Hosted by Anthony Standifer · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 40 episodes
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ATTENTION all beauty brand owners, employees, entrepreneurs, suppliers, influencers or anyone interested in understanding the true BUSINESS of beauty welcome to Driving the Business: Beauty Brands & Entrepreneurship podcast. We're providing the inside tips, secrets and advice needed to move your brand or idea forward in a complex but lucrative industry. We tackle marketing, sales, manufacturing along with the joys and perils of entrepreneurship.
Anthony Standifer hosts Driving the Business: Beauty Brands & Entrepreneurship, a business show with 40 episodes published.
Most beauty founders don't fail because of bad products. They struggle because they try to do everything themselves for too long. In the early stages, that hustle is necessary. You're the marketer, the operations manager
Want your beauty brand in Walmart or Sephora? Here's what you need to know first. Taking your beauty brand from direct-to-consumer (DTC) into big-box retail sounds like the dream. Target. Sephora. Walmart. National shelv
Why does your business still feel stuck when you're working nonstop? What if the problem isn't your team, your market, or your strategy? What if it's you? In this episode of Driving the Business: Beauty Brands & Entrepre
Why does one moisturizer cost $15… while another sells for $65? The answer isn't as simple as it seems. In Episode 37 of Driving the Business: Beauty Brands & Entrepreneurship , I break down how contract manufacturers ac
I'm so glad you're here. After a little break, we're back with a fresh new chapter of Driving the Business. In this episode, I'm catching you up on the journey, sharing what's new, and diving straight into the five thing
As business founders raising money can sometimes feel like a complex mystery with lots of questions. What do investors want to see from a business owner? How do investors evaluate who to invest in? Should owners expect t
I love bold people! Winnie Awa is a bold Black woman doing amazing work in the beauty space as the founder of an AI driven platform that is serving curly haired women in the UK. She is also someone who understands what i
Does the Silicon Valley Bank or SVB discussion completely confuse you? This is the podcast episode for you. Do you see the direct impact of how the tech community's turmoil is going to impact beauty and consumer product
Things rarely turn out exactly like how I think they should when planning big things in life. For me starting a business meant the promise of ultimate freedom, success and tons of money. Managing a whole damn beauty manu
Since 2020 I have leaned hard into having conversations about the impact of race in my personal life and business with my non-Black friends and associates. These conversations have been nuanced and complex yet extremely
I love talking with indie beauty brand start up founders and on this episode I sit and chat with a married couple who are taking a deliberate, disruptive approach to skin care with their line of omni sex products. Jayme
Somebody hand me my soap box cause I need it right now. Going into formal retail chains without being prepared is the kiss of death or some very painful, expensive lessons! 20+ years of doing business with most every ret
We are getting extra cozy and familiar for this episode. I've recognized in my own journey as a Black man living in America with abundant blessings all around me that everything is not ok. While things in my business hav
By far the biggest business challenge I hear from entrepreneurs entering the space or thinking of launching products is they don't have enough money to execute on their vision. After hearing this statement no less than 2
I'M BACK! But I don't want to do things exactly like we were doing them before. This includes how I show up for one of my passions which is this podcast. The last 2 years have changed me. I just do not feel like "busines
I admit at first I was admittedly against the idea of hiring a virtual assistant. I did not see how their could be value in having an assistant that I would never see. And then the great ponderosa hit aka COVID-19. In to
As a beauty product manufacturer and brand consultant I have worked with more than 200 brand owners over the last 7 years the topic of pricing and I've come to a huge conclusion. Pricing products is an emotional process
Calling all social media influencers & those who engage them. This is the content you need. The concept of brands paying content creators and social media influencers is a cumbersome, ambiguous process and both side need
Working with a manufacturer can seem like an overwhelming, daunting project. But it does not have to be. After 6 1/2 years and literally more than 1000+ discussions with potential customers I have compiled a cheat sheet
We are coming up on the 1 year anniversary of COVID-19 shutting down the world and it's been almost a year since my last episode. We've got a lot to catch up on. I don't want to act like it's "business as usual" which is
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