Beauty Business School

In this episode, Beauty Business School host & Poshly.com founder Doreen Bloch speaks with inventor and celebrity hair stylist Sarah Potempa and her sister and co-founder of The Beachwaver Co. Erin Potempa-Wall. Sarah speaks with us about her entrepreneurial journey, and Erin shares insights about beauty brand intellectual property. Both have fascinating and fun perspectives to share about launching their beauty brand. “It's really exciting to see the possibilities... I do believe that literally anything is possible. You can dream it up and you can make it happen." - Sarah Potempa

In this episode, Beauty Business School host & Poshly.com founder Doreen Bloch speaks with Rose Fernandez, CEO of Algenist. Rose speaks with us about starting her career in beauty retail, and how to move beauty brands toward sustainability. “I have a mob of mentors... mentorship is important. It's more meaningful when it's a two-way relationship." - Rose Fernandez

In this episode, Beauty Business School host & Poshly.com founder Doreen Bloch speaks with Dorion Renaud of Buttah Skin. Dorion speaks about his entrepreneurial journey and advice for skincare brand founders. "I created my brand because I didn't want anyone else to tell me 'no' ever again... starting your own business, I would recommend it." - Dorion Renaud

In this episode, Beauty Business School host & Poshly.com founder Doreen Bloch speaks with Neil Soni, author of The Startup Gold Mine. Neil speaks about his background in the cosmetics industry, his entrepreneurial journey and his advice for startup founders, especially related to M&A activities. "This is the best time ever to be a beauty entrepreneur..." - Neil Soni

Beauty Business School host & Poshly.com founder Doreen Bloch interviews Amanda McIntosh, founder of Take My Face Off and creator of The Mitty®. Amanda shares with listeners about her background and entrepreneurial journey as well as incredible advice for breaking into the beauty industry.

Beauty Business School host & Poshly.com founder Doreen Bloch interviews Jeannie Jarnot, Founder of Beauty Heroes, the destination for clean beauty. Jeannie shares insights about her entrepreneurial journey and advice for beauty entrepreneurs courting retailers. Of course, she also imparts a wealth of knowledge about clean beauty and Blue Beauty. “We need to shift this industry to a more sustainable place." - Jeannie Jarnot, Beauty Heroes

Beauty Business School host & Poshly.com founder Doreen Bloch interviews Kalle Simpson, Founder of NIGHT, a brand of luxury sleep products with beauty benefits. Kalle speaks about her entrepreneurial journey starting in the bedding industry to breaking down barriers in beauty, including product pricing, product development and PR advice for entrepreneurs. “The number one thing that I think should be leading your pricing conversation, what the consumer opens up their wallet and actually pays for, is the marketplace. You should know your competitors. You should know exactly what they're priced at. You should have bought their product. You should know every specc of their product, and then if you can prove that your product is superior to them, then you have a case for going a higher price than them." - Kalle Simpson

In this episode, Beauty Business School host & Poshly.com founder Doreen Bloch speaks with Mariya Nurislamova, CEO and Founder of Scentbird and Deck of Scarlet. Mariya speaks about her entrepreneurial journey, Venture Capital fundraising, finding business model fit, expansion into new product categories, data and analytics, working with influencers, measuring company work culture, and more. “I don't think it's easy to survive as an entrepreneur wtihout mentors... One of the best pieces of advice for me was to not give up." - Mariya Nurislamova

In this episode, Beauty Business School host & Poshly.com founder Doreen Bloch speaks with Sara Happ, founder of Sara Happ. Sara speaks about her entrepreneurial journey, scaling her business and so much more! “If you're interacting with a Sara Happ product, we want you to be in love with it... We want you to love it so much the minute you pick it up, and we want you to love the way it feels and tastes and smells. And we want you to love it the next day. And we want you to love it so much that you gift it to your friends and your family... We want you to love it from every single step, and being the lip expert, that's all we think about." - Sara Happ

In this episode, Beauty Business School host & Poshly.com founder Doreen Bloch chats with Léa Benkoski,cosmetics chemist and Global Marketing Manager at SkinCeuticals. Léa talks about academic background, how she got started in the beauty industry, and key lessons for beauty entrepreneurs, including: Trending ingredients like Vitamin C or algae Ingredient and product efficacy and safety studies The reason luxury and mass products are priced differently The emotional impact of scent and perfumery Having a strong vision for your brand, and maintaining it as you scale your team The feeling of approving the final formula for a product Advice for how to add value to your team in any situation How beauty creates an everyday impact on people “Inspiration can come from everywhere. It's really important to keep an eye open on everything that's going on in any industry because that's where you can score something that's really innovative...” - Léa Benkoski