Ep 35: From Magazine Editor to Co-Founder of a Platform Revolutionizing Black Hair Care (Jihan Thompson of Swivel Beauty)
Side Hustle Pro
Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2017
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Today in the guest chair we have Jihan Thompson. Jihan Thompson is a magazine editor turned entrepreneur, out to disrupt the haircare industry. She co-founded the company, Swivel Beauty, Inc., which wants to make it easier for women of color to build a beauty team that meets all their needs while also helping talented stylists behind the chair find new clients. Swivel's goal is to create a curated, referral-based experience so women can avoid useless trial and error in the beauty department.
Prior to launching Swivel, Jihan was the Health Editor for O, The Oprah Magazine. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Pennsylvania.
On this episode, Jihan shares:
- The first steps she and her business partner Jennifer Lambert took to take Swivel Beauty from idea to business
- How she juggled creating the Swivel Beauty, Inc. while working as a busy Health Editor at for O, The Oprah Magazine
- The catalyst that made her finally say: “Yes, I can do this.”
- Swivel Beauty’s approach to building strategic relationships with stylists and salons
- The surprising online resource that’s been a lifesaver in her business
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Links mentioned on this episode:
- Swivel Beauty
- Rent The Runway Project Entrepreneur
- Yahoo Beauty covers Swivel
- Lenny Letter covers Swivel
- NY Times covers Swivel
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow a |
| 0:07.6 | Side Hustle from Passion Project to Profitable Business. |
| 0:11.3 | And I'm your host, Nikala Matthews. |
| 0:13.8 | So let's get started. |
| 0:14.8 | Hey everyone, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:20.8 | Today in the guest chair we have Jahan Thompson. |
| 0:23.7 | Jahan is a magazine editor turned entrepreneur out to disrupt the hair care industry. |
| 0:29.8 | She co-founded the company Swivel Beauty Incorporated, which wants to make it easier for women of color to build a beauty team that meets all their needs while also helping talented stylists behind the chair find new clients. |
| 0:44.0 | Swivel's goal is to create a curated referral-based experience |
| 0:48.0 | so women can avoid useless trial and error in the beauty department. |
| 0:52.0 | Prior to launching Swivel, Jahan was the health useless trial and error in the beauty department. |
| 0:52.8 | Prior to launching Swivel, |
| 0:54.0 | Jehan was the health editor for O, the Oprah magazine, |
| 0:57.8 | and she holds a Bachelor of Arts in English |
| 0:59.6 | from the University of Pennsylvania. |
| 1:01.5 | Welcome to the show, Jehan. |
| 1:03.0 | How are you? |
| 1:04.0 | Hi, thanks for having me. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm excited to be here tonight. |
| 1:08.0 | Of course. |
| 1:09.0 | So I'd love to, you know, I always like to take it back before we jump into where you are now. |
| 1:14.0 | Can you tell us a little bit of how your upbringing, influence your entrepreneurial pursuits? |
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