education. Aside from her entrepreneurial pursuits she enjoys art, food and laughter.
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About BeautyLynk: We bring hair & makeup pros to your doorstep! Convenient and professional services for women of all complexions & hair textures.
Diane ranger
Founder of Colorescience
Founder Of Colorescience.
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About Colorescience: Colorescience is a luxury aesthetic makeup products line in the medical and resort spa sectors.
Alex Zhou
CEO & Founder of Yamibuy
(Alex) You Zhou is a Founder and CEO at Yamibuy. He graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelor of engineering in Industrial Engineering.
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About Yamibuy: Yamibuy is the leading Asian-centric Internet retailer in the U.S.
Annette Grotheer
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Zili
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About The Shop Docs, Zili: Zili is a FAB (Fashion & Beauty) Tech platform company.
Hana Lee
Founder & CEO of Melixir
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About Melixir: Melixir is a cult beauty brand rooted in Korean skincare rituals backed by science.
Derrick Dinglasan
Founder, Chief Product & Growth Officer of OPTE
Derrick Dinglasan has over 20 years combined experience in E-commerce, mobile, and digital strategy for consumer products ranging from beauty, health & wellness, fashion, and electronics. He is Founder and Chief Product & Growth Officer of the venture-backed beauty technology brand, OPTE, the innovative, first-of-its-kind digital precision skincare system that promotes and reveals the natural beauty and radiance of one’s skin with its new disruptive solution to hyperpigmentation. Earlier in his career, Derrick led Product & UX at lowermybills.com and was an early member of the leadership team at The Honest Company, which became one of the most recognized digitally native disruptor brands in CPG during his tenure. He also spearheaded the online growth of startup brands like Five Four Club (men’s fashion), Jaanuu (fashionable medical scrubs) and prior to launching OPTE led the digital transformation at Manduka (20-year-old yoga mats, accessories and apparel) as its Global Head of Digital. Derrick holds a Masters from Northwestern University and a BSE from the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Five Four Club, Jaanuu, OPTE, The Honest Company: All-in-one skincare device for hyperpigmentation treatment. Award-winning, dermatologist-recommended. Corrects, fades & prevents dark spots.
Karen Young
Founder of Oui the People
Founder at Oui shave
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About Oui the People: Oui the People is a luxury shaving brand for ladies that specializes in high-end shaving products.
Sierra Smith
Co-Founder of Zorpads
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About Leavitt Equity Partners, Zorpads: Odor Eliminating Shoe Inserts Made from NASA-Tested Technology. For $5/Pair.
Taylor Wiegele
Co-Founder of Zorpads
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About Zorpads: Odor Eliminating Shoe Inserts Made from NASA-Tested Technology. For $5/Pair.
Doris Dalton
Founder and President of Doll 10 Beauty
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About Doll 10 Beauty: Doll 10 Beauty is a cosmetic company that focuses on hi-tech, anti-aging ingredients.
Danielle Cohen-Shohet
Co-Founder & CEO of GlossGenius
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About GlossGenius: GlossGenius is a vertical SaaS platform for small business owners across the salon and studio space.
