From the Ground Up

Toni Ko: The Way Out of Worry


Listen Later

Her family emigrated from Korea when she was 13 years old, and serial entrepreneur Toni Ko has since founded three different–each totally fascinating–companies. Her first, NYX Cosmetics, made $4 million in its first year, and, within a decade, was in beauty aisles of Target nationwide. But with growth, came some sacrifices–and, within years, she sold it to L’Oreal for a reported $500 million. A non-compete agreement meant Ko was locked out of the beauty industry for five years, a time during which she learned some of her most important life and entrepreneurial lessons–including how to stop worrying and focus on finding simple solutions to her own complex problems. Host Christine Lagorio-Chafkin explores with Ko how she coped with selling her company, what she created (sunglasses company Perverse) in the meantime, and how she’s back with a new company that’s creating brand new cosmetics in partnership with influencers, celebrities, and designers. It’s called Bespoke Beauty Brands, and for Toni, building it came with its own new learning curve.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

From the Ground UpBy Inc. Magazine

  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1

4.1

137 ratings


More shows like From the Ground Up

View all
WSJ Your Money Briefing by The Wall Street Journal

WSJ Your Money Briefing

1,720 Listeners

What I Know by Inc. Magazine

What I Know

64 Listeners

SmartLess by Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett

SmartLess

58,462 Listeners

Your Next Move by Inc. Magazine

Your Next Move

17 Listeners

Good Hang with Amy Poehler by The Ringer

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

12,323 Listeners