Empowering Women in Beauty: Insights from Glossier CEO Emily Weiss at Female Founders Conference

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  Glossier, founded by Emily Weiss, celebrates women sharing their own makeup reviews and beauty routines, and has a female-heavy tech team in a city with a 77% female population.
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  03:22

  Into the Gloss democratizes beauty by listening to customer feedback and allowing anyone on their team to suggest new product ideas.
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  Prioritizing quality and transparency is key for successful beauty products, while societal pressure often leads to downplaying the use of beauty products.
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  10:48

  Quality content and attention to detail are key in the world of social media, as Gracia reinvents the beauty experience with premium products and a direct-to-consumer model launching internationally in October.
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  Scaling the relationship between women and beauty is a challenge, but Glossier's two-way interaction with customers is crucial for their success as a next-gen CPG company.
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  The company raised $24 million in a series and plans to keep it in the bank, being conservative and accidentally profitable.
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  21:15

  Women are taking control in the beauty industry, Glossier's founder launched the company as a hardware company and as CEO, the speaker prioritizes HR and fostering a non-hierarchical environment.
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  25:37

  Glossier takes big bets on people, like their SVP of marketing who had no prior experience in marketing but is now crushing it.