E151: Dermalogica Founder: Building A Billion Dollar Business While Looking After Your Mental Health

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Jane Wurwand is the co-founder of Dermalogica, which revolutionised skincare for millions of people worldwide. One of the first skincare brands when it launched in the 1980s, Jane got people to care about something they didn’t realise was important. Today she finally tells her incredible story in this conversation and in her new book, Skin in the Game.

Jane’s story to self-independence begins when she was in a toxic relationship with a controlling boyfriend, in a strange country she knew little about. She describes feeling the physical hand of her late father on her shoulder guiding her where to go next.

She picked herself up, and with a new partner used her new business as a fresh chapter in her life. Then, her industry was just one clinic in Los Angeles. Now, it’s a chain worth billions. Jane lit the touchpaper on a revolution, and in finding her own confidence, Jane helped millions of others find theirs too.

How did you become the person you're today
How did moving to South Africa impact you?
Starting up as an entrepreneur and moving to LA
What made you a good entrepreneur?
Attention to detail
How to turn your weakness into a strength
Leadership and decision making
Dermalogica's journey
The cost of working hard
Therapy and finding who you are
Dealing with insomnia and anxiety
Allocating time to your true priorities
Acquisition of Dermalogica

Jane:

https://www.instagram.com/janewurwand/?hl=en

Jane’s book:

https://bit.ly/3KfGpqt

Dermalogica:

https://bit.ly/3uWKitZ

Watch the episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheDiaryOfACEO/videos

Sponsors:

Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven

Myenergi - https://bit.ly/3oeWGnl

Transcript

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0:00.0	You know people who say, how do you balance your life and your work?
0:03.2	I know that they hate one of those two parts in their own life.
0:06.4	There is no work-life balance.
0:08.4	1983 we started the International Dermal Institute,
0:12.3	which is still the number one training programme in the industry
0:15.4	and we launched Dermalogica in January of 1986.
0:19.4	And that business generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
0:22.4	We knew that the big opportunity was going to be a product.
0:25.6	Lots of people have great ideas every day.
0:27.9	The difference, most people can't execute because the details are really important
0:32.7	and most people miss them or start to think they're petty.
0:36.4	A brand triggers emotional responses.
0:39.9	I'm not a diva, but I am strong and I know what makes a business successful.
0:44.3	We can't be afraid that some people won't like what we say.
0:47.6	We have to say it.
0:49.2	We both know that we could just spend all of our time just doing business.
0:51.7	What's the cost of that?
0:52.9	I would self-sabotage relationships.
0:55.4	We were just working so hard and Lucy came downstairs and she said,
0:59.6	Mum, I just, and I said, Lucy, for goodness sake, what is wrong?
1:03.4	And she said, I wanted to give you a hug you look so cross.
1:09.5	I was just stood there with my child in front of me, looking scared of me.
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