Alli Webb | The Messy Truth
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Positive University Jon sits down with the Founder of Drybar, N.Y. Times Bestselling Author, Canopy President, Co-Founder Squeeze, Brightside and Becket + Quill, Alli Webb.
In 2010, Drybar exploded into a nationally recognized and highly sought-after brand growing to over 150 locations and highly successful product line, which sold for $255 million in 2020.
Staying true to her signature approach to beauty and self-care, Squeeze, follows suit in the affordable luxury space as innovative massage concept. Webb also proudly serves as a Board member, investor, and advisor.
Webb joined forces with LA based jewelry designer Meredith Quill to build yet another new company now known as Becket + Quill. It's high end, not high spend jewelry company.
Most recently, Webb joined the Canopy team as President. Canopy's super chic, reimagined humidifiers are making big waves in the beauty industry and innovative beauty device category.
Webb currently serves as an Advisor and Investor in The Feel-Good Company’s newest brand, Brightside - A brighter take on infrared yoga & saunas. Brightside’s flagship location is now open in Culver City, CA.
Webb is a board member of several other companies including The Onsite Foundation, Ideal Image and The Bardot and also serves as an Advisor for Glowbar and Bumo.
Webb has been on the cover of Inc Magazine’s “How I Did This” issue, named the “100 Most Creative People in Business” by Fast Company, featured on Fortune magazine’s “40 Under 40” list, Marie Claire’s “Most Fascinating Women” and recently Inc. magazine recognized her as one of “The 100 Women Building America’s Most Innovative and Ambitious Businesses.”
Webb recently released her second book, "The Messy Truth,” which is a USA Today bestseller, and resides in Los Angeles, CA with her two sons.
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| 0:38.4 | Now let's jump in to this episode |
| 0:40.2 | with John and our featured guest. |
| 0:44.0 | Hey, this is John Gordon with Positive You and today my guest is Ali Web. |
| 0:48.0 | How are you doing? |
| 0:50.0 | I'm great. |
| 0:51.0 | Thanks for having me. It's great to have you. So your new book came out, you've been on this world tour, it's called The Messy Truth, and when I read the title I thought,, messy truth. The truth is always messy in many ways. |
| 1:05.5 | But when you say messy, like, what do you mean by the messy truth? |
| 1:08.5 | Well, you know, I think that this book to me |
| 1:12.3 | was, you know, kind of a culmination of this |
| 1:16.6 | incredible rocket ship that I was on building dry bar and all the success and |
| 1:20.8 | and how that changed my life in a really amazing way and all in all of our lives and all my partners and and how it how it looked kind of |
| 1:30.3 | Perfect and glossy on the outside and and then the truth of the matter in the background was that you know my life |
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