Expert Dialogue
Bridge Mentorship Participants Share Knowledge They Gained From The Program; Applications Open For Second Round
Brands can’t expect to receive funding if they don’t have a tight grip on their financial models and distribution strategies. That was a big lesson impressed upon the first cohort of Bridge Mentorship, a professional...
“Stay With What We Know”: Founder Dan Hodgdon Shares Lessons From The Early Days Of Building Vegamour
While working with marula oil producer Southern Botanica, Dan Hodgdon realized active ingredients could be combined to effectively address common hair issues. He thought, “What if we tried to put these things all together into a singular...
Three Beauty Investors On What They’re Interested In Backing Right Now
Celebrity beauty brand fatigue is spreading. During Beauty Independent’s In Conversation webinar last Wednesday, Sid Jawahar, founder and managing partner of venture capital firm Swiftarc Ventures, expressed hesitancy about bets on...
What Founder Dan Hodgdon Learned From Past Stumbles To Build Vegamour
Vegamour founder and CEO Dan Hodgdon lived a lot of lives prior to launching his multimillion-dollar haircare band. By the time he was 17 years old, he had already moved to 20 different places. “I lived in...
Looking To Enter The Mom And Baby Category? Here Are Some Factors To Consider.
More and more beauty entrepreneurs are looking to create mom and baby products, which they view as filling a white space and having the potential to attract loyal lifetime customers. However, the mom and baby category isn’t the...
HydroPeptide Founder April Zangl Peck Is Closing Her Second Brand, Save Me From. She’s Spilling On Her Missteps So You Can Avoid Them.
After selling skincare brand HydroPeptide in 2016, April Zangl Peck was determined to do things differently with her second beauty venture. She began HydroPeptide in 2004 with a single formula produced by a small manufacturer, packaging that...
