Colette Courtion has founded three venture-backed consumer health and beauty related startups. During this episode, Colette takes us through her journey from a quiet child to a leader and innovator. She shares the lessons she learned while working at Starbucks for eight years, how she started Calidora Skin Clinics, and what ultimately made her decide to sell it. In the midst of growing her second company, JeNu Biosciences, Colette’s decision to get pregnant and the information her girlfriends shared with her ended up birthing the idea for her current company, Joylux. Founded in 2014, Joylux is a leading global femtech company that has developed a portfolio of light-based medical devices and products that help solve women’s intimate health issues such as stress urinary incontinence, vaginal dryness and sexual function concerns. In addition to sharing how she leads, measuring success through customer feedback and Joylux’s partnership with leading e-tailers, such as Goop, Colette gets personal; she opens up to discuss her miracle pregnancy through intrauterine insemination to help destigmatize women’s health issues and decisions. She shares how she struggles to find balance and how she’s driven to help empower women to gain the confidence they deserve.

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