#164: Founder, Leslie Tessler began her career in fashion at Ralph Lauren, moving to Italian denim brand Replay, where she was responsible for opening retail locations throughout the country. She transitioned to beauty, a lifelong passion, heading up marketing for Kérastase followed by Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare. After a spontaneous move to Buenos Aires, Leslie began managing fragrance at Coty Argentina and went on to freelance for various startups in Latin America.

In Buenos Aires, Leslie turned a 6-month sabbatical into a 10-year, life-changing professional and personal move. During this time, Leslie began traveling throughout the world on behalf of Latin American beauty brands, scouting the next big trends in global beauty. It was on one such trip to Tokyo, after getting a face shave with a straight razor at a local men’s barbershop, that Leslie first fell in love with the single blade. Determined to finally give women access to a proper shave that lays the foundation for healthy, glowing skin, hanni was born. At its core, hanni believes that shaving is the first step to great skin and aims to help empower women to make time to take care of themselves. Leslie lives between the US and Buenos Aires with her husband, 3 kids, and dog George.

 

Topics discussed:

• How to overcome fear of taking risks, in both personal life and in professional career
• The beauty of living in another country and immersing yourself in a completely different culture than your own
• The raw reality of beginning a new business and the natural process of pivoting from the original idea
• Is there such thing as right person, wrong time? How much does timing play a role in your natural course?

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