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Amy’s multifaceted career has ranged from founding and operating companies, to investing in startups, to volunteer nonprofit leadership. Currently, Amy is Founder and CEO of Madison Reed, an omnichannel beauty brand that is challenging industry titans in the hair color space. She is also a Venture Partner at True Ventures, focusing on investments in consumer and ecommerce startups. Prior to

When Lauren Gores-Ireland and Marianna Hewitt first met nearly a decade ago, they already had a lot in common: both Libras and both Midwest-turned-Cali girls, they also shared a passion—ok, obsession—with all things beauty and self-care, spreading the word about the best ways to unwind or get glowing on their blogs and social media feeds. But then influencer-life had Marianna on a crazy-amazing

When Lauren Gores-Ireland and Marianna Hewitt first met nearly a decade ago, they already had a lot in common: both Libras and both Midwest-turned-Cali girls, they also shared a passion—ok, obsession—with all things beauty and self-care, spreading the word about the best ways to unwind or get glowing on their blogs and social media feeds. But then influencer-life had Marianna on a crazy-amazing

Gregg Renfrew founded Beautycounter, a brand dedicated to getting safer personal care and beauty products into the hands of everyone, in 2011. She launched the brand as a Certified Benefit Corporation (B corp) in 2013, leading the way to better beauty by putting performance and health first. Beautycounter has since experienced explosive growth. As CEO of Beautycounter, Gregg is also dedicated

During business school, I interned for one of the big beauty companies. I tested so many products on my skin that I gave myself acute dermatitis. My entire face was bleeding, blistering and scaling including my lips and eyelids. I was on steroids and antibiotics, but my skin would react to everything I came in contact with. My doctors said it would never return to normal. At the same time, I beca

Briogeo founder, Nancy Twine, is no newcomer to the beauty-sphere – in fact, she made her first foray into the world of natural product formulation at the ripe age of five. During childhood visits to West Virginia, Nancy would assume the role of sous chef to her grandmother, the town’s resident beauty guru, in making her coveted homemade hair care. After an early-twenties move to New York Cit