There Is No Alternative: Lessons in Entrepreneurial Leadership with Tina Henry Bou-Saba
Conversations with the founders, investors, and operators building the next generation of great consumer companies.
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Beauty Beyond the Brief: Jeff Lee on Building DIBS Beauty With Discipline, Community, and Relentless Execution (opens the original)
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In this episode of There Is No Alternative, Tina Bou-Saba, founder of CXT Investments, sits down with Jeff Lee, co-founder and CEO of DIBS Beauty, for a conversation that goes all the way back to his childhood. Jeff started college at 16, went to Yale Law School, made it to one of the most selective corporate law firms in the country, and then walked away from it. Business school connected him to Alex Rodriguez, which led to JLo Beauty, which led to co-founding DIBS with creator Courtney Shields
Why Curie Decided to Rebrand (opens the original)
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In this episode of There Is No Alternative, Tina Bou-Saba, founder of CXT Investments, sits down with Sarah Moret, founder and CEO of Curie, to talk about rebranding a seven-year-old personal care company that sells on Amazon, direct-to-consumer, and in 4,300 Walmart doors. Sarah started Curie with $12,000 of her own savings and designed the original packaging herself. Seven years later, walking the aisles at Walmart, she realized the brand that had worked beautifully online was not working hard
Raising the Bar: Griffin Spolansky on Scaling Mezcla (opens the original)
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In this episode of There Is No Alternative, Tina Bou-Saba, founder of CXT Investments, sits down with Griffin Spolansky, co-founder and CEO of Mezcla, to talk about building a protein treat brand from a UVA lacrosse locker room into a fast-growing presence in over 10,000 doors nationwide. Griffin started Mezcla in college after a chance hallway conversation with a guest speaker turned into a year of nightly recipe sessions in her kitchen. What followed was a year and a half of trial and error to
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