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The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

342: How Alli Webb Turned Drybar Into A $100m Empire

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

When Alli Webb founded Drybar in 2010, it started as one small salon in Brentwood, California that was designed to do one thing and do it well: blowouts.  Today, her brand has grown to over150 stores in 33 states, a hair care product line that she sold for over $250 million, her own podcast Raising The Bar, and a NY Times best-selling book Good Hair For All.  Best of all, Webb is Foundr magazine’s cover girl for issue 95 (check it out, it’s a good one!) Guess you could say that Alli Webb is an entrepreneurial genius.  This week’s interview gives you an insight into Webb’s journey from working as a receptionist in a hair salon during high school to the decision to chase her passion for hairstyling.  That decision to pursue her passion is what has led Webb to a $100m empire. Find out how she took the leap, and what advice she has for those looking to pursue their passion, too. Key Takeaways Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, and how that shaped Alli Webb’s idea of business Realised she had a passion for hair and styling, and worked as a receptionist in a hair salon where she became mesmorised by the craft Her journey through “a hot-minute” in college, to working in fashion in New York Starting her own business styling client’s hair at home, and growing her business How she started “Drybar” and what makes her brand unique Franchising Drybar, and learning to operate her business on a global scale How Webb developed her own product line, and how she sold it for $250m to beauty powerhouse, Helen of Troy. How Webb continues to raise the bar, launching her own podcast: Raising The Bar, and authoring NY Times Best Seller Good Hair For All Webb’s advice for all budding entrepreneurs, especially women in business, and why they need to follow their passion and what they love doing.

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0:00.0

This is episode number 342 with Ali Webb of the Founder Podcast.

0:07.2

What you need is thirst.

0:09.0

You need to be a thirsty human.

0:11.0

Who is intent on learning.

0:13.0

It's a really fascinating exploration of human potential.

0:19.3

The Founder Podcast.

0:21.9

Even the greatest entrepreneurs had help.

0:24.8

If you want to learn from the most successful founders on the planet, you are in the right place.

0:30.5

Branson, Mark Cuban, Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, Ariana Huffington, Steve Case, Gary V, Sophia

0:35.2

Amoroso, Barbara Corcoran, Damon John.

0:37.6

Learn from the greatest minds in business today with interviews hosted by Nathan Chan.

0:42.1

This is not your average entrepreneur podcast.

0:45.8

The Founder Podcast.

0:52.8

Hey guys, thank you so much for tuning in. Before we start today's episode, I just want to let

0:58.9

you know that our goal at founder is to help entrepreneurs succeed however we can by giving

1:04.5

away high quality content in the form of interviews, blog posts, podcasts, YouTube videos,

1:10.7

you name it. We put out so much content to help you.

1:13.9

And another interesting project that we're working on right now is partnering with world-class

1:18.7

founders like Damon John, Alexa von Tobel, Greta Van Riel, and so many more to teach crucial

1:24.7

skills like negotiation, finance, e-commerce, and so much more.

1:30.9

So if you'd like to get access to these free trainings with founders like this, which is 100%

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