Laney Crowell on Building a $100M Clean Beauty Empire, Getting Top 10 at Sephora, and Why Your Makeup Is Ruining Your Skin
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She started with a beauty closet, 15,000 Instagram followers, and a product that took five years to make. Today, Laney Crowell is the founder and CEO of Saie, one of Sephora's top clean makeup brands, and she built it without cutting a single corner. From launching three months before a global pandemic to grinding through a newborn and 100+ investor rejections — this is the founder story every ambitious woman needs to hear. In this episode, we cover: • Why solving a problem you've lived insid...
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